Pac-12 women's tournament features loaded field as conference goes out on a high note
Six Pac-12 teams are ranked entering the conference tournament that begins Wednesday in Las Vegas.
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Six Pac-12 teams are ranked entering the conference tournament that begins Wednesday in Las Vegas.
Augustas Marciulionis had 17 points and 11 assists, Luke Barrett added 14 points and No. 17 Saint Mary's beat Pepperdine 83-57 on Thursday night to win the West Coast Conference regular-season championship.
Saint Mary's has engineered an impressive turnaround after stumbling to five losses in the first eight games of a season that began with high expectations.
Tara VanDerveer became the all-time winningest coach in college basketball history, passing former Duke and Army coach Mike Krzyzewski with her 1,203rd career victory when No. 8 Stanford beat Oregon State 65-56.
Jaylon Tyson tied a career-high with 30 points and Fardaws Aimaq scored 18 points and California led for the duration of overtime to beat Washington State 81-75 in overtime.
Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer can become college basketball's all-time wins leader this week when the Cardinal face Oregon and Oregon State at home.
Dug McDaniel had 20 points to lead all five starters in double figures and Michigan rallied to beat Stanford 83-78 at the Battle 4 Atlantis.
California basketball coach Mark Madsen says Fardaws Aimaq was called "a terrorist" by a heckling fan after a game against UTEP this week in the SoCal Challenge.
Knight, one of the winningest coaches in NCAA history, coached at Indiana for three decades.
The Pac-12 Conference is falling apart, but coaches are still interested in playing West Coast schools even as they go their separate ways.
Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer says it's "heartbreaking" and "a nightmare" for the Cardinal to be leaving the Pac-12.
Mark Madsen knows the situation he inherited when he was hired to take over a California men's basketball program coming off the worst season in school history.
San Diego State erased a 14-point second-half deficit to reach its first-ever national championship game.
The Golden Bears announced Wednesday that Mark Madsen was signed to replace the fired Mark Fox following the worst season in school history.
Here's the complete schedule, game times, livestream links and TV info for the Sweet 16 and Elite 8 this weekend.
UConn pulled away from Saint Mary's for a 70-55 win on Sunday that put the Huskies in the Sweet 16 for the first time in nine years.
The NCAA Tournament Round of 64 kicks off Thursday on CBS.
No. 5 seed Washington State extended its winning streak to seven with a 69-52 victory over 12th-seeded California on Wednesday in the opening round of the Pac-12 Tournament.
Gonzaga's players heard the criticisms this wasn't the same Bulldogs team that has been among the nation's elite in recent years, and they even struggled themselves to live up to the program's enormous expectations.
Alex Ducas scored 23 points to lead four Saint Mary's players in double figures, and the No. 16 Gaels held off a late BYU rally for a 76-69 victory Monday night in the West Coast Conference semifinals.
Cameron Brink had 22 points and 11 rebounds as No. 6 Stanford overcame a lot of early misses and beat Oregon 76-65 on Thursday in the Pac-12 tournament quarterfinals.
No. 12 Gonzaga (23-5, 12-2) is a game back of No. 15 Saint Mary's (24-5, 13-1) in what is shaping up to be one of the most hotly contested races in the West Coast Conference in years.
The Pac-12 Conference suffered a 36% decrease in revenue for the 2020-21 fiscal year due in large part to pandemic-related cancellations in football and basketball.
Four of the top college basketball programs will once again meet this December in the CBS Sports Classic.
Haley Jones scored 17 points and Stanford beat Arizona 54-53, giving the Cardinal and coach Tara VanDerveer their first national championship in 29 years on Sunday night.
