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Pac-12 Basketball: Impact of Travel, Previous Road Performance on NCAA Tournament

Just over a week from now, the 2017 NCAA Tournament brackets will be released to the public. At least one Pac-12 team will have to make a sizable trek across the country if it hopes to end up in Glendale, Arizona for the Final Four.

UCLA, Arizona and Oregon all have legitimate chances of reaching the third weekend of the dance, but it will require some frequent flyer miles on the way. The committee will place each of the three teams as close to home as possible for the first two rounds, which could place these three schools in Salt Lake City, Sacramento or Tulsa, among others.