NCAA West Region capsules

Coach: Bo Ryan.

Entry: Big Ten champion.

Key player: Frank Kaminsky (18.2 ppg, 8.1 rpg, 2.7 apg).

Notable: Losing a trusted senior point guard to an injury would be a serious blow for most teams, but the Badgers still rolled down the stretch without Traevon Jackson.

Coach: Cliff Ellis

Entry: Big South champion.

Key player: Warren Gillis (13.1 ppg, 3.2 apg).

Entry: Pac-12 at-large.

Key player: Joseph Young (20.2 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 3.7 apg).

Notable: The Ducks had won seven in a row before being routed in the Pac-12 title game by Arizona on Saturday night. Oregon shoots 76 percent on free throws.

Coach: Travis Ford.

Entry: Big 12 at-large.

Notable: The Cowboys hit a rough patch late in the season, losing five of six after beating Kansas and Baylor. They have five top-25 victories, including three against the top 10.

Coach: Mike Anderson.

Entry: SEC at-large.

Key player: Bobby Portis (17.5 ppg, 8.6 rpg).

Notable: Led by Portis, the SEC Player of the Year, the Razorbacks have their most victories since 1994-95, when they lost in the NCAA championship game to UCLA.

Entry: Southern champion.

Key player: Karl Cochran (11.6 ppg, 5.8 rpg, 2.7 apg).

Notable: The Terriers won at North Carolina State in December. Cochran was named conference Player of the Year and Young the league's Coach of the Year.

Coach: Roy Williams.

Entry: ACC at-large.

Notable: After Williams pushed his team to play with more toughness and urgency all season, the Tar Heels responded by reaching the ACC tournament final.

Coach: Tommy Amaker.

Entry: Ivy League champion.

Key player: Wesley Saunders (16.3 ppg, 6.1 rpg, 4.2 apg).

Notable: After winning a game in each of the last two NCAA tournaments, Harvard had a tough road back, needing to beat Yale in a one-game playoff for the automatic bid.

Entry: Pac-12 champion.

Key player: Stanley Johnson (14.1 ppg, 6.6 rpg).

Notable: One of the nation's best defensive teams, Arizona has won 11 consecutive games, including a rout of Oregon for the Pac-12 tournament title.

Coach: Mike Davis.

Entry: Southwestern Athletic champion.

Notable: The Tigers, who beat Michigan State and Kansas State on the road in December, have four scorers averaging in double figures.

Coach: Shaka Smart.

Entry: Atlantic 10 champion.

Key player: Treveon Graham (16.3 ppg, 7.0 rpg).

Notable: The Rams played well to win the A-10 tournament but don't have the same havoc-causing defense since losing the face of that style, Briante Weber, to knee surgery.

Entry: Big Ten at-large.

Key player: D'Angelo Russell (19.3 ppg, 5.6 rpg, 5.1 apg).

Notable: The Buckeyes may go only as far as Russell, the Big Ten's Freshman of the Year, takes them. He is the nation's leader in points per game among freshmen.

Coach: Chris Mack.

Entry: Big East at-large.

Notable: The Musketeers led the Big East in field-goal percentage (47.3) and assists per game (16.4). They are 6-3 vs. ranked teams, with all three losses to Villanova.

Coach: Dave Rose.

Entry: West Coast at-large.

Key player: Tyler Haws (21.9 ppg, 4.4 rpg, 2.3 apg).

Notable: G Kyle Collinsworth tied Shaquille O'Neal and Michael Anderson for the NCAA record with six triple-doubles, with all of Collinsworth's coming this season.

Entry: Big 12 at-large.

Key player: Rico Gathers (11.7 ppg, 11.6 rpg).

Notable: Baylor and Kentucky were the only teams to have at least a six-point lead in every regular-season game, although that streak ended for the Bears in the Big 12 tournament.

Coach: Ron Hunter.

Entry: Sun Belt champion.