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Arizona

15Reigns
484Days held
51Defenses
1964First reign

Every reign

  1. 15th reignBeat Houston 79–74 · lost to Michigan
    Mar 14, 2026 – Apr 4, 202621 days · 4 def.
  2. 14th reignBeat Florida 93–87 · lost to Kansas
    Nov 3, 2025 – Feb 9, 202698 days · 22 def.
  3. 13th reignBeat UCLA 61–59 · lost to Princeton
    Mar 11, 2023 – Mar 16, 20235 days · 0 def.
  4. 12th reignBeat Oregon 91–76 · lost to Stanford
    Feb 2, 2023 – Feb 11, 20239 days · 2 def.
  5. 11th reignBeat Tennessee 75–70 · lost to Washington State
    Dec 17, 2022 – Jan 7, 202321 days · 4 def.
  6. 10th reignBeat Duke 93–77 · lost to UConn
    Mar 24, 2011 – Mar 26, 20112 days · 0 def.
  7. 9th reignBeat Oregon 77–71 · lost to Oregon State
    Feb 2, 2000 – Mar 1, 200028 days · 6 def.
  8. 8th reignBeat Stanford 68–65 · lost to USC
    Jan 7, 2000 – Jan 21, 200014 days · 3 def.
  9. 7th reignBeat Kentucky 84–79 · lost to Duke
    Mar 30, 1997 – Nov 27, 1997242 days · 3 def.
  10. 6th reignBeat Stanford 68–61 · lost to Pittsburgh
    Jan 24, 1990 – Jan 26, 19902 days · 0 def.
  11. 5th reignBeat California 71–70 · lost to UCLA
    Jan 1, 1990 – Jan 12, 199011 days · 3 def.
  12. 4th reignBeat Michigan 82–75 · lost to Oregon
    Nov 25, 1989 – Nov 29, 19894 days · 0 def.
  13. 3rd reignBeat UTEP 68–64 · lost to Utah
    Feb 10, 1978 – Feb 15, 19785 days · 0 def.
  14. 2nd reignBeat Colorado State 75–63 · lost to Arizona State
    Jan 26, 1978 – Feb 3, 19788 days · 1 def.
  15. 1st reignBeat Utah 85–72 · lost to Utah
    Feb 13, 1964 – Feb 27, 196414 days · 3 def.

Same school, other belts

5,082Longest wait between reigns, days (1964–1978)
1,587Average wait, days
222Days since the last reign ended (2026)
28–2Best belt season (2025–26)

Belt games by season

SeasonGamesW–LTook itLost it
2025–263028–222
2024–2510–1
2022–23139–433
2019–2020–2
2010–1121–111
2000–0110–1
1999–001311–222
1997–9843–11
1996–9711–01
1989–9096–333
1987–8810–1
1977–7853–222
1963–6464–211

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