[desertrat]

Mike Dunlop turned down the interum coach position, so it went to Russ Penell instead. Russ Penell has 14 years of experience as an assistant with 3 different schools. He first coached at Oklahoma State under Eddie Sutton, then went to Mississippi and helped turn perennial doormat Ole Miss into SEC West champs. He then moved on to ASU where he helped turn around another dismal program before coming to Tucson this summer. @ of the top 3 recruits Arizona had lined up have already de-committed with the nation's #1 PG prospect Abdul Gaddy expected to also defect and go to UCLA instead. Arizona could be looking at some pretty lean years in the near future, depending on how Pennell does with this year's team.