TUCSON – A day after the Arizona Wildcats carried the Pac-12 Tournament trophy out of Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena, the NCAA Tournament selection committee handed them the real prize.
The Wildcats were given probably the best possible path to the Final Four they could have asked for: A No. 2 seed in the West Region opposite top-seeded Gonzaga, a first-round date with North Dakota on Thursday, and not a single game outside the Pac-12’s footprint the rest of the way.
NCAA Tournament selection committee chair Mark Hollis said UA sat in the middle of the No. 3 seed line – and not in the West Region – entering the week but moved all the way to the No.