Arizona Sports History
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A survey of the History of Sports in AZ. If you have suggestions, DM! It’s a one man show! Send pics of Tix! Research/typos are my own! Facebook and Insta too!
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9/21/96 - One year after a 77-28 loss, #17 #ASU upset #1 Nebraska 19-0 in front of 74,089 at Sun Devil Stadium, snapping Nebraska's 26-game winning streak. ASU recorded safeties in the 1st , 2nd, & 4th Q's. Jake Plummer (20-26 for 292yds). ASU jumped from #17 to #6. #ForksUp
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9/10/16 - Vs Patrick Mahomes, Kliff Kingsbury & Texas Tech, RB Kalen Ballage (13-137) tied Howard Griffith (Illinois) 1990 #NCAA record w/8TD's in a frenetic 68-55 #ASU win. ASU’s 652 total offensive yds (351 in the air & 301 on the ground) set the school-rec. #ForksUp
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6/23/16 - John Gambadoro reported the Phoenix #Suns dreamed for both 18-year-olds Dragan Bender and Marquese Chriss, which is exactly who they got, selecting Bender 4th overall, then trading their 13th and 28th picks plus the rights to Bogdan Bogdanovic for Chriss at #8.
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11/27/22 - Following the unceremonious release of Herm Edwards, he #ASU Sun Devils announced the hiring of 32-year-old Oregon OC and ASU grad, Kenny Dillingham as head coach of football, youngest in program hist. "Make it okay to be a champion here, and we're about to." #ForksUp
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4/20/97 - The Phoenix #Coyotes finally won their first-ever playoff game, 4-1 over the Mighty Ducks to pull the series to 1-2. 16,210 fans packed America West Arena in the franchise's first Whiteout. PHX scored 3 first period goals, including two from Darrin Shannon.
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6/25/12 - Brandon Dixon hit an RBI 2B to break a 1-1 tie in the top of the 9th, then Trent Gilbert hit a 2-run single as the Arizona Baseball Wildcats won their fourth #NCAA National Championship (1st since 1986), 4-1 over South Carolina, ending SC's run at a 3-peat. #BearDown
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3/2/95 - #12 UA was down 11p w/1:40 left but went on a 17-6 run to tie, before pulling out a hard-fought 114-111 2OT win at Washington State. Damon Stoudemire dropped a career-high 40pts (15-29FGs, w/3r/3a). Blair: 19p/16r. Owes: 14p/12r. WSU: Fontanaine: 38p/5r. #BearDown
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3/31/2001 - Leading by 2p at halftime against defending National Champs Michigan State, #UA outscored MSU by 17p en route to a 80-61 win in the Final Four and the school's 2nd National Championship game in 5yrs. Jason Gardner led with 21p while Gilbert Arenas had 12p/7a. #BearDown
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11/23/13 - #19 ASU clinched the PAC-12 South Title with a 38-33 win at #14 UCLA, ASU's 6th straight win. QB Taylor Kelly finished 20-27 for 225yds and 1TD and was the leading rusher with 99yds and 1TD as well. ASU needed to beat UA to host the PAC-12 Champ. vs Stanford. #ForksUp
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2/25/23 - Following an inexplicable made FT by Oumar Ballo w/2.9sec remaining (sent to the line despite due to terrible officiating as they missed a loose ball foul on him), Desmond Cambridge hit a 60ft game-winner at the buzzer for an 89-88 #ASU win at #7 UA. #ForksUp #BearDown
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5/4/06 - W/no Raja Bell (suspended for clothesline on Kobe) the Phoenix #Suns avoided elimination again, defeating the LA Lakers when Tim Thomas hit a 3 to tie the game in regulation before PHX hit 7 straight scoring 21p in OT to win 126-118, tying the First Round 3-3.
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3/4/22 - Minus both Chris Paul and Devin Booker, Cam Johnson led the Phoenix #Suns (51-12) w/career-highs in scoring (38p) & 3PM's (9), his final #Shazam, a buzzer-beater to cap off a dramatic comeback (down 14p late in the 3Q) to defeat the NY Knicks, 115-114.
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3/16/23 – The UA Wildcats became the first school in hist. to lose to a 15-seed as a 2-seed in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, losing to Princeton 59-55, despite the Tigers shooting just 40% from the field 16% from 3 (making only 4 3's), and having more TOs than Assists.
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1/8/00 - Eddie House tied Lew Alcindor for the PAC-10's highest-individual scoring game w/61pts (shooting 18-30 from the field, 7-10 from 3, 18-19 from the charity stripe w/ 7r/3a/4s) in a 111-108 2OT #ASU win over Cal. He became the first Sun Devil with 3+ 40p games. #ForksUp
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