Arizona Wildcats Insider Podcast: Carter Bryant Talk

In today's episode, we go over Arizona Wildcats star and new NBA draft pick Carter Bryant.

Jun 28, 2025; San Antonio, TX, USA; San Antonio Spurs first round draft pick Carter Bryant greets fans at Victory Capital Performance Center. Mandatory Credit: Scott Wachter-Imagn Images | Scott Wachter-Imagn Images

Welcome! It is the first addition of the Inside the Wildcats Podcast featuring your host Troy Hutchison, who will be delivering a daily podcast discussing everything happening surrounding Arizona athletics giving you an inside look at all the programs on campus.

Hutchison has been covering Arizona for the last seven years with his coverage spanning all-across UA’s campus from football and men’s basketball to Title IX sports. Plus, with so many former Wildcats playing at the next level in their prospective sports there will be moments where he will take a deep dive into the Cats execling outside of Tucson.

Today we talked about the conclusion of the 2025 Arizona baseball season recapping the run to Omaha Chip Hale and his team made. And what it means for not only the future of the program but the future for guys like Mason White, who will be hearing their names called in the approaching MLB Draft.

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Not only is it a look into the future but also the pathway the program took over the last three seasons to get back to the College World Series.

But that's not all. Hutchison breaks down the development of former Wildcat forward Carter Bryant, who was recently drafted in the NBA Draft with the No. 14 overall pick by the San Antonio Spurs.

By getting selected in the lottery, Bryant became the 28th player selected in the first round of the NBA Draft and the 75th overall player selected in the draft from Arizona.

It marked the first time since 1989 that an Arizona player was drafted in the first round by San Antonio. 

Who was the player selected?

Well, it was Wildcats legend and all-time leading scorer Sean Elliott, who was taken with the third overall pick. Elliott would go on to play 12 years in the league with 11 of those years with the Spurs.

Overall, five Wildcats have been drafted by San Antonio and seven have played for the SPurs at one point in time. The two players that weren’t drafted by the organization but played for them were Steve Kerr and Richard Jefferson.

The podcast takes a quick look at the type of player Bryant could become at the next level and what the roster situation in San Antonio does for his development.

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