Arizona and San Diego State are finalizing an agreement to play in Phoenix on Dec. 20, according to College Hoops Today.
Arizona officials have not confirmed the SDSU game but have confirmed that a game in Phoenix would be on next season's schedule. Arizona has played Alabama and UCLA in Phoenix in the past two seasons, while UA coach Tommy Lloyd has pledged to keep playing a game there.
A UA-SDSU game would effectively complete the Wildcats' nonconference slate of high-level opponents that includes SDSU, Florida, UCLA, UConn, Auburn and Alabama.
Playing the six higher-level opponents will help Arizona offset the fact that it won't be competing in a top multi-team event next season and that it will lose two potentially competitive Big 12 games from the conference's move from 20 to 18 games.
Arizona and SDSU used to hold occasional two-year, home-and-home series during the Lute Olson and Sean Miller eras but have only met once in the past 11 seasons, and only by chance: The Wildcats beat the Aztecs 87-70 in the semifinals of the 2022 Maui Invitational. Arizona leads the alltime series 25-7.
Arizona and SDSU players hit the floor during a 2022 Maui Invitational game.
Here’s how Arizona’s 2025-26 scheduled looks as of now:
TBA Exhibition game
TBA Exhibition game
Nov. 3 vs Florida (at Las Vegas)
Nov. 7 Utah Tech
Nov. 11 NAU
Nov. 14 UCLA (at Los Angeles’ Intuit Dome)
Nov. 19 at UConn
Nov. 24 Denver (Arizona MTE)
Nov. game TBA (Arizona MTE)
Dec. 6 Auburn
Dec. 13 Alabama (at Birmingham)
Dec. 20 vs SDSU at Phoenix*
TBA home game
TBA home game
TBA Nine Big 12 home games
TBA Nine Big 12 road games
*Not confirmed
