Arizona
No. 10 Arizona hosts Colorado following Simpson's 34-point showing
Colorado Buffaloes (11-2, 2-0 Pac-12) at Arizona Wildcats (10-3, 1-1 Pac-12)
Tucson, Arizona; Thursday, 9:30 p.m. EST
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Wildcats -11; over/under is 162.5
BOTTOM LINE: Colorado takes on the No. 10 Arizona Wildcats after KJ Simpson scored 34 points in Colorado’s 74-67 victory over the Washington State Cougars.
The Wildcats have gone 6-0 in home games. Arizona ranks second in college basketball with 46.6 points in the paint led by Oumar Ballo averaging 10.3.
The Buffaloes are 2-0 against Pac-12 opponents. Colorado ranks second in the Pac-12 scoring 41.7 points per game in the paint led by Simpson averaging 9.4.
Arizona makes 49.5% of its shots from the field this season, which is 7.3 percentage points higher than Colorado has allowed to its opponents (42.2%). Colorado averages 7.0 made 3-pointers per game this season, 1.7 fewer made shots on average than the 8.7 per game Arizona gives up.
The Wildcats and Buffaloes match up Thursday for the first time in conference play this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Ballo is averaging 13.2 points and 8.2 rebounds for the Wildcats. Caleb Love is averaging 2.3 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games for Arizona.
Simpson is shooting 56.2% and averaging 21.1 points for the Buffaloes. Tristan da Silva is averaging 12.2 points over the last 10 games for Colorado.
LAST 10 GAMES: Wildcats: 7-3, averaging 90.3 points, 42.7 rebounds, 19.2 assists, 9.3 steals and 3.1 blocks per game while shooting 48.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 76.3 points per game.
Buffaloes: 8-2, averaging 81.9 points, 38.7 rebounds, 16.5 assists, 6.7 steals and 1.4 blocks per game while shooting 50.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 69.6 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
Arizona
Person accused of making terroristic threats to medical facility in northern Arizona
PAGE, AZ (AZFamily) — A person accused of making terroristic threats toward a northern Arizona medical facility was arrested Friday morning.
Just after 10:30 p.m., police received a report of a person calling the facility and threatening to kill staff and Native Americans, according to the Page Police Department.
Authorities said staff placed the facility on lockdown until officers identified the suspect and arrested them outside their home.
The suspect was booked on charges of disorderly conduct, threatening and intimidating, and making terroristic threats. Police have not publicly identified the person.
“The Page Police Department is grateful for and supports the medical staff’s decision to put the medical facility into lockdown until the suspect was arrested and the situation was rendered safe,” the department said in a Facebook post.
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NFL mock draft: 4-round projections for Arizona Cardinals
In these four-round projections, the Arizona Cardinals don’t get a tackle until the fourth round.
We are just days away from the 2026 NFL draft, and that means some final mock drafts. What direction will the draft take the Arizona Cardinals?
Draft Wire’s Curt Popejoy put together a four-round mock draft for the Cardinals. They go defense early but rebuild the offense for 2026 and moving forward, including landing their potential franchise quarterback.
Cardinals 4-round mock draft
Here are the players in the first four rounds Popejoy projects for Arizona.
- Round 1: Ohio State EDGE/LB Arvell Reese
- Round 2: Alabama QB Ty Simpson
- Round 3: Clemson WR Antonio Williams
- Round 4: Florida OT Austin Barber
What we think of the picks
The Cardinals want to trade out of the third pick and draft a tackle, so not getting a tackle until Round 4 seems unlikely, although they did meet with Barber. They do have options at right tackle for 2026 already on the roster.
Reese would be a great pick if they don’t trade back, as they badly need pass-rushing help off the edge.
Drafting Simpson seems inevitable at this point, so it has to be in a mock draft, although the feeling is they will need to go up into Round 1 again to get him.
Williams has speed and is almost six feet tall, but he does have short arms.
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Detroit Lions NFL Draft Injury Report: Arizona State CB Keith Abney
Due to significant injuries to the CB position last year which includes a shoulder surgery for Terrion Arnold, the Lions CB position scored a 6/10 need on my Lions Defensive Draft Need Rankings. Thus, an early-round selection of a young, healthy prospect like Keith Abney would not come as a surprise. He enters the draft with very low medical concern level.
Here is the excerpt from my medical report on Keith Abney:
(Ages in parentheses are at start of 2026 season and are factored into the concern level. Injury info and ages based on available public information are unverified and subject to update. Games played data courtesy of sports-reference.com.)
Keith Abney, CB (21) – Arizona State
Projected round 2-3. #43 on Jeff Risdon board Feb 19.
Concern level 0/10
There is an isolated report of a hand injury but no corroborating information. Even if the hand injury is true, that’s of minimal to no long-term concern.
His availability in his final two seasons has been perfect. Overall, Abney appears to be medically clean and is at an excellent age.
He finished college with 6 INT and 21 PBU.
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