So far, the recovery plan for ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥â€™s Bahamian disaster has included a few private practices, a game inside the familiar McKale Center and now a trip to Las Vegas.
Maybe that’s fitting.
Las Vegas is, after all, a second home for the Wildcats.
Not only do the Wildcats enjoy “McKale North†sort of support every March in the Pac-12 Tournament, but they’ve also played more games in Las Vegas during the Sean Miller era than anyplace besides ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ and Los Angeles — counting Pac-12 Tournament games, two appearances in the Las Vegas Invitational and multiple regular-season games with UNLV.Las Vegas is also a major recruiting stop for Miller’s coaching staff in the spring and summer.
But the Wildcats’ relationship with the showy Nevada city has been, well, complicated.
Good things and bad things happen to them there. Las Vegas is where ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥â€™s march to the postseason begins — and where, according to a federal complaint, the Wildcats’ ongoing FBI troubles began. Financial planner Munish Sood said he met two UA coaches there during this spring’s Pac-12 Tournament, a moment that eventually led to the arrest of UA assistant coach Book Richardson on federal bribery and fraud charges.
Las Vegas has been, well, a gamble. That’s what history says: