As promised, Arizona scheduled its Oct. 17 Red-Blue preseason celebration away from the Wildcats' football game at Colorado.
The Wildcats announced today the Red-Blue Game will start at 1 p.m., allowing fans plenty of time to catch the Fox Sports 1 telecast of the Arizona-CU football game at 6 p.m. Tucson time (7 p.m. in Boulder).
The Red-Blue Game, which has already sold out for the fifth straight season but will be streamed on Pac-12 Networks, is expected to feature two 12-minutes halves and plenty of the usual preseason hoopla.
It will be the Wildcats' only public appearance before their Nov. 8 exhibition game against Chico State and the first chance to catch a glimpse of newcomers Allonzo Trier, Ray Smith, Justin Simon, Chance Comanche, Mark Tollefsen and Ryan Anderson.
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While juco transfer Kadeem Allen played in the Red-Blue Game last year before redshirting, with four points in 15 minutes (box score here), Anderson did not play because of a lingering shoulder injury suffered before he transferred from Boston College.
Josh Jackson told Scout.com he's planning to schedule his official visits to Arizona and Kansas for this month. He also told Scout at the USA Basketball camp over the weekend that he has a "great relationship" with UA coach Sean Miller after the U19 experience -- but also that Miles Bridges' commitment to Michigan State is a factor weighing in the Spartans' favor.
BTW, Scout raved about Jackson's play during the USA Basketball event.
After visiting St. John's and taking in some WWE at the Garden, Mitch Lightfoot told Zagsblog he'll probably make a decision in the "couple of weeks" following his official visit to Arizona this weekend.
ICYMI, we had a look at five of the Wildcats' many questions entering the preseason posted over the weekend.
