Words. Patrick Cassidy

Has any program had a better recruiting run this year than the Arizona Wildcats? Arguably the best 2012 recruiting class in the country heading into the week got significantly better yesterday when elite seven-foot prospect Kaleb Tarczewski (Claremont, N.H.) committed to the Wildcats.

Kaleb is no wiry weight room project for the ‘Cats strength and conditioning coaches – he is physically ready to mix it up at the Division I level right now. Add him to the ‘Cats class of Brandon Ashley, Grant Jarret and Gabe York, and coach Sean Miller has his program on the quick track back to real national prominence.

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Words. Kevin Zimmerman

Sean Miller is rolling through the recruiting circuit heading into only his third season at Arizona. On Monday, the Wildcats’ head coach pulled in his biggest recruit yet, landing a top-5 overall prospect in the Class of 2012, Brandon Ashley, to a verbal commitment.

The 6-8, 215-pound power forward transferred this summer to Findlay Prep in Nevada following his time at Bishop O’Dowd High School in Oakland, and chose the Arizona over Oregon, UCLA and Kentucky. Scooping Nike U and the country’s best recruiter in Kentucky’s John Calipari is surely a sign of things to come for Miller at Arizona. MORE >

Words. Kevin Zimmerman

Orange Lutheran High School guard Gabe York will take his deadly jump shot to the Arizona Wildcats next season, giving the Pac-12 team its second commitment in the 2012 recruiting class.

With head coach Sean Miller having already signed a top-20 overall player Grant Jerrett, the combo guard’s decision showed he isn’t afraid of playing alongside the Wildcats’ 2011 guard class in Josiah Turner and Nick Johnson. York, who Scout, Rivals and ESPN rank as a top-15 shooting guard, chose Arizona over Washington, Marquette and Notre Dame. MORE >

Words. Andrew Katz

Within the last couple of days, we’ve seen a monster turn-of-events in the Lance Stephenson sweepstakes. First, reports came out that he’s turned down both of his top suitors St. John’s and Maryland. On Sunday, it seemed like Memphis was going to make up for the loss of Xavier Henry with a commitment from Lance. But since then, Arizona has come in guns blazing after snaring fellow New Yorker Kevin Parrom. MORE >