Overview
- Tipoff is 7 p.m. ET on FS1 from Gampel Pavilion in Storrs, where both teams enter 4-0.
- It is Gampel’s first on-campus top-five matchup since 2006, with UConn leading the all-time series 5-2.
- Pregame odds list UConn by roughly 6 to 6.5 points with a total around 157, and at least one projection model favors the under.
- UConn returns home after edging then-No. 7 BYU 86-84, led by 21 points each from Alex Karaban, Silas Demary Jr. and Tarris Reed Jr.
- Arizona’s résumé features wins over Florida and UCLA, with freshman Koa Peat’s 30-point debut and veteran sparks from Jaden Bradley and Anthony Dell’Orso.