Arizona and Illinois have mutually agreed to push back their Dec. 12 basketball game in Champaign, Ill., to the 2021-22 season, both programs confirmed Friday.
The game is the return portion of a two-year series that began when Arizona beat Illinois 90-69 at McKale Center on Nov. 10 last season.
The move means both of Arizona's two marquee nonconference games, and its appearance in the NIT Season Tip-Off, have disappeared from its 2020-21 slate.
Last month, Gonzaga coach Mark Few told the Spokane Spokesman-Review that Arizona's scheduled Dec. 5 game with the Zags likelyΒ would be postponed and Arizona also confirmed thatΒ Friday. Arizona opted out of the NIT, which is moving from Brooklyn, N.Y., to Orlando, last week.
The Wildcats are expected to now host five nonconference games and play in a multi-team event at home or in a regional city on top of playing 20 Pac-12 games.
