Arizona guard Caleb Love is returning to Tucson for the 2024-25 season, he introduced on social media on Wednesday. Love’s determination got here on deadline day for early entrants to stay within the NBA Draft or return to high school.
A four-year starter — three years at North Carolina and one with Arizona — Love shall be again with the Wildcats for his fifth and remaining yr of eligibility. He averaged 18.0 factors, 4.8 rebounds and three.4 assists per recreation final season, incomes him Pac-12 Participant of the 12 months honors. Arizona received the Pac-12 regular-season title earlier than dropping to Clemson within the Candy 16.
Love ranked No. 95 on The Athletic draft analyst Sam Vecenie’s massive board final month.
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— Caleb Love (@caleb2love) Might 29, 2024
Arizona, together with Arizona State, Colorado, and Utah, will be part of the Massive 12 this season. With six offseason additions, together with switch portal commitments from middle Tobe Awaka (Tennessee), ahead Trey Townsend (Oakland), and ahead Anthony Dell’Orso (Campbell), the Wildcats are set to have one of many strongest rosters within the convention.
Of the three freshmen they’re bringing in, two are ranked within the high 50, based on 247Sports Composite: Carter Bryant (No. 23), a McDonald’s All-American and Jamari Phillips (No. 47).
Arizona may even return two key rotational gamers in Jaden Bradley (7.0 factors per recreation) and KJ Lewis (6.1).
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