It has been a good holiday season for Jason Terry. The former Arizona point guard became just the third NBA player ever to make 2,000 three-pointers, joining Ray Allen and Reggie Miller in the exclusive club. Then the Pac-12 and UA combined to rule that Terry is now eligible to have his No. 31 Arizona jersey retired, ending a long ban triggered when Terry admitted he took money from an agent during his UA senior season of 1998-99. Terry has more than paid penance for that long-ago transgression. UA athletic director Greg Byrne said that school president Ann Weaver Hart was active and influential in making Terry’s jersey retirement (Feb. 19 at the USC-Arizona game) a reality. “It’s the right time,” Byrne said Saturday. “He’s a good citizen; the past is the past.” The UA will re-condition the retired jerseys of Sean Elliott, Steve Kerr, Jason Gardner and Mike Bibby, giving them a 21st century look, for the February celebration.
'Good citizen' Terry ready to join UA immortals
Jason Terry, former University of Arizona men's basketball player, holds up his framed jersey at halftime during the Red-Blue Game at McKale Center on Saturday, Oct. 22, 2011.
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