It’s 1997 and the Arizona Wildcats have two big-time recruits on campus.
There’s Richard Jefferson, a 6-foot-7 athletic forward from Phoenix, and Luke Walton, a 6-foot-8 skilled forward from San Diego.
Then-UA head coach Lute Olson was under the impression that Arizona could land one of them, but not both. They played the same position, after all.
But thanks to a wild recruiting visit, which was hosted by 1997 National Champions Mike Bibby and Miles Simon, the Wildcats managed to snag both.
Jefferson recounted how it all happened Monday at the CATSYS.