One of the final at-large teams selected into the field now stands 40 minutes from a Final Four, meaning the winner of Saturday’s West Regional final between Gonzaga and the 11th-seed Musketeers will reach college basketball’s grandest weekend for the first time.
Player of the year front-runner Frank Mason III poured in 26 points, Kansas turned on the jets in the second half and the top-seeded Jayhawks soared to a 98-66 blowout of No. 4 seed Purdue on Thursday night in the Midwest Regional semifinals.
Jordan Mathews hit the go-ahead 3-pointer with under a minute to play and top-seeded Gonzaga survived a rough shooting night for both teams to beat No. 4 seed West Virginia 61-58 Thursday night to advance to the West Regional final.
Tyler Dorsey scored 20 points and made the go-ahead layup with 1:08 left, and third-seeded Oregon ended No. 7 Michigan’s dramatic postseason run with a 69-68 victory in a Midwest Regional semifinal on Thursday night.
The Review-Journal announces its 2017 all-state girls basketball teams.
The Los Angeles Clippers will play in this year’s Las Vegas NBA Summer League after being gone for two years. The event is scheduled for July 7 to 17 at the Thomas & Mack Center and Cox Pavilion.
The NCAA Tournament gets back into full swing today with the first day of the Sweet 16. The Midwest and West teams will battle for a spot in Saturday’s Elite 8.
Gonzaga meets West Virginia in a Sweet 16 game Thursday, and it seems a lifetime ago for former Bishop Gorman High star Zach Collins when he arrived at school to the daily challenges of teammates.
No. 1 Gonzaga and No. 4 West Virginia meet at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, followed by No. 2 Arizona and No. 11 Xavier in the NCAA Tournament’s West Region at SAP Center in San Jose, California.
The Westgate sports book has posted props on the Sweet 16 games in the NCAA Tournament.
The Review-Journal’s Adam Hill and Todd Dewey compete with handicappers Kelly Stewart, Doug Fitz and Paul Stone in a contest covering NCAA Tournament games Thursday and Friday.
The betting public is banking on the over trend to extend to the Sweet 16, and two handicappers are on Oregon-Michigan Over 147 and UCLA-Kentucky Over 165½.
University of Nevada, Reno coach Eric Musselman said Wednesday he has withdrawn his name for consideration for the coaching vacancy at California, committed to continuing to build the Wolf Pack program after the school’s first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2007 in his second season.
NCAA tournament brackets everywhere have busted with some of the top-seeded teams losing earlier than expected.
Jerry Krause, the Chicago Bulls’ general manager during their 1990s dynasty that saw them capture six NBA championships with Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen leading the way, has died. He was 77.
