Pima Community College head coach Todd Holthaus rips open his dress shirt to reveal a Pima Hoops shirt to the crowd after beating Mesa Community College during the Region I championship game on March 4, 2010 in Tucson, Ariz. Pima won 63-60.

 Dean Knuth / Arizona Daily Star

Pima College women’s basketball coachΒ Todd HolthausΒ has the Aztecs, always a tough out, ranked No. 8 in the NJCAA Division II preseason poll. Last week, Holthaus had long-time UA assistant coachΒ Jim RosboroughΒ on campus to teach Pima the 1-3-1 zone defense that Arizona used in the 1990s.

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