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

Josh PastnerΒ β€œcame out of retirement” Saturday and played in the Memphis Tigers’ version of β€œMidnight 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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