Arizona vs. Alabama: An Exciting C.M. Newton Classic Preview

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00:00Let's head first to the Battle of the A's and that's Arizona at Alabama or versus Alabama and

00:07the CM Newton Classic. When you look at Arizona, we've talked about it last time being the number

00:12one team in the country, the schedule they face. Well, they get a different kind of animal now

00:17as they take over, take on Alabama. We talked about Corey Peet, other side,

00:21LeBaron Fillion, obviously 21.4 points, 3.4 rebounds per game, 5.4 assists along with Aiden

00:29Holloway. This should be an up and down game. Alabama is better than anyone else at pushing

00:34the pace. It'll be interesting to see how Arizona plays it because they're a little bit more rugged.

00:39They can pound the ball inside, use their height to their advantage, but a really intriguing matchup

00:44in the CM Newton Classic between Arizona and Alabama. Let's head to a big matchup between UCLA

00:52and Gonzaga and the Seattle Hoops. Showdown matchup between two outstanding coaches and obviously

01:00we talked about what Mick Cronin has done at UCLA last segment with Bilodeau and obviously you look

01:07at guys like Sky Clark getting you 12.7 points per game, 51.4% from the floor. But there's also

01:14you look at Gonzaga, number eight in the country, rough, tough loss they had to Michigan getting

01:20absolutely blown up. But they led by Graham Ike, who's been in college almost as long as Alex

01:24Caravan at 16.4 points, 8.4 rebounds per game. Should be a really good matchup. A Gonzaga team

01:31that's really good at getting up and down versus the UCLA team that's really rugged. It's kind of

01:36interesting. It's kind of like the first matchup where you're going to see a little bit of give

01:40and take. Which team is going to settle into their stuff? UCLA half court, Gonzaga up and down run

01:47and gun. Let's head to another big matchup on Saturday and that's Calipari leading his troops

01:55Arkansas at Texas Tech. You got to look at Darius the Cup. When you look at a guy like Cal, he's

02:01always going to have stud freshmen. Well, here's the next one. 17.4 points per game, three rebounds per

02:07game, 5.4 assists per game versus JT Toppin, who's had a unbelievable year. Obviously, we

02:14saw the run that Texas Tech made last year, almost getting to the final four, 20.8 points

02:20per game, 11.5 rebounds, 1.3 blocks per game. This is one of these matchups that back in the

02:26day, like 20 years ago, when you thought about some of the players at Arkansas and even like

02:31Darvin Ham and Texas Tech, these were top notch programs that have fallen on tough times that

02:37have really bounced themselves back. Really going to be a good matchup between Arkansas and

02:43Texas Tech.