NCAA Tournament March Madness

#5 Arizona

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Projected seed: 1

Arizona’s résumé is anchored by eye-catching neutral-court wins over Florida and UCLA and a true road victory at Connecticut, which together show the program can close out big games away from home. Those signature moments sit alongside blowout performances against Denver and Norfolk State and a commanding win over Auburn that underline an explosive offense. The committee will want to see answers in a cluster of high-leverage opportunities still on the slate, notably neutral tests with Alabama and San Diego State and rugged road trips to BYU, Houston, Kansas and Baylor, where road success would lift the profile and a stumble would leave a glaring question mark. Home dates with conference powers like Kansas and Iowa State and other marquee matchups give Arizona further chances to add top-tier wins and prove the defense can handle physical opponents, so results in those settings will ultimately determine whether this resume reads as elite or simply very good.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3(N)Florida13W93-87
11/7Utah Tech251W93-67
11/11Northern Arizona272W84-49
11/14(N)UCLA31W69-65
11/19@Connecticut7W71-67
11/24Denver301W103-73
11/29Norfolk St228W98-61
12/6Auburn29W97-68
12/12(N)Alabama1568%
12/13(N)Alabama15W96-75
12/16Abilene Chr217100%
12/20(N)San Diego St4584%
12/22Bethune-Cookman232100%
12/29S Dakota St17599%
1/3@Utah13194%
1/7Kansas St6994%
1/10@TCU5680%
1/14Arizona St6393%
1/17@UCF5379%
1/21Cincinnati8495%
1/24West Virginia7194%
1/26@BYU950%
1/31@Arizona St6382%
2/7Oklahoma St5592%
2/9@Kansas1760%
2/14Texas Tech2483%
2/18BYU971%
2/21@Houston849%
2/24@Baylor3571%
2/28Kansas1779%
3/2Iowa St360%
3/7@Colorado6282%