Arizona Wildcats basketball: On PJC's good luck charm, Navy pride, At 'Em T-shirts
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Seen and heard during Arizona's 65-63 win over Michigan State in the Armed Forces Classic.
- Bruce Pascoe
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Ramon Cartwright estimates he’s already traveled to about 30 of his son’s games over two seasons with the Arizona Wildcats, and he wasn’t about to miss Parker Jackson-Cartwright play in this one.
Even if it meant the expense and time of flying all the way to Hawaii from his Southern California home for just one game.
“It’s a once-in-a-lifetime game,” Cartwright said. “I try to go whenever I can, and I think it helps his play.”
Maybe he’s on to something. Ramon made that statement before the game — then sat down to watch Parker grab a defensive rebound over MSU center Kenny Goins with 1:08 left, then nail a jumper to give UA a 63-60 lead with 39 seconds left.
Jackson-Cartwright finished with nine points, three assists, three steals and two turnovers in 33 minutes.
- Bruce Pascoe
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Three members of the 17th Operational Weather Squadron who showed up in military whites to watch the Armed Forces Classic had zero rooting interest in the teams involved, but that didn’t mean they weren’t having a good time.
For one thing, the Navy servicemen were cut loose early from work, where they assist Air Force operations with weather issues.
For another thing, it was an elite sporting event in Honolulu.
“You don’t get a lot of big-time college basketball here, or a lot of big-time sports,” said Noah Brown, a Petty Officer Second Class from South Dakota.
While Brown said he is mostly a Nebraska fan, his squadron mate, Seaman Apprentice Daniel Suarez of Homestead, Florida, follows the University of Miami and Anthony Castadero, a Petty Officer Third Class from Long Island, New York, says he mostly just follows the Knicks.
“I did go to a Hofstra game,” he said.
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Fans at the Stan Sheriff Center stood in dead silence for over a full minute as the Navy’s Pacific Fleet Band prepared to play the national anthem, anticipating the formal military touch to the event.
Then everyone kept standing some more, and barely breathing, until the public-address announcer broke the silence.
“We’re just waiting for TV,” he said, drawing laughter throughout the arena.
- Bruce Pascoe
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While the main concession stands at the Stan Sheriff Center featured the usual ballpark fare, the action was in the small stands on the perimeter of the concourse.
There, fans could buy local specialties such as hot cinnamon macadamia nuts, lychee ice cream, edamame and saimin two ways – as a cup of soup or fried.
Then there was this: “Uncle Lani’s Poi Mochi.”
The Japanese-Hawaiian fusion treat features a fried ball of Japanese sweet flour with poi inside.
- Bruce Pascoe
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While initial plans to play the Armed Forces Classic at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam were scrapped – last year’s game on a makeshift court in Japan was canceled at halftime because of moisture – organizers tried to turn the University of Hawaii’s arena into a fitting venue.
A special floor was installed featuring the Armed Forces Classic logo at midcourt, and the words “PEARL HARBOR” were painted along both baselines. In the stands, multiple banners covered up advertising and bare wall with the words “America’s NAVY” and a logo commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attacks.
And, of course, the teams involved wore special camouflage uniforms for the occasion. As it turned out, it was hard to tell the arena was on the University of Hawaii campus, except for the green seats.
- Bruce Pascoe
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Inspired by UA’s uniform design Friday, commemorative camouflage T-shirts are being sold to help families and survivors pay for a trip back to Pearl Harbor for the 75th anniversary next month of the Dec. 7 attacks.
The $35 shirts can be purchased at The Underestimated City, 402 N. 4th Ave., or online at theunderestimatedcity.com until Sunday at midnight.
The fundraising campaign is being led by Randy and Nikki Stratton, the son and granddaughter of USS Arizona survivor Don Stratton.
- Bruce Pascoe
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“It’s something they can’t take from us. We have it the rest of the year.” — Sean Miller on the ramifications of Friday’s season-opening UA win.
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7: Consecutive wins for Arizona in Hawaii, dating back to 2012-13.
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- Bruce Pascoe
Ramon Cartwright estimates he’s already traveled to about 30 of his son’s games over two seasons with the Arizona Wildcats, and he wasn’t about to miss Parker Jackson-Cartwright play in this one.
Even if it meant the expense and time of flying all the way to Hawaii from his Southern California home for just one game.
“It’s a once-in-a-lifetime game,” Cartwright said. “I try to go whenever I can, and I think it helps his play.”
Maybe he’s on to something. Ramon made that statement before the game — then sat down to watch Parker grab a defensive rebound over MSU center Kenny Goins with 1:08 left, then nail a jumper to give UA a 63-60 lead with 39 seconds left.
Jackson-Cartwright finished with nine points, three assists, three steals and two turnovers in 33 minutes.
- Bruce Pascoe
Three members of the 17th Operational Weather Squadron who showed up in military whites to watch the Armed Forces Classic had zero rooting interest in the teams involved, but that didn’t mean they weren’t having a good time.
For one thing, the Navy servicemen were cut loose early from work, where they assist Air Force operations with weather issues.
For another thing, it was an elite sporting event in Honolulu.
“You don’t get a lot of big-time college basketball here, or a lot of big-time sports,” said Noah Brown, a Petty Officer Second Class from South Dakota.
While Brown said he is mostly a Nebraska fan, his squadron mate, Seaman Apprentice Daniel Suarez of Homestead, Florida, follows the University of Miami and Anthony Castadero, a Petty Officer Third Class from Long Island, New York, says he mostly just follows the Knicks.
“I did go to a Hofstra game,” he said.
- Bruce Pascoe
Fans at the Stan Sheriff Center stood in dead silence for over a full minute as the Navy’s Pacific Fleet Band prepared to play the national anthem, anticipating the formal military touch to the event.
Then everyone kept standing some more, and barely breathing, until the public-address announcer broke the silence.
“We’re just waiting for TV,” he said, drawing laughter throughout the arena.
- Bruce Pascoe
While the main concession stands at the Stan Sheriff Center featured the usual ballpark fare, the action was in the small stands on the perimeter of the concourse.
There, fans could buy local specialties such as hot cinnamon macadamia nuts, lychee ice cream, edamame and saimin two ways – as a cup of soup or fried.
Then there was this: “Uncle Lani’s Poi Mochi.”
The Japanese-Hawaiian fusion treat features a fried ball of Japanese sweet flour with poi inside.
- Bruce Pascoe
While initial plans to play the Armed Forces Classic at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam were scrapped – last year’s game on a makeshift court in Japan was canceled at halftime because of moisture – organizers tried to turn the University of Hawaii’s arena into a fitting venue.
A special floor was installed featuring the Armed Forces Classic logo at midcourt, and the words “PEARL HARBOR” were painted along both baselines. In the stands, multiple banners covered up advertising and bare wall with the words “America’s NAVY” and a logo commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attacks.
And, of course, the teams involved wore special camouflage uniforms for the occasion. As it turned out, it was hard to tell the arena was on the University of Hawaii campus, except for the green seats.
- Bruce Pascoe
Inspired by UA’s uniform design Friday, commemorative camouflage T-shirts are being sold to help families and survivors pay for a trip back to Pearl Harbor for the 75th anniversary next month of the Dec. 7 attacks.
The $35 shirts can be purchased at The Underestimated City, 402 N. 4th Ave., or online at theunderestimatedcity.com until Sunday at midnight.
The fundraising campaign is being led by Randy and Nikki Stratton, the son and granddaughter of USS Arizona survivor Don Stratton.
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