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2020-21 SCHEDULE/RESULTS WASHINGTON (5-19, 4-15 PAC-12) at ARIZONA (16-8, 10-8 Pac-12) DATE OPPONENT TIME (MST) TV Feb. 27, 2021 | 12:00 p.m. MST 11/27 Grambling State# W, 74-55 McKale Center | Tucson, Ariz. 12/5 Eastern Washington W, 70-67 TV: CBS (Spero Dedos & Jim Spanarkel) 12/7 Northern Arizona W, 96-53 Radio: Arizona IMG Sports Network (Jeffries & Hansen) 12/9 CSU Bakersfield W, 85-60 Audio Stream: ArizonaWildcats.com Live Stats: ArizonaStats.com 12/12 UTEP# W, 69-61 Series History: Arizona leads, 55-31; Miller: 13-8 12/19 vs. Stanford* (in Santa Cruz) L, 75-78 12/22 Montana W, 70-64 BY THE NUMBERS NR/NR ....................................................Rankings (AP/Coaches) ......................................... NR/NR 12/28 Colorado* W, 88-74 185 .......................................................... 2020-21 KenPom Rank ...................................................... 38 12/31 at Washington* W, 80-53 201 ....................................................................NET Ranking ................................................................ 39 1/2 at Washington State* W, 86-82 (2OT) Mike Hopkins ..................................................Head Coach ............................................Sean Miller 68-58 (4th year) .......................................Record at School .......................... 301-108 (12th year) 1/7 USC* L, 73-87 72-63 (5th year) ........................................... Career Record ..............................421-155 (17th year) 1/9 UCLA* L, 76-81 1/14 at Oregon State* W, 98-64 RING OF HONOR / SENIOR DAY • At halftime of today's game, Arizona will officially induct the late Albert "Al" Fleming and 1/21 at Arizona State* W, 84-82 Ernie McCray into the Ring of Honor. Fleming played for the Cats from 1972-76 while 1/25 Arizona State* W, 80-67 McCray played from 1958-60. 1/28 Stanford* L, 64-73 • Prior to the game, we will recognize our three senior student-athletes - Ira Lee, Terrell 1/30 California* W, 71-50 Brown Jr. and Matt Weyand. We will also honor our two senior student managers - Cam 2/4 at Utah* L, 58-73 Miller (Sean Miller's son) and Brent Pritchett. 2/6 at Colorado* L, 79-82 NOTING THE WILDCATS 2/11 Oregon State* W, 70-61 • In Thursday's win over Washington State, the Wildcats held the Cougars to 53 points, the 2/13 Oregon* L, 61-63 fifth time this season holding an opponent to less than 60 points. They also held WSU to 2/18 at UCLA* L, 60-74 32% shooting from the floor, the third-lowest opponent FG% this season. • The victory over #17 USC also gave Arizona it's first win of the season against a ranked 2/20 at #17/18 USC* W, 81-72 opponent and it's first road win against a ranked foe since Feb. 15, 2018 at Arizona St. 2/25 Washington State* W, 69-53 • Since the start of the 2011-12 season, Arizona is 21-18 in games against Top 25 teams. 2/27 Washington* 12:00pm CBS The .538 winning percentage is the ninth-best in the country over that span. 3/1 at Oregon 7:00pm ESPN2 • Arizona is FIRST nationally in FTA (580), FIRST in FTM (419) and 19th in total assists (373). • In Pac-12 play, Arizona is 1st in assists (15.5) and 2nd in scoring (75.17), 3FG% (38.8). • The Wildcats out-rebounded Washington State, 40-32, on Thursday. The Wildcats have # - part of Southwest Classic only been out-rebounded once this season (Oregon) and average a +7.5 on the boards. * indicates Pac-12 conference game • Freshman Azuolas Tubelis was named Pac-12 Freshman of the Week this week after Home games in BOLD averaging 17.0 points and 11.5 rebounds in games at UCLA and USC. In conference play, All times shown are MST Tubelis has averaged 13.7 points and 7.6 rebounds while shooting 50.8% from the floor. He is third in the Pac-12 in rebounding and 12th in FG% in conference play. NOTE: On Dec. 29, 2020, the University of Arizona • Junior guard James Akinjo is 2nd the Pac-12 in assists/game in conference play (5.7) announced it was self-imposing a postseason ban on the and is 13th nationally in total assists (126) this season. The Oakland native is also 6th in men's basketball program for the 2020-21 season. The assist/turnover ratio (2.3) in league games. In his last 3 games, he has scored 21 at UCLA, Wildcats will not compete at the Pac-12 Tournament, NCAA 20 at USC and 19 vs. Washington State. Tournament or any other postseason event this season. POTENTIAL STARTING LINEUP (based on previous game) No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. PPG RPG APG Hometown 13 James Akinjo G Jr. 6-1 185 15.0 2.3 5.3 Oakland, Calif. 31 Terrell Brown Jr. G Gr. 6-3 185 7.7 3.6 3.7 Seattle, Wash. 0 Bennedict Mathurin G/F Fr. 6-7 195 10.9 4.3 1.1 Montreal, Canada 10 Ąžuolas Tubelis F Fr. 6-11 245 12.0 6.9 1.2 Vilnius, Lithuania NUMBER TO KNOW - 28 35 Christian Koloko F So. 7-1 225 5.0 5.0 1.3* Douala, Cameroon With the addition of the late Albert "Al" Fleming and Ernie OFF THE BENCH McCray to the Ring of Honor, it brings the total number No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. PPG RPG APG Hometown of men's basketball inductees to 28. 4 Dalen Terry G/F Fr. 6-7 195 4.6 3.3 1.6 Phoenix, Ariz. 11 Ira Lee F Sr. 6-8 245 3.0 3.1 0.3* Los Angeles, Calif. 25 Kerr Kriisa G Fr. 6-3 180 5.8 0.3 2.5 Tartu, Estonia 21 Jordan Brown F R-So. 6-11 235 9.9 5.4 1.0* Roseville, Calif. * - blocks per game 75 NBA Draft Picks / 36 Conference Titles / 31 All-Americans / 18 Sweet 16’s / 11 Elite Eights / 4 Final Fours / 1997 National Champions 2020-21 ARIZONA BASKETBALL THE 2020-21 ARIZONA WILDCATS No. Name Year Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown (Previous School) ARIZONA QUICK FACTS 0 Bennedict Mathurin Fr. G/F 6-7 195 Montreal, Canada (NBA Academy Latin America) Location .............................................................Tucson, Arizona 1 Daniel Batcho Fr. F 6-11 245 Paris, France (Centre Federal du Basketball) Nickname ........................................................................ Wildcats Colors .................................................................Cardinal & Navy 3 Jemarl Baker Jr. R-Jr. G 6-5 195 Menifee, Calif. (Kentucky) President.......................................................Dr. Robert Robbins 4 Dalen Terry Fr. G 6-7 195 South Phoenix, Ariz. (Hillcrest Prep) Director of Athletics ...............................................Dave Heeke Sr. Assoc. AD/SWA ................................................ Erika Barnes 5 Tibet Gorener Fr. F 6-9 200 Istanbul, Turkey (Orange Lutheran [Calif.]) Faculty Representative ................................... Ricardo Valerdi 10 Azuolas Tubelis Fr. F 6-11 245 Vilnius, Lithuania (Vilnius Rytas) Enrollment ...........................................................................45,217 11 Ira Lee Sr. F 6-8 245 Los Angeles, Calif. (Crossroads School) Athletics Website ....................................ArizonaWildcats.com University Website ................................................. Arizona.edu 13 James Akinjo Jr. G 6-1 185 Oakland, Calif. (Georgetown) Arena (Built) ............................................ McKale Center (1973) 20 Tautvilas Tubelis Fr. F 6-7 225 Vilnius, Lithuania (Vilnius Basketball School) Capacity ...............................................................................14,644 21 Jordan Brown R-So. F 6-11 235 Roseville, Calif. (Nevada) 25 Kerr Kriisa Fr. G 6-3 180 Tartu, Estonia (Zalgiris Kaunas) PROGRAM HISTORY 31 Terrell Brown Jr. Gr. G 6-3 185 Seattle, Wash. (Seattle University) First season of men’s basketball ................................1904-05 35 Christian Koloko So. C 7-1 225 Douala, Cameroon (Sierra Canyon HS [Calif.]) All-time record ....................1,834-957 (12th in NCAA wins) ^ 50 Jordan Mains So. F 6-6 200 Scottsdale, Ariz. (Pinnacle HS) All-Time Winning Percentage .............. .657 (9th in NCAA)^ NCAA Tournament Appearances .................... 33 (last: 2018) 53 Grant Weitman Fr. G 6-4 205 Tucson, Ariz. (Salpointe HS) NCAA Tournament Record ..................................56-32 (.636) 54 Matt Weyand Sr. F 6-5 200 Santa Ana, Calif. (Mater Dei HS) Sweet 16 Appearances ...................................... 18 (Last: 2017) Elite Eight Appearances .....................................11 (Last: 2015) Final Four Appearances ..................................... 4 (Last: 2001) COACHING STAFF Pac-12 Tournament Recod .....................................34-14 (.708) Head Coach: Sean Miller, 12th season (Pittsburgh ‘92) Pac-12 Regular Season Titles ...........................16 (Last: 2018) Associate Head Coach: Jack Murphy, second season (Arizona ‘02) Pac-12 Tournament Titles ....................................7 (Last: 2018) All-Americans ..............................31 (Last: 2018 - Ayton, Trier) Assistant Coach: Jason Terry, first season (Arizona ‘14) NBA Draft Picks .... 75 (Last: Mannion - 48th overall, 2020) Assistant Coach: Danny Peters, third season (Ohio State ‘10) Assistant AD, Basketball Operations: Ryan Reynolds, 12th season (Xavier ‘07) + - adjusted for vacated games due to NCAA infractions (all-time wins as of start of 2020-21 season) Director, On-Campus Recruiting and Basketball Analytics: David Miller (Arizona ’13) Director, Student-Athlete Development: Anthony Richards (Le Moyne ’18) ^ - record, ranking at start of 2020-21 season PRONUNCIATION GUIDE COMMUNICATIONS James AKINJO ...........................Uh-kin-jo JEMARL Baker Jr. ......................Jamal Men’s Basketball contact ................................ Nate Wiechers Email .................................................... [email protected] Daniel BATCHO .........................Botch-o Mobile Phone .......................................................(812)