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No. 15 Men's Basketball Set to Face No. 5 Arizona on Friday
November 12, 2025 | Men's Basketball
LOS ANGELES โ No. 15-ranked UCLA (3-0) will take on No. 5-ranked Arizona (3-0) at nearby Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif., on Friday night. The Bruins' game is set to begin at 7 p.m. Prior to UCLA's game on Friday, Intuit Dome will host a showdown between Illinois State and USC. One ticket earns admission to both of those games. UCLA's game at 7 p.m. will be broadcast on Peacock. Fans can tune into all UCLA men's basketball games on the radio this season on AM 790 (KABC), as Josh Lewin and Tracy Murray will have the courtside call.
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GAME INFORMATION
Venue: Intuit Dome
Capacity: 18,000
Game Time: 7 p.m. (PT)
Television: Peacock
TV Talent: Brandon Gaudin (play-by-play), Robbie Hummel (analyst), Elise Woodward (sideline)
Radio (UCLA Audio Network): AM 790 (KABC)
Radio Talent: Josh Lewin (play-by-play), Tracy Murray (analyst)
Sirius XM Channels: SiriusXM 85, and on the SiriusXM App
Live Stats: ucla.statbroadcast.com (link here)
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UCLA'S TICKET INFORMATION (HOME GAMES)
Single-game tickets for UCLA's home games are on sale. Fans can secure tickets to next week's two home games against Sacramento State (Tuesday, Nov. 18) and Presbyterian (Friday, Nov. 21). The Bruins have 16 remaining regular-season games inside Pauley Pavilion this season.
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Complete ticket information about UCLA men's basketball is available here. Direct links to single-game ticket purchases can be viewed here. Fans can call (310) 206-5991 or email tickets@athletics.ucla.edu for more information. In addition, be sure to check out all of the game themes and upcoming promotions for the Bruins' 2025-26 season.
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FOURS UP FRIDAY, TICKETS
Fans can purchase tickets through the "Fours Up Fridays" promotion, offering tickets starting at just $4 (per game) for two upcoming Friday home non-conference contests โ vs. Presbyterian on Nov. 21, and against Cal Poly on Dec. 19. Fans can also purchase tickets in lower seat locations at $14, $24 and $40, respectively, for those basketball games. The "Fours Up Fridays" promotion can be accessed by clicking here.
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THE LAST TIME OUT
โ UCLA shot 49.1 percent and built a 24-point second-half lead on Monday night in an 83-62 win over West Georgia.
โ Tyler Bilodeau scored 21 points (7-of-12 shooting) and had four rebounds through 28-plus minutes.
โ Trent Perry registered career highs in scoring (17), assists (9) and minutes played (37) in the Bruins' 21-point win.
โ West Georgia shot 9-for-13 from 3-point range in the first half, finishing the game 13-for-25 from long range.
โ The Bruins outscored West Georgia by a 32-8 margin in the paint and scored 23 points off 17 West Georgia turnovers.
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LAST WEEK
โ Donovan Dent scored 21 points (nine assists) to lead UCLA past Eastern Washington, 80-74, in the season opener.
โ UCLA opened the season with back-to-back home wins over Eastern Washington (80-74) and Pepperdine (74-63).
โ Xavier Booker averaged 14.5 points, 6.0 rebounds and 3.0 blocks in the Bruins' first two games (both last week).
โ Last week's season-opening contest marked the earliest start to any UCLA basketball season in the calendar year.
โ Donovan Dent registered a team-best 13 assists and just three turnovers in UCLA's first two contests.
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UCLA VERSUS ARIZONA
โ UCLA has compiled an all-time record of 64-50 against Arizona, a series that began in 1923.
โ Last season, Tyler Bilodeau scored 17 points and Skyy Clark added 15 in the 57-54 win over Arizona (in Phoenix).
โ Friday's game will mark UCLA's second-ever game at Intuit Dome (first game, last season, UCLA defeated Gonzaga).
โ Since the start of the 2019-20 college basketball season, UCLA has gone 7-6 against Arizona.
โ The two programs faced off three times in the 1950s, four times in the 1960s and every season since 1979.
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KEY NOTES ABOUT UCLA
โ The Bruins return four of their primary contributors from last season's team. In addition, UCLA has welcomed back two redshirt players and has brought in five transfers. Three of UCLA's top four scorers from last year's squad have returned in seniors Tyler Bilodeau (13.5 ppg) and Skyy Clark (8.5 ppg) and junior Eric Dailey Jr. (11.4 ppg).
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โ UCLA's five incoming transfer students include Xavier Booker (from Michigan State), Jamar Brown (from UMKC), Donovan Dent (from New Mexico), Steven Jamerson II (from San Diego) and Anthony Peoples Jr. (from North Carolina Central). Last season, Dent secured honorable mention All-America acclaim at New Mexico (averaged 20.4 ppg, 6.4 apg).
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โ Tyler Bilodeau and Skyy Clark served as UCLA's student-athlete representatives at Big Ten Media Day in Chicago, along with head coach Mick Cronin, on Thursday, Oct. 9. Bilodeau led the Bruins in 3-point percentage last season, knocking down 40.0 percent of his long-range attempts (38/95). Clark was second in 3-point percentage last year, making 48 of 121 attempts (39.7 percent). Clark shot 43.3 percent (29-for-67) from 3-point range in the team's final 15 games.
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โ Donovan Dent (point guard), Eric Dailey Jr. (small forward) and Tyler Bilodeau (power forward) have each been named to 20-person positional watch lists at the start of the season. Dent is on the Bob Cousy Award watch list, while Dailey Jr. has been tabbed to the Julius Erving Award watch list, and Tyler Bilodeau to the Karl Malone Award watch list.
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โ Senior Donovan Dent totaled 224 assists while at New Mexico last season, averaging 6.4 assists per game (which ranked second in the Mountain West Conference and No. 13 in the nation). Senior Skyy Clark registered 91 assists in 34 games for the Bruins last season, averaging 2.7 assists per game. He posted a team-leading 2.4 assist-turnover ratio as a junior.
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โ Last season, UCLA went 12-5 over the final 17 games after a four-game losing streak in early-to-mid January. Following losses at Maryland and Rutgers on Jan. 10 and Jan. 13, UCLA won seven consecutive games (five of those at home). The Bruins produced a 15-2 record at home and went 8-9 in 17 games played on the road or at neutral-site venues.
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โ For the fourth consecutive season (last season), UCLA led its conference in scoring defense. The Bruins averaged 65.2 points allowed per game in 34 contests, which ranked No. 22 in the nation. UCLA led all Big Ten teams in scoring defense, finishing the year just ahead of Michigan State (67.1 ppg) and Maryland (67.2 ppg) in the scoring defense category.
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โ Coach Cronin secured career victory No. 500 in the Bruins' 69-61 win over Ohio State in Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom Financial on Sunday, Feb. 23. Cronin helped UCLA to three more wins in 2024-25, pushing his career win total up to 503. He currently leads all coaches nationwide, age 55 and younger, in total NCAA Division I victories (505).
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FIVE OR MORE BLOCKS
Junior forward/center Xavier Booker became UCLA's first player with at least five blocks in a game since Aday Mara registered five blocks last season in an NCAA Tournament win over Utah State (March 20, 2025, in Lexington, Ky.). Booker had 15 points and five blocks last Friday night in the Bruins' 74-63 win against Pepperdine. He became the Bruins' first player with at least 15 points, five rebounds and five blocked shots in a game since Dec. 30, 2023, when then-sophomore Adem Bona registered 15 points, 11 rebounds and five blocks in a 64-59 loss at Oregon in a Pac-12 contest.
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PRESEASON RANKINGS
For the second consecutive year, UCLA opened the basketball season ranked among the top 25 teams in the AP and Coaches' Polls. The Bruins were tabbed No. 12 in the preseason AP poll, as announced in mid-October. The Bruins were one of six programs in the Big Ten Conference to have been ranked among the AP's top 25 teams. Also in the top 25 poll from the Big Ten were No. 7 Michigan, No. 17 Illinois, No. 22 Michigan State and No. 24 Wisconsin. Conference foes Indiana, Iowa, Ohio State, Oregon, USC and Washington received votes in the AP's preseason poll.
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20-WIN SEASON
With 23 victories in 2024-25, the Bruins reached the 20-win plateau for the 47th time in 59 years (that span includes 1966-67 through 2024-25). Coach Cronin has guided UCLA to at least 20 victories in four of the past five season. In six seasons at UCLA, Coach Cronin has averaged 23.0 wins per season, including a 31-6 overall record in 2022-23. Nine of the Big Ten Conference's 18 teams finished the 2024-25 season with at least 20 victories. Michigan State won the Big Ten's regular-season title, posting an overall record of 30-7 and a league record of 17-3.
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SKYY'S THE LIMIT
UCLA's Skyy Clark closed his junior season with a team-leading 2.4 assist-turnover ratio, through all 34 games (91 assists, 38 turnovers). He joined the Bruins' program in the summer of 2024 after having averaged a team-leading 13.2 points per game as a sophomore at Louisville in 2023-24. Clark finished with UCLA's third-highest assist total (91) and scored at least 10 points in 13 games during his junior season. He shot 45.8 percent from the field and 39.7 percent from beyond the 3-point arc. In a pair of NCAA Tournament games, he averaged 16.0 points and shot 10-for-19 from the field.
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LOOKING AHEAD IN 2025-26
The Bruins 31-game regular-season schedule began with an 80-74 win against Eastern Washington on Monday, Nov. 3. In all, UCLA's 31-game regular-season schedule includes 18 home games, 10 road contests and three neutral-site games (in November and December). The Bruins' first game away from Pauley Pavilion takes place against No. 5 Arizona this Friday night at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif. UCLA's other two neutral-site contests are to take place at Chase Center in San Francisco (vs. California) and at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle (vs. Gonzaga). UCLA's first road game will take place in Big Ten play at Washington on Wednesday, Dec. 3.
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โ UCLA's first 14 games will take place in the Pacific time zone, including destinations such as San Francisco and Seattle. The Bruins will not head to the Midwest or East until a two-game road trip in Big Ten play immediately after the New Year โ at Iowa (Jan. 3) and Wisconsin (Jan. 6).
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NOTES ON PAULEY PAVILION
The Bruins went 15-2 in Pauley Pavilion last season, UCLA's 59th campaign playing in the longtime basketball venue. The first game in Pauley took place on Dec. 3, 1965, as No. 1 UCLA defeated Ohio State, 92-66. UCLA spent 47 seasons in Pauley Pavilion before the venue was closed for an 18-month renovation (closed in March of 2011). UCLA hosted 18 home games in 2011-12 at the Los Angeles Sports Arena (14 games) near downtown L.A. and at the Honda Center in Anaheim (four games). UCLA returned home in Nov. 2012. This season marks the 14th year in the arena's updated configuration.
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In 2023-24, CSUN snapped UCLA's 29-home-game winning streak with a 76-72 win over the Bruins (Dec. 19, 2023). Prior to that game, UCLA hadn't lost at home since an overtime setback (84-81) to Oregon on Jan. 13, 2022. UCLA's 29-game home streak had been the longest active streak in the country. Since taking over as UCLA's head coach prior to the 2019-20 season, Mick Cronin has guided the Bruins to an 82-15 record in 97 home games (84.5% win percentage).
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UCLA'S NCAA TOURNAMENT HISTORY
The Bruins' program made its 53rd appearance at the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament last March. UCLA has won 11 NCAA championships โ most recently in 1995 โ and has advanced to 19 Final Fours, most recently in 2021. The Bruins have totaled 23 appearances at the Elite Eight (Regional Finals) and 38 trips to the Sweet 16 (Regional Semifinals). UCLA has compiled an all-time tournament record of 116-46. The Bruins have posted a 56-29 record and have secured 17 trips to the tournament's Sweet 16 since the field expanded to include 64 teams in 1985.
OF NOTE: UCLA's six contests in the 1980 NCAA Tournament and one game in the 1999 NCAA Tournament were later vacated by NCAA action. Those contests and NCAA Tournament appearances are not recognized by the NCAA. The numbers listed above do include those contests and tournament appearances.
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MISCELLANEOUS NOTES ON UCLA
โ Three games into the Bruins' regular-season schedule, UCLA has shot 48.0 percent overall and 77.4 percent at the free throw stripe (48-for-62). The Bruins have compiled 51 assists and 29 turnovers, logging an assist-turnover ratio of 1.76. Seven players for UCLA has recorded at least two steals, through three games (Skyy Clark has a team-best six steals).
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โ UCLA was among eight programs from the 18-team Big Ten to advance to last season's NCAA Tournament (along with No. 2-seed Michigan State, No. 3-seed Wisconsin, No. 4-seed Purdue, No. 4-seed Maryland, No. 5-seed Michigan, No. 5-seed Oregon and No. 6-seed Illinois. The Bruins entered the tournament last March as the No. 7 seed in the Midwest Region.
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โ The Bruins' 15-man roster this season includes eight student-athletes who are from the Southern California region. All 15 student-athletes are from the United States. Looking at the eight local players, five are from Los Angeles County and three are from Riverside County (Donovan Dent, Eric Freeny and Anthony Peoples Jr. all went to Corona Centennial HS).
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โ UCLA has two student-athletes who were on the roster in 2022-23 (Evan Manjikian, Jack Seidler) and three players who were on the roster in 2023-24 (Manjikian, Seidler and Brandon Williams). Four of UCLA's most prominent contributors, in Tyler Bilodeau, Skyy Clark, Eric Dailey Jr. and Trent Perry, are back from last year's team.
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โ Last season, UCLA's assist-turnover ratio (1.55-to-1) ranked No. 20 in the nation and second in the Big Ten. The Bruins concluded the year with an assist-turnover ratio of 1.55, but posted a ratio of 1.81 in the team's final 15 games.
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โ Since the start of the 2020-21 season, the Bruins have gone 69-30 in conference play (logging a 69.7 win percentage). UCLA went 10-10 in Pac-12 play in 2023-24 after having won the league title (18-2 record) during the 2022-23 season.
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