Vanderbilt is yet to face a ranked opponent, but it did defeat UCF and SMU (28th in NET) during the non-conference portion of the schedule. No. 14 Alabama is their first ranked opponent, on Jan. 7, with Florida, Arkansas and Kentucky all in January as well.

The Arizona Wildcats are one of six teams left in men’s college basketball that have yet to lose a game this season. At 14-0, the UA is currently No. 1 in the Associated Press Top 25 where it has been for more than a month.

So Arizona is going the other way. While often dominating inside — the Wildcats outrebound opponents by an average of 14.1 per game and shoot 57.9% from two-point range — UA ranks eighth to last out of 365 Division I teams in 3s taken as a percentage of total field goal attempts (28.9).

BYU swept Arizona State last year in the Big 12, but the Sun Devils will bring a totally different team to Provo for Wednesday's tilt

The Sun Devils' magical run to the 2025-26 season ended on Saturday, but there are still plenty of reasons to be optimistic.

The Arizona State men's basketball team has lost three straight games. Next up is perhaps the toughest opponent it has faced this season.

The BYU Cougars (13-1) will go up against the Arizona State Sun Devils (9-5) at Marriott Center on Wednesday.

As the calendar flips to a new year, the Arizona Wildcats women’s basketball team stands at a pivotal moment in the 2025-26 campaign.