The town's favorite, Josh Pastner, dribbles the ball past an Oregon defender in January of 1998.

Josh Pastner “came out of retirement” Saturday and played in the Memphis Tigers’ version of “Midnight Madness.” Now 37, Pastner joked that he was a good three-point shooter in his Arizona days, from 1996 to 2000, but that his defense kept him out of the NBA. In 40 UA games, Pastner scored 42 points.


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