March Madness: The Best Sneakers Worn by the Arizona Wildcats

The Arizona Wildcats have worn some of the best sneakers in college over the years. Relive them all here.

If you're a fan of the Arizona Wildcats, our condolences go out to you for the team's coming up short in this year's tournament, suffering a one point loss to Wisconsin and just missing the Final Four. But as a bit of a consolation prize we offer up this retrospective of Arizona's best on-court sneakers of all time, and maybe you can rest assured knowing your school is almost inarguably the greatest sneaker school ever.

Second only to the Fab Five of Michigan and the Nike Air Force Max for probably the most memorable sneaker ever in college basketball, Penny Hardaway's royal blue Nike Air Foamposite One that Mike Bibby and company wore during the Wildcats' run to the 1997 national title goes down as one of the most iconic sneakers in NCAA basketball history. But as you'll see below, that's only the tip of the iceberg.

While many schools have changed sneaker brands over the years, Arizona has been wearing Nike for as far back as we can find photographic evidence. From being one of the teams selected to get their own Dunk colorway in the Be True To Your School collection, to the aforementioned Foamposite One, to the 2001 squad that seemed to have made a conscious group effort to lace up retros like the Air Trainer 1, to the more recent teams rocking retro Jordans galore, Arizona could be the victors of a college basketball sneaker tournament on almost any given year.

1.

Nike Air Force 1 - Early 1980's

 

2.

Nike Dunk - 1985

 

3.

Steve Kerr - Nike Air Ship - 1985

 

4.

Sean Elliott - Nike Air Force 2 - 1985 (Opponent in Air Assault)

 

5.

Sean Elliott - Nike Air Force III - 1988

 

6.

Matt Othick - Nike Air Alpha Force II - 1989

 

7.

Chris Mills - Nike Air Force V - 1990

 

8.

Damon Stoudamire - Nike Air Dynamic Flight

 

9.

Ray Owes - Nike Air Flight Huarache - 1993

 

10.

Damon Stoudamire - Nike Air Maestro 2 - 1994

 

11.

Reggie Geary - Nike Air Maestro 2 - 1994

 

12.

Damon Stoudamire - Air Jordan 10

 

13.

Ray Owes - Nike Air Max2 CB - 1995

 

14.

Donell Harris - Nike Air Max CB 34 - 1996

 

15.

Zoom Flight '95 - 1996

 

16.

Nike Air Flight One, Jason Terry - Air Jordan XI - 1996

 

17.

Jason Terry - Nike Air Adjust Force - 1996

 

18.

Bennet Davison - Nike Air Maestro '96 - 1997

 

19.

Michael Dickerson - Nike Zoom Flight Five - 1997

 

20.

Miles Simon - Air Jordan XIII - 1997

 

21.

Zoom Flight Five, Air Adjust Force, Air Foamposite One - 1997

 

22.

Mike Bibby - Air Foamposite One, Miles Simon - Nike Air Max Uptempo III - 1997 (See more of Bibby in the Foamposite HERE)

 

23.

Traves Wilson - Air Jordan XIII - 1998

 

24.

Jason Terry - Air Foamposite One - 1998

 

25.

Gilbert Arenas - Nike Air Garnett III - 1999

 

26.

Jason Gardner - Nike Air Flightposite - 1999

 

27.

Jason Terry - Nike Air Penny IV - 1999

 

28.

Jason Terry - Nike Zoom T-Bug Flight - 1999

 

29.

Richard Jefferson - Air Jordan Jumpman Team - 1999

 

30.

Jason Gardner - Nike Air Flightposite - 2000

 

31.

Jason Gardner - Nike Air Foamposite Pro - 2001

 

32.

Jason Gardner - Nike Zoom Hyperflight - 2001

 

33.

Eugene Edgerson - Nike Air Force III - 2001

 

34.

Eugene Edgerson - Nike Air Dynamic Flight - 2001

 

35.

Gilbert Arenas - Nike Air Flight '89 - 2001

 

36.

Jason Gardner - Nike Air Trainer 1 - 2001

 

37.

Jason Gardner - Nike Air Trainer 1, Gilbert Arenas - Air Trainer SC, Lauren Woods - Air Jordan 11 - 2001

 

38.

Michael Wright - Nike Air Force Max - 2001

 

39.

Salim Stoudamire - Nike Zoom Hyperflight - 2002

 

40.

Salim Stoudamire - Nike Air Afterburner Flight - 2002

 

41.

Salim Stoudamire - Nike Zoom Ultraflight - 2003

 

42.

Salim Stoudamire - Air Jordan XVII - 2003

 

43.

Salim Stoudamire - Air Jordan 8 Retro - 2003

 

44.

Channing Frye - Air Jordan XIX - 2004

 

45.

Hassan Adams - Nike Zoom Flight 2K3 - 2004

 

46.

Salim Stoudamire - Air Jordan 12 Retro - 2004

 

47.

Andre Iguodala - Nike Zoom Huarache 2K4 - 2005

 

48.

Mustafa Shakur - Nike Air Max CB '94 - 2005

 

49.

Marcus Williams - Air Jordan 14 Retro - 2006

 

50.

Brendon Lavendar - Nike Hyperdunk - 2009

 

51.

Lamont Jones - Air Jordan 7 Retro - 2010

 

52.

Derrick Williams -- Kobe VI iD & Foamposite One - 2011

 

53.

Josiah Turner - Air Jordan 5 Retro - 2011

 

54.

Nick Johnson - Air Jordan 11 Retro, Kevin Parrom - Air Jordan 10 Retro - 2012

 

55.

Solomon Hill - Air Jordan 10 Retro - 2013

 

56.

Nick Johnson - Nike KD VI iD

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