Hours before the first game of this year’s NCAA basketball tournament began Thursday, every seat at the Westgate LasVegas Superbook had already been claimed.
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A look at the NCAA Tournament’s South Region, with team capsules, players to watch, best potential matchups and a pick to reach the Final Four.
A look at the NCAA Tournament’s Midwest Region, with team capsules, players to watch, best potential matchups and a pick to reach the Final Four.
A look at the NCAA Tournament’s East Region, with team capsules, players to watch, best potential matchups and a pick to reach the Final Four.
Deandre Ayton, the potential No. 1 pick in the NBA draft, scored a career-high 32 points and grabbed 14 rebounds in the Wildcats’ 78-67 overtime victory over UCLA before an announced crowd of 16,596 at T-Mobile Arena.
As embattled Arizona basketball coach Sean Miller shook hands with myriad Colorado Buffaloes after the Wildcats’ 83-67 victory in the Pac-12 Tournament, leather-lunged fans at T-Mobile Arena let him have it.
The Pacific-12 Conference will call Las Vegas home for two weeks starting next year. The women’s basketball tournament will take place in Las Vegas for the next two seasons, commissioner Larry Scott said.
The eighth-seeded Rebels hung tough, but with a chance to tie the game, Jovan Mooring badly missed a 3-point shot with six seconds remaining, and the 22nd-ranked Wolf Pack won 79-74.
Breaking down UNLV’s game against No. 22 UNR in the Mountain West men’s basketball tournament quarterfinals at noon Thursday at the Thomas Mack Center.
Vegas Madness was just getting started on the men’s side when a hometown kid was introduced to a hometown crowd at T-Mobile Arena at high noon Wednesday.
Arizona State players remain confident about their NCAA Tournament hopes after falling to Colorado on Wednesday.
UNLV used a 12-point run in overtime to defeat Air Force 97-90 in the first round of the Mountain West men’s basketball tournament Wednesday at the Thomas & Mack Center.
Gonzaga defeated BYU to win its sixth straight WCC tournament title.
UNLV has gone cold during its five-game slump heading into the Mountain West basketball tournament. The Rebels must find their touch when they face Air Force at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Thomas & Mack Center.
The first two days of the NCAA Tournament are arguably the best two days on the sports calendar. And for the first time, the Westgate sports book is offering a contest that covers only the opening two days March 15 and 16.