TUCSON, Ariz. - The complete 2023-24 schedule for the Arizona men's basketball team was released on Thursday, with updated information on dates, times and television designations included. The slate includes at least three games on network television, 13 on Pac-12 Network, 10 games on the ESPN family of networks, three on FS1 and one on Peacock.
Arizona will host two exhibition games this year, taking on Lewis-Clark State College at 7:00 p.m. MST on Oct. 20 and New Mexico Highlands at 7:00 p.m. MST on Oct. 30. Television assignments for both games will be announced at a later date.
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After opening the regular season on Nov. 6 against Morgan State on Pac-12 Network, the Wildcats showdown at Cameron Indoor Stadium against Duke will start at 5:00 p.m. MST on ESPN2. Each of the next three games against Southern, Belmont and UT Arlington will all be carried by Pac-12 Network before the previously announced tip-off on FOX against Michigan State on Thanksgiving Day.
Arizona returns home following Thanksgiving to play Colgate on Dec. 2 on Pac-12 Network before a string of four straight games against preseason nationally ranked opponents closes out non-conference play.
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On Saturday, Dec. 9 at the McKale Center, ESPN will televise the matchup against Wisconsin at 1:15 p.m. MST. The following Saturday, the Wildcats will be in Indianapolis to play Purdue on Peacock starting at 2:30 p.m. MST. The Dec. 20 meeting between Arizona and Alabama in Phoenix will start at 9:00 p.m. MST on ESPN before a highly anticipated game against Florida Atlantic, who advanced to the Final Four last year and returns all five starters, takes place in Las Vegas with the start time and television designation still to be announced but has the potential to be a national television broadcast.
The 20-game Pac-12 Conference slate begins on Dec. 29 with Arizona traveling to California followed by a Dec. 31 game at Stanford. Both games will be on Pac-12 Network. The Wildcats return home to host Colorado on Jan. 4 on ESPN followed by Utah on Jan. 6 on Pac-12 Network.
Arizona has just one game on the schedule the following week, traveling to Washington State on Saturday, Jan. 13 for a 4:00 p.m. MST tip-off on Pac-12 Network.
The Los Angeles schools make their final visit to McKale in Pac-12 play the next week, with USC in town on Wednesday, Jan. 17 on ESPN and UCLA on Jan. 20 on ESPN or ESPN2.
From there, Arizona is off to the Oregon schools to play at Oregon State on Jan. 25 on Pac-12 Network and at Oregon on Jan. 27 on FOX. The Bay Area schools head to McKale to open the month of February, with California (FS1) in town on Thursday, Feb. 1 and Stanford (Pac-12 Network) on Sunday, Feb. 4.
The second week of February sends Arizona to the mountain schools for dates at Utah (Feb. 8) and Colorado (Feb. 10) before returning home to hose Arizona State on Feb. 17 in the first of three straight home games. The homestand concludes with Washington State on Feb. 22 (FS1) and Washington on Feb. 24 (CBS) in Tucson followed by a trip up I-10 to take on Arizona State in Tempe on Feb. 28.
March opens with Senior Day in McKale against Oregon on March 2 before the final weekend sees Arizona at UCLA on Thursday, March 7 and at USC on March 9 to wrap-up the regular season.
The Pac-12 Tournament will take place at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas from March 13-16 with FOX, FS1 and Pac-12 Network handling television broadcasts.
