Overview
- Tipoff is 7 p.m. ET at Gampel Pavilion on FS1, with Jason Benetti and Bill Raftery on the call and streaming options including DirecTV and Fubo.
- Sportsbooks list UConn as a roughly 5.5–6.5 point favorite, with the total around the mid-150s depending on the book.
- Both teams are 4-0; Arizona owns wins over Florida and UCLA, and UConn is coming off an 86-84 victory over then-No. 7 BYU.
- Arizona freshman Koa Peat headlines the visitors after a 30-point debut, countered by UConn’s balanced trio of Silas Demary Jr., Alex Karaban and Tarris Reed Jr., who each scored 21 against BYU.
- Gampel is hosting its first on-campus top-five men’s game in nearly two decades, underscoring the local significance of this rare nonconference meeting.