Arizona Wildcats NCAA Basketball Betting
Since inheriting the mess of a scandal-stained (remember when the NCAA had rules?) program in 2021, head coach Tommy Lloyd has produced four NCAA tournament appearances in four seasons with two consecutive Sweet Sixteens, including three in four years. If there was any doubt that Lloyd is the perfect fit in Tucson, they have been erased. Lloyd cut his teeth as an assistant at Gonzaga, thus learning what big time championship basketball is all about. Arizona has always been a basketball school and Lloyd has proven to be the proverbial perfect fit. The future is bright for the Arizona Wildcats.
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2025 Arizona Wildcats Season Recap
Overall, the Arizona Wildcats are 24-12 straight up, 16-15 against the spread, and 17-14 over/under the total. Arizona has national metrics of 22nd for scoring offense, 62nd for field goal percentage, 303rd for 3-point field goal percentage, 17th for free throw percentage, and 15th for offensive rebounding. While defensively, Arizona is 193rd for scoring defense, 57th for field goal percentage permitted, 145th for 3-point field goal percentage allowed, and 40th for defensive rebounding.
Lately, Arizona has covered four of its previous six games and has gone over the total in six of its last eight outings. Caleb Love is first among Arizona scorers with 17.1 points per game.
Duke superstar Cooper Flagg’s highlight reel included a 3-pointer from just in front of the logo at the halftime buzzer, one no-look pass for an alley-oop and another for a 3, and a huge blocked shot into a row of Arizona cheerleaders.
He needed all that to hold off an onslaught from the Wildcats and Duke’s biggest nemesis, Caleb Love, for a 100-93 victory over Arizona in the NCAA Tournament. Flagg’s final line: 30 points, seven assists, six rebounds, three blocks. And his biggest college win yet.
Love, a thorn in Duke's side for the last five years, finished with 35 points, one short of his career high. This included a streak of 15 straight for his fourth-seeded Wildcats during a ferocious second-half run that cut a 19-point deficit to five with 1:56 left.
Duke is aiming for the Final Four for the 18th time. The last time, in 2022, Love played for North Carolina and scored 28 points to bring an end to legendary coach Mike Krzyzewski’s career.
This time, the 18-year-old Flagg ended Love’s stay in college, and showed why he should be the top pick in the NBA draft if he decides to leave, too.
Arizona chipped away at its big deficit and got within five when Carter Bryant made a 3-pointer with 1:56 left.
Flagg made three of four free throws - and Duke made 9 of 10 - to salt away the win down the stretch.
“They were a machine on offense,” Arizona coach Tommy Lloyd said.
Duke shot 60% from the floor and 57.9% from 3 to close out a defense-optional night at the Prudential Center in which both winners hit triple digits.
The fourth-seeded Wildcats sagged and hung on the 6-foot-9 freshman and made him work for everything. But he was just better than everyone on the court.
There were too many highlights to count. It was a show that brought a close to Love’s vibrant college career - one he wasn’t willing to see end without a fight. He missed his first three shots but finished 11 for 21 and made five 3s to keep his team in it.
“He’s had an amazing career and I’m so excited for his future,” Lloyd said. “He was tremendous today. He’s going to wake up tomorrow and he’s going to smile. He has a lot to look forward to and so I’m really, really proud of him.”
Love scored seven more than he did when he shut down Coach K’s career. And now Arizona prepares for the future.
Latest NCAA Tournament Results
| YEAR |
RESULT |
| 2025 |
Lost Sweet Sixteen vs. (1) Duke 93–100 |
| 2024 |
Lost Sweet Sixteen vs. (6) Clemson 72–77 |
| 2023 |
Lost First Round vs. (15) Princeton 55–59 |
| 2022 |
Lost Sweet Sixteen vs. (5) Houston, 72–60 |
| 2018 |
Lost First Round vs. (13) Buffalo, 68–89 |
| 2017 |
Lost Sweet Sixteen vs. (11) Xavier, 71–73 |
| 2016 |
Lost First Round vs. (11) Wichita State, 55–65 |
| 2015 |
Lost Elite Eight vs. (1) Wisconsin, 78–85 |
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