The action on the Mountain West and Pac-12 tournaments will pick up for the semifinals and finals. But there has been no rush to the betting windows to get down on the future odds to win each tournament.
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Jill Barta scored 22 of her career-high 37 points in a dominating first half, and Gonzaga earned its first NCAA Tournament bid in three years by holding off Saint Mary’s 86-75 on Tuesday in the West Coast Conference final.
Gonzaga opened as a 6-point favorite over Saint Mary’s, but wiseguy action on the underdog has caused bookmakers to lower the line to 4½ for Monday’s West Coast Conference tournament title game.
Oregon, Arizona and UCLA, the top teams in the Pac-12 Conference, see an opportunity to be placed closer to home for the NCAA Tournament provided they win this week in Las Vegas.
Vegas Madness continues today with the West Coast Conference championships and more Mountain West women’s action.
Adam Hill and Ben Gotz from the Las Vegas Review-Journal review Saint Mary’s and Gonzaga’s wins from the WCC tournament at the Orleans Arena and breakdown what to expect in the teams’ match-ups in both the men’s and women’s tournament championships.
The former Bishop Gorman standout was named to the All-West Coast Conference Second Team this season without making a single start.
The Lady Rebels had a bye on Monday before tipping off on Tuesday night at 8:30 p.m. at the Thomas & Mack Center.
The Pacific-12 Conference’s decision to leave the 13,000-seat MGM Grand Garden for the larger and more modern 18,000-seat T-Mobile Arena for its men’s basketball postseason tournament was the next logical step according to commissioner Larry Scott.
After a day off, Vegas Madness gets back underway today with the West Coast Conference men’s and women’s tournament semifinals and the Mountain West women’s tournament play-in games.
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The junior point guard, who redshirted last season after transferring from Washington, was named the West Coast Conference Player and Newcomer of the Year after leading the Bulldogs with 16.4 points per game.
The Lady Rebels will have a bye on Monday before playing on Tuesday night at 8:30 p.m. against Utah State or Air Force.
After defeating Loyola Marymount 89-81 on Saturday at Orleans Arena, Brigham Young has won five of its past six games entering the West Coast Conference semifinals against Saint Mary’s.
Vegas Madness continues today with the West Coast Conference men’s tournament at the Orleans Arena.
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