Arizona–Arizona State men's basketball rivalry

Arizona–Arizona State men's basketball rivalry
  
Men's Basketball Regular Season History
First meetingDecember 13, 1913
First resultArizona, 41–17
Latest meetingFebruary 15, 2018
Latest resultArizona, 77–70
Next meetingJanuary 31, 2019 at Tempe
Largest victoryArizona, 99–59 (Jan 28, 1988)
Current streakArizona, 6
All-time seriesArizona, 152–83
Men's basketball postseason history
Last meetingMarch 11, 2009
Last resultASU, 68–56
All-time postseason series1–1
Men's Basketball National Success
NCAA Final Fours
  • Arizona – 4
  • Arizona State – 0

NCAA Tournament Championships

  • Arizona – 1 (1997)
  • Arizona State – 0

NCAA Tournament Appearances

  • Arizona – 33
  • Arizona State – 14

The Arizona–Arizona State men's basketball rivalry is a college basketball rivalry between the University of Arizona Wildcats and the Arizona State University Sun Devils.

Series history

Arizona Arizona State
Location Tucson, ArizonaTempe, Arizona
Students 43,62571,946
School Colors Cardinal & BlueMaroon & Gold
Mascot WildcatsSun Devils

Regular Season Championships

  • Arizona - 29 (1932, 1933, 1936, 1940, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1976, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018) [1]
  • Arizona State - 8 (1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1973, 1975)[2]

Conference Tournament Championships

  • Arizona - 7 (1988, 1989, 1990, 2002, 2015, 2017, 2018) [3]
  • Arizona State - 0 [4]

The rivalry dates to 1913, when the University of Arizona in Tucson played the Normal School of Arizona in Tempe – which later evolved into Arizona State University. Since becoming a University in December 5, 1958 Arizona leads ASU 72–56. Since both schools joined the Pac-10 conference in the 1978–79 season Arizona leads ASU 58–26. Since Lute Olson took over as head coach for the 1983-84 season Arizona leads ASU 57–15. Since Sean Miller took over as head coach for the 2009–10 season Arizona leads 14–4. In 2010 Arizona State beat Arizona at home for the third straight time in the McKale Center, the first time this feat had been achieved by the Sun Devils since the 1981-82 season; Arizona has a 36–10 record at Mckale Center. On February 7, 2015 Arizona State upset the #6 Ranked Wildcats for the second straight year in Tempe, Arizona Leads ASU 24-20 at Wells Fargo Arena.

Beginning in 1928, the rivalry was scheduled on its "traditional" date. Pop McKale, UA's coach and namesake of the present UA stadium, began challenging Arizona for their perennial spot on top of the conference standings. It was officially given the name Territorial Cup in 1939.

The Arizona–Arizona State game has been played in three locations: Los Angeles, CA, Tempe, AZ, and Tucson, AZ. Arizona leads the series in all three venues: for games contested in Los Angeles, tied at 1–1, Tempe, 24–20–1; and in Tucson, 7–4. Arizona won the last game, played on January 12, 2017, 91–75. Arizona leads the series 149–83, which includes an 80–29 start for Arizona from 1913 to 1958. Former Arizona head coach Lute Olson amassed a 43-6 record in 25 seasons against his rival.

Current Arizona head coach Sean Miller is 14-4 all-time against ASU. Arizona State head coach Bobby Hurley is 0-6 all-time against Arizona.

Streaks

The Arizona–Arizona State rivalry has been known for streaks. In the first major streak of the series, Arizona won 9 straight over the Sun Devils from 1913 to 1926. Arizona has the longest winning streak of the series, 17 games, from 1945 to 1952. The streak was broken by Arizona State in 1952. Arizona State's longest streak was 15 games from 1958 to 1965. Arizona currently has a six game winning streak in the series that started in the 2015-2016 season.

Game results

Arizona victoriesArizona State victoriesTie games

Football

The football rivalry is not as traditional as the basketball rivalry, as the modern series started in 1994. Arizona and Arizona State first played each other in football in 1899.

See also

References

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