2019-20 SCHEDULE/RESULTS UTAH (10-5, 1-2 P12) at ARIZONA (11-5, 1-2 P12) DATE OPPONENT TIME (MST) TV JAN
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2019-20 SCHEDULE/RESULTS UTAH (10-5, 1-2 P12) at ARIZONA (11-5, 1-2 P12) DATE OPPONENT TIME (MST) TV JAN. 16, 2020 » 6:30 P.M. MST » TUCSON, ARIZ. » MCKALE CENTER (14,644) 11/6 Northern Arizona W, 91-52 11/10 (rv/rv) Illinois W, 90-69 MEDIA INFORMATION 11/14 San Jose State W, 87-39 Tip Time: 6:32 p.m. (MST) 11/17 New Mexico State W, 83-53 TV: Pac-12 Network (Daron Sutton, Matt Muehlebach) 11/21 South Dakota State W, 71-64 Radio: Arizona IMG Sports Network (Jeffries & Geary) 11/24 Long Beach State W, 104-67 Satellite Radio: Sirius 83 / XM 83 / Internet 83 Audio Stream: arizonawildcats.com Live Stats: arizonastats.com Wooden Legacy (Anaheim Arena - Anaheim, Calif.) INSIDE THE SERIES 11/28 vs. Pepperdine W, 93-91 Overall: Arizona leads, 34-30 11/29 vs. Penn W, 92-82 11-5, 1-2 Pac-12 Record 10-5, 1-2 Pac-12 In Tucson: Arizona leads, 20-8 12/1 vs. Wake Forest W, 73-66 rv/rv Rankings (AP/Coaches) NR/NR In Salt Lake City: Utah leads, 21-11 19 KenPom Rank 109 At Neutral Sites: Arizona leads, 3-1 16 NET Ranking 60 12/7 at #18/16 Baylor L, 58-63 Current Streak: Utah has won 1 in a row Sean Miller Head Coach Larry Krystkowiak 12/11 Omaha W, 99-49 Miller vs. Utah: 13-2 (7-0 in Tucson) 275-94 (11th yr) Record at School 165-116 (9th yr) Last Meeting: Utah won, 83-76, on Feb. 14, 2019. 12/14 #6/6 Gonzaga L, 80-84 395-141 (16th yr) Career Record 207-136 (11th yr) Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame Al Attles Classic OFF THE TOP (Chase Center - San Francisco, Calif.) • Arizona is 102-9 (.919) in the last 111 games they have played in the McKale Center. Arizona is also 62-2 in its 12/21 vs. St. John’s L, 67-70 last 64 non-conference home games. • According to the NCAA’s NET tool, Arizona’s strength of schedule is 10th and non-conference SOS is 21th. 1/4 Arizona State* W, 74-47 • The Wildcats are looking to end a two-game losing streak after dropping games at Oregon and Oregon State 1/9 at #9/9 Oregon* L, 73-74 (ot) last week. Utah has also lost its last two games, dropping contests to Oregon and Colorado. 1/12 at Oregon State* L, 65-82 • Arizona’s 48.3 FG% is 16th-best in the country while holding opponents to just 38.1 percent this season, the 1/16 Utah* 6:30 p.m. Pac-12 25th-best in the country and second in the Pac-12. 1/18 #20/21 Colorado* 12:30 p.m. FOX • UA is scoring 81.3 points per game this season, the 14th-most in the country this season and tops in the Pac- 1/25 at Arizona State* 7:30 p.m. Pac-12 12. The Wildcats are also outscoring teams by an average of 15.6 points per game, the 9th-best margin in the 1/30 at Washington* 7:00 p.m. ESPN2 country. 2/1 at Washington State* 6:00 p.m. Pac-12 • The Wildcats average 16.6 assists per game rank 17th nationally and the 1.41-to-1 assist/turnover ratio is 12th 2/6 USC* 7:00 p.m. ESPN2 in the country. Those marks are also tops in the Pac-12. 2/8 UCLA* 8:00 p.m. ESPN/2 • A two-time Pac-12 Freshman of the Week, Zeke Nnaji is shooting 66.2 percent from the floor this year (7th 2/13 at California* 8:30 p.m. FS1 nationally). He enters tonight’s game having posted a double-double in four of his last five games and has six 2/15 at Stanford* 8:30 p.m. Pac-12 for the season. In the last five games, he is averaging 17.8 points, 12.4 rebounds (4 off. reb/gm) while shooting 2/20 Oregon State* 6:00 p.m. Pac-12 58.5 percent from the floor. 2/22 Oregon* 8:00 p.m. ESPN/2/U • Freshman Nico Mannion is second in the Pac-12 and 20th nationally with 100 assists this season. His 6.3 assists 2/27 at USC* 7:00 p.m. ESPN/2 per game average ranks 18th in the country and he is the only freshman in the country with three games of 2/29 at UCLA* 8:00 p.m. ESPN/2 10+ assists this season. He is just the eighth UA freshman to ever register 100 assists in a season and the first 3/5 Washington State* 8:30 p.m. FS1 since Jerryd Bbayless (2008). The UA freshman single-season assist record is 197 assists (Russell Brown, 1978). 3/7 Washington* 8:00 p.m. ESPN/2 • Freshman Josh Green is averaging 13.2 points, 5.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists over the last five games. He leads the team with 26 steals and has eight games with 2+ steals this season. He ranks T8th in the Pac-12 in steals/ Pac-12 Conference Tournament game (1.6). He is on pace to finish in the top 10 in steals among all UA freshmen. (Las Vegas, Nev. - T-Mobile Arena) • Over the first 16 games, Arizona has scored 578 (36.1/game) points in the paint and has 294 (18.3/ 3/11 First Round TBA TBA game) fast break points. 3/12 Quarterfinals TBA TBA 3/13 Semifinals TBA TBA POTENTIAL STARTING LINEUP (BASED ON PREVIOUS GAME) 3/14 Championship TBA TBA No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. PPG RPG APG Hometown 1 Nico Mannion G Fr. 6-3 190 14.3 2.0 6.3 Siena, Italy * indicates Pac-12 conference game 3 Dylan Smith G R-Sr. 6-5 185 8.3 2.2 0.8 Mobile, Ala. 0 Josh Green G Fr. 6-6 210 13.0 5.1 2.3 Sydney, Australia All times shown are MST 22 Zeke Nnaji F Fr. 6-11 240 16.5 8.5 0.8 Hopkins, Minn. Rankings are AP/Coaches 4 Chase Jeter F R-Sr. 6-10 240 8.1 5.3 0.9 Las Vegas, Nev. OFF THE BENCH No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. PPG RPG APG Hometown NUMBER TO KNOW - 10 5 Max Hazzard G Gr. 6-0 175 4.6 1.3 1.3 Los Angeles, Calif. 10 Jemarl Baker Jr. G R-So. 6-4 200 6.7 1.8 2.4 Menifee, Calif. The Wildcats strength of schedule rank 11 Ira Lee F Jr. 6-7 240 3.3 4.0 0.8 Los Angeles, Calif. according to the NCAA’s NET rankings. 13 Stone Gettings F Gr. 6-9 240 4.8 2.7 0.6 Malibu, Calif. 35 Christian Koloko C Fr. 7-0 215 2.3 2.4 0.4 Douala, Cameroon *All stats shown are from 2019-20 season ArizonaWildcats.com 1 @APlayersProgram THE 2019-20 ARIZONA WILDCATS NUMERICAL ROSTER ARIZONA QUICK FACTS No. Name Pos Ht Wt Year Previous School Hometown 0 Josh Green G 6-6 210 Fr. IMG Academy Sydney, Australia Location .......................................................................Tucson, Arizona 1 Nico Mannion G 6-3 190 Fr. Pinnacle HS Siena, Italy Nickname .................................................................................. Wildcats Colors ............................................................................Cardinal & Navy 2 Brandon Williams * G 6-2 190 So. Crespi Carmelite HS Los Angeles, Calif. President ................................................................Dr. Robert Robbins 3 Dylan Smith G 6-5 185 R-Sr. UNC Asheville Mobile, Ala. Director of Athletics ........................................................ Dave Heeke 4 Chase Jeter C 6-10 240 R-Sr. Duke University Las Vegas, Nev. Sr. Assoc. AD/SWA ...........................................................Erika Barnes 5 Max Hazzard G 6-0 175 Gr. UC Irvine Los Angeles, Calif. Faculty Representative ........................................... Recardo Valerdi 10 Jemarl Baker Jr. G 6-4 200 R-So. Kentucky Menifee, Calif. Enrollment ....................................................................................45,217 Athletics Website ........................................... ArizonaWildcats.com 11 Ira Lee F 6-7 240 Jr. Crossroads School Los Angeles, Calif. University Website ..........................................................Arizona.edu 13 Stone Gettings F 6-9 240 Gr. Cornell University Malibu, Calif. Arena (Built) .....................................................McKale Center (1973) 21 Jordan Brown ** F 6-11 210 So Nevada Roseville, Calif. Capacity .........................................................................................14,644 22 Zeke Nnaji F 6-11 240 Fr. Hopkins HS Hopkins, Minn. 35 Christian Koloko C 7-0 215 Fr. Sierra Canyon HS Douala, Cameroon PROGRAM HISTORY 50 Jordan Mains F 6-6 200 Fr. Pinnacle HS Scottsdale, Ariz. 52 Kory Jones G 6-3 175 R-Jr. Westfield HS Herndon, Va. First season of men’s basketball .........................................1904-05 54 Matt Weyand F 6-5 200 Jr. Mater Dei HS Irvine, Calif. All-time record .........................1,813-946 (13th in NCAA wins) ^ All-Time Winning Percentage ..................... .657 (9th in NCAA) ^ 55 Jake DesJardins F 6-6 220 Sr. Coronado HS Henderson, Nev. NCAA Tournament Appearances ........................33 (last: 2018) + James Akinjo^ G 6-0 180 So. Georgetown Oakland, Calif. NCAA Tournament Record ........................................56-32 (.636) + Sweet 16 Appearances ..............................................18 (Last: 2017) * - will miss 2019-20 season due to knee surgery Elite Eight Appearances ...........................................11 (L:ast: 2015) Final Four Appearances ...............................................4 (Last: 2001) ** - will sit out 2019-20 season to satisfy NCAA transfer rules Pac-12 Tournament Recod ........................................33-14 (.702) + ^ - transferred to Arizona in January 2020 and is not eligible to play Pac-12 Regular Season Titles ...................................16 (Last: 2018) Pac-12 Tournament Titles ...........................................7 (Last: 2018) Head Coach: Sean Miller (11th Season -- Pittsburgh ‘92) All-Americans ..................................... 31 (Last: 2018 - Ayton, Trier) Associate Head Coach: Jack Murphy (First Season -- Arizona ‘02) NBA Draft Picks .......................72 (Last: Ayton - 1st overall, 2018) Assistant Coach: Justin Gainey (Second Season -- NC State ‘00) ^ - record entering the 2019-20 season Assistant Coach: Danny Peters (Second Season -- Ohio State ‘10) + - adjusted for vacated games due to NCAA infractions Assistant A.D.