Freshman season Krivas
committed to play
college basketball in the United States for the
Arizona Wildcats. He averaged 5.4 points and 4.2 rebounds per game as a
freshman while primarily serving as the backup to
Oumar Ballo.
Sophomore season Krivas entered his
sophomore season as the Wildcats' starting center following Ballo's transfer to
Indiana. Nevertheless, he played in just first eight games of the season before suffering a season-ending foot injury. His averages were 7.9 points, 4.5 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game.
Junior season Krivas entered his
third season with the Wildcats being projected as one of the primary players of the team and appeared in the starting five in all 31 games of the NCAA regular season during which he averaged 10.8 points, 8.2 rebounds, one assist, 0.7 steals and 1.8 blocks. He has significantly contributed to his team winning the
Big 12 Conference and was selected to the
First Team and All-Defensive Team of the Big 12 Conference. The Wildcats also became champions of the
2026 Big 12 men's basketball tournament where they defeated
UCF Knights,
Iowa State Cyclones,
Houston Cougars and during it Krivas was Wildcats starting five center averaging 7.3 points, 6.6 rebounds, 1.6 blocks per game. The Wildcats earned the No. 1 seed in the West region for the
2026 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. Krivas in the first round of the NCAA Tournament contributed nine points, eight rebounds, two assists, and four blocks to a Wildcats crushing victory 92–58 versus the 16th-seeded
LIU Sharks, which was the largest margin victory in a NCAA Tournament since 1998. In the second round game versus the 9th-seeded
Utah State Aggies Krivas recorded 11 points, 14 rebounds (nine offensive, just one rebound off from his NCAA career-high 15 rebounds), two assists, and three blocks, while the Wildcats won 78–66. In the Sweet Sixteen round Krivas contributed 14 points, five rebounds, two assists, and two blocks to a Wildcats yet another crushing victory 109–88 versus the 4th-seeded
Arkansas Razorbacks. The Wildcats won the 2026 NCAA Tournament West Regional Final by 79–64 defeating the 2nd-seeded
Purdue Boilermakers, while Krivas contributed to the victory six points, game-high 12 rebounds (five offensive), three assists, one block, and the Wildcats advanced to the
NCAA Tournament Final Four after a
25 years hiatus. The overall successful season ended in the National Semifinal of the Final Four where the Wildcats were defeated 73–91 by the eventual champions
Michigan Wolverines and Krivas (11 points, six rebounds, two steals, one assist and block) was overshadowed by
Aday Mara (26 points, nine rebounds, three assists, two blocks). ==National team career==