It wasn’t a good season for head college basketball coaches with Las Vegas ties. Two got fired. One almost got into a fight because of it.
NCAA Tournament
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.
San Diego State beat top-seeded and 22nd-ranked UNR for the second time in six days, but nobody could have predicted the ease with which it won.
The Antelopes are one win away from their first Division I NCAA tournament appearance.
UCLA fell to Arizona 78-67 in overtime, but the team that took the Wildcats to an extra five minutes can absolutely win games when the madness commences next week.
The Madness is truly getting underway in Las Vegas as the Mountain West, Western Athletic and Pac-12 conference tournaments have started. Review-Journal reporters are on-scene for all of it.
Troy Brown is a projected NBA first-round pick for June’s draft.
Handicapper Bernie Fratto loves the over in Thursday night’s New Mexico-Wyoming Mountain West quarterfinal matchup.
Arizona State players remain confident about their NCAA Tournament hopes after falling to Colorado on Wednesday.
If you believe recent reports, Gonzaga and Brigham Young could soon depart the West Coast Conference for the Mountain West.
Gonzaga defeated BYU to win its sixth straight WCC tournament title.
UNLV has gone cold during its five-game slump heading into the Mountain West basketball tournament. The Rebels must find their touch when they face Air Force at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Thomas & Mack Center.
The first two days of the NCAA Tournament are arguably the best two days on the sports calendar. And for the first time, the Westgate sports book is offering a contest that covers only the opening two days March 15 and 16.
Not long ago, many predicted Arizona would be without coach Sean Miller and star players Deandre Ayton and Allonzo Trier for the Pac-12 tournament at T-Mobile Arena. But all three will be in Las Vegas.
Texas Tech spent a good portion of the regular season leading the Big 12 standings, only to watch Kansas rally down the stretch and claim its unprecedented 14th consecutive conference crown. The Red Raiders want another shot at the Jayhawks.