The Pac-12 tournament begins Wednesday at T-Mobile Arena without a team ranked in the AP 25, and with only two in position to secure bids to the NCAA Tournament, according toESPN’s Joe Lunardi.
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Defense almost helped UNLV beat San Diego State in their most recent meeting. Now the teams meet again Thursday in the Mountain West tournament quarterfinals.
The Aggies, who are favored to win the Western Athletic Conference tournament at Orleans Arena, have 14 players that average 11.2 minutes per game or more.
Gonzaga is a consensus 14½-point favorite over Saint Mary’s at Las Vegas sportsbooks. When Caesars Entertainment went to 15 early Tuesday afternoon, it quickly took a five-figure wager on the Gaels.
Brandon Clarke has played in two prior league tournaments in Las Vegas in his collegiate career. Neither of those previous experiences can even come close to what he is going through this year as one of the mostimportant players on the No. 1 team in the nation.
UNLV lost 66-55 to Fresno State on Monday in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West women’s basketball tournament at the Thomas & Mack Center. That ended the Lady Rebels’ season at 12-18.
Ten of the teams in the Pac-12 have odds of 25-1 or less to win the conference tournament.
UNR has moved up three spots to No. 14 in the final regular season men’s college basketball poll released by The Associated Press.
The Cardinal finished second in the league during the regular season but embarked on a 16-3 run over the final five minutes to cement a 64-57 win over the regular-season champion Ducks.
UNR made an expected run to the championship game of last year’s Mountain West basketball tournament, losing at the buzzer to Boise State. The Wolf Pack, who beat San Jose State 78-68 on Sunday, hope for another such run this week.
The Toreros have won three games in three days under the first-year coach just 12 months after he served as interim coach for the tournament amid controversy.
Pepperdine pulled away late for an 89-72 win over San Francisco, and San Diego eliminated Brigham Young by coming out hot from the field in an 80-57 victory in a game that it led by 44 points in the second half.
Oregon’s Sabrina Ionescu, a 5-foot-11 point guard, has flaunted in Las Vegas the precocious skillset that has helped her net an NCAA record 17 triple-doubles and emerge as perhaps the top prospect in next month’s WNBA Draft.
UNLV is the fifth seed in the Mountain West women’s basketball tournament and plays fourth-seeded Fresno State at 2:30 p.m. Monday in the quarterfinals at the Thomas & Mack Center.
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