The Oregon men’s basketball team earned an NCAA Tournament bid by defeating Colorado in the Pac-12 tournament final Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena.
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There are still plenty of problems with the way the NCAA Tournament committee selects and seeds teams, but enjoy it while it lasts. Something worse is coming.
The defending conference champions and national runners-up rallied from 17 points down against Utah State on Friday at the Thomas & Mack Center.
A 3-pointer by freshman Dedan Thomas Jr. did not fall at the buzzer, and UNLV fell short against San Diego State in a Mountain West tournament quarterfinal.
The UNLV women’s basketball team got a well-deserved trophy for winning its third straight Mountain West tournament championship, but a bigger goal remains.
No. 1-seeded St. Mary’s won its sixth WCC tournament title and ended Gonzaga’s streak of four straight championships Tuesday night at Orleans Arena.
Now that the first Super Bowl in Las Vegas is behind us, it’s time for college basketball and the incredibly stacked Mountain West to get their due.
The Mean Green once again buckled down on defense down the stretch and won the NIT title at Orleans Arena with a win over Alabama-Birmingham.
The Conference USA foes will meet in Thursday’s championship game after pulling out narrow victories in the first NIT semifinal round to be played in Las Vegas.
Las Vegas native Trey Woodbury, who starred at Clark High School, will end his career with Utah Valley at Orleans Arena. The Wolverines play UAB on Tuesday in the NIT semifinals.
The Huskies recorded a fourth straight blowout victory and punched their ticket to the Final Four when Gonzaga couldn’t recover from a controversial foul call.
Connecticut teammates have seen what happens when Adama Senogo gets challenged, and perhaps no more daunting task has been presented than Gonzaga and Drew Timme.
The Liberty High School alum grew up dreaming about making a shot like he did Thursday to lift Gonzaga to the Elite Eight with a win over UCLA at T-Mobile Arena.
Arkansas spent much of the season in the top 10 only to enter the NCAA Tournament as an afterthought before making a run to the Sweet 16 that ended in disappointment.
Thursday will mark the first time NCAA Tournament games have been contested in the state of Nevada and UCLA coach Mick Cronin thinks it should have happened much sooner.