After beating Iowa State 86-75 in overtime on national television, the Arizona Wildcats (14-6, 8-1) are officially in the conversation as one of the country's best college basketball teams. Still unranked in the AP Top 25 and Coaches Polls,

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The Arizona Wildcats aren't officially ranked in the latest college basketball AP Top 25 Poll, but they've picked up enough votes to move into the top 30. Arizo

Arizona basketball shocked the Iowa State Cyclones and tied a school record after a huge overtime on Monday night.

The Iowa State basketball team lost a heartbreaker on Monday night on the road against Arizona.

Townsend’s career started long before his arrival to Arizona, in a town of less than five thousand people: Oxford, Michigan. Townsend attended Oxford High School where he played for the boy’s varsity basketball team and competed in high jump for the school’s track and field team.

The eight-member class of 2024-2025 to be inducted into the Arizona Sports Hall of Fame was announced on Thursday.

BOULDER, Colo. -- The first time the Arizona State Sun Devils squared off against Colorado they were without freshman guard Joson Sanon, then the team's leading scorer. They still prevailed by 20 points.

The College of Southern Nevada has made some waves in the world of Junior College basketball. The CSN Coyotes are one of the top scoring teams in the nation, averaging 96 points per game. On Jan. 22 they beat Community Christian College 158-68.

Caleb Love hit a tying heave from beyond halfcourt at the end of regulation and made two more 3-pointers in overtime, finishing with 22 points and lifting Arizona to an 86-75 win over No. 3 Iowa State.