TUCSON — When the NCAA selection committee pulls back the curtains Saturday morning for the first time ever before Selection Sunday, the Pac-12 is almost certain to have three teams appear.
Arizona, UCLA and Oregon are projected to be among the first 16 overall teams to be invited. The committee will reveal the best 16 teams — the top four seeds in four regions — at 10:30 a.m. on CBS.
But the committee won’t reveal any other seeds because of time constraints — committee chair Mark Hollis said that would be “nearly impossible for the committee” — so that means that the status of the conference’s three other tournament contenders will still be anyone’s guess.