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Arizona Basketball: Wildcats Player Nicknames Past Present and Future

By Shereen Rayan

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Mar 21, 2015; Portland, OR, USA; Arizona Wildcats forward Stanley Johnson (5) celebrates with center Kaleb Tarczewski (35) after the game against the Ohio State Buckeyes in the third round of the 2015 NCAA Tournament at Moda Center. The Wildcats defeated the Buckeyes 73-58. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
Mar 21, 2015; Portland, OR, USA; Arizona Wildcats forward Stanley Johnson (5) celebrates with center Kaleb Tarczewski (35) after the game against the Ohio State Buckeyes in the third round of the 2015 NCAA Tournament at Moda Center. The Wildcats defeated the Buckeyes 73-58. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports /

Nicknames and sports go hand-in-hand, the more adored or respected an Arizona Basketball player is, the more fans will give them an endearing nickname and use it all the time.

William Webster’s Definition of ‘Nickname’:

A name that is different from your real name but is what your family, friends, (and Fans), etc., call you when they are talking to you or about you

Question: Does anyone call Phillip Wright III Phillip? Nope, they call him Scooby, a nickname his family gave him when he was young.

Zona Zealots writers recently met two Arizona commit’s we’re already attached to after we interviewed them at the ballislife All-American game. During the interview, we asked Terrance Ferguson and Rawle Alkins if they had nicknames. They asked us to come up with nicknames on the spot which was smart, but we were honestly afraid to come up with names they didn’t like.

Sooooo, we decided to ask the Fans and our own Zona Zealots writers if they had any ideas, and we got some good nicknames in return. We also explored Nicknames of past and present Wildcats.

Next: Nick Names of Past Wildcats (Alumni)

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