Homefield — March Madness

ArkansasNo. 4

ArizonaNo. 1

FinalCBS

109

48.5%

21.7%

3PT

REB

AST

63.8%

62.5%

3PT

REB

AST

Since 1985, 1-seeds are 59-22 vs 4-seeds (72.8%).

Arizona Blows Out Arkansas in a 3-Point Bloodbath

Arizona dismantled Arkansas 109-88 in the Sweet 16, turning a 15.5-percentage-point gap in three-point shooting into an insurmountable 21-point margin.

Brayden Burries finished with 23 points on 7-of-11 shooting, adding 7-of-8 from the free throw line in 34 minutes, and Arizona simply had no answer for how to stop him when he got downhill. He did not need volume to be efficient, and that efficiency compounded every Arkansas mistake.

Koa Peat was even cleaner in fewer possessions: 21 points on 8-of-11 shooting with 5-of-6 from the line, complementing Burries by operating almost exclusively inside the arc where Arizona's size advantage was already tilting the floor. The two combined for 44 points on 15-of-22 shooting, which is the kind of interior production that makes a three-point deficit feel like a ten-point deficit.

Arkansas shot 5-of-23 from three, and that 21.7 percent mark against Arizona's 62.5 percent on eight attempts is the entire story of this game in numerical form. Darius Acuff Jr. put up 28 points and drew 14 free throw attempts to keep the final margin from getting embarrassing, but Arkansas generated nine offensive rebounds and still could not keep pace because their perimeter shooting gave Arizona possession after possession with nothing owed in return.

Game Story

The Arizona Wildcats rolled to a dominant 109-88 victory over the Arkansas Razorbacks.•Darius Acuff Jr. paced the offense with 28 points in a losing effort.•Brayden Burries answered with 23 points for the Wildcats.•Arizona had a huge shooting edge, shooting 63.8% compared to just 48.5% for Arkansas.•Arizona got to the line 39 times, converting 30 (77%).•Koa Peat also contributed 21 points.•The Arizona Wildcats rolled to a dominant 109-88 victory over the Arkansas Razorbacks.•Darius Acuff Jr. paced the offense with 28 points in a losing effort.•Brayden Burries answered with 23 points for the Wildcats.•Arizona had a huge shooting edge, shooting 63.8% compared to just 48.5% for Arkansas.•Arizona got to the line 39 times, converting 30 (77%).•Koa Peat also contributed 21 points.•