Your Thursday night plans are set.
Arizona will face Arkansas at 6:45 p.m. PT Thursday in the West Region semifinals in San Jose, Calif. The game from the SAP Center will air on CBS.
The top-seeded Wildcats (34-2) are in the Sweet 16 for the third year in a row and fourth time in five seasons under Tommy Lloyd, while No. 4 Arkansas (28-8) has reached the second weekend in both seasons since hiring John Calipari away from Kentucky.
The UA has opened as an
8.5-point favorite over the Razorbacks, per FanDuel Sportsbook, and the over/under is 165.5. That’s the largest spread for the Wildcats in a Sweet 16 game since 2017 when they were 11.5-point favorite against Xavier.
Arizona covered last season in a loss to Duke in the Sweet 16 but hasn’t as a favorite in the regional semifinals since 2003 against Notre Dame.
The Wildcats and Arkansas will be playing for the ninth time and first since 1995, an 83-73 UA win in Fayetteville. Arizona lost to the Razorbacks in the 1994 Final Four and are 2-6 in the series.
