How to Watch No. 14 Indiana Basketball Against No. 10 Arizona in Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS, Nev. – The No. 14 Indiana Hoosiers head out west for a highly-anticipated matchup with the No. 10 Arizona Wildcats within the Final Vegas Conflict.

Indiana rebounded from an unsightly loss at Rutgers with an 81-65 win over Nebraska, which featured a Trayce Jackson-Davis triple-double, a career-high 20 factors from Trey Galloway and 19 factors from Tamar Bates off the bench. Arizona is in the same spot. After successful the Maui Invitational, the Wildcats misplaced by 15 at Utah however bounced again with an 81-68 win over 0-9 California. 

The sport ideas off at 7:30 p.m. ET from the MGM Grand Backyard Enviornment in Las Vegas, and it is the primary primetime faculty basketball sport on FOX’s nationwide channel.

“It is the place you wish to be,” Arizona coach Tommy Lloyd mentioned. “You wish to put your program on the map.”

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How you can watch Indiana Hoosiers vs. Arizona Wildcats

• Who: No. 14 Indiana Hoosiers (8-1) vs. No. 10 Arizona Wildcats (7-1)
• What: Las Vegas Conflict
• When: 7:30 p.m. ET on Saturday, Dec. 10
• The place: MGM Grand Backyard Enviornment in Las Vegas, Nev.
• TV: FOX
• Announcers: Gus Johnson (play-by-play), Invoice Raftery (analyst)
• Reside Stream: fuboTV (Begin your free trial)
• Radio: IU Radio Community (Bloomington: 105.1 WHCC-FM, Indianapolis: 107.5 WFNI-FM)
• Radio Announcers: Don Fischer (play-by-play), Errek Suhr (coloration), John Herrick (pregame, halftime, postgame)
• Level unfold: Arizona is a one-point favourite, and the over/below is 157 factors.
• Related Press ballot: Indiana dropped to No. 14 within the AP ballot after defeating North Carolina and shedding to Rutgers. Arizona dropped from No. 4 to No. 10 after an 81-66 loss at Utah on Dec. 1.
• KenPom rankings: Indiana is ranked No. 10 general within the KenPom rankings. The Hoosiers are No. 11 in adjusted defensive effectivity and No. 27 in adjusted offensive effectivity. Arizona is ranked No. 18 general, No. 65 in adjusted defensive effectivity and No. 2 in adjusted offensive effectivity.
• Season projections: As of Friday, Indiana has the third-best odds to win the Huge Ten common season title at plus-550, behind Purdue at plus-170 and Illinois at plus-280. Indiana is plus-550 to achieve the Last 4 and plus-2500 to win the Nationwide Championship, in keeping with FanDuel Sportsbook.
• Final three video games: Indiana beat Nebraska 81-65 on Wednesday, misplaced 63-48 at Rutgers on Saturday and defeated North Carolina 77-65 on Nov. 30. Arizona beat California 81-68 on Sunday, misplaced 81-66 at Utah on Dec. 1 and defeated Creighton 81-79 on Nov. 23. 
• Final season’s data: Indiana went 21-14 general, 11th of September in Huge Ten play, 14-4 at residence, 3-8 on the highway and 4-2 at impartial websites in 2021-22. The Hoosiers defeated Wyoming within the NCAA Event First 4 and misplaced to Saint Mary’s within the Spherical of 64. Arizona went 33-4 general, 18-2 in Pac-12 play, 17-0 at residence, 9-3 on the highway and 7-1 at impartial websites in 2021-22. The Wildcats earned a No. 1 seed within the NCAA Event and misplaced to Houston within the Candy 16.
• Sequence historical past: Saturday is the primary ever assembly between Indiana and Arizona.

Main scorers

• Indiana Hoosiers
• F Trayce Jackson-Davis: 17.5 ppg, 8.9 rpg, 2.0 bpg, 67.5 FG pct
• G Xavier Johnson: 10.9 ppg, 4.6 apg, 3.7 rpg, 40.9 3-point FG pct
• F Miller Kopp: 9.4 ppg, 48.7 3-point FG pct
• Arizona Wildcats
• F Azuolas Tubelis: 20.1 ppg, 8.3 rpg, 2.0 apg, 61.9 FG pct
• F Oumar Ballo: 19.1 ppg, 9.3 rpg, 2.0 bpg, 76.9 FG pct
• G Courtney Ramey: 13.8 ppg, 3.4 apg, 50.0 3-point FG pct
• G Kerr Kriisa: 12.8 ppg, 7.8 apg, 40.9 3-point FG pct

Meet the coaches

• Tommy Lloyd, Arizona: Tommy Lloyd is in his second season at Arizona with a 40-5 general file. After 20 years as an assistant coach at Gonzaga below coach Mark Few, Lloyd took over for Sean Miller at Arizona earlier than the 2021-22 season. In his first 12 months, Lloyd was named AP Nationwide Coach of the Yr, and Arizona gained the Pac-12 common season and match titles earlier than shedding within the Candy 16. Whereas at Gonzaga, Lloyd performed a key position within the worldwide recruitment of gamers like Kelly Olynyk, Domantas Sabonis, Rui Hachimura and Oumar Ballo, who transferred to Arizona when Lloyd was employed. Born in Kelso, Wash., Lloyd performed at Walla Walla Neighborhood Faculty, Colorado State-Pueblo and Whitman Faculty earlier than taking part in professionally in Australia and Germany.
• Mike Woodson, Indiana: Woodson has NBA head teaching expertise with the Atlanta Hawks from 2004-10 and the New York Knicks from 2012-14. Relationship again to 1996, Woodson has additionally been an assistant coach for the Milwaukee Bucks, Cleveland Cavaliers, Philadelphia 76ers, New York Knicks and Los Angeles Clippers. Woodson performed at Indiana College from 1976-80, and was named the Huge Ten’s Most Beneficial Participant as a senior below coach Bob Knight. He was the twelfth general choose within the 1980 NBA Draft, and performed for numerous groups from 1980-91, averaging 14 factors over 786 video games. In his second season at Indiana, Woodson holds a 29-15 file.

Three issues to look at in Indiana vs. Arizona

1. Battle of the bigs

It is no secret that Indiana needs to run it offense by way of Trayce Jackson-Davis, who’s coming off a triple-double towards Nebraska. Race Thompson, Jordan Geronimo and Malik Reneau full a formidable entrance court docket that mixes for 37.6 factors and 20.1 rebounds per sport.

Arizona will get all that manufacturing from two gamers. Azuolas Tubelis, a 6-foot-11 junior from Lithuania, and Oumar Ballo, a 7-foot redshirt junior from Mali, mix for 39.2 factors and 17.6 rebounds per sport. This duo powers Arizona to 91.5 factors per sport, which ranks second within the nation. 

2. Inconsistent guard play

Arizona level guard Kerr Kriisa obtained off to a sizzling begin, taking pictures 14-for-21, or 66.6 %, from 3 within the first 4 video games, together with a triple-double towards Southern. However within the final 4 video games, Kriisa is 4-for-23 on 3-pointers. He had 21 factors towards San Diego State, 13 factors and 9 assists within the Maui Invitational Championship win over Creighton however solely 10 factors throughout two Pac-12 video games.

Indiana has skilled comparable up-and-down play with level guard Xavier Johnson. His two finest video games have come throughout Indiana’s two greatest wins – a 23-point effort at Xavier, adopted by 20 factors and eight assists towards North Carolina. Within the final two video games, nonetheless, Johnson is taking pictures 4-for-19 from the sector. Which model of Kriisa and Johnson exhibits up on Saturday will go a good distance in figuring out the end result. 

3. Straightforward buckets

Saturday’s matchup initiatives to be a high-scoring affair with the over/below set at 157 factors. That is as a result of Indiana and Arizona rating at a extra environment friendly price than most this season. Arizona leads the nation with a 55.2 discipline aim proportion, and Indiana is third at 52.2 %. 

Arizona second in adjusted offensive effectivity behind Purdue, however the KenPom computer systems do not like Indiana as a lot, slotting the Hoosiers at No. 27 on this class. Arizona performs quick and Mike Woodson needs too, as effectively, creating an thrilling matchup in Las Vegas.

• INDIANA-ARIZONA 10 THINGS TO KNOW: First off, let’s get the sport time proper for Indiana and Arizona on Saturday night time. It begins at 7:30 p.m. Japanese Time. Here is that truth and plenty of extra on the large impartial court docket showdown in Las Vegas. CLICK HERE
• INDIANA’S GOALS RELY ON 3-POINT SHOOTING: Trey Galloway and Tamar Bates lit it up from three-point land on Wednesday night time, serving to the Hoosiers rack up 11 three-pointers within the win over Nebraska. It is their third double-digit sport from deep this season, and it is the important thing to any long-term success for this workforce. It will not work in any other case. CLICK HERE
• INDIANA BASKETBALL SCHEDULE: The 2022-2023 Indiana Hoosiers males’s basketball schedule is ready. Right here is the total schedule, with dates, sport occasions and TV data, plus hyperlinks to the tales on the video games already performed. CLICK HERE
• JACKSON-DAVIS’ TRIPLE-DOUBLE AGAINST NEBRASKA: Indiana basketball had 4 gamers end with double-digit scoring in a 81-65 win over Nebraska on Wednesday night time at Meeting Corridor. Mike Woodson and the Hoosiers transfer to 8-1 on the season and 1-1 in Huge Ten play. Subsequent up is a matchup with No. 10 Arizona in Las Vegas. CLICK HERE