SALT LAKE CITY–The Pac-12 Conference regular season and tournament champion Arizona Wildcats arrived in Salt Lake City for the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament.
The No. 2 seed Wildcats open up the first round on Thursday against No. 15 seed North Dakota Fighting Hawks.
Just like Arizona, the Fighting Hawks enter the tournament on a roll.
North Dakota won the Big Sky Conference tournament last week with a 93-89 overtime victory against Weber State and for the Fighting Hawks, it’s the first time they’ve been to the big dance as a Division-I school.
“It’s a thrill to be here,” said North Dakota head coach Brian Jones.