Overview
- Tipoff is 6:30 p.m. ET (4:30 p.m. MT) at McKale Center in Tucson, with national coverage on ESPN.
- The Wildcats remain No. 1 at 23-1 (10-1 Big 12) after their 23-game winning streak ended in an 82-78 loss at Kansas.
- Texas Tech enters ranked No. 16 at 18-6 (8-3), leaning on JT Toppin’s interior production and Christian Anderson’s playmaking against Arizona bigs Motiejus Krivas and Tobe Awaka and point guard Jaden Bradley.
- The Big 12 injury report lists Arizona guard Dwayne Aristode as out, with Anthony Dell’Orso expected to take on added minutes.
- Sportsbooks make Arizona about a 9.5-point favorite (roughly -600 moneyline) with a total near 155.5, and several predictive models project an Arizona win probability in the low-to-mid 80s percent.