Longtime Star columnist Greg Hansen on a familiar face awaiting the Arizona women's team in Maryland, ASU's frequency in the First Four, UA outlooks for both teams in the NCAA Tournament and more.
Greg Hansen The Star's longtime columnist on a familiar face awaiting the Arizona women's team in Maryland, ASU's frequency in the First Four, UA outlooks for both teams in the NCAA Tournament and more.
But once Frese was hired as Maryland’s head coach in 2002, she became a national figure as the Terps' head coach, winning the 2006 NCAA championship and winning Big Ten titles in 2004, 2006, 2014 and 2015. Gates at the gate for MizzouIf Arizona and Missouri advance to a Round of 32 game in Sacramento on Saturday, you might recognize the Tigers' first-year coach, Dennis Gates.On Senior Day at McKale Center, 2002, Gates scored three points for the Bears in an absolute blowout, won 99-53 by Arizona as Luke Walton almost had a triple-double, credited with 11 assists while scoring 10 points and grabbing seven rebounds.
No, it wasn’t that future NBA star Steve Nash overwhelmed Arizona. Nash, a freshman, shot 1 for 7 from the field as an off-the-bench player that day. The Broncos were only 18-11, third-place finishers in the weak West Coast Conference who had lost 66-35 to Pac-10 runner-up Stanford earlier in the season.I clearly remember watching No.
But there is hope: One of those three losses came in 2016 when No. 7 seed Washington upset the No. 2-seeded Terrapins in College Park.
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