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NCAA tournament 2025 predictions from the West region for March Madness

NCAA tournament 2025 predictions from the West region for March Madness

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You have to hand over it to the selection committee for the NCAA men's basketball tournament because you not only built four of the greatest coaching personalities in the sport in the same region, but also included three of them in the same four-team group for the first and second round in Providence, Rhode Island, in the same four-team group. Oh-and hey, that's probably just a random, rick Pitino (now at St. Johns) in the past at the Providence College, and the opponent of the second round of Red Storm could be Arkansas and John Calipari. Let us see now: Do Pitino and Calipari have something in common? Why, yes! Yes, you – um – blue!

Hardly imaginable, but Kansas' Bill will make this the third most common coach in Providence. And Dan Hurley from Connecticut, he of the last two NCAA championships, could actually come in 4th place in the name recognition in this region, with Memphis' Penny Hardaway not a shrinking violet, a almost fifth.

What, you want real basketball things here? A breakdown of the Eastern region:

West region Best game in the first round: Drake vs. Missouri

Drake's deliberate style of play seems to be well suited to slow down Missouri, which is an average of 84.5 points per game (Bulldogs enable an average NCAA depths of 58.4). In addition, the Bulldogs have the kind of players who can almost organize the result of a game alone: ​​Junior Guard Bennett Stirtz. First, he basically never leaves the ground. He has an average of 39.4 minutes per game. During this time it is an average of 19.1 points, 4.4 rebounds, 5.7 assists and 2.2 steals.

It will be the question of whether he and the Wache Mitch Mascari, which shoots an average of more than 38 minutes per game and 41% from the three-point range.

Regional predictions: East | West | Middle West | south

Exuberant: Six teams that were cut off by the NCAA men's tournament

Potential upset of the West region in the first round: Colorado State and Grand Canyon

For a first round in Arkansas No. 10, No. 11, Drake, No. 12, Colorado State, and Grand Canyon No. 13 You can win, a more than T-Test test case can be obtained. Arkansas said that the Point Guard Boogie Fland should be back from a thumb injury, and Kansas – for some reason – simply seems to be cooking against most quality teams this season.

The state of Colorado has won 10 consecutive games, has a number of players who can shoot from three-point range and a unique talent in Guard Nique Clifford, who leads the RAMs to achieve, rebound, assists and steals. While Memphis swept the regular seasonal and tournament title of the American Athletic Conference, he has a big question at Point Guard with Tyrese Hunter's ankle injury. And Grand Canyon is a large, physical team with several important players from a team that last year won a game in the first round as No. 12 seeds. Maryland has an enormous talent, but there is a lack of depth.

West region Sleeper: Texas Tech

Meet your selection from the four double-digit seeds or go with Texas Tech. (And yes, if Florida and St. Johns receive the attention they rightly receive, No. 3 seeds are considered as sleep.) These red Raiders are not only the type of robust defense group that they have been in the past. You have an average of almost 81 points per game, which may not sound impressive-but it is the best for Texas Tech since the 1994/95 season. You have Big 12 players of the year, 6-9 Sophomore striker JT Toppin. And if you have a lead late in a game, the fouling will probably not help you much: you have three regular guests who shoot 84% or better out of the free -wire line and two others, and two more shoots at least 78% from the line.

Winner of the West region: St. John's

The obvious choice here is Florida. The Gators have been playing great on February 25 since an 88-83 loss in Georgia. In their six games since then they have scored almost 94 points on average, while they defeated Texas A&M, Alabama, Mississippi, Missouri, Alabama and Tennessee.

However, this is a regional trainer. Yes, St. John's is a team that doesn't have much experience with NCAA tournament. But it is a great team that has several players who can lead the way. And seriously, how can you choose a trainer who already has two autobiographies, four books about how to be successful and two NCAA championships?

NCAA tournament West region schedule

First round

Thursday, March 20

In the Lenovo Center, Raleigh, NC

Florida against Norfolk State, 6:50 p.m., TNT

Connecticut vs. Oklahoma, 9:25 p.m., TNT

In the Intrust Bank Arena, Wichita, Kan.

Missouri against Drake, 7:35 p.m., Trutv

Texas Tech against UNC Wilmington, 10:10 p.m., Trutv

At the Amica Mutual Pavilion, Providence, Ri

Kansas against Arkansas, 7:10 p.m., CBS

St. Johns against Nebraska-Omaha, 9.45 p.m., CBS

Friday, March 21st

In the Climate Plessge Arena, Seattle

Memphis against Colorado State, 2 p.m., TBS

Maryland against Grand Canyon, 4:35 p.m., TBS

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