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Reaching college basketball’s Promised Land is the goal for any program. Winning at the Final Four is what cements a team in the annals of basketball history. Arizona men’s basketball is in the Final Four for the fifth time in program history and the first since 2001. Arizona will be playing in its eight all-time […]
For much of this season, Arizona and Michigan have been considered two of the best teams in the country if not the best. The debate over which one was better raged on, and all we could hope for was that they’d eventually meet to see who was truly the best. Now that’s finally happening, albeit […]
Complaining about officiating is low-hanging fruit for sports fans. If your team is losing, the refs had something to do with it. Certainly isn’t because the other team is better. Every fan base bitches about missed calls, phantom whistles and perceived biases. Even Arizona’s, which considers Tony Padilla to be their personal nemesis, though there’s […]
Arizona will take the stage in prime time at this year’s Final Four in Indianapolis. The Wildcats will face Michigan Saturday at Lucas Oil Stadium in the second national semifinal game, which will tip off at approximately 5:49 p.m. PST, or 30 minutes after the conclusion of UConn vs. Illinois. The Final Four will be […]
This is it. The final step before Indianapolis. The final step before a return to the Final Four. Forty minutes of basketball separates Purdue basketball and a de facto home game in the Final Four. The team can’t look ahead to that though as they’ve got an incredible challenge in front of them against #1 […]
No explanation needed here. It’s Saturday. It’s gameday. Elite Eight. Tonight. Let’s get into it. Ledman: If you read the Q&A I did over at Arizona Desert Swarm you already know my prediction. Or if you listened to the latest episode of the Boiler Alert podcast you know my prediction. I think this Purdue team […]
The Elite Eight is now set: in the West, it’ll be Arizona vs. Purdue. In the Midwest, we’ll get Michigan vs. Tennessee. In the South, Iowa and Illinois will go at it, and in the East, Duke and UConn will fight for supremacy. Duke had a tense game with St. John’s, highlighted by Caleb Foster’s […]
2025-2026 Season Overall Record: 35-2 Big 12 Record: 16-2 (1st) KenPom Ranking: 1 NCAA Tournament Performance Round of 64: 92-58 over #16 LIU Round of 32: 78 – 66 over #9 Utah State Sweet 16: 109 – 88 over #4 Arkansas Personnel Starters Bench Key Analytics (Per KenPom.com – National Rank ()) KenPom Ranking – 1 Offense Adjusted Efficiency: 128.5 (4) […]
SAN JOSE—Getting past the Sweet 16 was the first step for Arizona, but there’s still one more game before it can end that 25-year drought of reaching the Final Four. And to do so it will require knocking off a team that ended its own long drought a few seasons ago. Second-seeded Purdue made the […]
Arizona got over the Sweet 16 hurdle, winning in that round for the first time in 11 years. Now comes an even bigger obstacle in the Elite Eight, where it has fallen short the last time trips to a regional final. But none of those Wildcat teams were this big a favorite. Top-seeded Arizona (35-2) […]
SAN JOSE—There have been plenty of games this season when Arizona jumped out to a big lead early, only to see it get chipped away by the opponent. The win at BYU in January comes to mind, as does the Big 12 final when Houston turned a 15-point deficit into a 1-point game. The Wildcats […]
Happy Thursday, everyone. There are four Sweet 16 games on tonight, including a compelling battle featuring Arkansas superstar guard Darius Acuff trying his luck against 1-seed Arizona. There should be scoring aplenty in that one. Alabama fans have one more day to wait before seeing the Tide face the Michigan juggernaut. This is what Nate […]
SAN JOSE, Calif.—It’s been five years since Arizona and Sean Miller parted ways, and in that time Miller has coached at two other schools. The first season of his current stop, at Texas, has resulted in an unexpected run from the First Four to the Sweet 16. And if a few things happen on Thursday […]
The Sweet 16 is set: In the East, it’s #1 Duke vs. #5 St. John’s and #3 Michigan State vs. #2 UConn. In the South, it’s #9 Iowa vs. #4 Nebraska and #3 Illinois vs. #2 Houston. In the West, we get #1 Arizona vs. #4 Arkansas and #11 Texas vs. #2 Purdue. In the […]
How To Watch: Sunday, March 22 Utah State vs. Arizona (7:50 p.m. EST) | Coverage: TruTV Location: San Diego, Calif. FanDuel Odds: Utah State vs. Arizona Betting Line: Arizona -11.5 (-120) Moneyline: Arizona -880, Utah State +580 O/U: 155.5 (-110) (Check out FanDuel Sportsbook here. Odds and lines are subject to change.) No. 9 Utah […]
SAN DIEGO—When not scouting an opponent, Utah State coach Jerrod Calhoun prefers to watch professional basketball over the college game. Either the Boston Celtics, where former player and assistant Joe Mazzulla has won an NBA title, or European competition. But if Calhoun does decide to watch college hoops, Arizona is high on his list. “I […]
SAN DIEGO—Arizona has played 35 games this season, and along the way it has seen it all. Zones, presses, doubling and switching from opposing defenses, and all manner of player movement on the offensive side. Utah State may actually try to do all of that in Tuesday’s second round game at Viejas Arena in its […]
SAN DIEGO—It’s only fitting that Arizona will need to beat a Mountain West Conference team in a Mountain West arena to get back to another Sweet 16. Ninth-seeded Utah State outscored No. 8 Villanova 15-3 over the final six minutes to win 86-76 on Friday afternoon at Viejas Arena, setting up a second round matchup […]
SAN DIEGO—It had been 26 years since Arizona had three freshmen in the starting lineup of an NCAA Tournament game. That trio (Gilbert Arenas, Jason Gardner and Luke Walton) formed the corp of the 2001 squad that would make it to the national championship, the last time the Wildcats reached the final weekend of the […]
SAN DIEGO—During the first full day of the NCAA Tournament, top seeds Duke and Michigan got scares from their underdog opponents. The Blue Devils nearly lost to a team that played only five guys. Arizona had no such difficulties. The top-seeded Wildcats came flying out of the gates and never let up, blowing out No. […]
Here’s the lineup for the first half of today’s action Santa Clara vs Kentucky, 11:15am Akron vs Texas Tech, 11:40am Long Island vs Arizona, 12:35pm Wright State vs Virginia, 12:50pm Tennessee State vs Iowa State, 1:50pm Hofstra vs Alabama, 2:15pm Utah State vs Villanova, 3:10pm Miami (OH) vs Tennessee, 3:25pm
The NCAA Tournament is officially set to begin on Thursday, so Los Angeles Rams fans, who are you picking to win March Madness? According to Yahoo Sports, about 29% of users have picked the Duke Blue Devils to win it all this year. The rest of their top five national championship picks included Arizona (22%), […]
A third Arizona women’s basketball player has announced her intention to enter the transfer portal when it opens on Apr. 6, according to Talia Goodman of On3. Freshman forward Daniah Trammell, who had committed to Becky Burke at Buffalo, is on her way out. Like many of Arizona’s players, Trammell had an up-and-down season in […]
It’s not just a spot in the second round that’s up for grabs, there’s also iced tea bragging rights at stake when Arizona faces Long Island on Friday in San Diego. If you know, you know. This is the fifth straight NCAA Tournament appearance (and 40th overall) for Arizona, the No. 1 seed in the […]
Getting a sitting head coach to join your staff is quite an accomplishment. Becky Burke has done that with the addition of Kent State head coach Todd Starkey to the Arizona women’s basketball staff. Starkey will have the title of associate head coach that was previously held by Ashley Odom. “We are thrilled to have […]