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C.M. Newton, a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, who is best remembered as Kentucky's athletic director, was in Tucson as chairman of the NIT Selection Committee.

Newton, whose daughter lives in Tucson, hired Rick Pitino and Tubby Smith at Kentucky. Asked about the UA's search for a new coach, he said to trust athletic director Jim Livengood.

"With the timing of this, the key thing is for everybody to have some real patience and understanding," he said. "He can't really do his job until the season ends.

"He'll get you a good coach. I don't have any concerns about that. This is a heckuva good job."

A legend

UA associate head coach Mike Dunlap was a follower of Pete Newell, the coaching legend who died Monday at 93.

"I felt bad for his family," he said Tuesday. "My thoughts are with his family, not myself."

Dunlap worked at Newell's Big Man Camp with Newell's son, Pete Jr., and others.

"He had time for everybody," Dunlap said, "and he was a teacher at heart and he was a giver."

In March, Newell endorsed Dunlap for the vacancy at Cal, calling him "the best teacher we have in basketball." Newell said that if Cal hired Dunlap, "they wouldn't be missing on him, believe me."

Sore

Jordan Hill's back is hurting.

When the UA forward can leave the floor early at the end of games, he retreats to a cold tub to treat a lower back he describes as "really sore."

Hill then gets plugged into a deep-muscle stimulator. A series of electrodes are placed on his back, essentially giving him a deep massage.

The junior said his back is at "80 or 85 percent" strength. He said he should improve with continued treatment, which includes stretching his back and hamstrings.

Quotable

"It's hard to watch them when they're playing this way — but it's not hard to watch them."

Former Kentucky athletic director C.M. Newton, on watching the team lose to North Carolina on television.

New monument

Located between the arena and Richard Jefferson Gymnasium is the new Bill Lowell Memorial, which features two monuments.

The first is a pyramid with the top lopped off with a plaque on three sides honoring former UA football players who died in World War II — Bill Lowell, Rue Mattice and Stanley Petropolis.

Lowell died at Iwo Jima. His brother Dave contributes to the UA athletic department.

Steve Kozachik, the UA's assistant athletic director for facilities and capital projects, oversaw the project.

The fourth side of the pyramid honors the 1942 UA football team, which went 6-4 before being discontinued for the war effort. Many players on the team joined the armed forces.

A nearby monument honors Lowell with his bust.

Almost done

The promenade just east of McKale is getting close to completion, Kozachik said. Today, officials will begin installing LED lights and lettering on two archways — one near Fred Enke Drive and the other near Jefferson Gymnasium.

The UA's new practice gym will be dedicated Dec. 8.

By the numbers

16-2

Arizona's record in the NIT Season Tip-off before Tuesday