Thursday, March 13, 2014

Pac-12 Tournament: 'Zona, Buffs, Bruins (Who Dominate Ducks), Cardinal Advance To Semifinals

Four games were played on Thursday as the Pacific-12 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament held its quarterfinal round at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in suburban Las Vegas.

In the opening contest, Nick Johnson scored 14 points as the top seeded Arizona Wildcats (#4 in both the Associated Press and USA Today polls; 29-3) annihilated the eighth-seeded Utah Runnin' Utes (21-11) 71-39.

Askia Booker scored 17 points while Xavier Talton added 13 as the fifth-seeded Colorado Buffaloes (23-10) knocked off #4-seeded California (19-13) 58-56. Justin Cobbs scored 21 points for the Golden Bears, who may have seen their outside shot at an NCAA Tournament berth go down the drain.

Jordan Adams scored 15 points while Travis Wear and Zach LaVine each added 14 as the second-ranked UCLA Bruins (24-8), with five players scoring in double digits, derailed Oregon's eight-game winning streak with a 82-63 victory over the Ducks (23-9), despite 29 points from Oregon's Joseph Young.

In the nightcap, Chasson Randle score 21 points as the sixth-seeded Stanford Cardinal (21-11) upended the third-seeded Arizona Sun Devils (21-11) 79-58 to help their chances of reaching the NCAA Tournament.

Match-Ups for Friday's semifinals:

#1-seeded Arizona vs. #5-seeded Colorado (6:00 PM Pacific Time, Pac-12 Networks)

#2-seeded UCLA vs. #6-seeded Stanford (8:30 PM Pacific Time, Fox Sports 1)

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