After four months of changes at the top, the votes are in and the Oscar for the best college basketball team goes to Kansas. The acceptance speech will be made by coach Bill Self.
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Without an ideal central spot, the state basketball tournament in Nevada has alternated between Reno and Las Vegas since 2005. And that’s why the 10 Las Vegas-area schools that advanced to championship games had to travel more than 400 miles to Reno last week to play at UNR’s Lawlor Events Center.
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Without an ideal central spot, the state basketball tournament in Nevada has alternated between Reno and Las Vegas since 2005.
And that’s why the 10 Las Vegas-area schools that advanced to championship games had to travel more than 400 miles to Reno last week to play at UNR’s Lawlor Events Center.
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