TUCSON, Ariz. – For the sixth time in the last 10 NCAA Tournaments, the Arizona Wildcats have earned a top-two seed with their inclusion as the No. 2 in the West Region as revealed in Sunday's NCAA Tournament Selection Show. Arizona will match up with No. 15 seed Long Beach State in the first round at 11:00 a.m. (MST) on Thursday, March 21 for a TBS broadcast from the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Utah.

The assigned television broadcast crew for TBS in Sacramento will be Brad Nessler (PxP), Brendan Haywood (analyst) and Dana Jacobsen (sideline).

This will be the Wildcats seventh appearance in Salt Lake City for the first and second round of the NCAA Tournament, and the first time since 2017. Arizona has a 9-2 record in the 11 previous games played in Salt Lake City. The last four NCAA Tournament games that Arizona has played in SLC have been in what is now the Delta Center, while the seven games prior to that were played at Huntsman Center on the campus of the University of Utah. 

Overall, Arizona has now been selected to 38 NCAA Tournaments and has made it as a No. 1 or 2 seed in each of the three years under head coach Tommy Lloyd.

On Wednesday, March 20, the Wildcats will have an open practice at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City from 11:45 a.m. - 12:25 p.m. local (Mountain Time). The practice is free and open to all fans. 

Arizona NCAA Tournament Results in Salt Lake City
March 14, 1991 - [2] Arizona defeats [15] St. Francis (PA), 93-80 (Huntsman Center)
March 16, 1991 - [2] Arizona defeats [10] BYU, 76-61 (Huntsman Center)
March 18, 1993 - [15] Santa Clara defeats [2] Arizona, 64-61 (Huntsman Center)
March 16, 2000 - [1] Arizona defeats [16] Jackson State, 71-47 (Huntsman Center)
March 18, 2000 - [8] Wisconsin defeats [1] Arizona, 66-59 (Huntsman Center)
March 20, 2003 - [1] Arizona defeats [16] Vermont, 80-51 (Huntsman Center)
March 22, 2003 - [1] Arizona defeats [9] Gonzaga, 96-95 (Huntsman Center)
March 21, 2013 - [6] Arizona defeats [11] Belmont, 81-64 (Delta Center)
March 23, 2013 - [6] Arizona defeats [14] Harvard, 74-51 (Delta Center)
March 16, 2017 - [2] Arizona defeats [15] North Dakota, 100-82 (Delta Center)
March 18, 2017 - [2] Arizona defeats [7] St. Mary's, 69-60 (Delta Center)



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