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…
Wilner Hotline – Best Bets for First Round of the NCAA Tournament
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…
Arizona hasn’t had too many close calls this season. Thursday’s 84-80 rock fight victory over Stanford may be a growing moment for Tommy Lloyd’s team. “We need those kind of…
What we learned on the final weekend of the regular season … 1. Oregon missed its chance As a classic NCAA Tournament bubble-sitter — a team with several premium wins…
The list of three-time winners of the Pac-12 men’s basketball Coach of the Year award runs six names deep: Lute Olson (Arizona), George Raveling (Washington State and USC), Mike Montgomery…
Pay no attention to the number of losses, the size of the losses or even the rat-a-tat nature of the losses. Oregon is headed for the NCAA Tournament, folks. The…
By Jeff Metcalfe Other than for Washington State, the opening weekend of conference play for Pac-12 women’s basketball was mostly one of delayed gratification. The Cougars played twice at home…
Conference play is scheduled to begin in earnest this week for Pac-12 basketball, but questions linger like it’s the winter of 2020-21: — How many teams will play all 20…
Cycles of success and failure are inevitable in college athletics. Two of the best current examples can be found along Interstate 10 in the Sonoran Desert, where Gila monsters roam…