Matt Youmans, Kelly Stewart, Jimmy Vaccaro and Ken Thomson provide analysis, tips and picks for the NCAA Tournament’s round of 64.
Basketball
The sight of Carlos Lopez-Sosa standing in front of the bench in his warmups applauding teammates and trying to ignite the crowd has become an indelible image for UNLV fans.
It was a little past 3 p.m. Sunday when Bryant Gumbel’s brother announced that seventh-seeded San Diego State would play 10th-seeded Oklahoma in the NCAA Tournament in Philadelphia on Friday.
Brittney Griner and Baylor’s path to a second straight national championship will have a familiar feel.
It appeared Anthony Bennett might be unstoppable. The bigger the game, the better the UNLV freshman forward typically plays, and he opened at his best. But then he disappeared, and eventually so did the Rebels’ hopes of winning a title Saturday afternoon.
UNLV is seeded No. 5 in the East Region and will open NCAA Tournament play Thursday against No. 12 seed California at San Jose, Calif.
One of the most dramatic wins of UNLV’s season was a 76-75 December victory at California on an offensive rebound and putback by Quintrell Thomas with 1.2 seconds remaining.
It’s tough to predict how far Oklahoma State will go in the NCAA Tournament, but few teams are loaded with better young talent, starting with freshman point guard Marcus Smart. He’s a good bet to go early in this summer’s NBA Draft.
This is what happened at some point in a conference room Sunday that housed the NCAA Tournament selection committee in Indianapolis: UNLV was placed in the bracket as a No. 5 seed and Cal was placed opposite it as a No. 12, and a red flag appeared on the movie theater-size projection screen displaying the matchup.
In an ever-changing Western Athletic Conference, there remains one constant: New Mexico State is tough to beat at tournament time.
Fresno State went on a stunning 23-point run to take a 22-point second-half lead — and had to hold on to win.
Something about the Mountain West tournament brings out the best in New Mexico junior guard Tony Snell.
NEW YORK — There was so much to reflect on just minutes after the last championship game of the Big East tournament as we know it.
In a town where nothing is ever certain, one thing was a stone cold lock Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena — an alumnus of Bishop Gorman High School was leaving with a strand of net from the Pacific 12 Conference tournament championship game.
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