Arizona men’s basketball has already traveled east to defeat one Hurley brother under coach Tommy Lloyd. Why not make it two for two?
Arizona has agreed to a home-and-home series with the UConn Huskies, the programs announced Tuesday. The Wildcats will travel to Connecticut to face UConn on Nov. 19, and the teams will meet again in Tucson the following season on Nov. 18, 2026.
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The game in Connecticut will be played on a Wednesday at a to be determined venue. UConn plays its home games at Harry A. Gampel Pavilion in Storrs but often plays big name opponents at the XL Center in Hartford.
Arizona has played UConn seven times, with the Huskies leading the series 5-2. Arizona won the past two meetings in 2017 and 2018, when the schools last played each other in a home-and-home.
The 2018 meeting was Dan Hurley’s first year as head coach of the Huskies. Under Hurley, UConn has returned to one of college basketball’s top programs, winning back-to-back national titles in 2023 and 2024.
UConn had a down season by its standards in 2024-25, going 24-11 and earning a No. 8 seed in the NCAA Tournament. The Huskies lost to Florida in the Round of 32.
UConn is widely projected to be one of the best teams in the country next season, led by returning guard Solo Ball and transfers Malachi Smith (Dayton) and Silas Demary Jr. (Georgia). UConn has the No. 3 incoming recruiting class according to 247Sports, one spot ahead of Arizona.
Arizona is once again loading up its nonconference schedule under Lloyd.
The Wildcats have a neutral site game scheduled with UCLA on Nov. 14 in Los Angeles, a home tilt vs. Auburn on Dec. 6 and a neutral site game against Alabama on Dec. 13 in Birmingham.
Alabama, Auburn, UCLA and UConn all appear on ESPN’s way-too-early preseason top 25 rankings.
Lloyd has repeatedly shown he’s not afraid to test Arizona in the non-conference schedule, whether neutral court or true road games. Through Lloyd’s first four seasons, Arizona has played road games at Illinois, Tennessee, Duke and Wisconsin, and played one-off neutral court games against the likes of Indiana, Michigan State, Purdue, Alabama and FAU.