The media (especially ESPN) was really high on Arizona.... Jay Bilas was kind of angry Arizona and MSU weren't 1 seeds because he thought they were 1 seeds at the beginning of the season and hadn't changed his mind (really, he completely dismissed resumes, SoS, etc... at one point he even said "it's funny how often our preseason thoughts come true," completely oblivious to his own bias for wanting to be right).
Oops.