Arizona has been playing basketball since the early twentieth century with their initial win coming in the first game the program ever played. A 1904 contest that resulted in a victory over the Morenci YMCA team marked the first of what would become many wins in the storied tradition known today as Arizona Wildcat basketball. Long before joining the Pacific 10 Conference (Pac-10) in 1878 many of the games during their first decade of existence came against local YMCA competition, a practice that was surprisingly common in that era. In fact, the University of Kentucky which has the current record for most men’s basketball wins also began their tradition with a single win over a Lexington YMCA team in 1903.

Coming off the 2008-2009 season the University of Arizona basketball program has a twenty-five year streak of consecutive appearances in the NCAA Tournament. After getting off to a rocky 12-10 start for the 2009-2010 season many Wildcat fans are rightfully concerned that their impressive streak may be in jeopardy. During the twenty-five year streak U of A has reached the Sweet Sixteen twelve times, the Elite Eight seven times, the Final Four on four separate occasions, and has one NCAA National Championship to their credit from the 1997 season.

Much of the success enjoyed by the Wildcats over the last twenty-five years can be attributed to esteemed former head coach Lute Olsen. Coach Olsen came from the University of Iowa in 1983 to inherit a University of Arizona basketball program that had just come off of a forgettable 4-24 record which included only one conference victory. In just three short seasons Coach Olsen miraculously turned the program around from being in the cellar of the conference standings to being an admired organization of national prominence. After winning their first Pac-10 crown in 1986 the University of Arizona basketball machine would go on to be a Pac-10 power throughout the remainder of the century.

Sadly, on October 23, 2008 Coach Lute Olsen announced his retirement with the cause for the unexpected announcement later being explained by his physician as resulting from health concerns. Olsen was 74 years old at the time of his retirement. Assistant coach Russ Pennell took over on an interim basis after the retirement of Olsen. Pennell narrowly made the NCAA Tournament after the 2008-2009 season with a record of 19-13. The controversial selection by the NCAA Tournament committee raised some eyebrows as skeptics considered U of A to be a bubble team at best that was given the benefit of making the tournament primarily to extend their appearances streak to twenty-five years. Sean Miller took over head coaching duties on a permanent basis following the one year stint of Russ Pennell as interim head coach.

It remains to be seen exactly what will happen under the Sean Miller era. Coach Miller knows that he has very large shoes to fill by replacing legendary Coach Lute Olsen. The one aspect of this situation that can be accurately predicted is that University of Arizona basketball fans will continue to root on their team regardless of who holds the title of head coach.

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If you take a look around, there are a lot of kids that love to play the sport of basketball. Just about every playground that has a hoop is being used by kids when they get a chance to get out and play. All they need is a hoop, a basketball and the right basketball shoes. The hoops are provided by the parks and recreation department as is the place they are erected. So the kids are on their own to provide the actual basketball and the shoes required to play. The ball is not that hard to get. They are relatively inexpensive. You can find one at just about any store such as walmart, sears, J.C. Penny and Dicks. A couple kids can throw their money in and they come up with a basketball.

Basketball shoes are a different story. Kids see what the pros wear on TV. What they see the pros wear and what the pros endorse is what they want. Now these kids for the most part do not have a lot of money. Their parents may not either. So what do they do? Some resort to stealing. They steal from the store. Some will even steal from other kids. They will take them right off their feet. The whole reason is that they are just that expensive.

So how do you solver this?

You try and show these kids how they can get basketball shoes for a decent price. If the kids can see themselves as being able to save up a Little money and being able to afford a new pair of bball shoes, they probably will. If the kids buy the shoes themselves, they will be more likely to take care of them since it was their money used for the purchase.

Where do you find basketball shoes a kid can afford?

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When a kid purchases their own shoes, they will have a feeling of accomplishment. They will play better to. It just perpetuates a cycle of doing thing for themselves.

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