The Arizona Wildcats men’s basketball team will reportedly play a nonconference game against San Diego State at PHX Arena this upcoming season.
According to CBS Sports’ and College Hoops Today’s Jon Rothstein, the game taking place at the home of the Phoenix Suns and Mercury will be part of a doubleheader with Colorado vs. Stanford being the other game.
The games will take place on Dec. 20, but tipoff times and a tv network have not been announced.
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Arizona is 25-7 all-time against the Aztecs, with the Wildcats currently riding a five-game winning streak. The last matchup came Nov. 22, 2022 — an 87-70 Arizona victory in Hawaii.
The Wildcats most recently played in Phoenix last December, losing by three points to UCLA at the then-Footprint Center.
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The matchup against San Diego State continues a trend of Arizona men’s coach Tommy Lloyd scheduling a gauntlet of nonconference opponents.
The Aztecs are one of six teams that participated in last year’s NCAA Tournament that the Wildcats are set to face during nonconference play.
Arizona will reportedly face the defending champion Florida Gators in Las Vegas to open up the 2025-26 season.
The Wildcats will then travel to face UCLA on Nov. 14 at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California. Five days later, the Wildcats will take on UConn in Storrs, Connecticut, on Nov. 19.
Then on Dec. 6, Arizona will play Auburn, the top overall seed in this past year’s NCAA Tournament, at McKale Center in Tucson.
A week later, Arizona will head to Birmingham’s Legacy Arena to play Alabama on Dec. 13.
In spite of the tough nonconference tests, the Wildcats are not expected to participate in a multi-team tournament in 2025-26. Arizona went 1-2 in the Battle 4 Atlantis last year, with the only win coming against Davidson.
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