NCAA tournament 2025 predictions from the West region for March Madness

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.