NCAA Bracket 2016: West Region set

The NCAA Bracket has finally been revealed and here’s how the West Region looks.

Get ready to fill out your brackets, folks. The 2016 NCAA Tournament field has been announced and the official NCAA Bracket has released its West Region with some interesting matchups and potential upsets.

Oregon was named the West Region’s No. 1 seed and it’s actually very surprising given as to how well Michigan State played to win the Big Ten Tournament, but the Ducks’ Pac-12 title was apparently more deserving. It will be interesting to see how far Oregon goes with its first No. 1 seed ever.

The Ducks will play Friday against the winner of Holy Cross and Southern for the No. 16 seed. Oregon will be under the spotlight heavily as a team who might be the lowest No. 1 seed.

Saint Joseph’s, the No. 8 seed, will play No. 9 Cincinnati for a chance to take on the No. 1 seed over the weekend. Neither of those teams will be an easy win for the Ducks.

Baylor is a scary team as the No. 5 seed, but they’ll have to face a hungry Yale team that’s making its first NCAA Tournament appearance in school history. Could this be the No. 5 vs. No. 12 upset everyone predicts.

Last year’s NCAA champion Duke comes in as the No. 4 seed at 23-10, somewhat overseeded, and they will play UNC Wilmington in the first round. Duke will have a tough road even to get to the Sweet 16, let alone back to the Final Four.

Oklahoma is the No. 2 team in the bracket, setting up an intriguing potential regional final matchup with Oregon. This bracket is one to keep an eye on with Oklahoma as one of the scarier No. 2 seeds.

Oklahoma, if the Sooners win, will play the winner of No. 7 Oregon State versus No. 10 VCU in its first year without Shaka Smart.

Who wants to play a No. 3 seed like Texas A&M? Probably nobody, but the Aggies will have to get by No. 14 Green Bay first. Lastly, No. 6 Texas will face a tough Northern Iowa team that has become a staple in March Madness in recent years.