The Wildcats set a team record last season by shooting 78.6 percent from the free-throw line, but they are ready to eclipse that record this year.

Currently Arizona is shooting 78.4 percent from the charity stripe, led by senior guard Salim Stoudamire, who has improved his stroke from 79.5 percent last season to 90.7 percent thus far. All five starters shoot better than 72 percent, with sophomore forward Ivan Radenovic being last in the starting group. Senior center Channing Frye has made drastic improvements in his free-throw shooting from his sophomore year - when he shot only 66.4 percent. He's second on the team at 83.5 percent. [Read article]

While hockey is usually the first sport that comes to mind when one thinks of Canadian sports, the Arizona gymnastics team is proof that gymnastics is just as popular to our neighbors to the north.

Arizona is under a Canadian invasion, as four out of 15 athletes on the UA roster and one coach are from the Great White North.

What's going on, eh?

The Wildcats are getting an influx in Canadian athletes because in Canada, universities do not award athletic scholarships for gymnastics. [Read article]

An open letter to the Phoenix Suns organization:

Thus far into the NBA season, your franchise has arisen from the ashes of a disastrous 29-53 campaign in 2003-04, much like the city's namesake.

Your Suns have jumped to a 38-11 start with an up-tempo style of play that has resulted in an NBA-best 109.5 points-per-game average.

Phoenix's resurgence has prompted NBA experts like Houston Chronicle beat reporter John P. Lopez to call you the savior of a league desperate to win back an increasingly dwindling fan base. [Read article]

The Arizona women's golf team began its spring season yesterday at the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge and is tied for ninth after first round action.

The Wildcats trail tournament leader UCLA by 18 strokes. Arizona shot a 23-over-par 307 while the Bruins shot 5-under-par 289. Duke and Pepperdine ended the day second and third, respectively. Pacific 10 Conference foe Washington tied Oklahoma State tied for fourth as both teams shot a 13-over-par 297. [Read article]

Arizona sports fans might remember 1980 as the year the baseball team won its first national championship, but it's also the year the Arizona synchronized swimming team earned its first national title.

The Splashcats won two more national championships in '81 and '84, but due to the financial problems the athletic department was having in the mid-'80s, many sports were cut, including synchronize swimming. [Read article]