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  • Oct 20, 2020 Updated Apr 8, 2021
VIDEO: Arizona basketball team meets fans at McKale Center after punching ticket to Final Four
VIDEO: Arizona basketball team meets fans at McKale Center after punching ticket to Final Four
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Arizona basketball's Kharchenkov connects with fans after Elite Eight win at McKale Center
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The Arizona Wildcats are back ... in Tucson and in the Final Four
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Arizona basketball fans line up to welcome the Final Four bound Wildcats at McKale Center
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Arizona volleyball coach hypes up UA basketball fans for Wildcats' return to Tucson
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Protesters gather at Tucson's Reid Park for 'No Kings' rally
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VIDEO: Arizona Wildcats take the floor in SJ
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VIDEO: Tommy Lloyd says Final Four could bring 'collective joy' to community
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VIDEO: Tommy Lloyd said second half vs Purdue went better than expected
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VIDEO: `We want to play championship basketball,' Tommy Lloyd says
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VIDEO: Street party in San Jose
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VIDEO: Arizona coach Tommy Lloyd on keeping things 'normal' with Final Four looming
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Tucson's Top Stories: March 29
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VIDEO: Arizona Wildcats high-five fans in San Jose
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VIDEO: Sean Miller says college basketball landscape 'changed a lot' since leaving Arizona
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