Arizona–UCLA men's basketball rivalry

Arizona–UCLA rivalry
  
Men's Basketball Regular Season History
First meetingFebruary 19, 1923
First resultUCLA, 43–30
Latest meetingFebruary 8, 2018
Latest resultArizona, 78-67
Next meetingMarch 9, 2018
Largest victoryUCLA 111, Arizona 58 (March 10, 1983)
Current streakUCLA, 1
All-time seriesUCLA, 57–43
Men's basketball postseason history
All-time postseason seriesUCLA, 7–5

Before the arrival of Lute Olson at Arizona, the Bruins had won 21 of 23 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

References

  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.
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