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A pair of bananas take the time for a selfie in the Zona Zoo student section during the player introductions before the tipoff of Arizona against Washington State at McKale Center, March 5, 2020, Tucson, Ariz.

Tournament time is finally upon us. The Arizona Wildcats travel to Las Vegas this week to play in the Pac-12 Tournament and then will head off to the NCAA Tournament in just over a week.Β 

The Wildcats closed the season dropping four of their last five games which caused them to drop out of the 6-7 seed range and into the 8-9 seed. In order to get back into the 6 or 7 discussion, the Cats would β€” at the very least β€” likely need to advance all the way to Saturday's conference title game and knock off No. 1 seed Oregon in the semifinals along the way.

As for the other Pac-12 schools, Oregon and Colorado are locks to make the field of 68 while ASU, USC, UCLA and Stanford are closer to the bubble β€” although the Sun Devils seem to be the safest of the bunch.

While we wait for the Pac-12 Tournament to get underway, here's a collection of where the Wildcats are projected to be seeded by major outlets.


NCAA.com

Midwest Region: No. 8 Arizona vs No. 9 Florida (Omaha)


NBC Sports

East Region: No. 8 Arizona vs No. 9 Oklahoma (Cleveland)


ESPN

West Region: No. 8 Arizona vs No. 9 Oklahoma (Spokane)


CBS Sports

Midwest Region: No. 8 Saint Mary’s vs No. 9 Arizona (Omaha)


USA Today

West Region: No. 8 Arizona vs No. 9 Oklahoma (Spokane)


Bracketville

East Region: No. 8 Arizona vs No. 9 Oklahoma (Cleveland)


The Athletic

South Region: No. 8 Arizona vs No. 9 LSU (Omaha)


Arizona begins Pac-12 Tournament play Wednesday against Washington at 2:30 p.m. on Pac-12 Network.


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Alec has been with the Star since October 2019. He’s currently a senior at the University of Arizona and previously worked as sports editor for the Arizona Daily Wildcat.Β