On six occasions over the long history of the NCAA Tournament, the western third of the country has sent two teams to the Final Four. Not once has the region…
Ben Mathurin and Christian Koloko were ready for the big stage on Sunday night. The two put on outstanding performances at both ends of the floor in leading the Arizona…
Story by Jeff Metcalfe For those not paying attention since Breanna Stewart graduated, women’s college basketball is less dynasty-driven than at any time since the early 1990s. Not that blue…
Arizona basketball wasn’t clean and crisp(19 turnovers), but in the NCAA Basketball Tournament, the motto is “survive and advance”. Friday night the South region top-seed Wildcats opened their run to…
The Hotline mailbag is published each Friday. Send questions to pac12hotline@bayareanewsgroup.com or hit me on Twitter: @WilnerHotline. Due to volume — and in some cases, the need for research — not all…
The betting favorites in the NCAA Tournament are Gonzaga and Arizona. That’s not a misprint. It’s not a COVID year. It’s not an alternative universe. Two Western teams are the…
Our search for the winner of the NCAA Tournament began in the NBA, with first-round projections for the upcoming draft. You cannot survive March Madness without elite talent. From there,…
The Pac-12’s representatives in the NCAA Tournament — all three of them — have fairly distinct playing styles, roster makeups, and coaching philosophies. But Arizona, USC, and UCLA are quite…
“If you could choose between being a commercial pilot or a fighter jet pilot, which one would you choose?” That was one of the many questions NFL teams threw at…
The Hotline mailbag is published each Friday. Send questions to pac12hotline@bayareanewsgroup.com or hit me on Twitter: @WilnerHotline. Due to volume — and in some cases, the need for research — not all…