Arizona men's basketball is set to host its second and final exhibition game on Monday against Embry-Riddle at McKale Center with tip-off scheduled for 7:00 pm

Sidi Gueye was initially denied a student visa from the U.S. How he and Arizona's coaching staff navigated the complex immigration system is just part of the college basketball game now.

While freshmen are flashy, experience seems to be the path to banners. And yet, while Arizona does have veterans in point guard Jaden Bradley, wing Anthony Dell’Orso and bigs Tobe Awaka and Mo Krivas and backup guard Evan Nelson, it’s apparent this team will only go as far as its second-ranked recruiting class can take it.

The press corps predicts that Houston will capture its third consecutive Big 12 regular-season title, as the Cougars are coming off a season in which they won both the Big 12 regular-season and tournament, then advanced to the NCAA National Championship Game before losing to Florida.

So much for the widely held belief that Darryn Peterson, AJ Dybantsa and Cameron Boozer are a cut above the rest of this year’s freshman class. Arizona’s Koa Peat made a strong opening statement Monday night that the Big Three should be at least a Big Four.