SEATTLE (Mar. 1) ­ Seattle Pacific University finds itself in a battle for the home court advantage in the NCAA Division II West Regional men's basketball tournament, and the outcome may not be settled until the final buzzer of the regular season Saturday night.

The Falcons trail Western Washington for the region's No. 1 seed going into the final games of the regular season.

SPU (21-5) visits Northwest Nazarene Saturday night while the Vikings finish with games at Alaska Fairbanks Thursday and Alaska Anchorage Saturday.

With a victory by Seattle Pacific and one loss by WWU, the Falcons would earn at least a share of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference crown and perhaps go to the top of the region. The NCAA bracket will be announced Sunday night.

The West Regional has been held in Brougham Pavilion twice before, most recently in 2000.

West Region - 2. Seattle Pacific 21-5; 1. Western Washington 21-4; 3. Cal State Bakersfield 19-6; 4. Chaminade 17-8; 5. Alaska Anchorage 18-10; 6. Sonoma State 16-8; 7. Humboldt State 15-9; 8. Central Washington 14-11; 9. Seattle 15-10; 10. Cal Poly Pomona 16-9.