Arizona Could Lose As Many As Six Players Because Of An Error By Olson

Things seem to have gotten out of hand at the Pac-10 power since Lute Olson announced his retirement last month.

Word is that the Wildcats may have see if six players need to regain eligibility by the NCAA before Monday’s NIT Season Tip-Off against Florida Atlantic, according ESPN.com.

According to a story on Friday by ESPN.com’s Andy Katz, sophomores Zane Johnson and Jamelle Horne and freshmen Garland Judkins, Brandon Lavender, Kyle Fogg and Alex Jacobson may have to seek reinstatement as a procedural matter, if the players were given impermissible expenses while participating in the Cactus Classic, an AAU tournament held in May on Arizona’s campus. Fogg and Horne started the Wildcats’ exhibition win over Sonoma State on Wednesday.

The newly retired Olson told ESPN.com: “I think that was my fault,” Olson said. “That wasn’t anyone else’s fault. It was my error and it was a big error. But I guess in 26 years you are allowed to make a mistake once in a while anyway and that’s not to say I haven’t made a lot of them but in terms of that, that was a big mistake on my part.”

A “big mistake” that may cost the Wildcats big time.