Arizona Wildcats

36-2 - 1st in Big 12

2026 Schedule

Men's tournament odds: With six teams left, Arizona is title favorite, Illinois' odds improve

Every remaining team's odds to advance and win the men's college basketball national championship.

How Arizona beat Purdue and Illinois defeated Iowa in Saturday's Elite Eight

The Wildcats and Fighting Illini are Final Four bound. Here's how they punched their tickets to Indianapolis.

Brayden Burries' hustle play punctuates Arizona's Elite Eight win

Brayden Burries dives on the floor and gets the ball to Ivan Kharchenkov for a layup to help send the Wildcats to the Final Four.

Arizona reaches its first Final Four in 25 years with 79-64 win over Purdue

— Coach Tommy Lloyd climbed the ladder, cut the last strand of the net and waved to the Arizona fans while they chanted, “Tommy! Tommy!”

Arizona beats Purdue to make first Final Four since 2001

No. 1 seed Arizona is into its first Final Four since 2001 after beating No. 2 Purdue 79-64.

Men's March Madness 2026: Ranking the remaining eight teams

The regional finals look a little chalky -- with 9-seed Iowa in the mix. Let's rank the teams once more.

Stephen A.: Arkansas' blowout loss to Arizona is on Calipari

Stephen A. Smith reacts to Arizona's 21-point win over John Calipari's Arkansas in the Sweet 16.

Hour 3: Don't Go There

Canty & Michelle discuss how confident they should be in Illinois. Is John Calipari an underachiever? Somehow Will Wade is back at LSU and somehow the Browns might be drafting yet another QB. Who would America root for in a Dodgers-Yankees World Series? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How every Sweet 16 game was won Thursday -- and each winner's keys to Elite Eight

Arizona, Illinois, Iowa and Purdue are moving on. Here's how they advanced -- and how they can do it again.

Arizona drops 109 on Arkansas to advance

Arizona lights up the scoreboard to defeat Arkansas and move on to the Elite Eight.

Big 12 Standings

TEAM	W	L	GB	OVR
Arizona	86.5	-	2	36
Houston	76.9	5.5	7	30
Iowa State	82.0	6.5	8	29
Kansas	75.1	10.5	11	24
Texas Tech	80.3	11	11	23
TCU	77.4	11.5	12	23
BYU	83.5	11.5	12	23
UCF	80.7	12.5	12	21
West Virginia	69.2	15	14	18
Cincinnati	73.1	15.5	15	18
Colorado	80.0	16	15	17
Arizona State	76.3	16.5	16	17
Oklahoma State	83.9	14.5	15	20
Baylor	82.6	17	16	16
Kansas State	79.6	21	20	12
Utah	74.3	23	22	10