Arizona Wildcats featured in 3 Big Monday ESPN games for Big 12

The Arizona Wildcats will be featured in three of the six Big Monday ESPN primetime men’s basketball games scheduled for the 2025-26 Big 12 season.

The tipoff of the series on Jan. 26 is an Arizona visit to BYU, which is led by potential No. 1 overall draft pick A.J. Dybantsa. Arizona coach Tommy Lloyd first got to know Dybantsa as head coach of the Under-19 USA team this summer.

The Wildcats visit Kansas on Feb. 9 for a Monday road showdown with a college basketball blue blood, then host Iowa State in the Big Monday finale on March 2. The latter is a rematch of a classic that went into overtime last season after since-departed guard Caleb Love drilled a buzzer-beater from halfcourt. Arizona ended up winning that home game against the No. 3 team in the country.

Arizona enters 2025-26 with high expectations. Starting point guard Jaden Bradley and center Tobe Awaka are back and joined by a highly touted recruiting class that includes power forward Koa Peat, shooting guard Brayden Burries, wing Dwayne Aristode and guard Bryce James.

The team is also expected to have a healthy Motiejus Krivas back at center after he was sidelined most of last season with a foot injury.

ESPN Big Monday Big 12 schedule

Jan. 26 – Arizona at BYU – ESPN – 8 p.m. CT/7 p.m. MT
Feb. 2 – Kansas at Texas Tech – ESPN – 8 p.m. CT
Feb. 9 – Arizona at Kansas – ESPN – 8 p.m. CT/7 p.m. MT
Feb. 16 – Houston at Iowa State – ESPN – 8 p.m. CT
Feb. 23 – Houston at Kansas – ESPN – 8 p.m. CT
March 2 – Iowa State at Arizona – ESPN – 8 p.m. CT/7 p.m. MT

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