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Photos: Meet this year's Arizona Wildcats basketball team

  • Oct 28, 2014
  • Oct 28, 2014
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Get personal with the players and find out who's the teacher's pet.

Kadeem Allen

Kadeem Allen

Junior, No. 20

From: Wilmington, N.C.

6-3, 195

Probable role: Reserve combo guard

Age: 21

Major: General studies

Follow him here: @hov_20 (Twitter), @kadeemallen20 (Instagram)

His picks for …

Best dressed: I’ll give it to my man Rondae. I didn’t really bring my swag with me.

Most likely to be successful after basketball: Kaleb

Most likely to star in reality TV: Craig

Best tattoo: Matt. He has a big bird.

Best smile: Me

BFFs: Elliott and T.J.

Teacher’s pet: I don’t think there is one

Class clown: Craig

Drama king: N/A

Computer geek: Not sure

Ryan Anderson

Ryan Anderson

Senior, No. 12

From: Lakewood, Calif.

6-9, 230

Probable role: Redshirting power forward

Age: 21

Major: general studies

Follow him here: @_Zona12 (Twitter), @ryan_anderson12 (Instagram)

His picks for …

Best dressed: Ryan Anderson. I have a lot of different things I can throw at you. The other day I wore some rainbow, cut-off, Mickey Mouse capri pants

Most likely to be successful after basketball: Drew Mellon has a great future outside of basketball. He’s got the hair for it. In our society, if you have good hair, you can do anything.

Most likely to star in reality TV: Absolutely Rondae Hollis-Jefferson. The dude is a TV show every single day.

Best tattoo: Craig Victor has a Porsche tattoo on his wrist because Coach Miller tells him to play with a motor. I think that’s pretty cool.

Best smile: Trey Mason, he’s known on our team as the underwear model. He’s got a great smile to work with.

BFFs: Me and T.J. McConnell. That, or T.J. and Elliott

Teacher’s pet: Matt Korcheck. He does whatever the coaches say all the time

Class clown: I’m gonna go under the radar, with Craig Victor. He never stops.

Drama king: N/A

Computer geek: Dusan. He’s a smart kid.

Brandon Ashley

Brandon Ashley

Junior, No. 21

From: Dublin, Calif.

6-9, 230

Probable role: Starting power forward

Age: 20

Major: Business

Follow him here: @_bash21 (Twitter), @_bash (Instagram)

His picks for …

Best dressed: Me

Most likely to be successful after basketball: I don’t know. Maybe Kaleb?

Most likely to star in reality TV: Rondae

Best tattoo: Gabe, maybe

Best smile: I dunno about that one.

BFFs: Me and Rondae

Teacher’s pet: We’ll go with T.J.

Class clown: Rondae, or maybe Parker

Drama king: Rondae

Computer geek: I don’t know.

Jacob Hazzard

Jacob Hazzard

Junior, No. 50

From: Los Angeles

6-0, 160

Probable role: Walk-on guard

Age: 21

Major: General studies

Follow him here: @JacobHazzard (Twitter), @jacobhazzard (Instagram)

His picks for …

Best dressed: Parker

Most likely to be successful after basketball: Drew. He’s got the hair.

Most likely to star in reality TV: Rondae

Best tattoo: Gabe. I like his sleeve.

Best smile: Brandon

BFFs: Elliott and T.J.

Teacher’s pet: I don’t think we have one of those

Class clown: Rondae

Drama king: Rondae

Computer geek: I’ll give myself that one. I’m always on the computer.

Rondae Hollis-Jefferson

Rondae Hollis-Jefferson

Sophomore, No. 23

From: Chester, Pa.

6-7, 220

Probable role: Starting forward

Age: 19

Major: Undeclared

Follow him here: @RondaeHJ23 (Twitter), @rhollisjefferson23 (Instagram)

His picks for …

Best dressed: Me

Most likely to be successful after basketball: Kaleb.

Most likely to star in reality TV: Me

Best tattoo: Korcheck. It’s like some wing-type thing.

Best smile: Me

BFFs: Brandon Ashley and Craig Victor

Teacher’s pet: T.J. Give it to T.J.

Class clown: Me

Drama king: Stanley

Computer geek: Elliott

Parker Jackson-Cartwright

Parker Jackson-Cartwright

Freshman, No. 21

From: Los Angeles, Calif.

5-10, 160

Probable role: Reserve point guard

Age: 19

Major: Undeclared

Follow him here: @PGUPark (Twitter), @pgupark (Instagram)

His picks for …

Best dressed: Me

Most likely to be successful after basketball: Drew. I would expect him to start a business and make a lot of money

Most likely to star in reality TV: Rondae

Best tattoo: Gabe York

Best smile: Trey Mason

BFFs: Trey and Elliott. They’re always together. It’s weird. I don’t get it.

Teacher’s pet: T.J.

Class clown: Rondae

Drama king: T.J.

Computer geek: Trey

Stanley Johnson

Stanley Johnson

Freshman, No.5

From: Fullerton, Calif.

6-7, 245

Probable role: Starting wing

Age: 18

Major: Pre-business

Follow him here: @StanMan_5 (Twitter), @stanimal_5 (Instagram)

His picks for …

Best dressed: That’s me. I’m the best dressed.

Most likely to be successful after basketball: Trey Mason

Most likely to star in reality TV: Rondae

Best tattoo: Matt Korcheck has some sick ones.

Best smile: Me, definitely.

BFFs: My house is pretty tight: Me, Dusan and Kadeem live together.

Teacher’s pet: I don’t think there’s a teacher’s pet. But the guy coach will get on the most is T.J. McConnell.

Class clown: Craig Victor. He’s crazy. Crazy.

Drama king: I’ll take it. Sure.

Computer geek: Dusan.

Matt Korcheck

Matt Korcheck

Senior, No. 31

From: Tucson

6-10, 235

Projected role: Reserve post player

Age: 23

Major: Social behavior and human understanding

Follow him here: Not on Twitter or Instagram

His picks for …

Best dressed: Rondae

Most likely to be successful after basketball: Brandon. He’s gone through a lot. Really impressive.

Most likely to star in reality TV: T.J.

Best tattoo: I’ll go with me.

Best smile: Me.

BFFs: We’re all pretty close as a unit

Teacher’s pet: Uh… T.J.

Class clown: Rondae

Drama king: Stanley

Computer geek: Kaleb

Trey Mason

Trey Mason

Sophomore, No. 44

From: Los Angeles

6-2, 180

Projected role: Walk-on guard

Age: 19

Major: Pre-business

Follow him here: @TreyBall3

His picks for …

Best dressed: I would have to go with myself or Elliott, because Elliott is wearing my clothes all the time

Most likely to be successful after basketball: Kaleb Tarczewski or Drew Mellon, just because they’re so focused on school. They have bright futures ahead of them.

Most likely to star in reality TV: Jacob Hazzard or Parker Jackson-Cartwright, because he’s hilarious

Best tattoo: I like T.J.’s wings

Best smile: Gabe? Stanley? Me? One of those three?

BFFs: Not really any cliques like that. Jacob and Drew are pretty close

Teacher’s pet: T.J. For sure, T.J.

Class clown: Rondae

Drama king: Rondae

Computer geek: Drew Mellon

T.J. McConnell

T.J. McConnell

Senior, No. 4

From: Pittsburgh

6-1, 195

Probable role: Starting point guard

Age: 22

Major: Sports and society

Follow him here: @iPass4Zona (Twitter), @tjmcconnell4 (Instagram)

His picks for …

Best dressed: Rondae

Most likely to be successful after basketball: Kaleb. He’s going to be a great businessman.

Most likely to star in reality TV: Rondae

Best tattoo: Dunno. Oh, wait: Rondae has the best tattoo. He has a tattoo of himself on his back.

Best smile: Stanley

BFFs: All of us

Teacher’s pet: Uh, that’s what they call me

Class clown: Me. Rondae. Everyone.

Drama king: Elliott

Computer geek: Elliott

Drew Mellon

Drew Mellon

Senior, No. 55

From: Orange, Calif.

6-6, 205

Projected role: Walk-on forward

Age: 21

Major: Management Information Systems

Follow him here: @dmellon55 (Twitter), @dmellon (Instagram)

His picks for …

Best dressed: Stanley Johnson. He’s got a little swag

Most likely to be successful after basketball: Oh, me

Most likely to star in reality TV: Rondae

Best tattoo: I’d say Gabe, probably, the whole sleeve

Best smile: Jacob’s smile is pretty funny.

BFFs: T.J. and Elliott

Teacher’s pet: T.J.

Class clown: Probably Rondae

Drama king: I dunno, maybe Rondae again

Computer geek: Me, kinda. That’s my major

Elliott Pitts

Elliott Pitts

Sophomore, No. 24

From: Dublin, Calif.

6-5, 185

Projected role: Reserve guard

Age: 19

Major: Pre-business

Follow him here: @Ejp_22 (Twitter), @ejp_24 (Instagram)

His picks for …

Best dressed: I would say me, or Trey, because Trey borrows all my clothes

Most likely to be successful after basketball: Korcheck. He’s a really smart guy.

Most likely to star in reality TV: Rondae. Definitely

Best tattoo: Gabe. The whole sleeve, he has a lion on there

Best smile: Kadeem

BFFs: Me and T.J. We live together, we hang out all the time

Teacher’s pet: Parker. Definitely. He’s a suck-up

Class clown: Rondae. That’s easy

Drama king: Ryan. Definitely

Computer geek: Not sure

Dusan Ristic

Dusan Ristic

Freshman, No. 14

From: Novi Sad, Serbia

7-0, 245

Probable role: Reserve center

Age: 18

Major: Undeclared

Follow him here: @ristic_dusan (Twitter), @dusanristic14 (Instagram)

Kaleb Tarczewski

Kaleb Tarczewski

Junior, No. 35

From: Claremont, N.H.

7-0, 245

Projected role: Starting center

Age: 21

Major: Pre-business

Follow him here: Not on Twitter, @tarczewski35 (Instagram)

His picks for …

Best dressed: Rondae

Most likely to be successful after basketball: Probably me. No, I’m kidding. I’d say T.J.

Most likely to star in reality TV: Definitely T.J. or Rondae

Best tattoo: T.J.

Best smile: Probably Kadeem

BFFs: Elliott and T.J.

Teacher’s pet: I don’t know

Class clown: Rondae, for sure

Drama king: Don’t know

Computer geek: I don’t know

Craig Victor

Craig Victor

Freshman, No. 3

From: New Orleans, La.

6-9, 230

Probable role: Reserve power forward

Age: 19

Major: Sustainable built environments

Follow him here: @CV_3 (Twitter), @craigvictor (Instagram)

His picks for …

Best dressed: Stanley

Most likely to be successful after basketball: Drew Mellon

Most likely to star in reality TV: Rondae

Best tattoo: Me. My city. The city of New Orleans.

Best smile: T.J.

BFFs: Kadeem and myself

Teacher’s pet: You can put everybody’s name for that.

Class clown: Rondae

Drama king: Stanley

Computer geek: Drew

Gabe York

Gabe York

Junior, No. 1

From: West Covina, Calif.

6-3, 185

Projected role: Starting or reserve guard

Age: 21

Major: General studies

Follow him here: @York_City1 (Twitter), @gabeyork1 (Instagram)

Sean Miller

Sean Miller

Head coach

Age: 45

From: Beaver Falls, Pa.

Degree: Pittsburgh, ’92 (B.A. Communications)

Follow him here: @UAcoachmiller (Twitter), Not on Instagram

Joe Pasternack

Joe Pasternack

Associate head coach

Age: 37

From: New Orleans

Degree: Indiana, ’99 (B.S. marketing)

Follow him here: Not active on Twitter

Book Richardson

Book Richardson

Assistant coach

Age: 41

From: New York

Degree: Pittsburgh-Johnstown, ’98 (B.S. business marketing and management).

Follow him here: Not active on Twitter or Instagram

Damon Stoudamire

Damon Stoudamire

Assistant coach

Age: 41

From: Portland, Ore.

Degree: Arizona ’08 (B.S. media arts)

Follow him here: @iambiggie503 (Twitter), not on Instagram

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