HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT - NOVEMBER 02: Jayden Ross #23 of the Connecticut Huskies gets the dunk against the Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs during the first half of an NCAA men's basketball game at PeoplesBank Arena on November 02, 2026 in Hartford, Connecticut. (Photo by Joe Buglewicz/Getty Images)

HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT - NOVEMBER 02: Jayden Ross #23 of the Connecticut Huskies gets the dunk against the Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs during the first half of an NCAA men's basketball game at PeoplesBank Arena on November 02, 2026 in Hartford, Connecticut. (Photo by Joe Buglewicz/Getty Images)

HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT - NOVEMBER 02: Colben Landrew #3, Oskar Giltay #18 and Nik Khamenia #4 of the Connecticut Huskies defend against the Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs during the second half of an NCAA men's basketball game at PeoplesBank Arena on November 02, 2026 in Hartford, Connecticut. (Photo by Joe Buglewicz/Getty Images)

FILE - In this photo taken with a smartphone, North Carolina men's basketball head coach Michael Malone speaks during a news conference Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026, in Chapel Hill, N.C. (AP Photo/Aaron Beard,File)

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - NOVEMBER 02: Head coach Mick Cronin of the UCLA Bruins talks with Azavier Robinson #23 during a stoppage in play in the first half of a Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Series game against the Arizona Wildcats at T-Mobile Arena on November 02, 2026 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - NOVEMBER 02: Jaylen Petty #4 of the UCLA Bruins and Derek Dixon #7 of the Arizona Wildcats vie for a rebound in the first half of a Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Series game at T-Mobile Arena on November 02, 2026 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - NOVEMBER 02: Head coach Tommy Lloyd of the Arizona Wildcats reacts in the first half of a Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Series game against the UCLA Bruins at T-Mobile Arena on November 02, 2026 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - NOVEMBER 02: Joe Philon III #7 of the UCLA Bruins reacts after dunking against the Arizona Wildcats in the first half of a Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Series game at T-Mobile Arena on November 02, 2026 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)