NCAA Tournament March Madness

#3 Arizona

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Projected seed: 1 (automatic qualifier)

Arizona’s body of work supports a top-seed placement because it features marquee neutral-site wins over Florida, UCLA, Alabama and San Diego State along with statement road victories at UConn and at BYU, and those signature results pair with authoritative home performances against Auburn and Kansas State that show the roster can dominate every setting. The blemishes are limited to a gritty road loss at Kansas and a narrow home setback to Texas Tech, losses that are concerning but not crippling given the quality of the rest of the resume. With a finish that includes a home game against BYU, road tests at Houston and Baylor, a return bout with Kansas and additional matchups with Iowa State and Colorado the Wildcats have multiple chances to cement or improve their status, so the mix of high-end wins, only a couple of bad results and several meaningful opportunities down the stretch explains the placement.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3(N)Florida5W93-87
11/7Utah Tech178W93-67
11/11Northern Arizona313W84-49
11/14(N)UCLA42W69-65
11/19@Connecticut9W71-67
11/24Denver225W103-73
11/29Norfolk St310W98-61
12/6Auburn33W97-68
12/13(N)Alabama18W96-75
12/16Abilene Chr232W96-62
12/20(N)San Diego St41W68-45
12/22Bethune-Cookman241W107-71
12/29S Dakota St214W99-71
1/3@Utah119W97-78
1/7Kansas St101W101-76
1/10@TCU50W86-73
1/14Arizona St70W89-82
1/17@UCF52W84-77
1/21Cincinnati51W77-51
1/24West Virginia56W88-53
1/26@BYU22W86-83
1/31@Arizona St70W87-74
2/7Oklahoma St63W84-47
2/9@Kansas15L82-78
2/14Texas Tech16L78-75
2/18BYU2284%
2/21@Houston445%
2/24@Baylor4582%
2/28Kansas1579%
3/2Iowa St769%
3/7@Colorado7289%