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Report: ASU, UCLA to play home-and-home men’s basketball series

The Arizona State men's basketball team will reportedly play against UCLA for a home-and-home series beginning in the 2025-26 season.

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The Arizona State men’s basketball team will play against the UCLA Bruins in a home-and-home series beginning during the 2025-26 season, according to CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein.

Next season’s matchup will be in Westwood and a return game will be played in Tempe during the 2026-27 season, according to Rothstein.

The dates for the games have yet to be revealed.

When did ASU last face UCLA?

The home-and-home series will mark the first time the Sun Devils and Bruins have played each other since Jan. 17, 2024, in both teams’ final season in the Pac-12. UCLA beat ASU in that matchup, 68-66.

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The Bruins are 69-24 all-time against the Sun Devils.

ASU will also play a nonconference game against Oklahoma at PHX Arena on Dec. 6 in the Jerry Colangelo Classic.

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Sarka Scarpulla 1 year ago

Why? Just to give the leprechaun a W against a B12 team? Play-in Bobby is losing his mind if he thinks playing Quad 1 games against top 15 teams is going to help his season. Losing by 40 to an upper-tier B10 team only makes it worse.