Kevin C. Wong

NCAA March Madness 2023

NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament started. Let's see which western teams made it.


South Regional


#2 Arizona (Pac-12, 28-6)
#5 San Diego State (Mountain West, 27-6)
#10 Utah State (Mountain West, 26-8)
#14 UC Santa Barbara (Big West, 27-7)

East Regional


#10 USC (Pac-12, 22-10)
#14 Montana State (Big Sky, 25-9)

Midwest Regional


None

West Regional


#2 UCLA (Pac-12, 29-5)
#3 Gonzaga (West Coast, 25-8)
#5 Saint Mary's (West Coast, 26-7)
#10 Boise State (Mountain West, 24-9)
#11a Arizona State (Pac-12, 22-12)
#11b Nevada (Mountain West, 22-10)
#14 Grand Canyon (WAC, 24-11)


I'd rank my favorite teams as:

  1. UCLA (Pac-12, 29-5)
  2. Arizona (Pac-12, 28-6)
  3. USC (Pac-12, 22-10)
  4. Arizona State (Pac-12, 22-12)
  5. Gonzaga (West Coast, 25-8)