Just ahead of the 2021-22 seasons, Arizona Football and Arizona Basketball will receive new uniforms, returning to more traditional looks.
It has been a long time for fans of Arizona Football and Arizona Basketball that have been wanting the Wildcats to move on from the somewhat lackluster uniform designs from Nike the past four-plus years or so.
Well, for those looking for good news there, it appears new uniforms are soon on the way for both programs.
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Confirmed in an interview with local broadcasters Steve Rivera and Jay Gonzales, Arizona Athletic Director Dave Heeke said that several sports will receive new uniforms, returning to a more traditional look especially for football and basketball.
For Arizona Football, this has been a long time coming. From 2013-2017, the team had the very unpopular gradient sleeves (aka the ‘Rainbow sleeves’) that were then replaced by the rather uninspiring shoulder stripe look, with the oversized number font that wasn’t outlined, often making it difficult to see on the darker uniforms.
For Arizona Basketball, it will surely be welcomed as well. Those longing for more of a classical look will be glad to say goodbye to the gradient uniforms that have “graced” the Wildcats since 2017.
Arizona Football and Arizona Basketball returning to more traditional looks will be popular among fans.
If you have been paying attention, you would have seen that Arizona Football has already been dropping hints, taking a lot of photos with recruits donning the ‘Desert Swarm era’ style uniforms. I would have to think it is likely that those uniforms will be worn by Arizona this upcoming season.
Now as for basketball, one can only guess as to what looks the Wildcats will go with, but hopefully, it is a mix of the late 90s and the early-to-mid 2010s uniforms.
In my opinion, the looks from Arizona Athletics have been very lackluster that past few years, and seeing the Wildcats return to those traditional looks is long overdue. Hopefully, traditional success will ensue as well.