Up first for Arizona will be Santa Clara on Friday at 4:30 p.m. MST with the game airing live on ESPN+. Ole Miss, the No. 2 seed, will face Grand Canyon at 7 p.m. MST with the winners meeting on ...

If Arizona gets out of the Seattle pod, they'll face No. 1 Duke in Newark, New Jersey in the Sweet 16. East Region seeds Alabama is the No. 2 seed in the East and will play No. 15 Robert Morris.

Arizona improves to a No. 1 seed in this week's USA TODAY Sports men's tournament Bracketology after Tennessee takes a tumble.

Arizona wrapped up the No. 1 seed in the Pac-12 tournament on Thursday night at UCLA but lost its grip on a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament on Saturday night at USC.

Arizona can avoid a 5-seed by making a run in the Big 12 Tournament this week. The Wildcats only need to win three games to win the tournament — and all three would be Quad 1 wins.

No. 4 seed Arizona defeated No. 13 seed Akron 93-65. Jaden Bradley was the leading scorer with 19 points. Trey Townsend had 16points. The Wildcats now advance to the Round of 32 in the East Region.

But Arizona broke that streak this season, punching its ticket as a 3-seed behind the stellar play of point guard Aari McDonald. A No. 3 seed may not sound like a Cinderella, but it is relatively ...