Overview
- Tipoff is 8 p.m. CT at McKale Center, with national TV on FS1 and streaming on Fubo.
- Arizona enters 14-0 with an 8-0 home mark and marquee nonconference wins over UConn, Florida, Alabama, Auburn and UCLA.
- KenPom rates Arizona No. 2 overall with top-10 offensive efficiency and top-5 defensive efficiency, plus a 41.8% offensive-rebound rate led by Tobe Awaka’s nation-leading work on the glass.
- Kansas State is 9-5 (0-1 Big 12) after an 83-73 loss to BYU, with leading scorer PJ Haggerty coming off 24 points and averaging 23.0 points per game.
- Pre-game models and previews predict a comfortable Arizona margin, including a KenPom projection of 94–78 and a Yahoo forecast with Arizona topping 100 points.