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After completing its sweep of the Mountain West regular season and conference tournament championships, the Utah State Aggies learned their placement in the upcoming NCAA Tournament. Their reward for dominating the end of season in the Mountain West? Being a nine seed in the West Region and a matchup with eight seed Villanova in San Diego this Friday at 2:10 p.m. (Mountain Time). The scene as Mountain West champions Utah State found out they’ll be a 9 seed facing 8 seed Villanova. pic.twitter.com/NRCVVswVXt — Jason Walker (@jwalker_sports) March 15, 2026 The consensus of around 130 bracketologists projected the Aggies to be an eight seed. However, the committee opted to place Utah State a little lower than those projections. It’s a trend that has gone one for years now where the selection committe has routinely placed the Aggies in a seed below the consensus from experts. Utah State head coach Jerrod Calhoun summed it up by calling his team’s placement as a nine seed “absolutely atrocious.” “The one thing we don’t have is the, whatever they’re calling it, the Quad 1A wins. But we’ve got great metrics on both sides of the ball. We’re top 30 in offense, top 50 in
