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Hansen's Top Teams, No. 81: Palo Verde ensured that Van Howe went out a winner in 1973For 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
- Greg Hansen: Tucson's Game of the Year features longtime coaching rivals, two great teams
- Greg Hansen: Weekend split should benefit both Wildcats and Sun Devils in March
- Hansen's Sunday Notebook: Tommy Lloyd joins Lute Olson, other coaching legends with hot start
- Letter: A Double Standard in Coaching
- Letters to the Editor: Feb. 11
- Greg Hansen: Chip Hale winning with Wildcats? There's a nice ring to it
- Greg Hansen: Wildcats triumphant in Tempe, but bigger, tougher games remain
- 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
- Greg Hansen: Arizona-Oregon women's basketball rivalry is officially on. Get your tickets now.
- 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
- Hansen's Sunday Notebook: Gronkowski brothers find football, business to be lucrative
- 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 βBama rolling, but Wildcats have thrived without him
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- Hansen's Sunday Notebook: It's on fans to bring back McKale Center magic
- 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
- Greg Hansen: Tougher competition, tighter games could lift increasingly stale McKale
- Greg Hansen: Adia Barnes, Salvo Coppa are Tucson's top sports figures of 2021
- Greg Hansen's top 100 sports figures of 2021
- Greg Hansen: It's easy to root for Utes after Ohio State's Rose Bowl opt-outs
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- Greg Hansen's top 20 sports figures of 2020
- Greg Hansen: Bowl cancellations are a gut punch to community, schools involved
- Greg Hansen: Trailblazing member of UA Pomline was part of major moment in Wildcats history
- 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
- Hansen's Top Teams, No. 91: Trio turned Cats into unlikely tennis contenders in 1992
- Hansen's Top Teams, No. 89: Tucson team rode success to 1986 Little League World Series finals
- Hansen's Top Teams, No. 88: Desert Christian completed three-peat with 2015 baseball title
- 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
- Tucsonβs 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
- Hansen's Top Teams, No. 3: Sidewinders shattered Tucson record for wins on way to '06 title
- Hansen's Top Teams, No. 2: Jennie Finch pitched Wildcats to 'dream season,' national title in 2001
- 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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