No. 5 seed Oregon and No. 4 seed Arizona play Sunday, March 23, in a March Madness NCAA Tournament second-round game at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, Washington.
Arizona beat No. 13 seed Akron in the first round, 93-65. Oregon defeated No. 12 seed Liberty in its first-round game, 81-52.
These teams were in the Pac-12 Conference together last season. Arizona is now in the Big 12 Conference. Oregon is in the Big Ten Conference.
Follow our Arizona vs Oregon live score updates for the latest news, notes, highlights and analysis from the East Region March Madness second-round game today.
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Arizona holds off Oregon for March Madness Sweet 16 berth
Arizona chose to foul with 3.9 second left and Jackson Shelstad made the first, but intentionally missed the second. Caleb Love got the rebound and was fouled with 2.2 seconds left.
He made both free throws to give Arizona an 87-83 lead. Oregon missed a long 3-point attempt at the buzzer to send Arizona back to the Sweet 16 for the second straight year.
Final score: Arizona 87, Oregon 83
Oregon, Arizona trade free throws
After Jackson Shelstad pulled Oregon within 83-82 with two free throws, Anthony Dell’Orso hit two free throws to make it 85-82 for Arizona.
Score: Arizona 85, Oregon 82 (:04 left in second half)
Anthony Dell’Orso makes two big free throws for Arizona
Anthony Dell’Orso just hit two big free throws to make it a 3-point Arizona lead with nine seconds left.
Score: Arizona 83, Oregon 80 (:09 left in second half)
Oregon pulls within one vs Arizona with Jackson Shelstad bucket
Jackson Shelstad made a driving layup to pull Oregon within 81-80 with 10 seconds left. Arizona was forced to used its final timeout on the inbounds play.
Score: Arizona 81, Oregon 80 (:10 left in second half
Arizona extends lead late vs Oregon
Arizona put Tobe Awaka back in the game with 44.7 seconds left and it immediately paid off, with the forward getting a crucial rebound off an Oregon miss.
After a couple of fouls, Jaden Bradley hit 1-of-2 free throws to extend Arizona’s lead.
Score: Arizona 81, Oregon 78 (21.6 left in second half)
Oregon pulls within two vs Arizona late
The Ducks have capitalized off Arizona’s mistakes and we now have a 2-point game at Climate Pledge Arena after Nate Bittle just hit a shot for Oregon.
Arizona has interestingly sat Tobe Awaka since he picked up his fourth foul with over eight minutes left and Bittle has taken advantage. He is up to 16 points and 10 rebounds.
Oregon forced another Arizona turnover when it trapped Jaden Bradley on the sideline on an inbounds pass and he lost the ball, giving the Ducks a chance to tie or take the lead.
Score: Arizona 80, Oregon 78 (:45 left in second half)
Arizona allows Oregon to stay in game with mistakes
Arizona is sometimes its own worst enemy.
After an Oregon turnover, KJ Lewis and Caleb Love collided in mid-air on a lob attempt, missing the dunk and allowing Oregon to pull within four with a 3-pointer by Keeshawn Barthelemy.
Henri Veesaar then missed two free throws for the Wildcats.
Can the Wildcats close the door on the Ducks?
Score: Arizona 80, Oregon 76 (1:19 left in second half)
Caleb Love hits another big shot for Arizona vs Oregon
It’s the Caleb Love show for Arizona against Oregon.
Love just hit a big 3-pointer to put Arizona up 80-73. He has Arizona’s last 10 points.
Love is up to 27 points in this game. Arizona could be a couple of minutes away from a return trip to the Sweet 16.
Score: Arizona 80, Oregon 73 (1:49 left in second half)
Caleb Love comes up big for Wildcats vs Ducks
Caleb Love is delivering for Arizona.
The guard has scored the last five points after Oregon pulled within 72-70 to give Arizona a 77-70 lead in this second-round game.
He just had an emphatic dunk to put Arizona up by seven. Love has 24 points in this game. He is 9-for-17 from the field and 4-for-6 from 3, including a big 3 that put Arizona up 75-70. He has Arizona’s last seven points.
Score: Arizona 77, Oregon 70 (2:27 left in second half)
Tight March Madness game in Seattle between Arizona, Oregon
We’ve got a good game in Seattle.
Arizona holds a 72-70 lead on Oregon with 4:25 left in the second half, as the Ducks continue to battle back against the Wildcats, who have led by as many as 11 points in the second half.
Could this game come down to free throw shooting? Oregon is just 8-for-17 from the line, while Arizona is 10-for-14.
Score: Arizona 72, Oregon 70 (4:25 left in second half)
Oregon hanging around vs Arizona in second half
The finish of this game could get interesting.
Tobe Awaka just picked up his fourth fall not long after returning to action and the Ducks have pulled within 68-64 with 7:38 left.
Nate Bittle is starting to pick up some momentum for Oregon and is up to 12 points. He also has eight rebounds. No Oregon players have more than two fouls. Arizona has Awaka with four and Henri Veesaar, his backup, with three.
Don’t go anywhere. This game is far from over.
Score: Arizona 68, Oregon 64 (7:38 left in second half)
Arizona making mistakes vs Oregon in second half
Well, you don’t see that every day.
Arizona’s KJ Lewis just missed a dunk, and then he picked up a technical for hanging on the rim after missing the dunk, providing a big turn of events in Seattle.
Oops.
Lewis is 2-for-8 with seven points in the game, but he provided some solid defense. He just didn’t think on that play.
Oregon hit the free-throw attempt for the technical, but it hasn’t been able to cut into the 6-point lead for Arizona.
Arizona’s Carter Bryant also made a head-scratching play with a goaltend of a shot that appeared to not be going in the hoop, giving the Ducks another two points.
Score: Arizona 63, Oregon 57 (11:02 left in second half)
Arizona’s Caleb Love loves playing vs Oregon
Last season, Caleb Love averaged more than 20 points per game against the Ducks.
The Arizona star guard is well on his way to beating that number in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
Love had a key 3-pointer to end Oregon’s 7-0 run. He now has 15 points, six rebounds and three assists on 6-for-13 shooting in this game.
Score: Arizona 59, Oregon 53 (12:27 left in second half)
Oregon responds vs Arizona with 7-0 run
The Arizona defense looks different with Tobe Awaka on the bench.
Oregon has gone on a quick 7-0 run to pull within 56-52 with 14:10 left in the second half with the Arizona forward out of the game with three fouls.
This has been a game of runs. Can Arizona stop Oregon and get momentum back?
Score: Arizona 56, Oregon 52 (14:10 left in second half)
Balanced scoring for Arizona vs Oregon
Tobe Awaka now has 12 points for Arizona, as does Caleb Love. Jaden Bradley has 11. Anthony Dell’Orso has eight.
Oregon’s Jackson Shelstad has 14 to lead all scorers, while TJ Bamba has 12 and Nate Bittle has eight.
One thing to keep an eye on: Awaka just picked up his third foul in this game. He has done a great job on Bittle in this game, but went to the bench.
Score: Arizona 56, Oregon 45 (15:40 left in second half)
Tobe Awaka huge for Arizona vs Oregon
The player of the game for Arizona so far? Tobe Awaka.
He has 10 points for the Wildcats and 12 rebounds, including five offensive boards.
He’s been huge for Arizona. In the first round against Akron, Awaka only played 17 minutes and had just four points and eight rebounds.
He’s having a game for the Wildcats against Oregon.
Awaka has been an early catalyst in the second half for Arizona, which has outscored Oregon 12-5 in the half to build its biggest lead of the game at 54-43.
This game has been all Arizona since Oregon took an early 19-4 lead. The Wildcats are currently on an 8-0 run.
Score: Arizona 54, Oregon 43 (16:43 left in second half)
Arizona’s Carter Bryant impresses on late shot at end of first half
Carter Bryant can be a human highlight reel for the Arizona Wildcats. He had another at the end of the first half against the Oregon Ducks.
The Arizona forward nailed a long shot against the Ducks that wowed the Climate Pledge Arena crowd.
The shot did not count as it came after time expired in the first half in Seattle, but it still was impressive.
The Wildcats forward is improving his NBA draft stock in the NCAA Tournament.
Wildcats take lead into half vs Ducks in NCAA Tournament game
After trailing by as many as 15 points in the first half, the Arizona Wildcats have a 42-38 lead on the Oregon Ducks at halftime of their NCAA Tournament second-round March Madness game at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle.
Arizona fans will take that after what appeared to be a disastrous start to the game for Tommy Lloyd’s team.
Oregon was shooting better than 60% from the field and had all the momentum and energy.
But Arizona pounded the offensive boards and rallied to take the lead after the first 20 minutes.
The Wildcats ended up outshooting the Ducks from the field in the first half, 45.7% to 43.2%.
Jaden Bradley leads Arizona with 11 points. Caleb Love has seven. Jackson Shelstad had 12 early points for Oregon, but didn’t score again.
Arizona outscored Oregon 38-19 in the final 15:38 of the first half.
Halftime score: Arizona 42, Oregon 38
Arizona Wildcats fight back vs Oregon in March Madness second-round game
A 15-point Oregon lead has been erased.
Arizona, which started its second-round game against Oregon very slowly, has bounced back to take the lead against the Ducks in Seattle, thanks to an increase in intensity and its relentless attack of offensive rebounds.
The Wildcats have nine offensive rebounds in this game. Six of them have been by Tobe Awaka. Oregon just doesn’t have any answers on the glass for Arizona.
Awaka already has 12 rebounds. Arizona has 19 rebounds as a team. The entire Oregon team has 13 rebounds.
Caleb Love leads the Wildcats with nine points.
Arizona, which had a huge disadvantage early in points in the paint, has now tied Oregon in that category at 16.
Score: Arizona 35, Oregon 33 (3:43 left in first half)
Arizona back in game vs Oregon after run
Oregon led this game 26-14.
It is now 28-23. The Ducks have suddenly got sloppy, and the Wildcats have increased their intensity, and as a result we have a whole new ball game.
Oregon has cooled off, but is still 12-for-23 from the field. Arizona is heating up. The Wildcats are now 9-for-22.
Score: Oregon 28, Arizona 23 (7:46 left in first half)
Arizona climbing back vs Oregon in March Madness
The Wildcats have trailed by as many as 15 points in Seattle against Oregon.
But that lead is now down to six.
The Wildcats have found some energy at Climate Pledge Arena and have gotten back in this game. Arizona is a great rebounding team and already has five offensive boards, which could be a key factor in this game all night.
Score: Oregon 26, Arizona 20 (9:35 left in first half)
Oregon continues hot shooting vs Arizona
The Ducks can’t keep shooting like this, can they?
Oregon has lead by as many as 15 points in this game. The Ducks are 11-for-18 for the field and 4-for-6 from 3-point range.
Arizona is 5-for-12 from the field and 2-for-3 from 3-point range.
Jackson Shelstad already has 10 points for Oregon, who has already seen six players score. Caleb Love has four points to lead Arizona.
Oregon has 14 points in the paint, while Arizona just has four. The aggressiveness for the Ducks is paying off.
Score: Oregon 26, Arizona 14 (11:35 left in first half)
Oregon explodes to big lead vs Arizona
Early in the game, the TBS announcers talked about how Arizona wanted to push the tempo against Oregon and how the Ducks would prefer to slow it down.
But it’s Oregon that is playing fast in Seattle. The Ducks are off to an explosive start, turning an 8-0 run to start the game into a 17-4 advantage at the first break in action.
Oregon is 7-from-13 from the field and 3-for-4 from 3-point range. Arizona is just 1-for-6 from the field.
The Ducks already have seven points off three Arizona turnovers.
The Wildcats have to wake up, and fast. Oregon has all the intensity right now.
Score: Oregon 17, Arizona 4 (15:07 left in first half)
Oregon off to another fast March Madness start vs Arizona
Oregon got off to a quick start in their first-round win over Liberty on Friday.
The Ducks are off to another fast start in the second round against Arizona.
Oregon scored the first eight points of the game to take an 8-0 lead with 17:56 left in the first half, getting five quick points from Brandon Angel and a 3-pointer from Jackson Shelstad.
Oregon hit three of its first four shots to open the game.
Score: Oregon 8, Arizona 0 (17:56 left in first half)
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Arizona vs Oregon game moved back after Maryland vs Colorado State thriller
The Arizona vs Oregon game, originally scheduled to start at 6:40 p.m. MST today, will start a little late after the conclusion of the Maryland vs Colorado State thriller at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle.
The game is now scheduled to begin around 6:47 p.m. MST.
Derik Queen hit a buzzer-beater against No. 12 Colorado State to give the Terrapins a thrilling 72-71 win over the Rams and send No. 4 Maryland into the Sweet 16.
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What time is the Arizona vs Oregon NCAA Tournament game?
The Arizona vs Akron March Madness second-round game is scheduled for 6:40 p.m. MST on Sunday, March 23.
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What channel is the Arizona vs Oregon March Madness game on?
The Wildcats vs Ducks NCAA Tournament second-round game can be seen on TBS.
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How can I stream the Arizona vs Oregon men’s college basketball game?
Arizona vs Oregon can be streamed on Sling TV and other streaming services that carry TBS.
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Who are the announcers for the Arizona vs Oregon game on Sunday?
Lisa Byington will have the play-by-play call of the Wildcats vs Ducks March Madness game, with Robbie Hummel and Jalen Rose as the analysts and Andy Katz as the reporter for the second-round NCAA Tournament matchup.
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Arizona vs Oregon odds, betting line, spread
Arizona is a 3.5-point favorite over Oregon in the game, according to March Madness odds provided by BetMGM Sportsbook.
The Wildcats are -175 on the moneyline, while the Ducks are +145. The over/under (point total) is set at 153.5 points.
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Arizona vs Oregon prediction, game picks
We picked the Wildcats to make the Sweet 16 before the NCAA Tournament and we’re sticking with that pick, although the Ducks really impressed against Liberty. But Arizona looked really good against Akron as well. Expect some fireworks in this Pac-12 rematch.
Score prediction: Arizona 79, Oregon 75
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Arizona vs Oregon winner to face Duke in Sweet 16
The winner of the Arizona vs Oregon game will advance to the Sweet 16 round next week to face No. 1 Duke.
The Blue Devils defeated No. 9 seed Baylor in the second round on Sunday, 89-66.
They beat No. 16 seed Mount St. Mary’s in the first round, 93-49.
Duke is the favorite to win the national title in March Madness championship odds.
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