For subscribers: The Star's longtime columnist checks in with thoughts about the Wildcats' women's basketball team, his night in Section 121, and ex-Toros manager Rick Sweet's return to the top of Triple-A.
Greg Hansen The Star's longtime columnist checks in with thoughts about the Wildcats' women's basketball team, his night in Section 121, and ex-Toros manager Rick Sweet's return to the top of Triple-A.
But the foundation of Barnes’ program, one that has won 90 games the last four seasons and finished No. 2 at the 2021 Final Four, are seniors Cate Reese, Shaina Pellington and Helena Pueyo. Barnes’ most difficult assignment all year is likely to be distributing playing time between five returning players and seven coveted newcomers. Determining a seven- or eight-player rotation is going to be sensitive when 12 players believe they are good enough to be on the court.
To add to the unknown, five-star recruit Montaya Dew of Las Vegas has committed to Arizona and intends to enroll in January.“You want to play your freshmen because if you don’t, you’re going to lose them,” said Barnes, who acknowledged that the culture of college basketball in 2022 — college sports altogether — had changed so much the last decade that “if you don’t play, you leave.”
3. Freshman 7-footer Henri Veesaar has the look of a go-to guy and first-round NBA draft pick — some day. But this UA team has such depth that Veesaar might not average more than 20-24 minutes per game. Terry Francona close to Hall of Fame lockTucsonan Terry Francona managed the Cleveland Guardians to the American League Central championship last week. This will be Francona’s 11th berth in the playoffs since he managed Boston to the 2004 world championship. At 63, Francona is now legitimately in play to someday be inducted into the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. Through Friday he had managed 1,871 victories, No. 16 in history.
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