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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Madison Washington, a junior at Oregon State, had two points and two rebounds in a 68-67 upset loss to Washington in the Pac-12 women’s tournament quarterfinals Friday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
Colbey Ross hit a 3-point shot with 31 seconds left to help Pepperdine advance to the quarterfinals with a 68-65 win over Loyola Marymount on Friday in the West Coast Conference men’s tournament.
Vegas Madness has officially begun.
Utah freshman forward Dre’Una Edwards, a Liberty High graduate, averaged 11.6 points and 6.7 rebounds and shot 54 percent from the field before tearing her right ACL on Feb. 22.
As much as Americans love an underdog story, we also love tales of redemption, and several handicappers expect Virginia to redeem itself by winning the 2019 NCAA basketball championship.
Conference tournament opens Thursday at Orleans Arena with the Bulldogs a heavy favorite to win seventh-consecutive title.
Sam Thomas — a Centennial graduate and the 2016-17 state Gatorade Girls Basketball Player of the Year — is averaging 9.5 points and 3.7 rebounds in 34.1 minutes per game for Arizona.
Vegas Madness returns as men’s and women’s college basketball teams from four Division I conferences will congregate in Las Vegas and attempt to solidify the coveted automatic berths to the NCAA Tournament.
Such reality wasn’t so secure in the spring, when the Zags more than investigated the idea of jumping to the Mountain West.
A record $436.5 million was wagered on basketball, college and pro, at Nevada sports books in March, with the NCAA Tournament accounting for an estimated $305.5 million.
Villanova is a 6½-point favorite over Michigan and the total is 145½ in Monday’s NCAA championship game. Here’s a survey of opinions from Review-Journal staff members, other media, oddsmakers and professional handicappers.
When Kansas defeated Duke 85-81 in overtime Sunday as a 3½-point underdog, it capped a 16-4 ATS streak for ‘dogs — including 11 outright wins — in the past 20 NCAA Tournament games.
Opening and closing lines, results and point-spread highlights from both games Sunday in the NCAA Tournament.
Villanova is going back to the Final Four, and those underdogs should get ready for the top-seeded Wildcats.
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