Showing posts with label 2012 Pacific-12 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2012 Pacific-12 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament. Show all posts

Saturday, March 10, 2012

BUFFALOES KNOCK OFF ARIZONA TO CLAIM PAC-12 TOURNEY CROWN AND FIRST NCAA TOURNAMENT BERTH SINCE 2003

At Los Angeles:


Spencer Dinwiddie scored 14 points and Carlos Brown added 13 as the Colorado Buffaloes (23-11) defeated the Arizona Wildcats (23-11) 53-51 to win the championship game of the Pacific-12 Conference men's basketball tournament on Saturday and lock up their first NCAA tournament berth since 2003.

Friday, March 09, 2012

Pac-12 Tournament: Wildcats Finish Off Beavers; Colorado Buffaloes Cal To Reach Final

The semifinal round of the Pacific-12 Conference men's basketball tournament took place in Los Angeles with two games contested on Friday.


In the opener, Kyle Fogg scored 22 points as the Arizona Wildcats (23-10) defeated the Oregon State Beavers (19-14) 72-61.


In the nightcap, Carlon Brown and Andre Roberson each scored 17 points as the Colorado Buffaloes (22-11) knocked off the California Golden Bears (24-9) 70-59.


Arizona will take on Colorado in Saturday's championship game for the Pac-12's automatic NCAA tournament berth.

Thursday, March 08, 2012

Pac-12 Tournament: Beavers Stun Top-Seeded Huskies; Arizona, Stanford Advance; Colorado Effectively Ends Ducks NCAA Chances

The Pacific-12 Conference's men's basketball tournament's quarterfinal round took place on Thursday in Los Angeles with four games.


In the opener, Devon Collier scored 19 points while Jared Cunningham hit a go-ahead layup with 31.8 seconds remaining as the ninth-seeded Oregon State Beavers (19-13) blew a fifteen-point lead, then bounced back to knock off the top-seeded Washington Huskies (21-10) 86-84.


A 25 point, 12 rebound performance from Solomon Hill helped carry the Arizona Wildcats (22-10) to a 66-58 win over the UCLA Bruins (19-14).


Jorge Gutierrez scored 22 points as the California Golden Bears (24-8) defeated the Stanford Cardinal (21-11) 77-71. 


In the Thursday night finale, Carlton Brown scored 18 points while Andre Roberson added 12 (two of them on a go-ahead layup with 10 seconds remaining) while grabbing 10 rebounds as the sixth-seeded Colorado Buffaloes (21-11) knocked off the third-seeded Oregon Ducks (22-9) 63-62, perhaps knocking the Ducks out of a shot at an NCAA tournament berth.

Wednesday, March 07, 2012

Pac-12 Tournament: Beavers, Bruins, Cardinal Grab First-Round Wins; Buffaloes Too

The Pacific-12 Conference men's basketball tournament got under way with four first-round contests played in Los Angeles on Wednesday.


In the opener, Devon Collier scored 19 points while Eric Moreland scored all 11 of his in the second half as the ninth-seeded Oregon State Beavers (18-13) held off the eighth-seeded Washington State Cougars (15-16) 69-64.  The Beavers will get their shot at top-seeded Washington on Thursday.


After a sluggish first half, the fifth-seeded UCLA Bruins (19-13) picked up the pace in the second half and defeated the 12th-seeded Southern California Trojans (6-26) 55-40.  Lazeric Jones scored 15 points to pace the Bruins who will take on fourth-seeded Arizona in the quarterfinal round on Thursday.


Chasson Randle scored a career-high 30 points as the seventh-seeded Stanford Cardinal (21-10) blitzed the tenth-seeded Arizona State Sun Devils (10-21) 85-65 to set up a Thursday encounter with the California Golden Bears.


In the Wednesday finale, the sixth-seeded Colorado Buffaloes defeated the eleventh-seeded Utah Runnin' Utes 53-41.  Andre Roberson scored 20 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for the Buffaloes, who will get their shot at third-seeded Oregon on Thursday night.