It’s Game Day! In the Bahamas!

The 24th-ranked Arizona Wildcats look to head back home on a high note as they take on the West Virginia Mountaineers in the third place game of the Battle4Atlantis

Here’s all the info you need to watch, listen to or follow the game online:

Arizona-West Virginia game time, details:

• Date: Friday, Nov. 29, 2024
• Time: 1 p.m. MT
• Location: Imperial Arena at Atlantis Resort; Nassau, Bahamas
• Line: According to FanDuel Sportsbook, Arizona is a 6.5-point favorite and the over/under is 152.5. KenPom.com gives the UA a 69 percent chance of winning.

How can I watch Arizona-West Virginia?

Arizona-West Virginia will be shown on ESPN2. Dave O’Brien (play-by-play) and Jimmy Dykes (analyst) will be calling the game.

How can I stream Arizona-West Virginia online?

The stream of Arizona-West Virginia can be streaked at ESPN.com.

How can I listen to Arizona-West Virginia on the radio?

You can listen to Arizona-West Virginia on Wildcats Sports Radio 1290 AM.

How can I follow Arizona-West Virginia?

By following us on Twitter (X) at @AZDesertSwarm and our editor Brian Pedersen (@realBJP).

Arizona-West Virginia pregame coverage:

In game one of three, the Sooners took down Providence with a 79-77 win. Kobe Elvis led the way for Oklahoma in that victory with a game-high 26 points. The win over the Friars was massive, as the Sooners needed it to secure a matchup against Arizona, which would significantly improve their strength of schedule.

In order to upset Arizona, the Sooners were going to need two players to step up and score. Yesterday, it was Elvis and Jeremiah Fears. In this game, it was the two players who were talked about as the dynamic duo all offseason: Fears and Jalon Moore. The two combined for 50 points.

Fears had 26 points, five assists, five rebounds, and just three turnovers (after having eight against Providence). He shot 7-17 from the field, 4-7 from three-point range, and 8-8 from the free throw line while playing 33 minutes. He hit multiple big shots and was the go-to guy for Oklahoma.

The Sooners were able to pull off the upset over No. 24 Arizona, with an 82-77 win, moving them to the Battle 4 Atlantis championship game against the Louisville Cardinals, who beat the No. 14 Indiana Hoosiers on Wednesday and West Virginia today. For more on Oklahoma’s win over the Wildcats, take a look at some stats and notes:

– The Sooners led by as many as 13 points, but the Wildcats came storming back, cutting the deficit to five with 1:44 remaining. After a defensive stop, Oklahoma missed a three-pointer from Glenn Taylor, but Luke Northweather grabbed the rebound. Instead of being patient, the Sooners rushed, leading to a missed shot, an Oklahoma foul, and two made Arizona free throws, narrowing the margin to three points with 55 seconds remaining.

Fears missed a two-point attempt on the next possession, giving Arizona another opportunity. Caleb Love missed a three-pointer, and after Arizona grabbed the rebound and drove inside, Northweather came up with a crucial block. The Wildcats recovered the ball but missed another three-pointer. Fears grabbed the rebound and sank two free throws to clinch the victory.

– Sam Godwin started but played just 10 minutes, finishing with zero points on no field goal attempts. He struggled with foul trouble, ending the game with four fouls. With Godwin sidelined, Northweather stepped up again.

Northweather contributed 10 points and seven rebounds on 3-5 shooting from the field, including 2-4 from three-point range. He logged 21 minutes. After redshirting his first year, experiencing fluctuating minutes last season, and limited opportunities through the first four games of this season, Northweather has risen to the occasion when his team needed him most.

– It was a quiet night for Kobe Elvis, who scored just two points on 1-4 shooting from the field, though he added four assists. Brycen Goodine also struggled, going 0-5 from three-point range.

– After using 11 players in the opener, Oklahoma trimmed the rotation to nine players in this game. Neither Dayton Forsythe nor Jacolb Fredson-Cole logged any minutes. Off the bench, Northweather played 21 minutes, Taylor had 27, Goodine played 12, and Mohamed Wague saw just six minutes.

– Jalon Moore bounced back after a quiet game yesterday with a standout performance, recording 24 points and seven rebounds. He shot 7-15 from the field, 2-3 from three-point range, and 8-9 from the free-throw line.

– The Sooners were once again without Jadon Jones, who is dealing with a back injury.

– Oklahoma will now play its third game in three days in the Battle 4 Atlantis championship game against the Louisville Cardinals. Louisville defeated No. 14 Indiana on Wednesday and West Virginia earlier today to secure their spot in the title game.

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With just days left in the regular season, the Arizona Wildcats have accepted a difficult truth: Postseason football is not in their immediate future. That said, no matter what transpired during the season, one game on the calendar is always marked, and beating Arizona State Saturday could dramatically shift the Wildcats’ mood.

“Huge week for us,” Arizona coach Brent Brennan said. “Obviously the ASU game is such a special rivalry in college football and it means so much to everybody here, everybody at this university, everybody in Tucson and thousands in the state of Arizona.”

Arizona sits at 4-7 heading into the Territorial Cup matchup in Tucson and is in 13th place out of 16 teams in the Big 12. ASU, meanwhile, was initially picked to finish last in the conference but is first at 9-2. The Sun Devils are likely one win away from a Big 12 title game appearance in their inaugural season with the conference.

Although Arizona can spoil ASU’s dream of a spot in the College Football Playoff, Brennan said that is not the team’s primary messaging.

“The mindset is that this is the biggest game of the year, every year, and that doesn’t change,” Brennan said. “For us, whether we’re bowl-eligible or not, all that matters is that we’re playing the team from up north. … We’re all in on right now, and this week and what we need to get done to play good football on Saturday afternoon.”

Spoiling conference championship hopes for their biggest rival would be an added bonus to a third consecutive Territorial Cup win. Brennan just wants his team to respect the intensity of the rivalry.

“We’re just worried about what’s ahead of us right now,” senior offensive lineman Josh Baker said. “We’re worried about not necessarily the game but the fist fight, the dogfight that’s right in front of us.”

The Wildcats’ hopes of making consecutive bowl games for the first time since a 2012-2015 run have not lived up to expectations The frustration includes not making the most of a Biletnikoff Award finalist in receiver Tetairoa McMillan after the team started strong, winning three of its first four games.

Even with the adversity, Brennan doesn’t see this matchup as fueling the fire of hate toward ASU, but as a culture-building opportunity for his program moving forward in the face of trials.

“We’re not where we want to be right now, but we have an opportunity in front of us that is incredible and special in every way, so what are you going to do when you have that opportunity in front of you?” he said. “How are you going to attack that work that’s required to play good football on Saturday?”

Time will tell how the Wildcats respond to what is surely going to be an electric atmosphere at Arizona Stadium Saturday. Ultimately, the coaching staff is looking for a way to kickstart things going into the offseason, especially with early signing day set for Dec. 4.

For Arizona, the spoiler mentality may not be made public, let alone be the root of the motivation for the game. It’s a matchup that hasn’t held much weight since about 2013, when ASU beat Arizona to solidify its spot to represent the Pac-12 South over UCLA. Nevertheless, a big bout is the accurate depiction of what is still at stake for the Wildcats Saturday.

“Obviously, given the fact that ASU is playing really well, you know, they beat some really good teams that we’ve lost to, it gives us an opportunity to come in and play a rival team at home, it really gives us some big momentum going into the offseason,” wide receivers coach Bobby Wade said.

“It will be a fun game, and obviously, beating a ranked team, beating a rival team at home, it’s big.”