PRINCETON GAMEDAY

WHO: No. 15 Princeton (21-8) vs. No. 2 Arizona (28-6)

WHEN: Thursday, 4:10 p.m., Golden 1 Center, Sacramento, Calif.

TV/ RADIO: TNT/ Princeton Sports Network

LINE: Arizona -14.5

LAST TIME OUT: Princeton def. Yale, 7465, in Ivy Tournament final; Arizona def. UCLA, 61-59, in Pac-12Tournament final STREAK: Princeton W4; Arizona W3 SERIES HISTORY: Arizona leads, 1-0. The Wildcats won the only meeting, 54-41, on Dec. 27, 1985 in Tucson. However, Princeton coach Mitch Henderson has a 3-1 career record against the Pac-12. The Tigers own victories over Oregon State (2021), Arizona State (2018) and USC (2017) during his tenure.

KENPOM RANK: Princeton 112; Arizona 10 BRACKET BREAKDOWN: The Princeton/ Arizona gets the survivor of the first-round game between seventh-seeded Missouri (24-9) and 10th-seeded Utah State (268). … Alabama (29-5) is the No. 1 seed — and top overall seed — in the South Region, which feeds into Louisville for the Sweet 16 matchups.

PRINCETEON PLAYER TO WATCH: Tosan Evbuomwan. The 6-8senior forward out of Newcastle, England was a unanimous First Team All-Ivy selection after averaging 15 points, 6.2rebounds and 4.8assists. In this up-tempo version of the Princeton offense, he is the sun and everybody else are planets in his orbit. Look for the Tigers to let him work in one-on-one situations to dissect the defense. If Arizona sends help, Evbuomwan will kick the ball out to open shooters where the likes of Ryan Langborg, Matt Allocco and Caden Pierce must make shots. ARIZONA PLAYER TO WATCH: Azuolas Tubelis. The 6-11junior forward out Vilnius, Lithuania was named First Team All-Pac 12 after averaging 19.8 points and 9.3 rebounds. He also shot 57.5% from the field. Tubelis has improved in each of his three seasons with the Wildcats, raising his point-per-game numbers every year. With Princeton’s tallest rotation player checking in at 6-9, how it tries to cope with Arizona’s size and speed will be something to watch. When the Wildcats were slowed down it was by some zone defenses — they finished the regular season 3-3 before ripping off three wins in three days at the Pac 12 Tournament — and the Tigers have occasionally shown some 1-3-1. Look for Henderson to show different defensive looks and then try to space Arizona out on defense by perhaps downsizing and putting four shooters on the perimeter around Evbuomwan.