The West Regional is Arizona’s to win and everyone else’s to try and upset the Wildcats. This regional didn’t come up exceptionally strong. The Wildcats are a powerhouse and had one two-game losing streak in the 2025-26 college basketball season but otherwise were strong. They won the Big 12 championship and conference tournament. Second seed Purdue has been as high as No. 1 in the rankings. That was much earlier in the campaign. The Boilermakers got it back together to win the Big Ten conference tournament by surprising Michigan. Anything can happen and it just takes a hot streak to make a deep run in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. Is Purdue that team?
NCAA West Regional No. 1 seed: Arizona
Record: 32-2
Resume: Winner of Big 12 regular season and conference tournament
Top 25 mark: 12-2
NCAA West Regional No. 2 seed: Purdue
Record: 27-8
Resume: Finished fifth in the Big Ten, won conference tournament
Top 25 mark: 8-4
NCAA West Regional No. 3 seed: Gonzaga
Record: 30-3
Resume: Tied for West Coast regular season title, won postseason tournament
Top 25 mark: 3-1
NCAA West Regional No. 4 seed: Arkansas
Record: 26-8
Resume: Won SEC postseason conference tournament
Top 25 mark: 5-5
NCAA West Regional No. 5 seed: Wisconsin
Record: 24-10
Resume: Finished fifth in Big Ten
Top 25 mark: 5-4
NCAA West Regional No. 6 seed: BYU
Record: 23-11
Resume: Tied for seventh in Big 12
Top 25 mark: 3-7
NCAA West Regional No. 7 seed: Miami
Record: 25-8
Resume: Finished third in ACC
Top 25 mark: 2-5
NCAA West Regional No. 8 seed: Villanova
Record: 24-8
Resume: Finished third in Big East
Top 25 mark: 0-5
NCAA West Regional No. 9 seed: Utah State
Record: 28-6
Resume: Won Mountain West and conference tournament
Top 25 mark: 0-0
NCAA West Regional No. 10 seed: Missouri
Record: 20-12
Resume: Tied for seventh in SEC
Top 25 mark: 3-6
NCAA West Regional No. 11 seed: Texas or NC State
Record: TBD
Resume: TBD
Top 25 mark: TBD
NCAA East Regional No. 12 seed: High Point
Record: 30-4
Resume: Won Big South and conference tournament
Top 25 mark: 0-0
NCAA West Regional No. 13 seed: Hawai’i
Record: 24-8
Resume: finished second in Big West, won conference tournament
Top 25 mark: 0-0
NCAA West Regional No. 14 seed: Kennesaw State
Record: 21-13
Resume: Finished tied for sixth in Conference USA, won tournament
Top 25 mark: 0-1
NCAA West Regional No. 15 seed: Queens
Record: 21-13
Resume: Third in ASUN, won conference tournament
Top 25 mark: 0-1
NCAA West Regional No. 16 seed: LIU
Record: 24-10
Resume: Won Northeast Conference and postseason tournament
Top 25 mark: 0-2
This article originally appeared on The List Wire: NCAA men’s basketball tournament West Regional