Arizona is the No. 2 seed in Region 1 that includes top-seed Connecticut in the first reveal Monday of the top 16 by the NCAA tournament selection committee.
The Wildcats (14-2) are the No. 8 team overall.
Connecticut (16-1) is the top-ranked team in the country in the AP Top 25 poll. Arizona is ranked No. 10 by the AP.
Region 1 includes No. 3 seed Baylor (16-2) and No. 4 seed Tennessee (12-5).
Arizona the No. 2 seed in Region 1 and the No. 8 team overall. pic.twitter.com/8sGIPZjdR4
— Javier Morales (@JavierJMorales) February 16, 2021
The other Pac-12 teams in the top 16 reveal include Stanford (18-2) as the top seed in Region 3, UCLA (12-3) as the No. 3 seed in Region 2 and Oregon (12-4) as the No. 3 seed in Region 4.
The next top 16 reveal will take place on March 1.
The NCAA tournament will be confined to Texas because of COVID-19. It begins with the first round March 21-22. Games in that round will be in San Antonio, Austin and San Marcos. The remainder of the tournament will be in San Antonio.
The NCAA has not announced its plan for fans to attend.
NCAA’s top 16:
1. UConn
2. South Carolina
3. Stanford
4. Louisville
5. Texas A&M
6. NC State
7. Maryland
8. Arizona
9. UCLA
10. Baylor
11. Oregon
12. Georgia
13. Tennessee
14. West Virginia
15. Indiana
16. Kentucky— ESPN Women’s Hoops (@ESPN_WomenHoop) February 16, 2021
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ALLSPORTSTUCSON.com publisher, writer and editor Javier Morales is a former Arizona Press Club award winner. He is a former Arizona Daily Star beat reporter for the Arizona basketball team, including when the Wildcats won the 1996-97 NCAA title. He has also written articles for CollegeAD.com, Bleacher Report, Lindy’s Sports, TucsonCitizen.com, The Arizona Republic, Sporting News and Baseball America, among many other publications. He has also authored the book “The Highest Form of Living”, which is available at Amazon.
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