Caleb Love, who cemented his legacy as a legendary 蜜柚直播 Wildcat in 2025, officially has been named to the UA men鈥檚 basketball Ring of Honor.
Love, who averaged 17.6 points over two seasons at 蜜柚直播, is the 35th player to join the Ring of Honor. He qualified by virtue of being named the Pac-12 Player of the Year in 2023-24.

The 蜜柚直播 Wildcats gather together after guard Caleb Love (1) hit a last-second shot to push the game against Iowa State into overtime at McKale Center on Jan. 27, 2025.
Love had a better statistical profile that season than this past one, but he distinguished himself in ways that UA fans won鈥檛 soon forget.
On Jan. 27 against then-No. 3-Iowa State, Love sank a 60-foot, 3-pointer at the buzzer to tie the game and send it to overtime 鈥 one of the most iconic shots in program history. In the OT period, he hit two more 3-pointers as the Wildcats rallied to defeat the Cyclones 86-75.
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Love had two of his best, most efficient performances in the 鈥25 NCAA Tournament. He scored 29 points with nine rebounds and five assists in 蜜柚直播鈥檚 87-83 victory over Oregon to advance to the Sweet 16. Love then scored 35 points 鈥 one shy of his career high 鈥 in a 100-93 loss to Duke, the No. 1 seed in the East Regional.

蜜柚直播 guard Caleb Love (1) and the Wildcat bench celebrate forcing Duke forward Cooper Flagg (2) and the Blue Devils into a turnover in the first half of their Sweet 16 game in the men鈥檚 NCAA Tournament in Newark, N.J., on March 27, 2025.
Love, who spent his first three seasons at North Carolina, finished his UA career averaging 4.6 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1.2 steals per game while shooting 33.6% from 3-point range and 86.2% from the foul line. He ranks 25th in college basketball history with 2,762 career points.
Love made multiple All-American teams in 2023-24, including first team from ESPN and third team from the Associated Press. He also was a semifinalist for the Naismith College Player of the Year award.
鈥淚t鈥檚 a blessing,鈥 Love said of entering the Ring of Honor. 鈥淚f you look at all the pictures and the guys who are already in the Ring of Honor, it鈥檚 a blessing to be in the conversation and up there with the greats that came before me.鈥
Love was not selected in the 2025 NBA Draft. He signed a two-way contract with the Portland Trail Blazers.
No date has been set for Love鈥檚 induction. It will depend on Love鈥檚 schedule with the Trail Blazers organization.
To join the Ring of Honor, a player must meet one of the following criteria: being named a first-team All-American; earning a national player-of-the-year award; being named a conference player or freshman of the year; becoming 蜜柚直播鈥檚 career leader in three or more statistical categories (and holding those records for at least five years); playing in the NBA for 10-plus seasons or being selected as an All-Star; winning an Olympic medal.

蜜柚直播 guard Caleb Love (1) gestures back to the bench after nailing a 3-pointer early in the second half against Oregon in their round-of-32 game in the men鈥檚 NCAA Tournament in Seattle on March 23, 2025.
Here are all 35 members of the UA Ring of Honor:
Bob Elliott, C, 1974-77
Steve Kerr, G, 1984-88
Sean Elliott, G/F, 1986-89
Jud Buechler, F, 1987-90
Sean Rooks, C, 1989-92
Chris Mills, F/G, 1991-93
Khalid Reeves, G, 1991-94
Damon Stoudamire, G, 1992-95
Miles Simon, G, 1995-98
Jason Terry, G, 1996-99
Mike Bibby, G, 1997-98
Michael Wright, F, 1999-2001
Richard Jefferson, F, 1999-2001
Jason Gardner, G, 2000-03
Luke Walton, F, 2000-03
Salim Stoudamire, G, 2002-05
Gilbert Arenas, G, 2000-01
Channing Frye, C, 2002-05
Chase Budinger, F, 2007-09
Derrick Williams, F, 2010-11
Andre Iguodala, F, 2003-04
Aaron Gordon, F, 2014
Nick Johnson, G, 2012-14
Stanley Johnson, G, 2015
Jerryd Bayless, G, 2008
Deandre Ayton, F, 2018
Al Fleming Jr., F, 1972-76
Ernie McCray, C, 1956-60
Zeke Nnaji, F, 2020
Josh Green, G, 2020
Bennedict Mathurin, G, 2020-22
Christian Koloko, C, 2020-22
Kenny Lofton, G, 1986-89
T.J. McConnell, G, 2013-15
Caleb Love, G, 2023-25
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