Let's play ball!
Around five o'clock this afternoon, the first moments of spring will flip over onto all the calendars in Arizona.
The winter months for Arizonans will pass on, leaving in its wake a few days of agony for Wildcat sports fans who have endured a tough few months -- including the sudden departure of the Arizona Men's basketball team from the 2023 NCAA Tournament, the Big Dance, which turned into nothing more than a heart-breaking three-minute song for the Wildcat players, the Wildcat fans and the coaches in the first round as the two-seeded Wildcats lose their opener to 15-seeded Princeton, 59-55, on Thursday, February 16., and finish with a 28-7 overall record.
We also said goodbye to the Lady Wildcats in the second round of the NCAA Women's Basketball tournament on Sunday, February 19, as they finished 22-10 after a 77-64 loss to Maryland. They certainly battled the Terrapins and held a one-point lead at the half, but a cold-shooting nine-point third quarter left the Wildcats down 61-42 with 10 minutes remaining. The deficit was just too much to overcome for Cate Reese, who scored a team-high 19 points, and for her teammates, who gave their all from the opening tip at McKale Center last November til the final ticks in College Park, Maryland.
So, we (Arizona fans) turn to baseball, softball, and all our favorite Wildcat athletes who compete in all the spring sports. We hope for some warmer weather. Soon the Arizona sun is bound to come out.
The Arizona baseball team enters this week with a 12-6 overall record and a Pac-12 Conference record of 3-3, while the Lady Cats are 20-9 and 3-3 in Pac-12 play.
It is hard to believe spring training will end up north, and the 2023 professional baseball season begins on March 30 as all 30 teams are scheduled to play.
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