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Arizona Wildcats Basketball: New Players, New Uniforms, Media Day

By Shereen Rayan

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Arizona Wildcats basketball team had a little fun during media day, and Wildcats fans relish seeing the new players in their Arizona uniforms.

When Wildcats fans learn of a player who commits to the University of Arizona, they probably picture them in an Arizona uniform. Skip forward to Pac-12 Arizona Basketball media day, the day Wildcats fans look forward too.

Don’t they look good?

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It’s such a great feeling to see the players so happy in their uni’s; they have been waiting for this day as much or more than the fans have. Next thing fans cannot wait for is to see them play in them. Your first chance, if you bought a ticket, is at the Red and Blue Game, which takes place this Saturday, Oct. 17 at 1:00 p.m. at McKale. The game is sold out.

Can you name the players in this Arizona Wildcats video documenting Media Day 2015?

Let’s review what we learned about each new player joining the team this season; there are seven new Wildcats on the Arizona Wildcats Basketball team.

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To make it easy for you to get up to speed on our new eligible Wildcats, ZZ listed each one and some past articles we have written about each along with some excerpts to give you a preview.

Allonzo Trier (Freshman) –

Allonzo Trier Is Arizona Basketball’s Next Big Thing

Arizona Wildcats Basketball: Allonzo Trier – The Most Unstoppable Scorer,

Allonzo Trier (pronounced Tree-air), is a five-star six foot five, 190-pound guard originally from Seattle, Washington attending Findlay College Prep in Rockville, MD. Trier, ranked No. 13 in the nation, has been dubbed as the best and most unstoppable scorer of the 2015 recruiting class.

Justin Simon (Freshman) –

Arizona Wildcat Basketball Class of 2015: Meet Justin “The Mayor” Simon

Arizona Basketball: Commits Chance Comanche and Justin Simon Winning!

Ranked No. 37 in ESPN’s top 100 basketball recruits and No. 2 on the 2015 ESPN Top 100 California Recruits, Justin was offered by 18 schools including six other Pac-12 teams: UCLA, USC, Washington, ASU, Cal, and Colorado. He chose to commit to the University of Arizona Class of 2015 in May 201]

Ray Smith (Freshman) –

Arizona Wildcats Basketball: Commit Ray Smith Has Freakish Ability

Arizona Wildcats Commit Ray Smith is Ready, Are you?

Ray Smith (Reykwan) was offered by 11 schools including Connecticut and Louisville, and four other Pac-12 schools; Cal, Oregon, ASU, and USC.  Thankfully for Wildcat nation, he signed on July 14, 2014, with Coach Sean Miller and the Arizona Wildcats!

Almost a year ago, Arizona Wildcats commit Ray Smith suffered an ACL tear, cutting his high school basketball career short. When it comes to ACL tears in young athletes, a lot of the rehab is how an athlete comes back mentally. 

Chance Comanche (Freshman) –

Wildcats basketball: California Commit and Tower Center Chance Comanche

Arizona Basketball: Commits Chance Comanche and Justin Simon Winning!

Chance Comanche Post Ballislife game Photo by Shereen Rayan 05/02/15

Chance Comanche is a name that will stick with you for a long time, pretty cool.  He was offered by 13 schools, most notably, UCONN, Gonzaga, and Louisville, but also by five “other” Pac-12 schools UCLA, Cal, Colorado, Oregon, and USC.

Chance’s hometown is Beverly Hills, California, a stone’s throw from where I am sitting right now, a great place to live, eat, drink, shop and star-gaze. In Tucson, he won’t be gazing at movie stars, but the stars he will be gazing at will be his teammates, himself in the mirror and the beautiful Tucson night sky.

Kadeem Allen (Junior) – 

Meet Arizona Wildcats Kadeem Allen, He’s Crazy Good

Allen did indeed red shirt for the 2014–15 season which is why you saw him, but he didn’t play in any games.  He will have two years of eligibility starting for the 2015–16 season, and we cannot wait! Kadeem Allen was one of the first to notably console T.J. McConnell as he walked off the court towards the bench for the last time in the NCAA West Regional Elite Eight finals.

Ryan Anderson (Senior) –

Ryan Anderson is Ready to Rock McKale

Ryan Anderson Wants to Compete, and It Can’t Come Soon Enough!

Being offered and committing to the University of Arizona is a privilege, and it is not lost on Anderson, “I had no idea a school such as Arizona would be calling. When I saw Tucson Arizona pop up on my phone, I couldn’t believe it. This school has an incredible tradition. As we’ve seen this year so many guys have gone into the NBA, not just on our team from last year but in the past ten years or so and they, have a great tradition for winning. I want to win; I am a big-time competitor.”

Dec 3, 2014; Boulder, CO, USA; San Francisco Dons center Mark Tollefsen (23) shoots over Colorado Buffaloes forward Wesley Gordon (1) in the second half at the Coors Events Center. The Buffaloes defeated the Dons 72-55. Mandatory Credit: Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports

Mark Tollefson (Senior) –

Meet Your Newest Arizona Wildcat: Strong Forward Mark Tollefsen

Mark Tollefsen Summer Update Up Close

Last season Tollefsen averaged 14.0 points and 5.4 rebounds last season, shooting 37.8 percent from 3-point range (42 of 111). He earned All-West Coast Conference honors according to Fox Sports Arizona’s Anthony Gimino.

We have a lot to look forward to when the season starts, Mark is a shooter and a dunker, “Shooting has always been natural to me, I have always been shooter, a good shooter since I was a young kid, for me I always wanted to dunk since I was a little kid so playing above the rim has always something I took pride in and definitely shooting from the outside..I can play inside or outside.”

Get to know these players, they are something special. Even though this team is not getting the pre-season rankings they probably deserve, you would believe in Coach Sean Miller and know he is relishing being the underdog this season.

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