NCAA Tournament 2012 Bracket Update: Gonzaga Is No. 7 Seed, Will Face West Virginia

The 2012 NCAA Tournament bracket and field has been announced, and the Gonzaga Bulldogs will receive a No. 7 seed in the East Region. The Zag's first opponent will be the West Virginia Mountaineers, and they will play in Pittsburgh. If they win, they draw the winner of No. 2 Ohio State vs No. 15 Loyola.

Gonzaga earned the seven-seed by finishing in second place in the WCC conference and finshing as runners-up in the WCC to St. Mary's. Gonzaga has a solid resume to their name, besting Notre Dame, Arizona, Xavier in out of conference matchups while also beating BYU twice and St. Mary's once in-conference.

Here's the full East Region bracket for the 2012 NCAA Tournament:

No. 1 Syracuse
No. 16 UNC Asheville

No. 8 Kansas State
No. 9 Southern Miss

No. 5 Vanderbilt
No. 12 Harvard

No. 4 Wisconsin
No. 13 Montana

No. 2 Ohio State
No. 15 Loyola

No. 7 Gonzaga
No. 10 West Virginia

No. 3 Florida State
No. 14 St. Bonaventure

No. 6 Cincinnati
No. 11 Texas

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