Men's Basketball to Face Gonzaga in Seattle This December
July 10, 2025 | Men's Basketball
LOS ANGELES โ The UCLA men's basketball team will face Gonzaga at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle on Saturday, Dec. 13, in the second game of a two-year series between the two programs.
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Tickets for the event will go on sale on Friday, Sept. 19, with a one-day presale scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 18. Details regarding tickets and presale access can be found by visiting www.climatepledgearena.com. Broadcast information and a game time will be announced at a later date.
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Last season, UCLA defeated Gonzaga, 65-62, at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif., marking the first-ever college basketball game at the state-of-the-art facility, home to the NBA's Los Angeles Clippers. Eric Dailey Jr. connected on 4 of 5 shots from 3-point range and totaled a team-leading 18 points in the Bruins' three-point victory against the Bulldogs.
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This will mark the 11th all-time matchup between UCLA and Gonzaga. Since a home-and-home series between UCLA and Gonzaga in Dec. 2014 and Dec. 2015, the two schools have faced each other five times over the past five seasons โ two NCAA Tournament matchups in April 2021 and March 2023, one neutral-site game in Las Vegas in Nov. 2021, one neutral-site showdown in Honolulu in Nov. 2023, and last year's game at Intuit Dome.
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The upcoming matchup versus Gonzaga will mark UCLA's first game at the Seattle venue since January 6, 2000, when the Bruins faced Washington at what was then named KeyArena, while Washington's home basketball arena was being renovated. First built in 1962, the venue now named Climate Pledge Arena underwent a renovation in the mid-1990s and reopened as KeyArena, home to the NBA's Seattle SuperSonics. The building closed in 2018 and underwent a multi-year renovation before opening in 2021 as Climate Pledge Arena.
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Wooden Athletic Fund members, season ticket members and Den Pass holders will have the opportunity to request tickets through UCLA. Tickets will be allotted based upon Wooden Athletic Fund recognition level, lifetime giving to UCLA Athletics and consecutive years as a season ticket member. All other fans can sign up for the presale through the Climate Pledge Arena website (available here).
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UCLA returns four primary contributors from last season's team, which posted a 23-11 overall record and a 13-7 mark in Big Ten play. Tyler Bilodeau (senior), Skyy Clark (senior), Eric Dailey Jr. (junior) and Trent Perry (sophomore) saw action throughout last season, while returning redshirts Brandon Williams (redshirt sophomore) and Eric Freeny (redshirt freshman) are expected to compete for playing time this fall. UCLA's program has also added five incoming transfer student-athletes and one freshman. The Bruins advanced to the NCAA Tournament's second round, losing to Tennessee, after a 25-point victory over Utah State in the first round.
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