Arizona–UCLA men's basketball rivalry

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

Arizona–UCLA men's basketball rivalry
SportCollege Basketball
First meetingFebruary 19, 1923
Arizona 30 – UCLA 43
Latest meetingJanuary 9, 2021
Arizona 76 – UCLA 81
Next meetingFebruary 18, 2021 in Los Angeles
Statistics
Meetings total104
All-time seriesUCLA leads, 60–44
Largest victoryUCLA by 53 (March 10, 1983)
Longest win streakUCLA, 11 (February 17, 1979–March 8, 1984)
Current win streakUCLA, 4 (January 26, 2019–present)
Locations of Arizona and UCLA

Series history

Men's Basketball Comparison
Arizona UCLA
First Season 19041919
NCAA Championships 111
NCAA Final Fours 418*
NCAA Tournament Appearances 35*49*
Conference Championships 2937
Conference Tournament Championships 74
All-Americans 3038
Consensus 1st Team All-Americans 821

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 victoriesUCLA victoriesTies
No.DateLocationWinnerScore
1February 19, 1923Los Angeles, CAUCLA43–30
2February 20, 1923Los Angeles, CAArizona33–22
3February 26, 1923Tucson, AZUCLA30–23
4February 27, 1923Tucson, AZArizona32–22
5January 26, 1951San Francisco, CAUCLA69–63
6December 11, 1953Los Angeles, CAUCLA90–45
7December 12, 1953Los Angeles, CA#10 UCLA84–48
8January 12, 1961Los Angeles, CAUCLA90–68
9December 28, 1964Los Angeles, CA#4 UCLA99–79
10January 31, 1966Los Angeles, CA#10 UCLA84–67
11December 1, 1969Los Angeles, CA#4 UCLA90–65
12March 20, 1976ALos Angeles, CA#5 UCLA82–66
13December 29, 1977Los Angeles, CA#8 UCLA85–63
14January 18, 1979Tucson, AZArizona70–69
15February 17, 1979Los Angeles, CA#2 UCLA110–86
16January 21, 1980Los Angeles, CAUCLA69–59
17February 16, 1980Tucson, AZUCLA90–78
18January 17, 1981Tucson, AZ#8 UCLA79–76
19February 12, 1981Los Angeles, CA#8 UCLA90–79
20January 16, 1982Los Angeles, CAUCLA65–56
21February 12, 1982Tucson, AZUCLA88–73
22January 8, 1983Tucson, AZ#6 UCLA92–78
23March 10, 1983Los Angeles, CA#4 UCLA111–58
24January 7, 1984Tucson, AZ#6 UCLA61–58
25March 8, 1984Los Angeles, CAUCLA68–60
26January 19, 1985Tucson, AZArizona53–52
27March 2, 1985Los Angeles, CAUCLA58–54
28February 13, 1986Tucson, AZArizona85–60
29March 3, 1986Los Angeles, CAArizona88–76
30January 10, 1987Tucson, AZUCLA84–83
31February 12, 1987Los Angeles, CAUCLA81–65
32January 24, 1988Tucson, AZ#1 Arizona86–74
33February 20, 1988Los Angeles, CA#3 Arizona78–76
34February 18, 1989Tucson, AZ#2 Arizona102–62
35March 4, 1989Los Angeles, CA#1 Arizona89–86
36January 13, 1990Los Angeles, CA#19 UCLA73–67
37February 10, 1990Tucson, AZ#22 Arizona83–74
38March 11, 1990BTempe, AZ#15 Arizona94–78
39January 12, 1991Tucson, AZ#6 Arizona82–77
40February 10, 1991Los Angeles, CA#5 Arizona105–94
41January 11, 1992Tucson, AZ#2 UCLA89–87
42March 12, 1992Los Angeles, CA#8 UCLA89–81
43January 7, 1993Los Angeles, CA#20 Arizona82–80
44March 13, 1993Tucson, AZ#6 Arizona99–80
45January 20, 1994Los Angeles, CA#2 UCLA74–66
46February 19, 1994Tucson, AZ#15 Arizona98–74
47January 19, 1995Tucson, AZ#4 UCLA71–61
48February 18, 1995Tucson, AZ#6 UCLA72–70
49January 20, 1996Tucson, AZ#18 Arizona88–79
50February 15, 1996Los Angeles, CA#18 UCLA76–75
51January 18, 1997Los Angeles, CAUCLA79–62
52February 13, 1997Tucson, AZ#24 UCLA66–64
53January 3, 1998Tucson, AZ#8 Arizona87–75
No.DateLocationWinnerScore
54March 7, 1998Los Angeles, CA#2 Arizona91–87
55January 2, 1999Los Angeles, CA#10 UCLA82–75
56March 6, 1999Tucson, AZ#13 Arizona87–70
57January 20, 2000Los Angeles, CA#2 Arizona76–61
58February 19, 2000Tucson, AZ#4 Arizona88–63
59January 20, 2001Tucson, AZ#17 Arizona88–63
60February 15, 2001Los Angeles, CA#24 UCLA79–77
61January 19, 2002Tucson, AZ#15 Arizona96–86
62February 14, 2002Los Angeles, CA#20 UCLA77–76
63January 18, 2003Los Angeles, CA#2 Arizona87–52
64February 13, 2003Tucson, AZ#1 Arizona106–70
65March 13, 2003CLos Angeles, CAUCLA96–89
66January 17, 2004Los Angeles, CA#7 Arizona97–72
67February 14, 2004Tucson, AZ#16 Arizona107–83
68January 15, 2005Tucson, AZ#17 Arizona76–73
69February 12, 2005Los Angeles, CA#12 Arizona83–73
70January 5, 2006Tucson, AZ#17 UCLA85–79
71February 4, 2006Los Angeles, CA#14 UCLA84–73
72March 10, 2006DLos Angeles, CA#13 UCLA71–59
73January 20, 2007Los Angeles, CA#3 UCLA73–69
74February 17, 2007Tucson, AZ#5 UCLA81–66
75February 8, 2008Los Angeles, CA#5 UCLA82–60
76March 2, 2008Tucson, AZ#4 UCLA68–66
77January 15, 2009Los Angeles, CA#9 UCLA83–60
78February 14, 2009Tucson, AZArizona84–72
79January 2, 2010Los Angeles, CAArizona77–63
80March 4, 2010Tucson, AZArizona78–73
81March 11, 2010ELos Angeles, CAUCLA75–69
82January 27, 2011Los Angeles, CAArizona85–74
83February 26, 2011Tucson, AZUCLA71–49
84January 5, 2012Los Angeles, CAUCLA65–58
85February 25, 2012Tucson, AZArizona65–63
86March 8, 2012FLos Angeles, CAArizona66–58
87January 24, 2013Tucson, AZUCLA84–73
88March 2, 2013Los Angeles, CAUCLA74–69
89March 15, 2013GLas Vegas, NV#24 UCLA66–64
90January 9, 2014Los Angeles, CA#1 Arizona79–75
91March 15, 2014HLas Vegas, NVUCLA75–71
92February 21, 2015Tucson, AZ#7 Arizona57–47
93March 13, 2015ILas Vegas, NV#5 Arizona70–64
94January 7, 2016Los Angeles, CAUCLA87–84
95February 12, 2016Tucson, AZ#17 Arizona81–75
96January 21, 2017Los Angeles, CA#14 Arizona96–85
97February 25, 2017Tucson, AZ#5 UCLA77–72
98March 10, 2017JLas Vegas, NV#7 Arizona86–75
99February 8, 2018Tucson, AZUCLA82–74
100March 9, 2018KLas Vegas, NV#15 Arizona78–67
101January 26, 2019Los Angeles, CAUCLA90–69
102February 8, 2020Tucson, AZUCLA65–52
103February 29, 2020Los Angeles, CAUCLA69–64
104January 9, 2021Tucson, AZUCLA81–76
Series: UCLA leads 60–44

Ranked Games

Arizona & UCLA have played 29 games when both programs were ranked. UCLA has 18 wins & Arizona has 11 wins


Notes

    A 1976 NCAA Elite Eight
    B 1990 Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
    C 2003 Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
    D 2006 Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
    E 2010 Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
    F 2012 Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
    G 2013 Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
    H 2014 Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
    I 2015 Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
    J 2017 Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
    K 2018 Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

    References

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    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).
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