After years of gut-punch losses, stumbles against lower seeds or missing March Madness altogether, San Diego State has broken through to the second weekend. The Aztecs might be steep underdogs…
The Pac-12 did not find redemption in the NCAA Tournament. With two rounds down, three teams have been eliminated and only one, UCLA, remains alive. The conference was as bad…
Time for Pac-12 fans to embrace the enemy within. UCLA and USC are departing for the Big Ten in the summer of 2024, but the March Madness units they collect…
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Chopped it up in the stands at Ball Arena on Thursday with Grand Canyon University President Brian Mueller for about twenty minutes. We hit on a bunch of topics while…
Asked about the speculation over the future of the conference, Robbins rejected the notion that schools, including Arizona, would bolt for the Big 12 prior to being presented with a…
Arizona State is headed to Dayton in order to advance to Denver in the search for rarified air. The Sun Devils open NCAA Tournament play against Nevada in a First…
story by Jeff Metcalfe Pac-12 administrators and women’s basketball coaches lobbied hard for Oregon to make the NCAA Tournament but ultimately couldn’t convince the NCAA selection committee. Despite a lofty…
The Pac-12 broke precedent on Selection Sunday, sending four teams into the men’s NCAA Tournament when recent history indicated a maximum of three would be invited. Yes, this could have…
By Jon Wilner The Pac-12’s late-season salvage operation appears to have worked as college basketball prepares for the most anticipated day of the year. During stretches of a decidedly subpar…