Utah State received a No. 11 seed in the South region and will play Texas Tech on Saturday. San Diego State will meet Syracuse on Friday in the Midwest region.
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After serving as sports editor of both the Silverado Star and UNLV Rebel Yell, the Detroit native remained in Las Vegas and embarked on his professional journalism career at the Review-Journal in 2002. He has covered mixed martial arts and prep sports while helping coordinate online and social media coverage for nearly every major sporting event to come through the valley.
The top welterweight contender left the UFC Fight Night 187 cage with a no contest after more than 19 months without competing.
The Aztecs earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament with a 68-57 win over Utah State on Saturday at the Thomas & Mack Center.
The senior forward and league player of the year will play in his fourth Mountain West tournament title game for the Aztecs on Saturday.
UNLV’s season ended Thursday after getting outscored by 21 points in the second half by Utah State in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West basketball tournament.
The Rebels played perhaps their most complete game of the season, rolling past Air Force on Wednesday at the Thomas & Mack Center to advance to play Utah State.
The Rebels are focused on defending the 3-point line ahead of their Mountain West tournament opener against Air Force on Wednesday.
McKinley Bradshaw had 15 points and nine rebounds to lead No. 7 Wyoming to an upset of second-seeded UNLV in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West women’s basketball tournament.
The Gaels meet the undefeated and top-ranked Bulldogs on Monday night in the semifinals of the West Coast Conference basketball tournament at Orleans Arena.
Light heavyweight Glover Teixeira was on standby as a late replacement in case either Israel Adesanya or Jan Blachowicz was forced to pull out of the main event.
The light heavyweight champion retained the belt with a unanimous-decision victory at UFC 259 on a night where another champion dominated and a third changed hands in a controversial manner.
A breakdown of the fights on the main card of UFC 259 on Saturday at the Apex in Las Vegas, with picks from the Review-Journal’s Adam Hill and Heidi Fang:
The middlweight champion will attempt to become just the fourth fighter in history to hold belts in two weight classes when he challenges Jan Blachowicz for the light heavyweight belt at UFC 259.
UFC president Dana White said Thursday he has been in contact with venues in Texas after this week’s decision by Governor Greg Abbott to roll back restrictions.
Amanda Nunes was contemplating retirement, but decided she wanted to continue fighting after the birth of her daughter. She will defend her featherweight title at UFC 259.