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College Basketball belt news · February 9, 2026

Kansas beat Arizona 82–78 and takes the College Basketball belt

The 10th reign for the program; it ends Arizona’s 98 days with the belt and 22 defenses.

Kansas took the lineal College Basketball belt on February 9, 2026, beating Arizona 82–78 at home. It is reign 736 in the belt's history and the 10th for the program.

Arizona had held it since November 3, 2025: 98 days and 22 defenses.

Kansas last held the belt in 2023–24, 761 days before this one; that reign lasted 40 days with 6 defenses.

The reign lasted 5 days and 0 defenses, ending February 14, 2026 against Iowa State.

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736Reign number
10thReign for the program
0Defenses
5Days held

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