Brandon Clarke has played in two prior league tournaments in Las Vegas in his collegiate career. Neither of those previous experiences can even come close to what he is going through this year as one of the mostimportant players on the No. 1 team in the nation.
Basketball
Pepperdine pulled away late for an 89-72 win over San Francisco, and San Diego eliminated Brigham Young by coming out hot from the field in an 80-57 victory in a game that it led by 44 points in the second half.
Oregon’s Sabrina Ionescu, a 5-foot-11 point guard, has flaunted in Las Vegas the precocious skillset that has helped her net an NCAA record 17 triple-doubles and emerge as perhaps the top prospect in next month’s WNBA Draft.
Vegas Madness has officially begun.
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.
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.
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