2008–09 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 January 2013 Basketball 2008–09 Arizona Wildcats Arizona Wildcats logo.svg 125 Pacific-10 Conference Pac-10 24 21–14 9–9 Russ Pennell 1st McKale Center NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen The 2008–09 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team represented the University of Arizona during the 2008–09 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by first year head coach Russ Pennell, played their home games at the McKale Center and are members of the Pacific-10 Conference. Recruiting class Source: http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/recruiting/school/_/id/12/class/2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20110727014156/http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/recruiting/school/_/id/12/class/2008 dead July 27, 2011 2008 Commitments/Recruits 2011-07-05 no no 2008 Kyle Fogg SG Brea, California Brea Olinda High School 6 3 180 May 19, 2008 3 3 85 Garland Judkins SG Humble, Texas Christian Life Center Academy 6 3 200 July 31, 2008 NR 3 50 Brendon Lavender PG Mesa, Arizona Mountain View High School 6 5 215 May 4, 2007 3 3 91 Jeff Withey C San Diego, California Horizon High School 6 10 210 June 25, 2007 4 4 96 2008 Arizona 2008 Basketball Commitments 2008 Arizona Basketball Commits ESPN 2305 11 NR 9 yes Roster 2008 Arizona Wildcats y Zane Johnson 2 F 6 5 204 SO Phoenix, Arizona Garland Judkins 4 G 6 3 195 FR Wolfeboro, New Hampshire David Bagga basketball 11 G 6 4 180 SR Santa Ana, California Nic Wise 13 G 5 10 177 JR Kingwood, Texas y Brendon Lavender 14 G 6 3 205 FR Mesa, Arizona Kyle Fogg 21 G 6 2 175 FR Brea, California y Fendi Onobun 24 F 6 6 249 SR Houston, Texas y D. J. Shumpert 33 F 6 6 180 FR Tucson, Arizona Chase Budinger 34 F 6 7 218 JR Encinitas, California y Jamelle Horne 42 F 6 6 209 SO San Diego, California Jordan Hill basketball 43 F 6 10 235 JR Patterson, North Carolina y Alex Jacobson 50 C 6 11 253 FR y Santa Ana, California Russ Pennell (Pittsburg State) Mike Dunlap (Loyola Marymount) Reggie Geary (Arizona) http://www.arizonawildcats.com/fls/30700/old_site/pdf/m-baskbl/MBKB.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=30700 July 5, 2011 Depth chart Arizona Wildcats 3 Arizona Wildcats 1 Arizona Wildcats 3 Jordan Hill Jamelle Horne Chase Budinger Kyle Fogg Nic Wise Alex Jacobson Fendi Onobun Zane Johnson Brendon Lavender D.J. Shumpert David Bagga Garland Judkins https://arizona_ftp.sidearmsports.com/old_site/pdf/m-baskbl/MBKB.pdf 2008-09 Men's Basketball Media Guide University of Arizona April 25, 2022 live https://web.archive.org/web/20220425224809/https://arizona_ftp.sidearmsports.com/old_site/pdf/m-baskbl/MBKB.pdf April 25, 2022 Schedule 2008-09 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2009 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#Arizona Wildcats 1; color:white;"| Exhibition November 6, 2008 7:00 pm yes 2008 Incarnate Word Cardinals Incarnate Word McKale Center Tucson, AZ 12,447 FSAZ 97–83 – November 12, 2008 7:00 pm yes 2008 Sonoma State Seawolves Sonoma State McKale Center Tucson, AZ 13,963 78–64 – |- !colspan=9 style="background:#Arizona Wildcats 1; color:white;"| Regular season November 17, 2008 9:00 pm yes 2008 Florida Atlantic Owls Florida Atlantic McKale Center Tucson, AZ NIT Season Tip-Off First Round 13,006 ESPNU 75–62 1–0 November 18, 2008 9:30 pm yes 2008 UAB Blazers UAB McKale Center Tucson, AZ NIT Season Tip-Off Quarterfinals 13,124 ESPN2 71–72 1–1 November 24, 2008 3:45 pm yes yes Mississippi Valley State Stegeman Coliseum Athens, GA NIT Season Tip-Off Consolation Game NA 86–52 2–1 November 25, 2008 3:45 pm yes yes 2008 Santa Clara Broncos Santa Clara Stegeman Coliseum Athens, GA NIT Season Tip-Off Consolation Game 4,207 69–66 3–1 November 30, 2008 2:00 pm yes 2008 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks Northern Arizona McKale Center Tucson, AZ 12,204 FSAZ 74–57 4–1 December 2, 2008 7:00 pm yes 2008 Loyola Marymount Lions Loyola Marymount McKale Center Tucson, AZ 12,339 FSAZ 84–57 5–1 December 5, 2008 7:30 pm yes yes Texas A&M Reed Arena College Station, TX Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series 10,393 ESPNU 66–67 5–2 December 10, 2008 7:00 pm yes San Diego State McKale Center Tucson, AZ 13,156 FSAZ 69–56 6–2 December 14, 2008 4:00 pm yes Gonzaga 4 US Airways Center Phoenix, AZ 6,207 FSN 69–64 7–2 December 20, 2008 1:00 pm yes yes 2008 none UNLV Runnin' Rebels UNLV Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, NV 16,667 Versus 64–79 7–3 December 23, 2008 8:30 pm yes Kansas McKale Center Tucson, AZ Fiesta Bowl Classic 14,156 FSN 84–67 8–3 December 29, 2008 6:30 pm yes 2008 Weber State Wildcats Weber State McKale Center Tucson, AZ 13,492 FSAZ 71–65 9–3 January 2, 2009 6:30 pm yes California Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA 8,640 FSAZ 55–69 9–4 0–1 January 4, 2009 8:00 pm yes Stanford Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA 7,198 FSN 60–76 9–5 0–2 January 8, 2009 6:30 pm Oregon McKale Center Tucson, AZ 12,812 FSAZ 67–52 10–5 1–2 January 10, 2009 2:00 pm Oregon State McKale Center Tucson, AZ 13,144 FSAZ 64–47 11–5 2–2 January 15, 2009 9:00 pm yes UCLA 7 Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 11,228 FSN 60–83 11–6 2–3 January 17, 2009 6:00 pm yes USC Galen Center Los Angeles, CA 5,356 FSAZ 64–65 11–7 2–4 January 21, 2009 7:30 pm Arizona State 17 McKale Center Tucson, AZ 14,640 FSAZ 47–53 11–8 2–5 January 24, 2009 4:00 pm yes Houston McKale Center Tucson, AZ 13,802 FSAZ 96–90 OT 12–8 January 29, 2009 6:30 pm Washington 23 McKale Center Tucson, AZ 14,434 106–97 13–8 3–5 January 31, 2009 11:00 am Washington State McKale Center Tucson, AZ 13,476 CBS 66–56 14–8 4–5 February 5, 2009 6:30 pm yes Oregon State Gill Coliseum Corvallis, OR 6,537 FSAZ 56–53 15–8 5–5 February 7, 2009 1:30 pm yes Oregon McArthur Court Eugene, OR 8,012 ABC 87–77 16–8 6–5 February 12, 2009 8:30 pm USC McKale Center Tucson, AZ 14,728 FSN 83–76 17–8 7–5 February 14, 2009 11:00 am UCLA 6 McKale Center Tucson, AZ 14,611 CBS 84–72 18–8 8–5 February 22, 2009 8:00 pm yes Arizona State 14 Wells Fargo Arena Tempe, AZ 14,123 FSN 68–70 18–9 8–6 February 26, 2009 7:00 pm yes Washington State Beasley Coliseum Pullman, WA 7,957 FSAZ 53–69 18–10 8–7 February 28, 2009 1:00 pm yes Washington 21 Bank of America Arena Seattle, WA 10,000 FSN 78–87 18–11 8–8 March 5, 2009 8:30 pm California McKale Center Tucson, AZ 14,729 FSN 77–83 18–12 8–9 March 7, 2009 5:30 pm Stanford McKale Center Tucson, AZ 14,723 FSAZ 101–87 19–12 9–9 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#Arizona Wildcats 1;"| Pac-10 Tournament March 12, 2009 1:00 pm yes Arizona State 23 Staples Center Los Angeles, CA Quarterfinals NA 56–68 19–13 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#Arizona Wildcats 1;"| NCAA tournament March 20, 2009 4:10 pm yes yes Utah 25 American Airlines Arena Miami, FL First Round 8,990 84–71 20–13 March 22, 2009 11:40 am yes yes Cleveland State American Airlines Arena Miami, FL Second Round 10,204 71–57 21–13 March 27, 2009 4:07 pm yes yes Louisville 1 Lucas Oil Stadium Indianapolis, IN Sweet Sixteen 33,780 64–103 21–14 AP Poll Mountain Time Awards Chase Budinger Pac-10 All-Conference First Team Pac-10 Player of the Week – February 2, 2009 Jordan Hill Pac-10 All-Conference First Team Pac-10 Player of the Week – December 15, 2008 Nic Wise Pac-10 All-Conference Second Team Pac-10 Player of the Week – February 16, 2009 Jamelle Horne Pac-10 Player of the Week – December 29, 2008 References Category:Arizona Wildcats men's basketball seasons 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