Arizona–UCLA men's basketball rivalry

Arizona–UCLA men's basketball rivalry
	Arizona Wildcats UCLA Bruins
Sport	College Basketball
First meeting	February 19, 1923; Arizona 30 – UCLA 43
Latest meeting	January 25, 2022; Arizona 59 – UCLA 75
Next meeting	February 3, 2022 in Tucson
Statistics
Meetings total	105
All-time series	UCLA leads, 62–44
Largest victory	UCLA by 53 (March 10, 1983)
Longest win streak	UCLA, 11 (February 17, 1979–March 8, 1984)
Current win streak	UCLA, 6 (January 26, 2019–present)

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Locations of Arizona and UCLA

The Arizona–UCLA men's basketball rivalry is a college basketball rivalry between the University of Arizona Wildcats and the UCLA Bruins.

Series history[]

Men's Basketball Comparison
	Arizona	UCLA
First Season	1904	1919
NCAA Championships	1	11
NCAA Final Fours	4	18*
NCAA Tournament Appearances	35*	49*
Conference Championships	29	37
Conference Tournament Championships	7	4
All-Americans	30	38
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 22 out of the 30 conference titles, and 8 of 17 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."

Results[]

Arizona victories	UCLA victories	Ties

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
1	February 19, 1923	Los Angeles, CA	UCLA	43–30
2	February 20, 1923	Los Angeles, CA	Arizona	33–22
3	February 26, 1923	Tucson, AZ	UCLA	30–23
4	February 27, 1923	Tucson, AZ	Arizona	32–22
5	January 26, 1951	San Francisco, CA	UCLA	69–63
6	December 11, 1953	Los Angeles, CA	UCLA	90–45
7	December 12, 1953	Los Angeles, CA	#10 UCLA	84–48
8	January 12, 1961	Los Angeles, CA	UCLA	90–68
9	December 28, 1964	Los Angeles, CA	#4 UCLA	99–79
10	January 31, 1966	Los Angeles, CA	#10 UCLA	84–67
11	December 1, 1969	Los Angeles, CA	#4 UCLA	90–65
12	March 20, 1976^A	Los Angeles, CA	#5 UCLA	82–66
13	December 29, 1977	Los Angeles, CA	#8 UCLA	85–63
14	January 18, 1979	Tucson, AZ	Arizona	70–69
15	February 17, 1979	Los Angeles, CA	#2 UCLA	110–86
16	January 21, 1980	Los Angeles, CA	UCLA	69–59
17	February 16, 1980	Tucson, AZ	UCLA	90–78
18	January 17, 1981	Tucson, AZ	#8 UCLA	79–76
19	February 12, 1981	Los Angeles, CA	#8 UCLA	90–79
20	January 16, 1982	Los Angeles, CA	UCLA	65–56
21	February 12, 1982	Tucson, AZ	UCLA	88–73
22	January 8, 1983	Tucson, AZ	#6 UCLA	92–78
23	March 10, 1983	Los Angeles, CA	#4 UCLA	111–58
24	January 7, 1984	Tucson, AZ	#6 UCLA	61–58
25	March 8, 1984	Los Angeles, CA	UCLA	68–60
26	January 19, 1985	Tucson, AZ	Arizona	53–52
27	March 2, 1985	Los Angeles, CA	UCLA	58–54
28	February 13, 1986	Tucson, AZ	Arizona	85–60
29	March 3, 1986	Los Angeles, CA	Arizona	88–76
30	January 10, 1987	Tucson, AZ	UCLA	84–83
31	February 12, 1987	Los Angeles, CA	UCLA	81–65
32	January 24, 1988	Tucson, AZ	#1 Arizona	86–74
33	February 20, 1988	Los Angeles, CA	#3 Arizona	78–76
34	February 18, 1989	Tucson, AZ	#2 Arizona	102–62
35	March 4, 1989	Los Angeles, CA	#1 Arizona	89–86
36	January 13, 1990	Los Angeles, CA	#19 UCLA	73–67
37	February 10, 1990	Tucson, AZ	#22 Arizona	83–74
38	March 11, 1990^B	Tempe, AZ	#15 Arizona	94–78
39	January 12, 1991	Tucson, AZ	#6 Arizona	82–77
40	February 10, 1991	Los Angeles, CA	#5 Arizona	105–94
41	January 11, 1992	Tucson, AZ	#2 UCLA	89–87
42	March 12, 1992	Los Angeles, CA	#8 UCLA	89–81
43	January 7, 1993	Los Angeles, CA	#20 Arizona	82–80
44	March 13, 1993	Tucson, AZ	#6 Arizona	99–80
45	January 20, 1994	Los Angeles, CA	#2 UCLA	74–66
46	February 19, 1994	Tucson, AZ	#15 Arizona	98–74
47	January 19, 1995	Tucson, AZ	#4 UCLA	71–61
48	February 18, 1995	Tucson, AZ	#6 UCLA	72–70
49	January 20, 1996	Tucson, AZ	#18 Arizona	88–79
50	February 15, 1996	Los Angeles, CA	#18 UCLA	76–75
51	January 18, 1997	Los Angeles, CA	UCLA	79–62
52	February 13, 1997	Tucson, AZ	#24 UCLA	66–64
53	January 3, 1998	Tucson, AZ	#8 Arizona	87–75
54	March 7, 1998	Los Angeles, CA	#2 Arizona	91–87

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
55	January 2, 1999	Los Angeles, CA	#10 UCLA	82–75
56	March 6, 1999	Tucson, AZ	#13 Arizona	87–70
57	January 20, 2000	Los Angeles, CA	#2 Arizona	76–61
58	February 19, 2000	Tucson, AZ	#4 Arizona	88–63
59	January 20, 2001	Tucson, AZ	#17 Arizona	88–63
60	February 15, 2001	Los Angeles, CA	#24 UCLA	79–77
61	January 19, 2002	Tucson, AZ	#15 Arizona	96–86
62	February 14, 2002	Los Angeles, CA	#20 UCLA	77–76
63	January 18, 2003	Los Angeles, CA	#2 Arizona	87–52
64	February 13, 2003	Tucson, AZ	#1 Arizona	106–70
65	March 13, 2003^C	Los Angeles, CA	UCLA	96–89
66	January 17, 2004	Los Angeles, CA	#7 Arizona	97–72
67	February 14, 2004	Tucson, AZ	#16 Arizona	107–83
68	January 15, 2005	Tucson, AZ	#17 Arizona	76–73
69	February 12, 2005	Los Angeles, CA	#12 Arizona	83–73
70	January 5, 2006	Tucson, AZ	#17 UCLA	85–79
71	February 4, 2006	Los Angeles, CA	#14 UCLA	84–73
72	March 10, 2006^D	Los Angeles, CA	#13 UCLA	71–59
73	January 20, 2007	Los Angeles, CA	#3 UCLA	73–69
74	February 17, 2007	Tucson, AZ	#5 UCLA	81–66
75	February 8, 2008	Los Angeles, CA	#5 UCLA	82–60
76	March 2, 2008	Tucson, AZ	#4 UCLA	68–66
77	January 15, 2009	Los Angeles, CA	#9 UCLA	83–60
78	February 14, 2009	Tucson, AZ	Arizona	84–72
79	January 2, 2010	Los Angeles, CA	Arizona	77–63
80	March 4, 2010	Tucson, AZ	Arizona	78–73
81	March 11, 2010^E	Los Angeles, CA	UCLA	75–69
82	January 27, 2011	Los Angeles, CA	Arizona	85–74
83	February 26, 2011	Tucson, AZ	UCLA	71–49
84	January 5, 2012	Los Angeles, CA	UCLA	65–58
85	February 25, 2012	Tucson, AZ	Arizona	65–63
86	March 8, 2012^F	Los Angeles, CA	Arizona	66–58
87	January 24, 2013	Tucson, AZ	UCLA	84–73
88	March 2, 2013	Los Angeles, CA	UCLA	74–69
89	March 15, 2013^G	Las Vegas, NV	#24 UCLA	66–64
90	January 9, 2014	Los Angeles, CA	#1 Arizona	79–75
91	March 15, 2014^H	Las Vegas, NV	UCLA	75–71
92	February 21, 2015	Tucson, AZ	#7 Arizona	57–47
93	March 13, 2015^I	Las Vegas, NV	#5 Arizona	70–64
94	January 7, 2016	Los Angeles, CA	UCLA	87–84
95	February 12, 2016	Tucson, AZ	#17 Arizona	81–75
96	January 21, 2017	Los Angeles, CA	#14 Arizona	96–85
97	February 25, 2017	Tucson, AZ	#5 UCLA	77–72
98	March 10, 2017^J	Las Vegas, NV	#7 Arizona	86–75
99	February 8, 2018	Tucson, AZ	UCLA	82–74
100	March 9, 2018^K	Las Vegas, NV	#15 Arizona	78–67
101	January 26, 2019	Los Angeles, CA	UCLA	90–69
102	February 8, 2020	Tucson, AZ	UCLA	65–52
103	February 29, 2020	Los Angeles, CA	UCLA	69–64
104	January 9, 2021	Tucson, AZ	UCLA	81–76
105	February 18, 2021	Los Angeles, CA	UCLA	74–60
106	January 25, 2022	Los Angeles, CA	#7 UCLA	75–59
107	February 3, 2022	Tucson, AZ
Series: UCLA leads 62–44

Ranked Games[]

Arizona & UCLA have played 30 games when both programs were ranked. UCLA holds the overall advantage 19–11.

March 20, 1976 #5 UCLA 82 vs. #15 Arizona 66 [1] − 1976 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament
December 29, 1977 #8 UCLA 85 vs. #13 Arizona 63
January 13, 1990 #19 UCLA 73 vs. #18 Arizona 67 [2] − 1st match up in series history while members of the same Pac-10 conference & both teams were ranked.
January 12, 1991 #6 Arizona 82 vs. #7 UCLA 77
February 10, 1991 #5 Arizona 105 vs. #14 UCLA 94
January 11, 1992 #2 UCLA 89 vs. #6 Arizona 87 [3] − 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.^[4]
March 12, 1992 #8 UCLA 89 vs. #2 Arizona 81
January 7, 1993 #20 Arizona 82 vs. #15 UCLA 80 [4]
January 20, 1994 #2 UCLA 74 vs. #9 Arizona 66
February 19, 1994 #15 Arizona 98 vs. #8 UCLA 74 − Largest margin of victory (24 points) by either program while both programs were ranked.
January 19, 1995 #4 UCLA 71 vs. #11 Arizona 61 [5]
February 18, 1995 #6 UCLA 72 vs. #12 Arizona 70 [6]
January 20, 1996 #18 Arizona 88 vs. #13 UCLA 79
February 15, 1996 #18 UCLA 76 vs. #13 Arizona 75
February 13, 1997 #24 UCLA 66 vs. #11 Arizona 64
January 3, 1998 #8 Arizona 87 vs. 75
January 2, 1999 #10 UCLA 82 vs. #6 Arizona 75 [7]
March 6, 1999 #13 Arizona 87 vs. #12 UCLA 70 [8]
January 20, 2000 #2 Arizona 76 vs. #25 UCLA 61 [9]
February 15, 2001 #24 UCLA 79 vs. #8 Arizona 77 [10]
January 19, 2002 #15 Arizona 96 vs. #9 UCLA 86 [11]
February 14, 2002 #20 UCLA 77 vs. #9 Arizona 76 [12]
January 5, 2006 #17 UCLA 85 vs. #21 Arizona 79 [13]
January 20, 2007 #3 UCLA 73 vs. #11 Arizona 69 [14]
February 17, 2007 #5 UCLA 81 vs. #19 Arizona 66 [15] − Lute Olson's final game against UCLA, would finish with a 28-23 record all-time versus UCLA.
March 15, 2013 #24 UCLA 66 vs. #21 Arizona 64 [16] − 2013 Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
January 21, 2017 #14 Arizona 96 vs. #3 UCLA 85 [17]
February 25, 2017 #5 UCLA 77 vs. #4 Arizona 72 [18] − First & only match up with both programs ranked inside the top 5. Also 1st meeting with both programs ranked on College GameDay & 4th College GameDay meeting overall (UCLA 3−1).
March 10, 2017 #7 Arizona 86 vs. #3 UCLA 75 [19] − 2017 Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
January 25, 2022 #3 Arizona 59 vs. #7 UCLA 75 [20] − Tommy Lloyd first Arizona/UCLA game.

Notes[]

References[]

^ 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.
^ 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.
^ Yoon, Peter (January 23, 2013). "As usual, UCLA-Arizona is 'must-win' game". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on March 23, 2014.
^ "Longest NCAA Homecourt Win Streaks, Page 88" (PDF).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[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 March 23, 2014.

[4] "Longest NCAA Homecourt Win Streaks, Page 88" (PDF).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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