Arizona men’s basketball is BACK and debuted for the 2026-27 season tonight vs the San Francisco Dons. Caleb Holt and Motiejus Krivas shined for the Wildcats as they won with relative ease. Ivan Kharchenkov showed even more improvement over last season.

Arizona is back

PLUS! JJ Mandaquit made his Arizona debut and MORE!

Join Damon Fairall and Kevin Thomas on the AZ Wildcats Podcast!

0:00 – Ball is BACK
5:00 – Defensive ceiling of this team
11:00 – RJ Godfrey’s Absence
18:00 – JJ Mandaquit’s debut
23:00 – Derek Dixon
31:00 – Saul Bookman joins the show
32:00 – Bookman’s Bryce James hot takes
38:00 – Sidi Gueye blew it / backup bigs
43:00 – Derek Dixon part two
46:00 – Caleb Holt
48:00 – Ivan Kharchenkov
51:00 – Subdued crowd / more
1:02:00 – More reaction to the game

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