Arizona and Maryland had plenty in common last season.

Both were powered by touted guards who were complemented by a strong inside presence.

But the two teams have gone in different directions since their respective season-ending losses to Duke in the Final Four last year.

When the two teams meet tonight at 7 in New York City for the opening round of the Coaches vs. Cancer IKON Classic, the differences will be obvious.

Eleven activists from the Progressive Alliance protested the war on Afghanistan by beginning a two-day fast on the UA Mall yesterday.

Arizona has never lost to Maryland. The last time the teams met, the Wildcats defeated the Terps 97-90 in the NCAA Sweet 16 in Anaheim in 1998.

Charles Peterson must have known that his letter to the (yesterday's) editor condemning the gay community would garner some response from that community. I certainly do not pretend to speak for the entire GLBT community at UA, but I do have a couple of points to make that I think neatly rebut Peterson's narrow presentation of the issue.

For recent UA graduate Regina Felsing, being an opera performer is a never-ending process of refinement and reevaluation.