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.
LUBBOCK, TEXAS - FEBRUARY 12: Head coach Bobby Hurley of the Arizona State Sun Devils reacts during the first half of the game against the Texas Tech Red Raiders at United Supermarkets Arena on February 12, 2025 in Lubbock, Texas. (Photo by John E. Moore III/Getty Images)
(Photo by John E. Moore III/Getty Images)
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.
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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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.