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NASHVILLE -- Kentucky captured its 30th SEC Tournament championship on Sunday when the top-seeded Wildcats defeated No. 3 seed Arkansas 82-65 at Bridgestone Arena. Freshman guard De'Aaron Fox topped UK with 18 points. Freshman forward Bam Adebayo added 17 and nine rebounds. Freshman guard Malik Monk added 17, and senior guard Dominique Hawkins scored 14. Arkansas…
LAS VEGAS -- Allonzo Trier scored 23 points, including four free throws in the final 17.5 seconds, as seventh-ranked Arizona held off several late rallies to beat short-handed Oregon 83-80 in the Pac-12 championship game on Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena. Trier also had eight rebounds and led four players in double-figure scoring for the Wildcats…
LAS VEGAS -- Dylan Ennis converted a three-point play with 22.6 seconds left to secure fifth-ranked and No. 1 seed Oregon's 73-65 victory over fifth-seeded Cal in a semifinal game of the Pac-12 tournament on Friday night at T-Mobile Arena. Ennis had 11 of his 16 points in the second half to help lead the Ducks…
NEW YORK -- Duke staged a come-from-behind 93-83 win with a flawless second half to topple No. 6 and top-seeded North Carolina in the semifinals of the ACC Tournament on Friday. The Blue Devils trailed by as many as 13 points and seven at the half before outscoring their rivals 51-34 in the second half. The…
Josh Hart had 19 points and 10 rebounds, including the game-winning three-point play with 9.6 seconds remaining, and second-ranked Villanova held off Seton Hall, 55-53, in the semifinals of the Big East tournament before a sellout crowd of 19,812 Friday night at Madison Square Garden. Jalen Brunson scored 13 points and Donte DiVincenzo added nine as…
LAS VEGAS -- Arizona forward Lauri Markkanen broke out of his shooting slump en route to a team-high 20 points as the hot-shooting seventh-ranked Wildcats beat Colorado 92-78 in a Pac-12 quarterfinal at T-Mobile Arena on Thursday night. Markkanen, a 7-foot freshman who was shooting better than 50 percent from 3-point range through 23 games, made…
