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.
Basketball
Top-seeded New Mexico used a big run to pull away from fourth-seeded San Diego State and advance to the Mountain West tournament championship game with a 60-50 victory in the first semifinal game on Friday night at the Thomas & Mack Center.
Pop quiz, Hotshot. Since 2008, which school has played in the most Western Athletic Conference tournament championship games?
I’m not so sure it’s this simple, but for all the weirdness of this college basketball season, it just might be: My esteemed colleague, fellow Review-Journal columnist Ron Kantowski, viewed Katin Reinhardt’s recent shooting slump in the most basic of terms.
Entering the Pacific 12 Conference tournament semifinal Friday against UCLA, all Arizona talked about was not letting Bruins point guard Larry Drew II beat them like he had earlier this season.
Wyoming appeared headed for another big comeback victory Friday.
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Dez Wells gave the floor a hard slap, and No. 2 Duke felt it.
The Rebels beat Colorado State 75-65 tonight in a Mountain West conference semifinal at the Thomas & Mack Center. UNLV will face No. 1 seed New Mexico for the championship at 3 p.m. Saturday.
It is closing in on 11 p.m. Wednesday at the Thomas & Mack Center and Buster Bronco, the Boise State mascot, is starting to morph into Secretariat, “The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson” mascot. I am starting to lose it.
The myth: A cat has nine lives because of the swiftness it exhibits to escape potentially perilous situations. I have no idea if losing to Washington State in basketball overrides such fortune.
When the Pacific 12 Conference brought back its basketball tournament in 2000, Arizona cut down the nets at Staples Center in Los Angeles.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Pierre Jackson slipped up the sideline, pulled up at the 3-point arc and let loose at the buzzer with a shot he thought was in all the way.
It was not important how many points Shabazz Muhammad scored, at least to those in the sports book, which felt like an overcrowded elevator Thursday. The point spread was the priority, and, after push came to shove, we’ll call it a push.
UNLV suffered a loss in Mountain West basketball tournament quarterfinals to New Mexico for the second year in a row, losing 72-59 today. The Lady Rebels’ season ended at 12-19.
Sim Bhullar emerged from a tunnel that leads to the basketball court at Orleans Arena on Tuesday when he was spotted by a young fan sitting nearby.
