Last week Tommy Lloyd described Arizona’s addition of a second Red-Blue scrimmage, this one in the Phoenix area, as “probably a big swing.”
It ended up being a swing and a miss.
Arizona announced Monday the Red-Blue Showcase at Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, set for Oct. 11, had been postponed until 2025. The decision was mutual, per a message posted on Twitter.
he UA will still have its regular annual Red-Blue game at McKale Center, which is set for Friday at 6 p.m. PT. That event, like the one in Glendale, will be MC’d by former Arizona stars Channing Frye and Richard Jefferson and their Road Trippin’ podcast co-host Allie Clifton. The Glendale version was also supposed to include former NBA star Kendrick Perkins.
“We were presented with the opportunity and we went for it,” Lloyd said last week. “We obviously want to continue to grow Arizona basketball throughout the state, and we want to be able to get to Phoenix. It’s our largest population base in the state, and let fans engage with Arizona basketball.”
Arizona officially began preseason practice for the 2024-25 season last week with a roster that includes only one returning starter—reigning Pac-12 Player of the Year Caleb Love—but three other key rotation players from a team that went 27-9 and won the final Pac-12 regular-season title before reaching the Sweet 16.
The first preseason exhibition is Oct. 21 against Eastern New Mexico, with another Oct. 28 vs. Point Loma, both at McKale Center. The 2024-25 season opener is Nov. 4 at home against Canisius.
