Arizona–UCLA men's basketball rivalry

Arizona–UCLA men's basketball rivalry
Arizona Wildcats
UCLA Bruins
SportCollege Basketball
First meetingFebruary 19, 1923
Arizona 30 – UCLA 43
Latest meetingDecember 14, 2024
UCLA 57 – Arizona 53
Next meeting2025
T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, NV
Statistics
Meetings total114
All-time seriesUCLA leads, 64–50
Largest victoryUCLA by 53 (March 10, 1983)
Longest win streakUCLA, 11 (February 17, 1979–March 8, 1984)
Current win streakUCLA 1 (December 14, 2024–present)
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The Arizona–UCLA men's basketball rivalry is a college basketball rivalry between the University of Arizona Wildcats and the UCLA Bruins.

Series history

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Men's Basketball Comparison
Arizona UCLA
First Season 1904 1919
NCAA Championships 1 11
NCAA Final Fours 4 18*
NCAA Tournament Appearances 37* 49*
Conference Championships 31 37
Conference tournament Championships 9 4
All-Americans 31 39
Consensus 1st Team All-Americans 8 21

The rivalry dates from the first games in 1923, but the true intensity of the series would not occur until the addition of Arizona to the Pac-10 in 1978. Since becoming conference foes, the game is played typically twice per season. The Wildcats and Bruins have faced off 10 times in conference tournament games.

Before the arrival of Lute Olson at Arizona, the Bruins had won 21 of 24 games against the Wildcats. UCLA had been seen as the dominant college basketball program in the west, with few teams able to challenge UCLA for the throne beyond a few wins. The rivalry did not gather steam until Lute Olson's arrival in 1984, who compiled a 28–23 record against the Bruins during his tenure as Arizona's head coach.

Since then, the two schools competed for the Pac-10 (now Pac-12) Championship every year, with the two teams winning 23 out of the 31 conference titles, and 9 of 18 conference tournament titles. Arizona clinched their first conference title in 1986, when they won on the road at UCLA in Olson's third season.[1][2] The UCLA-Arizona basketball rivalry is still seen as the match up of the two premier teams in the conference.[3] Also, the performance of the two schools influences the national opinion of the conference. Mike Montgomery, former head coach at both Cal and Stanford has stated, "...If those two are not good, the conference is not perceived as being good. People don't give credit to the schools across the board in the league."

After the end of the 2023−24 season, Arizona moved to the Big 12 Conference and UCLA moved to the Big Ten Conference, there was speculation if the rivalry would continue. The two teams agree to a three game series in neutral site locations. The 2024 game will be played at the Footprint Center in Phoenix, the 2025 game will be played at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas and the 2027 game will be played at a location TBD in Los Angeles.[4]

Results

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Arizona victoriesUCLA victoriesTies
No.DateLocationWinnerScore
1February 19, 1923Los Angeles, CAUCLA43–30
2February 20, 1923Los Angeles, CAArizona33–22
3February 26, 1923Tucson, AZUCLA30–23
4February 27, 1923Tucson, AZArizona32–22
5January 26, 1951San Francisco, CAUCLA69–63
6December 11, 1953Los Angeles, CAUCLA90–45
7December 12, 1953Los Angeles, CA#10 UCLA84–48
8January 12, 1961Los Angeles, CAUCLA90–68
9December 28, 1964Los Angeles, CA#4 UCLA99–79
10January 31, 1966Los Angeles, CA#10 UCLA84–67
11December 1, 1969Los Angeles, CA#4 UCLA90–65
12March 20, 1976[A]Los Angeles, CA#5 UCLA82–66
13December 29, 1977Los Angeles, CA#8 UCLA85–63
14January 18, 1979Tucson, AZArizona70–69
15February 17, 1979Los Angeles, CA#2 UCLA110–86
16January 21, 1980Los Angeles, CAUCLA69–59
17February 16, 1980Tucson, AZUCLA90–78
18January 17, 1981Tucson, AZ#8 UCLA79–76
19February 12, 1981Los Angeles, CA#8 UCLA90–79
20January 16, 1982Los Angeles, CAUCLA65–56
21February 12, 1982Tucson, AZUCLA88–73
22January 8, 1983Tucson, AZ#6 UCLA92–78
23March 10, 1983Los Angeles, CA#4 UCLA111–58
24January 7, 1984Tucson, AZ#6 UCLA61–58
25March 8, 1984Los Angeles, CAUCLA68–60
26January 19, 1985Tucson, AZArizona53–52
27March 2, 1985Los Angeles, CAUCLA58–54
28February 13, 1986Tucson, AZArizona85–60
29March 3, 1986Los Angeles, CAArizona88–76
30January 10, 1987Tucson, AZUCLA84–83
31February 12, 1987Los Angeles, CAUCLA81–65
32January 24, 1988Tucson, AZ#1 Arizona86–74
33February 20, 1988Los Angeles, CA#3 Arizona78–76
34February 18, 1989Tucson, AZ#2 Arizona102–62
35March 4, 1989Los Angeles, CA#1 Arizona89–86
36January 13, 1990Los Angeles, CA#19 UCLA73–67
37February 10, 1990Tucson, AZ#22 Arizona83–74
38March 11, 1990[B]Tempe, AZ#15 Arizona94–78
39January 12, 1991Tucson, AZ#6 Arizona82–77
40February 10, 1991Los Angeles, CA#5 Arizona105–94
41January 11, 1992Tucson, AZ#2 UCLA89–87
42March 12, 1992Los Angeles, CA#8 UCLA89–81
43January 7, 1993Los Angeles, CA#20 Arizona82–80
44March 13, 1993Tucson, AZ#6 Arizona99–80
45January 20, 1994Los Angeles, CA#2 UCLA74–66
46February 19, 1994Tucson, AZ#15 Arizona98–74
47January 19, 1995Tucson, AZ#4 UCLA71–61
48February 18, 1995Tucson, AZ#6 UCLA72–70
49January 20, 1996Tucson, AZ#18 Arizona88–79
50February 15, 1996Los Angeles, CA#18 UCLA76–75
51January 18, 1997Los Angeles, CAUCLA79–62
52February 13, 1997Tucson, AZ#24 UCLA66–64
53January 3, 1998Tucson, AZ#8 Arizona87–75
54March 7, 1998Los Angeles, CA#2 Arizona91–87
55January 2, 1999Los Angeles, CA#10 UCLA82–75
56March 6, 1999Tucson, AZ#13 Arizona87–70
57January 20, 2000Los Angeles, CA#2 Arizona76–61
58February 19, 2000Tucson, AZ#4 Arizona88–63
No.DateLocationWinnerScore
59January 20, 2001Tucson, AZ#17 Arizona88–63
60February 15, 2001Los Angeles, CA#24 UCLA79–77
61January 19, 2002Tucson, AZ#15 Arizona96–86
62February 14, 2002Los Angeles, CA#20 UCLA77–76
63January 18, 2003Los Angeles, CA#2 Arizona87–52
64February 13, 2003Tucson, AZ#1 Arizona106–70
65March 13, 2003[C]Los Angeles, CAUCLA96–89
66January 17, 2004Los Angeles, CA#7 Arizona97–72
67February 14, 2004Tucson, AZ#16 Arizona107–83
68January 15, 2005Tucson, AZ#17 Arizona76–73
69February 12, 2005Los Angeles, CA#12 Arizona83–73
70January 5, 2006Tucson, AZ#17 UCLA85–79
71February 4, 2006Los Angeles, CA#14 UCLA84–73
72March 10, 2006[D]Los Angeles, CA#13 UCLA71–59
73January 20, 2007Los Angeles, CA#3 UCLA73–69
74February 17, 2007Tucson, AZ#5 UCLA81–66
75February 8, 2008Los Angeles, CA#5 UCLA82–60
76March 2, 2008Tucson, AZ#4 UCLA68–66
77January 15, 2009Los Angeles, CA#9 UCLA83–60
78February 14, 2009Tucson, AZArizona84–72
79January 2, 2010Los Angeles, CAArizona77–63
80March 4, 2010Tucson, AZArizona78–73
81March 11, 2010[E]Los Angeles, CAUCLA75–69
82January 27, 2011Tucson, AZArizona85–74
83February 26, 2011Los Angeles, CAUCLA71–49
84January 5, 2012Los Angeles, CAUCLA65–58
85February 25, 2012Tucson, AZArizona65–63
86March 8, 2012[F]Los Angeles, CAArizona66–58
87January 24, 2013Tucson, AZUCLA84–73
88March 2, 2013Los Angeles, CAUCLA74–69
89March 15, 2013[G]Las Vegas, NV#24 UCLA66–64
90January 9, 2014Los Angeles, CA#1 Arizona79–75
91March 15, 2014[H]Las Vegas, NVUCLA75–71
92February 21, 2015Tucson, AZ#7 Arizona57–47
93March 13, 2015[I]Las Vegas, NV#5 Arizona70–64
94January 7, 2016Los Angeles, CAUCLA87–84
95February 12, 2016Tucson, AZ#17 Arizona81–75
96January 21, 2017Los Angeles, CA#14 Arizona96–85
97February 25, 2017Tucson, AZ#5 UCLA77–72
98March 10, 2017[J]Las Vegas, NV#7 Arizona86–75
99February 8, 2018Tucson, AZUCLA82–74
100March 9, 2018[K]Las Vegas, NV#15 Arizona78–67
101January 26, 2019Los Angeles, CAUCLA90–69
102February 8, 2020Tucson, AZUCLA65–52
103February 29, 2020Los Angeles, CAUCLA69–64
104January 9, 2021Tucson, AZUCLA81–76
105February 18, 2021Los Angeles, CAUCLA74–60
106January 25, 2022Los Angeles, CA#7 UCLA 75–59
107February 3, 2022Tucson, AZ#7 Arizona 76–66
108March 12, 2022[L]Las Vegas, NV#2 Arizona84–76
109January 21, 2023Tucson, AZ #11 Arizona 58–52
110March 4, 2023Los Angeles, CA #4 UCLA 82–73
111March 11, 2023 Las Vegas, NV #8 Arizona 61–59
112January 20, 2024Tucson, AZ#12 Arizona77–71
113March 7, 2024Los Angeles, CA #5 Arizona 88–65
114December 14, 2024Phoenix, AZ #24 UCLA 57–54
Series: UCLA leads 64–50

Future Games

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2025 2027
T-Mobile Arena
Las Vegas, NV		 TBD
Los Angeles, CA

Ranked meetings

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Arizona & UCLA have played 35 games when both programs were ranked. UCLA holds the overall advantage 20–15.

Date Home Away Result Significance Standing
1 March 20, 1976 No. 5 UCLA† No. 15 Arizona † 82−66 1976 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament [1] 1−0
2 December 29, 1977 No. 8 UCLA No. 15 Arizona 85−63 – 2−0
3 January 13, 1990 No. 19 UCLA No. 18 Arizona 73−67 1st match up in series history while members of the same Pac-10 conference & both teams were ranked [2] 3−0
4 January 12, 1991 No. 6 Arizona No. 7 UCLA 82−77 – 3−1
5 February 10, 1991 No. 14 UCLA No. 5 Arizona 105−94OT – 3−2
6 January 11, 1992 No. 6 Arizona No. 2 UCLA 89−87 First match up between both programs ranked inside the top 10. Ended Arizona's 71 game home winning streak, 10th longest streak in NCAA history. [3][5] 4−2
7 March 12, 1992 No. 8 UCLA No. 2 Arizona 89−81 – 5−2
8 January 7, 1993 No. 15 UCLA No. 20 Arizona 82−80 [4] 5−3
9 January 20, 1994 No. 2 UCLA No. 9 Arizona 74−66 – 6−3
10 February 19, 1994 No. 15 Arizona No. 8 UCLA 98−74 Largest margin of victory (24 points) by either program while both programs were ranked 6−4
11 January 19, 1995 No. 11 Arizona No. 4 UCLA 71−61 [5] 7−4
12 February 18, 1995 No. 6 UCLA No. 12 Arizona 72−70 [6] 8−4
13 January 20, 1996 No. 18 Arizona No. 13 UCLA 88−79 – 8−5
14 February 15, 1996 No. 18 UCLA No. 13 Arizona 76−75 – 9−5
15 February 13, 1997 No. 11 Arizona No. 24 UCLA 66−64 – 10−5
16 January 3, 1998 No. 8 Arizona No. 9 UCLA 87−75 – 10−6
17 January 2, 1999 No. 10 UCLA No. 6 Arizona 82−75 [7] 11−6
18 March 6, 1999 No. 13 Arizona No. 12 UCLA 87−70 [8] 11−7
19 January 20, 2000 No. 25 UCLA No. 2 Arizona 75−61 [9] 11−8
20 February 15, 2001 No. 24 UCLA No. 8 Arizona 79−77 [10] 12−8
21 January 19, 2002 No. 15 Arizona No. 9 UCLA 96−86 [11] 12−9
22 February 14, 2002 No. 20 UCLA No. 9 Arizona 77−76 [12] 13−9
23 January 5, 2006 No. 21 Arizona No. 17 UCLA 85−79 [13] 14−9
24 January 20, 2007 No. 3 UCLA No. 11 Arizona 73−69 [14] 15−9
25 February 17, 2007 No. 19 Arizona No. 5 UCLA 81−66 Lute Olson's final game against UCLA, would finish with a 28-23 record all-time versus UCLA [15] 16−9
26 March 15, 2013 No. 24 UCLA† No. 21 Arizona† 66−64 2013 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament [16] 17−9
27 January 21, 2017 No.3 UCLA No. 14 Arizona 96−85 [17] 17−10
28 February 25, 2017 No. 4 Arizona No. 5 UCLA 77−72 First meeting with both programs ranked in the top 5. First meeting on College GameDay & 4th College GameDay meeting overall (UCLA 3−1) [18] 18−10
29 March 10, 2017 No. 4 Arizona† No. 5 UCLA † 86−75 2017 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament [19] 18−11
30 January 25, 2022 No. 7 UCLA No. 3 Arizona 75−59 Tommy Lloyd first Arizona/UCLA game [20] 19−11
31 February 3, 2022 No. 7 Arizona No. 3 UCLA 76−66 [21] 19−12
32 March 12, 2022 No. 2 Arizona† No. 13 UCLA † 84−76 2022 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament [22] 19−13
33 January 21, 2023 No. 11 Arizona No. 5 UCLA 58−52 − 19−14
34 March 4, 2023 No. 4 UCLA No. 8 Arizona 82−73 − 20−14
35 March 11, 2023 No. 2 UCLA† No. 8 Arizona† 61−59 2023 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament 20−15

Notes: † Denotes game was neutral site

Notes

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  1. ^ 1976 NCAA Elite Eight
  2. ^ 1990 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament
  3. ^ 2003 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament
  4. ^ 2006 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament
  5. ^ 2010 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament
  6. ^ 2012 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament
  7. ^ 2013 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament
  8. ^ 2014 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament
  9. ^ 2015 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament
  10. ^ 2017 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament
  11. ^ 2018 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament
  12. ^ 2022 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament


References

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  1. ^ Rivera, Steve (February 20, 2015). "Arizona-UCLA rivalry still burning hot as Pac-12 clubs set to face off". FoxSports.com. Archived from the original on February 23, 2015.
  2. ^ Dodds, Tracy (March 4, 1986). "Arizona Climbs Over the Top at Pauley Pavilion : Wildcats Beat UCLA, 88–76, to Clinch a Share of Pacific 10 Championship". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on February 23, 2015.
  3. ^ Yoon, Peter (January 23, 2013). "As usual, UCLA-Arizona is 'must-win' game". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on April 7, 2014.
  4. ^ "Arizona, UCLA Agree To Multi-Year Series Starting in 2024".
  5. ^ "Longest NCAA Homecourt Win Streaks, Page 88" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-01-28.
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