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    More from Star columnist Greg Hansen

    • Feb 15, 2022
    • Feb 15, 2022 Updated Sep 7, 2022
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    Hansen's Top Teams, No. 81: Palo Verde ensured that Van Howe went out a winner in 1973

    Hansen's Top Teams, No. 81: Palo Verde ensured that Van Howe went out a winner in 1973

    For Star subscribers: Palo Verde won on toughness and discipline.

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    • Greg Hansen: From Wayne Tinkle to Bobby Hurley, Pac-12 has too many standing screamers
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    • Letter: A Double Standard in Coaching
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    • Greg Hansen: Wildcats stake baseball, softball futures on a pair of ex-UA greats; it's a good bet they'll succeed
    • Greg Hansen: Wildcats' size is a weapon β€” and after Saturday's win, it's hardly a secret
    • Greg Hansen: Wildcat basketball teams keep posting Ws, and fans are flocking to McKale to watch
    • Hansen's Sunday Notebook: Adia Barnes uses platform to push for female coaches at all levels
    • Greg Hansen: Tommy Lloyd beats UCLA's Mick Cronin at his own game, passes big test
    • Greg Hansen: Expect 'Scarywood' in McKale when Kelly Graves takes on UA, Wildcats fans on Friday
    • Greg Hansen: Wildcats must be Tyger-tamers to top UCLA in rematch
    • Adia Barnes named grand marshal of Tucson Rodeo Parade, joins elite company
    • Greg Hansen: Wildcats' shots aren't falling, but better now than in March
    • Hansen's Sunday Notebook: Catalina High keeps positive outlook; Jedd Fisch's recruiting class one for the books
    • Greg Hansen: Wildcats need to find shooting touch soon with rematch against Bruins looming
    • Greg Hansen: Bobby Hurley had chance to put ASU among Pac-12 elite, but the window has closed
    • Greg Hansen: Don't make much of UCLA's Tuesday night rout; Wildcats will soon have a shot at revenge
    • Greg Hansen: Cats make themselves at home with tournament victory, and that's just the beginning
    • Greg Hansen: Shaina Pellington's evolution could end with Cats back in the Final Four
    • Hansen's Sunday Notebook: Happy Wildcats lead Pac-12 in wins β€” and smiles, too
    • Greg Hansen: Arizona's tennis rise continues with Friday's match against Texas
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    • Letter: Greg Hansen Got It Wrong
    • Letters to the Editor: Jan. 18: death penalty, free buss service and communism, IRC, real estate prices in Tucson
    • Greg Hansen: Wildcats' win over Utah, tough road ahead comes with double-dose of perspective
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    • Greg Hansen: Tommy Lloyd's fast, free-flowing Wildcats are Gonzaga 2.0, and that's a very good thing
    • Greg Hansen: Jayden de Laura's move to Wildcats gets two thumbs up, regardless of UA's QB history
    • Greg Hansen: Greg Byrne has kept bigger ’Bama rolling, but Wildcats have thrived without him
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    • Letter: Arizona Bowl sponsorship
    • Letters to the Editor: Jan. 7: Defund Tucson, Fifth Amendment, inflation, Biden's disasters, homelessness in Tucson
    • Greg Hansen: Portal a new way for Arizona, rest of Pac to fight back in recruiting
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    • Greg Hansen: Adia Barnes, Salvo Coppa are Tucson's top sports figures of 2021
    • Greg Hansen's top 100 sports figures of 2021
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    • Greg Hansen's top 20 sports figures of 2020
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    • Hansen's Top Teams, No. 95: Salpointe's 2004 title broke Brophy's stronghold on high school tennis
    • Hansen's Top Teams, No. 94: Trio led Tucson High to 1944 state football title
    • Hansen's Top Teams, No. 93: George Arias led Pima College to 1992 championship game
    • Hansen's Top Teams, No. 92: Tucson High's 1958 boys golf team might be best in city history
    • Hansen's Sunday Notebook: New-look NBA should help Arizona's Dalen Terry
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    • Hansen's Top Teams, No. 89: Tucson team rode success to 1986 Little League World Series finals
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    • Hansen's Top Teams, No. 87: Adia Barnes, Joan Bonvicini put Wildcats on map, in polls
    • Hansen's Top Teams, No. 86: Thom Ortiz led Sunnyside juggernaut to '84 title
    • Hansen's Top Teams, No. 85: Sky's 1979 championship was fun franchise's peak moment
    • Hansen's Top Teams, No. 82: 'All-conquering Badgers' set track and field standard in 1939
    • Hansen's Top Teams, No. 80: Bob Elliott, talented cast put 1975-76 Wildcats on the big stage
    • Hansen's Top Teams, No. 79: Fan-favorite Icecats won national club hockey title in 1985
    • Hansen's Top Teams, No. 78: Wildcats won first WCWS title in 1991
    • Hansen's Sunday Notebook: Despite Utah's boast, it's Wildcats who led Pac-12 in attendance
    • No. 77: Talent-blessed Tucson High won 1949 state hoops title
    • Hansen's Top Teams, No. 75: James Mouton's monster season helped Toros win '93 PCL title
    • Hansen's Top Teams, No. 72: Collection of stars made Tucson High's 1979 swim team a singular sensation
    • Hansen's Top Teams, No. 71: Star guard Paula Pyers led Santa Rita to 1984 state title
    • Hansen's Sunday Notebook: Timing right for Stephanie Rempe, a Wildcat turned Nevada AD
    • Hansen's Top Teams, No. 68: Pima's 1985 baseball team made JC title game
    • Hansen's Top Teams, No. 66: Winning was a state of mind for 1993 Lancers
    • Hansen's Top Teams, No. 65: Norm Patton's flying Tigers captured '69 state title
    • Hansen's Top Teams, No. 47: Tex Oliver's 'Blue Brigade' put Wildcats on national radar
    • Hansen's Top Teams, No. 46: CDO's '94 state baseball champs among city's best
    • Hansen's Top Teams, No. 44: Aztecs captured elusive national soccer title in 2018
    • Hansen's Top Teams, No. 43: Cats capped historic 1961 season with comeback win over ASU
    • Hansen's Top Teams, No. 40: Record-setting Sean Elliott led Wildcats to No. 1 seed in 1989
    • Hansen's Top Teams, No. 39: Mountain Lions ran to 14-0 record, state title in '93
    • Hansen's Top Teams, No. 38: Retooled Pima advanced to national championship game in 2011
    • Hansen's Top Teams, No. 37: Catalina repeated as state volleyball champs in 2011
    • Hansen's Top Teams, No. 36: Sahuaro, led by legendary Billy Lopez, won state softball title in 2001
    • Hansen's Top Teams, No. 34: Wildcats rallied to stun Phil Mickelson and ASU, capture 1992 national title
    • Hansen's Top Teams, No. 33: Jeff Scurran's Sabercats didn't give an inch en route to '92 title
    • Hansen's Top Teams, No. 31: Amphi's 1987 boys track team ran away with state title
    • Tucson’s Top Teams, No. 30: Lancers played perfectly on way to 1992 state title
    • Hansen's Top Teams, No. 29: Cats capped '93 season with 'biggest win Arizona has ever had'
    • Hansen's Sunday Notebook: Even in new transfer landscape, Arizona stars' move to UCLA stings
    • Hansen's Top Teams, No. 28: Falcons' undefeated '07 team continued dominant dynasty
    • Hansen's Top Teams, No. 27: 'Thunder and Lightning' led Cats to 1994 Final Four
    • Hansen's Top Teams, No. 26: Marisa Baena's monumental shot clinched '96 title for Cats
    • Hansen's Top Teams, No. 25: Stacy Iveson led Pima to 2006 NJCAA softball title
    • Hansen's Top Teams, No. 24: Tucson High's 1988 squad repeated as baseball champs
    • Hansen's Top Teams, No. 23: 2021 title cemented Pima's place as soccer power
    • Hansen's Top Teams, No. 22: Toros won 1991 PCL title in 'major turning point' for franchise
    • Hansen's Sunday Notebook: 'Roz' highlights new Pima County Sports Hall of Fame class
    • Hansen's Top Teams, No. 19: Rodney Peete's Cougars dominated in basketball, baseball in '82
    • Hansen's Top Teams, No. 18: Rallies, routs marked Cats' 'emotional' run to 1986 title
    • Hansen's Top Teams, No. 17: Salpointe Catholic's '20-year journey' ended with 2013 state title
    • Hansen's Top Teams, No. 16: Badgers put together run for the ages 50 years ago
    • Hansen's Top Teams, No. 15: 'Loaded' Wildcats made national championship game in emotional 2001
    • Hansen's Sunday Notebook: Ex-UA, Olympic swimmer makes golden decision β€” she's donating her kidney
    • Hansen's Top Teams, No. 14: Led by 'Fat' Lever, Pueblo posted perfect season in 1978
    • Hansen's Top Teams, No. 12: Sunnyside took success to new level in historic 2022 season
    • Hansen's Top Teams, No. 11: Pima won four games in one day to capture 2004 softball title
    • Hansen's Top Teams, No. 10: Badgers capped perfect '70 season with 38-point rout
    • Hansen's Top Teams, No. 9: Wildcats juggernaut swam to first national title in 2008
    • Hansen's Top Teams, No. 8: Dominant Dorados put together softball season for the ages in 2011
    • Hansen's Top Teams, No. 7: Wildcats posted best season in program history in 1998
    • Hansen's Top Teams, No. 6: Thrilling win over ASU set stage for Wildcats' 1976 College World Series title
    • Hansen's Top Teams, No. 5: Wildcats rode historic relay success to NCAA title
    • Hansen's Top Teams, No. 4: Rugged, resilient Wildcats made history on way to winning 1997 title
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    • Hansen's Top Teams, No. 1: Wildcats made Final Four, won Tucson's hearts in 'once-in-a-lifetime season'
    • Greg Hansen counts down the top teams in Tucson sports history, from 100 to 1. Here's the full list.
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