When Sean Rooks started his Arizona career in 1987-88, he didn’t play one minute during the Cats first run to the Final Four.
With a stacked roster it was decided that Rooks would redshirt his first season in Tucson, but if you talk to former teammates and fans, his imprint on that classic team was as memorable as anyone.
Sadly the former Arizona big man passed away yesterday at the age of 46.
“It is with deep sadness and overwhelming grief that we mourn the sudden loss of my son, Sean,” Rooks’ mother, Deborah Brown, said in a statement to the Philadelphia Inquirer.