Top-seeded Arizona rolls past Long Island 92-58 in impressive NCAA Tournament opener

— While a couple of other No. 1 seeds got tested by their first-round matchups in classic March Madness fashion this week, Arizona started its title quest with a breezy, businesslike win.
Mar 21, 2026, 12:26 am - AP

Probabilities & Game Flow

0%
--LIU
100%
--ARIZ

According to ESPN Analytics

Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • Malachi Davis misses layup
  • Koa Peat misses layup
  • Koa Peat makes 7-foot jumper
  • Ivan Kharchenkov makes 13-foot floating jump shot (Brayden Burries assists)
  • Jomo Goings misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Jaden Bradley makes layup (Ivan Kharchenkov assists)
  • Malachi Davis misses layup
  • Greg Gordon makes 1-foot dunk (Jomo Goings assists)
  • Brayden Burries makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jaden Bradley assists)
  • Malachi Davis misses 6-foot floating jump shot
  • Jaden Bradley makes 25-foot three point jumper
  • Greg Gordon makes driving layup
  • Jomo Goings misses 19-foot jumper
  • Brayden Burries makes 25-foot three point jumper (Koa Peat assists)
  • Jamal Fuller misses 9-foot jumper
  • Jaden Bradley misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Motiejus Krivas misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Motiejus Krivas misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Mason Porter-Brown misses layup
  • Malachi Davis misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Malachi Davis makes 12-foot jumper (Isaiah Miranda assists)
  • Koa Peat makes layup (Motiejus Krivas assists)
  • Mason Porter-Brown misses driving layup
  • Motiejus Krivas makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Motiejus Krivas makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jamal Fuller makes 27-foot three point jumper (Malachi Davis assists)
  • Brayden Burries makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tobe Awaka assists)
  • Mason Porter-Brown makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jamal Fuller assists)
  • Dwayne Aristode misses 14-foot turnaround jump shot
  • Tobe Awaka misses layup
  • Jamal Fuller misses layup
  • Brayden Burries misses 6-foot jumper
  • Malachi Davis misses 8-foot floating jump shot
  • Tobe Awaka misses 7-foot hook shot
  • Dwayne Aristode makes layup
  • Dwayne Aristode misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Greg Gordon misses 6-foot jumper
  • Tobe Awaka makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Tobe Awaka misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Motiejus Krivas makes layup
  • Shadrak Lasu misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Mason Porter-Brown makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jomo Goings assists)
  • Tobe Awaka makes 1-foot dunk (Dwayne Aristode assists)
  • Mason Porter-Brown makes 25-foot three point jumper (Malachi Davis assists)
  • Tobe Awaka misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Mason Porter-Brown misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Xinyi Li misses 10-foot floating jump shot
  • Motiejus Krivas misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Motiejus Krivas makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Anthony Dell'Orso misses 12-foot turnaround jump shot
  • Tobe Awaka makes 4-foot jumper
  • Jomo Goings misses 8-foot floating jump shot
  • Motiejus Krivas makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Motiejus Krivas makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Koa Peat makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Koa Peat misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Ivan Kharchenkov makes 24-foot three point jumper (Koa Peat assists)
  • Mason Porter-Brown misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Greg Gordon makes driving layup
  • Koa Peat makes 1-foot alley oop dunk (Jaden Bradley assists)
  • Brayden Burries misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Mason Porter-Brown misses 10-foot jumper
  • Brayden Burries makes 2-foot dunk
  • Jamal Fuller misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Koa Peat misses layup
  • Ivan Kharchenkov misses 10-foot floating jump shot
  • Brayden Burries makes 31-foot three point jumper
  • Jomo Goings misses 9-foot jumper
  • Ivan Kharchenkov makes layup (Jaden Bradley assists)
  • Jamal Fuller makes 26-foot three point jumper (Greg Gordon assists)
  • Tobe Awaka makes layup (Anthony Dell'Orso assists)
  • Jomo Goings makes layup (Malachi Davis assists)
  • Anthony Dell'Orso misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Tobe Awaka makes layup
  • Caleb Johnson makes 15-foot jumper
  • Koa Peat makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Koa Peat makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Greg Gordon misses 4-foot floating jump shot
  • Koa Peat misses 17-foot turnaround jump shot
  • Malachi Davis misses layup
  • Brayden Burries misses layup
  • Caleb Johnson makes 1-foot dunk (Jomo Goings assists)
  • Koa Peat makes layup (Motiejus Krivas assists)
  • Jamal Fuller misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Jaden Bradley makes 8-foot jumper
  • Shadrak Lasu misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Shadrak Lasu misses 6-foot jumper
  • Greg Gordon misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Greg Gordon misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Malachi Davis misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Koa Peat makes 9-foot step back jumpshot (Ivan Kharchenkov assists)
  • Shadrak Lasu misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Brayden Burries makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Brayden Burries makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Mason Porter-Brown makes 25-foot three point jumper (Greg Gordon assists)
  • Jomo Goings misses 14-foot floating jump shot
  • Jomo Goings makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jomo Goings makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Brayden Burries makes 11-foot jumper (Jaden Bradley assists)
  • Mason Porter-Brown misses layup
  • Jomo Goings misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Jaden Bradley misses 8-foot floating jump shot
  • Mason Porter-Brown makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Mason Porter-Brown misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Koa Peat misses layup
  • Mason Porter-Brown misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Ivan Kharchenkov makes 6-foot jumper
  • Ivan Kharchenkov misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Greg Gordon makes 6-foot jumper
  • Koa Peat misses 5-foot jumper
  • Dwayne Aristode misses 6-foot floating jump shot
  • Greg Gordon makes driving layup
  • Jamal Fuller makes 8-foot hook shot
  • Tobe Awaka misses 7-foot jumper
  • Anthony Dell'Orso makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Anthony Dell'Orso makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Greg Gordon makes 7-foot jumper
  • Dwayne Aristode misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Dwayne Aristode misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Jamal Fuller misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Jomo Goings misses 10-foot jumper
  • Mason Porter-Brown makes 1-foot dunk
  • Ivan Kharchenkov makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Ivan Kharchenkov misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Jomo Goings misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Anthony Dell'Orso makes 6-foot floating jump shot
  • Caleb Johnson misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Jomo Goings misses 7-foot jumper
  • Tobe Awaka makes 1-foot dunk (Anthony Dell'Orso assists)
  • Greg Gordon misses 7-foot jumper
  • Motiejus Krivas misses layup
  • Ivan Kharchenkov makes layup
  • Greg Gordon misses 6-foot jumper
  • Brayden Burries misses 17-foot jumper
  • Motiejus Krivas makes 5-foot hook shot
  • Jamal Fuller misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Ivan Kharchenkov misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Koa Peat misses 6-foot jumper
  • Koa Peat misses 7-foot jumper
  • Greg Gordon misses layup
  • Anthony Dell'Orso makes driving layup
  • Caleb Johnson makes driving layup (Jamal Fuller assists)
  • Caleb Johnson makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Anthony Dell'Orso misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Ivan Kharchenkov misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Jomo Goings misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Koa Peat makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Koa Peat makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Mason Porter-Brown misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Shadrak Lasu makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Shadrak Lasu misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Ivan Kharchenkov makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Ivan Kharchenkov makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jamal Fuller misses 6-foot jumper
  • Jamal Fuller misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Anthony Dell'Orso makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Anthony Dell'Orso makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Malachi Davis misses 7-foot floating jump shot
  • Shadrak Lasu makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jamal Fuller assists)
  • Addison Arnold makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Addison Arnold makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Dwayne Aristode makes driving layup
  • Tre'shawn Sheppard misses layup
  • Sidi Gueye makes layup
  • Jamal Fuller makes layup (Tre'shawn Sheppard assists)
  • Jamal Fuller makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Evan Nelson misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Addison Arnold misses driving layup
  • Eddie Munyak makes 27-foot three point jumper (Tre'shawn Sheppard assists)
  • Jackson Francois misses 8-foot floating jump shot
  • Sidi Gueye makes 1-foot dunk
Shot Made
Shot Missed
Shot Made
Shot Missed
OpenSpreadTotalML
Long Island University SharksLIULIU
(24-11)
(24-11, 10-9 Away)
o150.5
-110
+30.5
-115
o147.5
-110
+5000
Arizona WildcatsARIZARIZ
(33-2)
(33-2, 16-1 Home)
-29.5
-110
-30.5
-105
u147.5
-110
-100000
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