EMERGING: Auburn basketball has HANDS FULL against Arizona Wildcats

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🗓️ 5 December 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Arizona Wildcats eye a No. 1 seed as Auburn Tigers brace for a high-scoring showdown in Tucson. Can Auburn’s offense overcome Arizona’s elite defense and dominant frontcourt? Keyshawn Hall and Tahaad Pettiford anchor the Tigers, but interior defense and rebounding remain critical concerns against the Wildcats’ imposing lineup. Zac Blackerby, Leif Thulin, and Darrell Dapprich break down tactical matchups, roster turnover, and the impact of physicality on both teams’ tournament outlooks. Get insights on Auburn’s shooting, potential zone defenses to contain Arizona’s size, and whether secondary scorers like Elijah Freeman can step up under pressure. As the teams clash at McKale Center, is Auburn poised for an upset or will Arizona stay undefeated? Don’t miss this deep analysis of SEC vs. Big 12 hoops drama.

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0:00.0	Auburn in Arizona. We got a showdown in Tucson.
0:10.0	You are Locked-on College Crossover, part of the Locked-on Podcast Network.
0:16.5	Your team every day.
0:19.3	Yes.
0:20.5	Welcome on into this special crossover edition of Locked on Auburn and Locked on Wildcats.
0:25.3	I'm Zach Blackerby of Locked on Auburn.
0:27.1	Darrell Dapprich of Locked on Auburn.
0:28.5	Leaf Tulane of Locked on Wildcats.
0:31.8	And of course, we are previewing Auburn and Arizona.
0:36.2	Massive, massive, massive game.
0:39.0	And I think there's two very different storylines about these two teams that have already been battle tested and played some elite opponents this season.
0:48.2	Leave Arizona undefeated.
0:51.0	You were pretty vocal throughout the weeks leading into the season saying like, hey, national media, you guys are vocal throughout the, you know, the weeks leading into the season
0:54.9	saying like, hey, national media, you guys are too low in Arizona. And based on what we've
0:59.7	seen so far, it sounds like you nailed that prediction. Yeah, I felt like you got a recipe that's
1:04.5	pretty reproducible, right? Tommy Lloyd in four years at Arizona has been no worse than 13th in a Ken Palm finish in all four of those years top 10 offensively. So you're going to be good on offense and the question was how well can you dominate the glass? How well can you defend? Because those are the years that he's been better. He's been top 10 in those metrics. The years he's been worse, which again, he's finished top 30 and 10 13 in Kenpom all four
1:28.3	years and won 78 percent of games in his four years so it's not crazy to say they'll be good
1:33.6	i thought they'd be really good because they brought back a ton and brought in two five stars along
1:37.6	with two other highly touted freshmen and their pieces made sense to me and so far so good who knows down
1:43.1	the road but i think right now they're at one scene in playing sight. I said that before the season that I thought they'd be a top two seed guaranteed. And I'd be pretty shocked if they are not by the end of the season, barring disastrous injury. Yeah, Darrell, I think there are differing opinions on where Auburn is as a basketball team right now.
2:07.5	Both battle tested, like we said, Arizona playing Florida, UCLA, Yukon, Auburn, close game against Houston, not a close game against Michigan, really handled St. John's in the second
2:12.1	half earlier this week. Where are you, where should Auburn fans and where should Arizona fans who maybe
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