Arizona basketball made a run to the Sweet 16 in the 2024-25 season and has now opened its 2025-26 campaign. It was an upset of Florida to open the year , led by freshman Koa Peat. Now, head coach Tommy Lloyd has his sights set on a rival , UCLA.

“There's this thorn in our side that we've got to play, in their city,” Lloyd said after the victory over Arizona, alluding to UCLA, according to Brian Pederson of SBNation.

Arizona took a 93-87 victory over Florida on Monday night. Peat put up 30 points while adding seven rebounds and five assists. Meanwhile, Jaden Bradley scored 27 points in the victory. Ivan Kharchenkov rounded out the top performers with 12 points and ten rebounds. It was the first time since 2003 that the defending champion lost its first game of the season. That yea

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