Wisconsin takes on No. 9 Arizona aiming to prolong its three-game win streak. The teams play Friday for the first time this season.

Northwestern hosts the Eastern Illinois Panthers after Nick Martinelli scored 27 points in Northwestern's 83-74 victory against the UIC Flames.

For one game at least, Coach John Calipari's first University of Arkansas men's basketball team shot as well from three-point range as his last Kentucky team.