The Arizona Wildcats will not have the easiest road to the Final Four, with teams like Wisconsin, Baylor, Oklahoma State and Oregon –who upset the Wildcats at the end of the season–all ready to do battle in the West Region.
The No. 1 Gonzaga Bulldogs and the No. 9 Wichita State Shockers each took down their round 2 opponents on Thursday, and now they’re set to face off in Salt Lake City in round 3.
This West Region match up pits 10th seed Iowa State facing 7th seed Notre Dame. Notre Dame finished the season with 25 wins and had some solid wins and Iowa State ended the season well before losing to Kansas, for the 3rd time this season, in their conference tournament.
The No. 11 Belmont Bruins and the No. 6 Arizona Wildcats will face off in a second-round matchup in Salt Lake City Thursday night. The winner will advance in the West Region to take on the winner of No. 3 New Mexico vs. No. 14 Harvard.
The Gonzaga Bulldogs earned the No. 1 seed in the West region, and they’re set to take on the No. 16 Southern University Jaguars. Everybody is waiting for the day when a 16 seed finally takes down a No. 1, but you’re not likely to see that happen in this particular matchup.
Basketball in the West often gets a bad wrap. They aren’t all in this region but teams from the PAC 12, MWC, WCC and pretty well represented. Heck one of them even got a #1 seed. For me this is the lightest bracket of them all and not because Gonzaga is at the top.
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