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The meaning behind Arizona football and basketball's USS Arizona uniforms

The Arizona Wildcats football and men’s basketball teams provided their own twists to honor the 75th anniversary of the attacks on Pearl Harbor, and specifically the ones who lost their lives aboard the USS Arizona.

Arizona football’s second home game of the season against Hawai’i was the introduction of the one-time only Pearl Harbor gray jerseys and the basketball team wore its gray camouflage against Michigan St. in its season opener in the Armed Forces Classic in Honolulu.

Photo: Jesus Barrera

It’s not too often the Wildcats get to showcase their uniform swagger, but when they did this season, there was historical meaning behind it and it just so happened both football and basketball won in the Pearl Harbor style uniforms.