The Death of Pac-12 Arizona Bball in the Bay

Posted by Jon on Sat 13 May 2023

Small gallery of the team during games in Berkeley and Stanford. As this was the last season of Arizona in the Pac-12, I decided to treat myself to as good of seats as I could get for both venues.

For the Stanford game this meant second row behind the team bench! I was too excited to have such nice seats so I got there quite a bit too early. I saw Jason Gardner come over to the couches seats and thankfully I had the time to build up the nerve to go up and ask for a photo with him while I was wearing his old jersey.

Interesting aside about that jersey, it was donated by Lute at a silent auction for UA-South in Sierra Vista back in 2006 or 07. My friend Callie's dad was running the auction and whatever it was she did, she made sure I got that damned beautiful jersey. She's a real G and I'll never forget it.

Anyway, I had 2 tickets to the Stanford game because of some last minute snafus, but had no friend to bring so I sat there for 2 full priced front row seats to watch us get absolutely obliterated by a mediocre Cardinal team. c'est la vie I guess.