Arizona
What Tommy Lloyd, Caleb Love and Anthony Dell’Orso said after Arizona’s win over Davidson
Arizona men’s basketball snapped its two game losing streak with a resounding 104-71 win over Davidson in the Battle4Atlantis quarterfinals round Wednesday evening.
Arizona coach Tommy Lloyd had never lost back-to-back games as the Wildcats’ head coach prior to the team’s defeats to Wisconsin and Duke. The losses provided a healthy dose of perspective.
“Having to kind of grind through those feelings the last couple weeks it makes you appreciate how hard it is, and it makes you appreciate the moments when you are successful,” Lloyd said.
Arizona got back into the win column with strong contributions from Caleb Love and Anthony Dell’Orso, who joined Lloyd at the podium after the win Our recap of the game can be found here.
Here’s what they said:
Lloyd on his impressions of the win: “It was good. We needed to get back out there. We needed to play and, you know, sometimes when you’re a program that is on the fortunate side of winning and losing, the losses are tough. Having to kind of grind through those feelings the last couple weeks it makes you appreciate how hard it is, and it makes you appreciate the moments when you are successful. So I’m really proud of the guys. We had a really good overall team performance tonight. there were some mistakes made, but man, Davidson puts you in position to make mistakes. And they run their stuff with really good pace, and they’re really crafty and I think we got a little more comfortable in the second half guarding it, but, man, I did not feel comfortable until that lead got pretty big, and that’s just a credit to them and their system and their program.”
On Arizona’s early turnovers: “I mean a few of them were just passing turnovers. And, you know, I think sometimes these tournaments you get out there, it’s kind of your first time playing on a court hat it’s a brand new basketball. You just got to get a little bit of a feel for things. And our guys were trying to be good teammates and pass the ball. I think a couple of them, three of them were, I think, two or three more interior passes. And then for the most part, we settled in. We know we’re not going to be perfect, but I’m just proud of how the guys kind of hung with it and responded and us coaches are on a pretty hard and maybe got a little frustrated moments here and there, and the players did a great job of kind of taking a breath and working themselves through it.”
On whether this was Arizona’s best offensive performance this season: “It felt like it. And I think just think there was good tempo, there was good ball movement. I think we were kind of getting our break going a little bit north south, and then I think once we kind of settled in the half court, we were getting the ball going east and west, side to side, and kind of finding angles to attack. And our big guys they weren’t perfect, but they’re coming along, and that’s just a general feeling I have on this team. I mean as you reassess your team about a month or so into the season, you’re seeing growth opportunities. And I see so many opportunities for us to grow and and I think, now that I’m getting a little bit better understanding of this group is maybe we had to struggle a little bit and kind of find our way. And then guys have to have these breakthrough moments. And listen, there’s no guarantee that Deli’s gonna play the same game tomorrow, but I think there’s a better chance than there was, two weeks ago. And that makes me excited. But these other guys coming, I can see and feel Henry come, and I can see Krivas coming. Tobe, he’s so close, I mean some of these foul issues he’s having a little bit and kind of figuring out some of our defensive stuff. But he also has a double double in 13 minutes, and then, like there’s more there. So that stuff excites me and and I’m excited we just got to do a great job hanging together and understanding that when you’re a team with a lot of talented players, it’s going to be spread out a little bit, and guys are gonna have different nights, and we gotta roll with that and embrace it.”
On Arizona’s turnaround from the Duke game: “Well, listen I’m not going to act like our practices were perfect because sometimes you kind of emotionally have to work yourself through a tough loss, and then, and then we kind of looking at how we’re playing, and maybe changing a few things here and there, just to maybe fit this team and this personnel better. And I, I thought our guys did a really good job with the adjustments. And the biggest adjustment of all was just trusting their fundamentals and playing together and moving the ball. I don’t think there’s any doubt it was our best ball movement we’ve had as a group all year.”
On the prior game between Oklahoma and Providence: “I mean it’s hard, like in my hotel room, the game’s not on, and then I’m trying to get it on my iPad, so I’ll have time to watch the game tonight. That’s why I need to get this press conference over, and I need to get to work. Because I just wondered, in the sense of, like, we know we’re playing Oklahoma, we don’t know much more than that right early in the game.”
On whether he’s surprised by upsets in the bracket: “There’s no upsets right now. There’s no upsets because, like this so early in the year. I mean, I know they’re upset some paper and and the media wants to make it because it’s a great story. Listen, we’re in the arena. So for us, there’s no upsets. There’s only respect for your opponents and you’re in a battle against another team trying to come out on top. And there’s a lot of good teams out there right now. There’s a lot of parity, and I bet you, in another month, college basketball is going to look a lot different, where teams are gonna start getting a lot better.”
On Oklahoma freshman Jeremiah Fears, who Lloyd coached on USA U18 National Team: “Jeremiah is really talented player. I mean, he’s, you know, he’s got a ton of swag, he’s aggressive. He goes for it. He’s a really talented player. I mean, I know, at the end of those tryouts, you know, kind of the USA stuff, he was right there. And he was a guy I wanted on the team. Maybe the minutes that tournament get kind of tough when you can only play, when it’s harder to play 12 guys, but he’s really talented, and I know he’s playing great now and with a ton of confidence, so he’s going to present a ton of challenges. He reclassed this summer so he should be a senior in high school. So it’s pretty impressive what he’s doing, but he has the confidence and the belief in himself to do it.”
Love on what changed to spur his offensive play: “Just not going out there worrying about anything, trusting in my teammates, and you know how my teammates and coaches trust in me? I just wanted to go out there and have fun. I said that in a press conference before the game, and that’s exactly what I did, you know, but you know, it wasn’t about me, it was about my team.”
On Dell’Orso breaking out offensively: “Deli broke through today. I was proud of him. He was, he was my player the game. I was so happy to see him break through and, you know, make those shots, because, you know, we’re in the gym every day, and I see how hard he works. He continues to, you know, push through mistakes and, you know, hardships. And, you know, I kind of, like I said, I see myself and him a little bit when I was younger and things like that. You know, he’s not that younger than me, but you know, I knew how I watched his highlights. You know, when Coach Lloyd, when he committed, and I know how good he is, how good of a player he is. And you know, like I said, I was happy for him to have this game.”
On getting into a flow offensively in the first half: “It was just a rhythm three. I tried not to, you know, take us, you know, take out the bad shots. And that definitely was a confidence booster. And then going in, I wanted to, you know, attack the basket. That was something that I’ve been good at my whole career, and so I just want to get back to it.”
Dell’Orso on how it feels to have a big game: “Yeah. I mean, it’s been so long since I played a game, you know, I was trying to get out of that practice slump. But like Caleb said, like, we all looking out for each other. We all had big moments today, and that’s a good thing for our team, because we can play together. But yeah, I mean, break that cap of that practice feeling into the game mode again, just like last season, that’s something I was happy for. But also, like, I mean, Caleb’s being humble, but he also had what, 20, five rebounds four assists. So, like, he’s been humble, but he had a great game too. We all have moments, and it’s great for our team to, you know, get that individual success. That way, as a team, we can be better.”
Arizona CEO accused of stealing millions
Jeffrey Gottfurcht, the now-former CEO of Mesa startupo Cyber Dive, is accused of stealing at least $1.5 million from the company to buy gifts for his girlfriend. FOX 10’s Brian Webb has more.
PHOENIX – An Arizona chief executive officer is facing major legal trouble after being accused of embezzling money from his company.
What we know:
Cyber Dive is an Arizona startup that sells child-safety smartphones, designed so parents can monitor their children’s online activity. The company is run out of a business complex in Mesa, but the startup is barely hanging on after the CEO allegedly took off with the money to spend on his girlfriend.
Jeffrey Gottfurcht is facing federal embezzlement charges. He stands accused of lying and doctoring documents to trick investors before running off with at least $1.5 million.
On the company Facebook page, Gottfurcht claimed to be the first rheumatoid arthritis sufferer to scale Mount Everest.
Local perspective:
Red flags first popped up at the company on Feb. 13, with strange occurrences coming into the office.
Derek Jackson, who co-founded Cyber Dive, recalled the moment the discrepancies came to light.
“They mentioned to me something about getting routing documentation for funds from an acquisition deal,” Jackson recounted. “They said ‘where are those documents?’ He said he was gonna send him at 3 p.m. today, and my response was what deal are you talking about?”
Dig deeper:
Court documents show Gottfurcht used the money to buy his escort girlfriend a Lamborghini, a four-bedroom house in Miami, and a diamond ring. The girlfriend has posted videos on TikTok, but her identity is hidden because she has not been charged with a crime.
When asked to confirm if Gottfurcht purchased the car, the diamond ring, and the house, Jackson responded, “Yes. So it gets deep. Yes, it gets very deep.”
“It’s a huge gut punch,” Jackson said regarding the impact on the startup. “I think it’s been challenging to stay motivated to keep the company going because when this happened, Jeff drained the account to zero.”
At the Cyber Dive headquarters, half the workforce was let go. Jackson is now serving as the interim chief executive officer, looking for new investors to keep the lights on while coming to grips with the loss of a partner and friend.
Jackson stated that the total amount of money taken is closer to $4 million.
“I was in the army. I was an intelligence officer. I was targeting people in ISIS. I don’t even hate terrorists as much as I hate Jeff right now,” Jackson said.
The other side:
No one answered the door at the Paradise Valley home Gottfurcht shares with his wife and three children. Court paperwork shows that his wife is seeking a divorce, and helped turn her husband in to the authorities.
What’s next:
Gottfurcht was previously arrested in Scottsdale in May over allegations of domestic violence. He remains behind bars on a $250,000 bond.
The Source: Information in this report was gathered from Derek Jackson, and from court documents.
Arizona
NAU launches first-of-its-kind engineering degree to fast-track Arizona’s future workforce – The NAU Review
As Arizona’s semiconductor and advanced manufacturing industries continue to grow at a rapid pace, Northern Arizona University’s Steve Sanghi College of Engineering is launching a new degree program designed to help meet the state’s workforce needs.
Beginning this fall, NAU will offer a Bachelor of Professional Studies in Engineering Technology, a flexible, workforce-focused degree pathway that prepares students for careers in microelectronics, semiconductors and advanced manufacturing in as little as three years. The 90-credit bachelor’s degree creates a more accessible pathway into engineering careers through a hands-on, applied curriculum and a streamlined transfer model with Arizona community colleges.
The program follows a 45-45 completion structure, allowing students to complete 45 credits at a community college and 45 credits through NAU. Courses will be delivered through synchronous remote instruction at NAU’s North Valley campus in Phoenix and at Pima Community College in Tucson, increasing access for statewide students.
Addressing Arizona’s growing semiconductor workforce
Designed with workforce readiness in mind, the program emphasizes practical engineering application, systems implementation, testing, quality control, systems analysis, manufacturing, fabrication, process control and project management. Students will gain technical and problem-solving skills aligned with the needs of Arizona’s rapidly evolving manufacturing economy.
“This new bachelor’s degree empowers students to identify real-world engineering challenges and develop practical solutions,” said James Palmer, associate dean for academic affairs at the Steve Sanghi College of Engineering. “We are creating a more accessible pathway into engineering careers while preparing graduates to support Arizona’s growing microelectronics and semiconductor industry.”
Arizona has emerged as one of the nation’s fastest-growing semiconductor hubs, with more than $200 billion in semiconductor-related investments announced in the Greater Phoenix region since 2020, including expansions from Intel, TSMC and Amkor Technology. TSMC alone has committed up to $165 billion toward Arizona operations, including multiple fabrication plants and advanced packaging facilities expected to create thousands of technical and manufacturing jobs.
Industry demand continues to grow for professionals with applied engineering and advanced manufacturing skills in areas such as process engineering, manufacturing systems, equipment operations and yield enhancement. NAU’s new degree program was developed to help students quickly enter these high-demand career fields while supporting Arizona’s long-term economic growth and domestic semiconductor manufacturing capacity.
The program also aligns with NAU’s strategic commitment to expanding access to affordable, student-centered educational opportunities that prepare graduates for meaningful careers and long-term success.
Students interested in learning more about the Bachelor of Professional Studies in Engineering Technology program should contact SCE@nau.edu.
PHOENIX (AP) — The two Republican congressmen running for Arizona governor pitched themselves at a debate Wednesday as the only candidate with broad enough voter appeal to unseat Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs amid the state’s affordability struggles.
U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs, who is the GOP primary’s frontrunner and has the endorsement of President Donald Trump, portrayed himself as being able to cross party lines and having the right experience to be the state’s chief executive.
“There’s not a doubt in my mind, if you look at the polling data that you’re going to find, I am the most competitive with Katie Hobbs of anybody on this stage in any Republican in the state,” Biggs said.
U.S. Rep. David Schweikert, who has survived three tough Democratic challenges in recent years, believes his focus on government finances and his drive to bring new business to the state make him the singular Republican candidate.
“These are wonderful people, but they’ve never actually been in the great battle,” Schweikert said of Biggs and two other Republican opponents.
Businessman Scott Neely, who ran an unsuccessful gubernatorial campaign in 2022, said after the debate that if Biggs wins the primary, Republicans will lose the election.
The winner of the July 21 primary will face Hobbs, who’s running unopposed in the primary.
Biggs has served five terms in the U.S. House, representing a heavily GOP district in the eastern Phoenix suburbs and serving at one time as chairman of the ultra-right U.S. House Freedom Caucus.
Before that, Biggs served in the Arizona Legislature from 2003 through 2016, including four years as president of the state Senate. He battled with then-Republican Gov. Jan Brewer on a Medicaid expansion in 2013 and pushed school choice measures and bills targeting abortion providers.
Biggs is one of Trump’s top defenders in Congress and supported Trump’s false claims the 2020 presidential election was stolen from him.
Schweikert, a budget hawk known for railing against government debt, has represented an affluent district that includes parts of northeast Phoenix and Scottsdale for eight terms. He served in the Arizona House in the 1990s and as Maricopa County’s treasurer in the 2000s.
Schweikert has focused his congressional career on sounding the alarm about the federal budget deficit and the ballooning U.S. debt, often in late-night speeches to a nearly empty House chamber and bleary-eyed C-SPAN viewers. Schweikert has praised Trump’s 2017 tax cuts but has called for more spending cuts to reduce federal borrowing.
His reputation was tarnished by ethics scandals. In 2022, he received a $125,000 fine by the Federal Election Commission for misappropriating campaign funds. Two years prior, he agreed to pay a $50,000 fine and accept 11 campaign finance violations after an investigation by the U.S. House Committee on Ethics. In his last three general campaigns for Congress, Schweikert staved off challenges from Democrats. Biggs voiced support for Arizona’s recent passage of a three-year moratorium on tax incentives for new data centers – a move Hobbs also has touted. “They shouldn’t be given a break,” Biggs said, noting the large amounts of power and water that data centers use.
Schweikert bemoaned Arizona’s unfavorable affordability rankings as “pretty miserable,” but said consumer prices don’t come down magically. He vowed to aggressively recruit businesses to Arizona and push for wage growth.
Both congressmen were asked about the expired healthcare subsidies for those getting coverage under the Affordable Care Act.
“We’re going to have to deal with the reality of subsidization of everything in the economy is not going to work,” Schweikert said.
Biggs said he introduced legislation in Congress to bring down healthcare costs and also voiced support for Trump’s proposal to send money directly to Americans for health savings accounts so they can handle insurance and health costs as they see fit.
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