No matter how UCLA was seeded, where it was sent or who it would face in its NCAA tournament opener, perhaps the biggest factor in its postseason fate wouldn’t change.The Bruins will likely go only as far as their guards take them.

The Utah State basketball team is headed back to the NCAA Tournament as a 10-seed, where the Aggies will face 7th-seeded UCLA in Lexington, Kentucky on Thursday. The Aggies (26-7) are coming off its first win in the NCAA Tournament in 23 years last season when they beat TCU before

Utah State saw its name drawn for the 2025 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, earning a seven seed in the Midwest section of the bracket and a matchup with 10-seed UCLA