Vegas Madness begins as conference tournaments invade city
Welcome to Vegas Madness, version 2022.0.
Las Vegas again will host to a plethora of college basketball beginning Wednesday with a record number of venues hosting 10 conference tournaments.
The biggest addition will be the debut of Henderson’s Dollar Loan Center. The Big West moved its men’s and women’s basketball tournaments to the Las Vegas area temporarily last March when they played at Michelob Ultra Arena.
The Big West, which is comprised of 10 California schools and the University of Hawaii, liked it so much it they signed a multiyear agreement with the City of Henderson to play its postseason tournament at the new venue.
This year’s Vegas Madness schedule over the next two weeks includes:
■ March 2-6: Pac-12 Conference women, Michelob Ultra Arena.
■ March 3-8: West Coast Conference men and women, Orleans Arena.
■ March 6-9: Mountain West women, Thomas & Mack Center.
■ March 8-12: Western Athletic Conference men and women, Orleans Arena (March 8 at Michelob Ultra Arena)
■ March 8-12: Big West Conference men and women, Dollar Loan Center, Henderson.
■ March 9-12: Mountain West men, Thomas & Mack Center.
■ March 9-12: Pac-12 Conference men, T-Mobile Arena.
Check the website for each venue for ticket information as well as mask policies.
Bill Bradley is sports editor of the Review-Journal. He can be reached at 702-387-2909 or bbradley@reviewjournal.com. Follow @billbradleyLV on Twitter.
Vegas Madness
Daily schedule
Wednesday
Pac-12, women's first round
Noon: Washington vs. Colorado
2:30 p.m.: Arizona State vs. Oregon State
6 p.m.: USC vs. UCLA
8:30 p.m.: Cal vs. Utah
Thursday
Pac-12, women's quarterfinals
Noon: TBD vs. Arizona
2:30 p.m.: TBD vs. Stanford
6 p.m.: TBD vs. Oregon
8:30 p.m.: TBD vs. Washington State
WCC women's first round
Noon: Pepperdine vs. Loyola Marymount
2 p.m.: Santa Clara vs. Pacific
WCC men's first round
6 p.m.: Pacific vs. Loyola Marymount
8 p.m.: Pepperdine vs. San Diego.
Friday
Pac-12, women's semfinals
6 p.m.: quarterfinals winners
8:30 p.m.: quarterfinal winners
WCC women's second round
Noon: Pepperdine-Loyola Marymount winner vs. St. Mary's
2 p.m.: Santa Clara-Pacific winner vs. San Diego
WCC men's second round
6 p.m.: Pacific-LMU winner vs. BYU
8 p.m.: Pepperdine-USD winner vs. Portland
Saturday
WCC women's quarterfinals
1:30 p.m.: Portland vs. TBA
3:30 p.m.: San Francisco vs. TBA
WCC men's quarterfinals
6 p.m.: TBA vs. San Francisco
8 p.m.: TBA vs. Santa Clara
Sunday
Pac-12, women's championship
3 p.m.: Semifinals winners, ESPN2
Mountain West, women's first round
2:00 p.m.: No. 8 seed vs. No. 9 seed
4:30 p.m.: No. 7 seed vs. No. 10 seed
7:00 p.m.: No. 6 seed vs. No. 11 seed
March 7
Mountain West, women's quarterfinals
Noon: No. 1 seed vs. Game No. 1 winner
2:30 p.m.: No. 4 seed vs. No. 5 seed
6:00 p.m.: No. 2 seed vs. Game No. 2 winner
8:30 p.m.: No. 3 seed vs. Game No. 3 winner
WCC women's semifinals
Noon: BYU vs. TBA
2 p.m.: Gonzaga vs. TBA
WCC men's semifinals
6 p.m.: Gonzaga vs. TBA
8:30 p.m.: St. Mary's vs. TBA
March 8
WCC women's championship
1 p.m.: Semifinals winners, ESPNU
WCC men's championship
6 p.m.: Semifinals winners, ESPN
Mountain West, women's semifinals
5 p.m.: Game No. 4 winner vs. Game No. 5 winner
7:30 p.m.: Game No. 6 winner vs. Game No. 7 winner
WAC women's first round
Noon: No. 9 Seed vs. No. 8 seed
2:30 p.m.: No.10 seed vs. No. 7 seed
WAC men's first round
6 p.m.: No. 9 seed vs. No. 8 seed
8:30 p.m.: No. 10 seed vs. No. 7 seed
Big West women's first round
Noon: No. 9 Seed vs. No. 8 Seed
2:30 p.m.: No. 10 Seed vs. No. 7 Seed
Big West men's first round
6 p.m.: No. 9 Seed vs. No. 8 Seed
8:30 p.m.: No. 10 Seed vs. No. 7 Seed
March 9
Mountain West, men's first round
11:00 a.m.: No. 8 seed vs. No. 9 seed
1:30 p.m.: No. 7 seed vs. No. 10 seed
4:00 p.m.: No. 6 seed vs. No. 11 seed
Mountain West, women's championship
7:00 p.m.: teams TBA, CBSSN
Pac 12 men's first round
Noon: Game 1
2:30 p.m.: Game 2
6 p.m.: Game 3
8:30 p.m.: Game 4
WAC women's second round
Noon: Game 1 winner vs. No. 5 seed
2:30 p.m.: Game 2 winner vs. No. 6 seed
WAC men's second round
6 p.m.: Game 1 winner vs. No. 5 seed
8:30 p.m.: Game 2 winner vs. No. 6 seed
Big West women's quarterfinals
Noon: Game 1 Winner vs. No. 1 seed
2:30 p.m.: No. 5 Seed vs. No. 4 seed
6 p.m.: Game 2 Winner vs. No. 2 seed
8:30 p.m.: No. 6 Seed vs. No. 3 seed
March 10
Mountain West, men's quarterfinals
Noon: No. 1 seed vs. Game No. 10 winner, CBSSN
2:30 p.m.: No. 4 seed vs. No. 5 seed, CBSSN
6 p.m.: No. 2 seed vs. Game No. 11 winner, CBSSN
8:30 p.m.: No. 3 seed vs. Game No. 12 winner, CBSSN
Pac 12 men's quarterfinals
Noon: Game 5
2:30 p.m.: Game 6
6 p.m.: Game 7
8:30 p.m.: Game 8
WAC women's quarterfinals
Noon: Game 3 winner vs. No. 4 seed
2:30 p.m.: Game 4 winner vs. No. 3 seed
WAC men's quarterfinals
6 p.m.: Game 3 winner vs. No. 4 seed
8:30 p.m: Game 4 winner vs. No. 3 seed
Big West men's quarterfinals
Noon: Game 3 winner vs. No. 1 seed
2:30 p.m.: No. 5 seed vs. No. 4 seed
6 p.m.: Game 4 winner vs. No. 2 seed
8:30 p.m.: No. 6 seed vs. No. 3 seed
March 11
Mountain West, men's semifinals
6:30 p.m.: Game No. 14 winner vs. Game No. 15 winner, CBSSN
9 p.m.: Game No. 16 winner vs. Game No. 17 winner, CBSSN
Pac-12 men's semifinals
6 p.m.: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner
8:30 p.m.: Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner, FS1
WAC women's semifinals
Noon: Game 5 winner vs. No. 1 seed
2:30 p.m.: Game 6 winner vs. No. 2 seed
WAC men's semifinals
6 p.m.: Game 5 winner vs. No. 1 seed
8:30 p.m.: Game 6 winner vs. No. 2 seed
Big West women's semifinals
Noon: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner
2:30 p.m.: Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner
Big West women's semifinals
6 p.m.: Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 winner
8:30 p.m.: Game 11 winner vs. Game 12 winner
March 12
Mountain West, men's championship
3 p.m.: semifinals winners, CBS
Pac-12 men's championship
6 p.m.: semifinal winners, KVVU-5
WAC women's championship
2 p.m.: Semifinals winners
WAC men's championship
7 p.m.: Semifinals winners
Big West women's championship
5 p.m.: Semifinals winners
Big West women's championship
8:30 p.m.: Semifinals winners
Venues: Mountain West men and women, Thomas & Mack Center; Pac-12 women, Michelob Ultra Arena; Pac-12 men, T-Mobile Arena; WCC men and women, Orleans Arena; WAC men and women, Orleans Arena March 8 at Michelob Ultra Arena); Big West men and women, Dollar Loan Center, Henderson.
