The Wildcats, who haven’t faced Wisconsin since losing back-to-back Elite Eight games in 2014 and 2015, will host the Badgers on Saturday, Dec. 9, next season.
Bruce Pascoe Already with Duke on the schedule next season, Arizona also will get a crack at another historic nemesis after agreeing to a new two-year series with Wisconsin.
In ESPN's recently updated Top-25 rankings for next season, Wisconsin is ranked 22nd while Arizona is right behind at 23rd. But no nonconference opponent arguably has inflicted as much pain on the Wildcats over the past decade than Wisconsin, which kept what were probably the two best Sean Miller-era UA teams out of the Final Four, both times before thousands of UA fans in Southern California.
Of the other UA-UW matchups, Wisconsin won 65-61 in the 2009-10 Maui Invitational and 104-77 in a 1966 game at Los Angeles. The Wildcats beat the Badgers in their first-ever meeting, 51-46, in Madison during the 1962-63 season. In a joint statement, conference commissions within the consortium said of Higgins:"Over the course of the last decade, John has made our consortium stronger, not only with consistent calls and effective communication on the court but in providing leadership and mentorship to officials across our roster.
“I am honored and excited to have the opportunity to lead men’s basketball officiating for the six conferences in the WBOC and to provide guidance and direction for our leadership team and officiating staff,” Higgins said in a statement.
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