In Tucson, Ariz., where the thermometer is at fever level — 100.2-degree average during summer days — the hottest item is a ticket to Saturday’s football game between Hawaii and Arizona.

“You’ve got some?” said UH cornerback Jalen Rogers, a military dependent who lived more than 10 years in the city nicknamed the “Sunshine Factory.” Rogers said more than 20 family members and friends will be attending the nonconference game.

RJ Hollis, the Rainbow Warriors’ starting right tackle, also is expecting a large reunion. He grew up in Phoenix, a two-hour drive from Tucson.

And defensive end Makani Kema-Kaleiwahea looks forward to returning to the University of Arizona campus, where he spent five semesters as a Wildcat linebacker.

“I definitely had a different feeling going to practice knowing who the enemy is this week,” Kema- Kaleiwahea said.

Their emotions will be conflicted for the Warriors’ third road trip in four weeks.

Hollis said he attended the Wildcats’ football camp in the summer before the start of his senior year at Mountain Pointe High.

“It was the first camp I went to,” Hollis said. “I guess I didn’t do too well because they never called me back.”

The Wildcats also did not call or text during Hollis’ lone season at Scottsdale (Ariz.) Community College. Hollis signed with the Warriors in 2013.

“My feelings aren’t hurt because I made it to where I wanted to make it to,” Hollis said.

Rogers was admittedly surprised when he did not receive interest from the Wildcats despite being a key two-way player for a Cienega High team that was undefeated entering the state title game. He also was snubbed during his two years at Mesa (Ariz.) Community College.

“No interest at all out of high school or junior college,” Rogers said. “They never spoke to me or sent me letters. It’s not like I played on a bad team. My team was the only team in Tucson to go to the state championship undefeated. I felt I was one of the better players on that team. For them not to look at me at all …”

As a freshman, Kema-Kaleiwahea and his now wife decided to adopt two boys who were raised in his foster family in Hawaii. They attended classes and, at 18, were the youngest to be certified as foster parents. Many of their classmates in the foster-parenting program still live in Tucson.

“I do have friends who have helped me, who have been through the fostering classes,” Kema-Kaleiwahea said. “I’m excited to see everyone.”

Arizona coach Rich Rodriguez willingly agreed to a release request to allow Kema-Kaleiwahea to move back to Hawaii to raise the two boys he and his wife adopted.

“I definitely left on good terms,” Kema-Kaleiwahea said.

Perhaps the only drawback to the return is Arizona’s dry heat. Saturday’s kickoff was moved to 7:45 p.m. Arizona time, when the temperatures will be in the mid-80s.

“The heat is so blatant,” Hollis said. “It’s almost to the point of disrespect. It doesn’t have to be that hot. It just decided to be that hot.”