2019-20 SCHEDULE/RESULTS UCLA (12-11, 5-5 P12) at #23/23 ARIZONA (16-6, 6-3 P12) DATE OPPONENT TIME (MST) TV FEB. 8, 2020 » 8:00 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: 8:05 p.m. (MST) 11/17 New Mexico State W, 83-53 TV: ESPN2 (Dave Pasch & Bill Walton) 11/21 South Dakota State W, 71-64 Radio: Arizona IMG Sports Network (Jeffries & Hansen) 11/24 Long Beach State W, 104-67 Satellite Radio: Sirius 81 / XM 81 / Internet 81 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: UCLA leads, 58-45 11/29 vs. Penn W, 92-82 16-6, 6-3 Pac-12 Record 12-11, 5-5 Pac-12 In Tucson: Arizona leads, 24-17 12/1 vs. Wake Forest W, 73-66 23/23 Rankings (AP/Coaches) NR/NR In Los Angeles: USC leads, 34-15 11 KenPom Rank 126 At Neutral Sites: UCLA leads 6-5 8 NET Ranking 112 12/7 at #18/16 Baylor L, 58-63 Current Streak: UCLA has won 1 in a row Sean Miller Head Coach Mick Cronin 12/11 Omaha W, 99-49 Miller vs. UCLA: 12-12 (2-1 vs. Cronin while at Xavier) 280-95 (11th yr) Record at School 12-11 (1st yr) Last Meeting: UCLA won, 90-69, on Jan. 26, 2019 12/14 #6/6 Gonzaga L, 80-84 400-142 (16th yr) Career Record 377-182 (17th yr) Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame Al Attles Classic OFF THE TOP (Chase Center - San Francisco, Calif.) • Arizona re-entered the Top 25 polls this week, checking in at No. 23, after completing the first weekend road 12/21 vs. St. John’s L, 67-70 sweep by a Pac-12 team this season. UA leads all Pac-12 schools with 14 road sweeps in the Pac-12 Era. • Arizona ranks EIGHTH in the latest NET ranking (best in Pac-12) and a strength of schedule that ranks No. 2. 1/4 Arizona State* W, 74-47 • UA is scoring 80.0 points per game this season, the 17th-most in the country this season and tops in the Pac- 1/9 at #9/9 Oregon* L, 73-74 (ot) 12. The Wildcats are also out-scoring teams by an average of 14.1 points per game, the seventh-best margin in 1/12 at Oregon State* L, 65-82 the country. The scoring margin is 7.89 in conference play (2nd in Pac-12). 1/16 Utah* W, 93-77 • The Wildcats average of 16.1 assists per game ranks 21st nationally and the 1.41-to-1 assist/turnover ratio is 1/18 #20/21 Colorado* W, 75-54 ninth in the country. Arizona has only turned the ball over six times in each of the last two games. 1/25 at Arizona State* L, 65-66 • The freshman trio of Zeke Nnaji (358), Nico Mannion (318) and Josh Green (263) are the top scoring freshman 1/30 at Washington* W, 75-72 trio in the country. 2/1 at Washington State* W, 66-49 • Nnaji is shooting 61.4 percent from the floor this year (15th nationally). He enters today’s game having posted 2/6 USC* W, 85-80 a double-double in eight of his last 11 games and has 10 for the season to lead the Pac-12. That total also ranks 2/8 UCLA* 8:00 p.m. ESPN2 fifth all-time among Arizona freshmen. The three-time Pac-12 Freshman of the Week dropped 18p, 11r against 2/13 at California* 8:30 p.m. FS1 USC on Thursday. 2/15 at Stanford* 8:30 p.m. Pac-12 • Mannion is second in the Pac-12 with 126 assists this season. His 5.7 assists per game are second in the Pac-12. 2/20 Oregon State* 6:00 p.m. Pac-12 He is just the eighth UA freshman to register 100 assists in a season, and needs five more to pass Luke Walton 2/22 Oregon* 8:00 p.m. ESPN/2/U for fifth on the UA freshman assist list. Against USC, he dropped 20 points and dished out seven assists. He is 2/27 at USC* 7:00 p.m. ESPN/2 also averaging 4.5r in his last six games after averaging 2.0 over the first 15 games. 2/29 at UCLA* 8:00 p.m. ESPN/2 • Freshman Josh Green broke out of a slump with 18 points and four rebounds against USC. He leads the team 3/5 Washington State* 8:30 p.m. FS1 with 35 steals and ranks seventh in the Pac-12 in steals/game (1.6). 3/7 Washington* 8:00 p.m. ESPN/2 • Since being inserted into the starting lineup the last five games, graduate transfer Stone Gettings has averaged 10.3 points, 5.3 rebounds and shot 61.0 percent. He logged his first double-double of the season Pac-12 Conference Tournament with 19p, 12r at Washington State and had 12p, 8r against USC on Thursday. (Las Vegas, Nev. - T-Mobile Arena) • Redshirt sophomore Jemarl Baker Jr. has played 121 consecutive minutes without committing a turnover, 3/11 First Round TBA TBA and he has 18 assists in that time period. 3/12 Quarterfinals TBA TBA • UA attempted 40 free throws against USC, the most since shooting 44 against Colorado on March 10, 2016. 3/13 Semifinals TBA TBA 3/14 Championship TBA TBA POTENTIAL STARTING LINEUP (BASED ON PREVIOUS GAME) No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. PPG RPG APG Hometown * indicates Pac-12 conference game 1 Nico Mannion G Fr. 6-3 190 14.5 2.7 5.7 Siena, Italy All times shown are MST 3 Dylan Smith G R-Sr. 6-5 185 8.3 2.6 1.4 Mobile, Ala. Rankings are AP/Coaches 0 Josh Green G Fr. 6-6 210 12.0 4.5 2.4 Sydney, Australia 22 Zeke Nnaji F Fr. 6-11 240 16.3 8.9 0.7 Hopkins, Minn. 13 Stone Gettings F Gr. 6-9 240 6.8 3.6 0.6 Malibu, Calif. OFF THE BENCH NUMBER TO KNOW - 18 No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. PPG RPG APG Hometown The number of free throws freshman Nico Mannion 4 Chase Jeter F R-Sr. 6-10 240 7.6 4.9 0.8 Las Vegas, Nev. attempted on Thursday against USC. It’s the third-most 5 Max Hazzard G Gr. 6-0 175 5.2 1.3 1.1 Los Angeles, Calif. by any freshman in a single game in the country this 10 Jemarl Baker Jr. G R-So. 6-4 200 6.5 2.1 2.6 Menifee, Calif. season. 11 Ira Lee F Jr. 6-7 240 3.7 3.8 0.7 Los Angeles, Calif. 35 Christian Koloko C Fr. 7-0 215 1.6 2.3 0.3 Douala, Cameroon *All stats shown are from 2019-20 season 72 NBA Draft Picks / 36 Conference Titles / 31 All-Americans / 18 Sweet 16’s / 11 Elite Eights / 4 Final Fours / 1997 National Champions 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 ....................................