Three takeaways from Saturday’s Pacific 12 Conference men’s tournament championship game, in which Arizona defeated Oregon 83-80 before a sellout crowd of 18,927 at T-Mobile Arena:
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In his first year as the Aggies’ coach, Paul Weir led New Mexico State back to the NCAA Tournament with a 70-60 comeback victory over defending champion Cal State Bakersfield.
Arizona (30-4) defended well, got great looks offensively and had enough in reserve to hold off Oregon (29-5) and win the Pacific 12 Conference men’s basketball tournament championship Saturday 83-80 in front of 18,927 at T-Mobile Arena.
Arizona won its second Pacific-12 Conference men’s basketball tournament title in three years by defeating Oregon 83-80 on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena.
UNR defeated Colorado State 79-71 on Saturday at the Thomas & Mack Center to win the Mountain West tournament championship and clinch the league’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
New Mexico State won its third straight Western Athletic Conference basketball tournament championship with a 63-48 victory over Seattle on Saturday at Orleans Arena.
UNR defeated Colorado State 79-71 on Saturday to win the Mountain West tournament championship and clinch the league’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
It’s the final day of Vegas Madness, and we’ll be covering all the action. The Review-Journal sports team will be live-tweeting all of the action.
Handicapper Bernie Fratto (Berniefratto.com) likes Oregon to cover as 2-point favorites over Arizona and UNR to cover the halftime line over Colorado State.
Vegas Madness comes to an end today. And the next stop for the champs? Dancing in the NCAA Tournament.
Adam Hill updates all of the basketball madness happening around the Las Vegas Valley and previews what’s to come in the WAC, Pac-12 and Mountain West tournament finals.
UNR, which plays Colorado State on Saturday in the Mountain West tournament championship game, has a strong resume but probably not strong enough for an at-large NCAA Tournament bid.
Oregon basketball is still a nightmare to play. It still has guys who defend laterally until you get past them, and then others who are just as quick and long and bouncy who go horizontal.
After an 81-80 victory in four overtimes over Utah Valley on Friday night at Orleans Arena, Cal State Bakersfield will have less than 24 hours to rest for the WAC tournament title game.
For the fourth time in five years, Oregon has a spot in the Pacific-12 tournament title game after the Ducks defeated California 73-65 Friday in the semifinals.
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