The Arizona Wildcats got some good news and some bad news on Selection Sunday.
The good news? The Wildcats received a No. 4 seed in the 2025 NCAA Tournament, which is about as good as they could have hoped. And they get to play their first-round game in Seattle, not some far-flung location like Lexington, Kentucky.
The bad news? Arizona is in the East Region, which means they’ll have to travel to New Jersey if they advance to the Sweet 16 — and No. 1 seed Duke will likely be waiting. The Blue Devils beat Arizona 69-55 earlier this season.
Arizona’s Seattle ‘pod’
Arizona will play No. 13 seed Akron in Seattle on Friday. The other East Region game being played in Seattle is No. 5 Oregon vs. No. 12 Liberty. Assuming Arizona and Oregon both win their first-round matchups, fans in Seattle will be treated to an old school Pac-12 matchup in the second round on Sunday.
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. Wisconsin is No. 3 and will play No. 14 Montana.
Saint Mary’s is the No. 7 seed in the East and will play No. 10 Vanderbilt. BYU is the No. 6 seed and will play No. 11 VCU. Mississippi State is the No. 8 seed and will play No. 9 Baylor
If the matchups go “chalk” the second round of the East Region will look like this:
No. 1 Duke vs. No. 8 Mississippi State
No. 4 Arizona vs. No. 5 Oregon
No. 3 Wisconsin vs. No. 6 BYU
No. 2 Alabama vs. No. 7 Saint Mary’s
