Arizona Wildcats fans head to New Jersey for Sweet 16 battle with Duke
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Basketball fans, get ready!
The Arizona Wildcats are set for a primetime Sweet 16 matchup on Thursday against the Duke Blue Devils and their likely No. 1 overall NBA draft pick Cooper Flagg.
How to watch
Arizona vs. Duke is set to tip off at 6:39 p.m. (9:39 p.m. EST) at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
You can watch the game on CBS 5 in Arizona. You can also stream it on Paramount+ with a subscription or on NCAA’s March Madness Live for free.
What are fans saying?
This will be the second time this season that the Wildcats and Blue Devils will face off. The first meeting, which was on Nov. 22 in Tucson, did not fare well for Arizona, as Duke took the game 69-55. Fans are hoping it’s a better result for the Cats this time around.
“We’re a lot different team now than we were then,” a fan said. “Hard to beat a team twice that plays as well as we do, so I think we’re in good shape; right where we want to be.”
The first step towards a win is simple, but maybe easier said than done.
“I think we have to slow down Cooper Flagg,” the fan said. “I think as long as we slow him down, shoot the ball well, take good shots, we’ll be in good shape.”
In the November matchup, Flagg ended with 24 points, which was the team high for the game, along with 7 rebounds and 3 assists. The freshman won the 2024-25 Oscar Robertson Trophy as the National Player of the Year and the 2024-25 Wayman Tisdale Award recipient as the National Freshman Player of the Year.
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