Bookmakers always hope for upsets, and this March, it’s not just wishful thinking. There certainly are going to be shockers, and there probably will be a No. 2 or a No. 3 seed go down. What we are witnessing now is a preview of the real madness.
NCAA Tournament
The Pac-12 tournament tips off today at noon at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. We’ll be live -blogging all day.
The Mountain West Conference tournament tips off today at Thomas & Mack Center. We’ll be live-blogging the action throughout the day.
Zhane Dikes’ two free throws with 14 seconds to play gave San Francisco a one-point lead and the sixth-seeded Dons held off No. 1 Brigham Young, 70-68, to win the West Coast Conference women’s basketball tournament Tuesday at Orleans Arena.
The Pac-12 Tournament tips off Wednesday with four games with as many six teams having a shot win the title.
The Pac-12 Conference announced Monday that this week’s men’s basketball tournament is sold out for the first time in league history.
Here are previews and picks for tonight’s West Coast Conference tournament semifinals at Orleans Arena.
Top-seeded New Mexico State will be the only team to receive a first-round bye when the Western Athletic Conference begins its men’s basketball tournament this week at the Orleans Arena.
Oregon and Utah will be the top two seeds when the Pac-12 men’s basketball tournament begins Wednesday at the MGM Grand Garden, the league announced late Saturday night.
It could wind up being the same old story, but if the regular season is any indication, the West Coast Conference men’s basketball tournament may be something other than Saint Mary’s and Gonzaga playing in Tuesday’s championship game at Orleans Arena.
The No. 1 St. Mary’s and No. 2 Gonzaga men’s basketball teams will be the top seeds when the West Coast Conference men’s basketball tournament begins in Las Vegas later this week.
First things first: There is no perfect way to ensure that everyone will be kept safe. Not the losing team and its coaches. Not even the winning team and its coaches.
The committee was selected for the Vegas 16, a post-season men’s basketball tournament that will be played March 26-30 at Mandalay Bay Events Center.
It all made sense before Wednesday, how this week might play out for UNLV’s basketball team, how important it could prove in regards to the postseason, how a winnable game against Arizona State would be followed by an extremely difficult one at Arizona.
Jim Livengood is excited about the upcoming basketball game between UNLV and Arizona. He’s more enthused about the possibility of the women’s Sweet 16 moving to Las Vegas if/when the NCAA lifts its cromagnon ban on official postseason tournament games being played in cities that offer sports wagering.
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