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Pac-12 Tournament 2012 Championship, Arizona Vs. Colorado: Game Time, TV Schedule And More
The 2012 Pac-12 Tournament has been wild, and the championship matchup between the No. 4 Arizona Wildcats and the No. 6 Colorado Buffaloes is evidence of the chaos. With the NCAA tournament selection process less than a day away, the Pac-12 is dealing with possibility of just a single team emerging from this mess. SB Nation's Bracketology projection has two teams joining the March Madness -- the winner of the championship game and the California Golden Bears -- but even that isn't exactly a ringing endorsement of basketball on the west coast.
Anyhow, there is still plenty of excitement around the championship game, as one team is guaranteed to make the big dance. The Colorado Buffaloes have been riding Andre Roberson and Carlon Brown all season long. Roberson averaged a double-double on the season -- 11.6 points and 11.1 rebounds per game -- while Brown led team in scoring with 12.6 points per game. Arizona has relied on Kyle Fogg, Solomon Hill and Jesse Perry, each of whom hold double-digit scoring averages for the year.
The Buffaloes and Wildcats split their regular-season series, with Colorado pulling out a one-point win at home on January 21 and Arizona responding with a 14 point victory in the rematch on February 9. The stakes much higher in this third meeting, and it should be a great game to watch.Here is some basic information to help you find the Pac-12 Tournament Championship Game on Saturday:
No. 4 Arizona Wildcats (23-10, 12-6 Pac-12) vs. No. 6 Colorado Buffaloes (22-11, 11-7 Pac-12)
Game Time: 4 p.m. MT, Saturday, March 10
Location: Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA
TV: CBS
Spread: Arizona favored by 3.5 points. Over/under ranges from 128.5 points to 129 points.
For more on the Buffaloes, visit Colorado blog Ralphie Report. Wildcats news and analysis is available at Arizona Desert Swarm. Head over to SB Nation NCAA Basketball for more news and notes around the college hoops world.
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Pac-12 Tournament Championship 2012: Bracket Update, Schedule And More
The 2012 Pac-12 Tournament has taken more than one unexpected turn, after a rash of upsets the Colorado Buffaloes will matchup against the Arizona Wildcats in the championship game on Saturday afternoon. Colorado knocked off the No. 11 Utah Utes in the first round, and then pulled upsets over the No. 3 Oregon Ducks and No. 2 California Golden Bears to pave their way to the finals. Meanwhile, the Wildcats enjoyed a first-round bye, held seed against the No. 5 UCLA Bruins in round two, and then fought off a charge from the upset-minded No. 9 Oregon St. Beavers in the semis.
Now the automatic bid to March madness for the Pac-12 Conference comes down to a pair of surprising teams hungry to earn a spot in the NCAA tournament. Colorado has advanced to the championship game of the conference tournament in their first year as a member of the Pac-12, but don't expect them to be complacent with that accomplishment. Here's a look at some basic information about the big game and an up-to-date bracket:
Pac-12 Tournament Championship Game: No. 4 Arizona Wildcats vs. No. 6 Colorado Buffaloes
Game Time: 4 p.m. MT, Saturday, March 10
TV: CBS
Location: Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA
Here is a look at the road to the championship game, via CBSSports.com:
For more on the Buffaloes, visit Colorado blog Ralphie Report. Head over to SB Nation NCAA Basketball for more news and notes around the college hoops world.
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Pac-12 Tournament Results: Colorado Defeats California, Advances To Title Game
In their first year as a member of the Pac-12, the No. 6 Colorado Buffaloes will play in the conference tournament championship game following Friday night's 70-59 victory over the No. 2 California Golden Bears. The bracket is now set for a showdown against the Arizona Wildcats on Saturday afternoon.
The Buffs were powered by the 17 points each scored by Andre Roberson and Carlon Brown. The former continued to show his outstanding rebounding ability by grabbing nine boards. Brown pulled down five rebounds while stealing the ball four times. Austin Dufault added 15 points and Nate Tomlinson 10. Two other players combined to add the remaining 11 points.
Allen Crabbe (18 points) and Justin Cobbs (15 points) tried to lead a comeback against the Buffs, but the team shot just 43 percent from the field (to Colorado's 50 percent).
Colorado is one win away from playing in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2003.
For more on the Buffaloes, visit Colorado blog Ralphie Report. Ducks news and analysis is available at Addicted To Quack. Head over to SB Nation NCAA Basketball for more news and notes around the college hoops world.
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Colorado Vs. Oregon Halftime Score: Buffaloes Enter Halftime With 1-Point Lead
The Colorado Buffaloes are looking to do in the Pac-12 Tournament what the Colorado St. Rams were unable to do in the Mountain West Tournament: reach the championship game. Just like the Rams, the Buffaloes enter halftime with a one-point lead, 28-27. The No. 2 California Golden Bears are out to be like San Diego and charge back in the second half.
The Buffaloes held an 11-point lead, 15-4, after the first 5:30 of the game, but California kept the pressure on for the rest of the half and took advantage of a weak Colorado bench so far. The Buffs' reserves have zero points, one assist, one rebound and three turnovers.
Carlon Brown and Andre Roberson continue to be the offensive force for the Buffs, each scoring eight points in the first half. Justin Cobbs and Allen Crabbe lead the Bears with nine and eight points, respectively. The Buffs took advantage of the Bears to the tune of six steals and 11 turnovers forced.
For more on the Buffaloes, visit Colorado blog Ralphie Report. Ducks news and analysis is available at Addicted To Quack. Head over to SB Nation NCAA Basketball for more news and notes around the college hoops world.
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Pac-12 Tournament 2012: Bracket, Schedule And More For Day 3
The 2012 Pac-12 Tournament continues on Friday with its semifinals round that will be without its No. 1 seed, the Washington Huskies. The No. 9 Oregon St. Beavers pulled off the big upset of the tournament with an 86-84 victory over the Huskies in the first game of the quarterfinals.
The other upset from the quarterfinals was the No. 6 Colorado Buffaloes victory over the No. 3 Oregon Ducks in its second late game of the tournament. One night after playing in what was a horrible all-around game with the Utah Utes, the Buffaloes came out looking like a different team against the Ducks.
Click here for an updated bracket, and see below for Friday's schedule of the 2012 Pac-12 Tournament:
Semifinals: Friday, March 9 (all times Mountain)
7 p.m. - No. 9 Oregon State vs. No. 4 Arizona (Fox Sports Net)
9:30 p.m. - No. 2 California vs. No. 6 Colorado (Fox Sports Net)
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Oregon Vs. Colorado Final Score: Buffaloes Hang On For 63-62 Victory
The No. 6 Colorado Buffaloes are now just two games away from winning the 2012 Pac-12 Tournament and gaining an automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Tournament. They battled the No. 3 Oregon Ducks throughout the second half on Thursday night and came away with the victory on the final seconds, 63-62.
With roughly 7:30 left in the game, the Buffaloes held a 58-50 lead, but the Ducks went on a 10-0 run over the next five-plus minutes to take a 60-58 lead. Devoe Joseph increased the Ducks lead to 62-59 with 1:39 left in the game, but Carlon Brown made a layup to bring the game within one. The clock kept ticking down, but neither team could score -- until Andre Roberson made the game-winning layup with 13 seconds left on the clock. Joseph attempted a three at the buzzer but was off the mark.
Brown was the Buffs' leading scorer with 18 points, but Roberson put up a double-double of 12 points and 10 rebounds. Oregon did block seven Colorado shots and win the rebounding battle, 38-25. Joseph was second on the team with 12 points, but he was 0-for-7 from beyond the arc.
Colorado will play in the late game again when they face the No. 2 California Golden Bears on Friday night.
For more on the Buffaloes, visit Colorado blog Ralphie Report. Ducks news and analysis is available at Addicted To Quack. Head over to SB Nation NCAA Basketball for more news and notes around the college hoops world.
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Colorado Vs. Oregon Halftime Score: Buffaloes Lead Ducks, 34-33
In a remarkably different game for the one they played on Wednesday night, the Colorado Buffaloes hold a slim 34-33 lead over the Oregon Ducks in the final game of the 2012 Pac-12 Tournament's quarterfinals. This seesaw, high-scoring first half outdid the Buffaloes' first half against Utah on Wednesday, which was filled with a lack of offensive touch.
No single Buffaloes player has dominated the scoring this game. Andre Roberson leads the way with eight points and four rebounds, but the team also has Austin Dufault's seven points and Carlon Brown's five. The team, though, could stand to reach the free throw line more than it did in the first half, which was a grand total of one.
Tony Woods and Garrett Sim lead the Ducks with eight points each while three others have five each. Devoe Joseph had four rebounds, four assists and two steals, but only two points.
For more on the Buffaloes, visit Colorado blog Ralphie Report. Ducks news and analysis is available at Addicted To Quack. Head over to SB Nation NCAA Basketball for more news and notes around the college hoops world.
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Pac-12 Tournament 2012, Colorado Vs. Oregon: Game Time, TV Schedule And More
The second round of the 2012 Pac-12 Tournament takes place on Thursday, and the No. 6 seed Colorado Buffaloes are set for a rematch with the No. 3 seed Oregon Ducks in the final game of the evening. Colorado knocked off the Utah Utes 53-41 in a sloppy affair salvaged thanks to 20 points and 11 rebounds from All-Pac-12 First Team forward Andre Roberson. Meanwhile, the Ducks have been patiently waiting with a first round bye.
They split their two regular season head-to-head matchups based on home court advantage. Back on Feb. 4, the Buffaloes edged the Ducks 72-71, while the Oregon got revenge at home on March 1 with a 90-81 win. Colorado head coach Tad Boyle is very much looking forward to the third head-to-head matchup against Oregon this season (via asapsports.com):
Hopefully we've got all of our missed shots and bad stuff out of our system tonight, because we're going to have to play better against the ducks tomorrow. There is no question that we will...
...Devoe Joseph, is playing very, very well right now, and we have to make sure we get to him and Singler and Sim. They went small on us at their place. So we may have to play a small lineup at times. But it's going to be a heck of a game. I like our match-ups, and we've got them at our place, they've got us at their place. So it should be a heck of a game. Looking forward to it.
Stay tuned to SB Nation Denver's Pac-12 Tournament storystream for score updates during tonight's game:
Gametime: 9:30 p.m. MT, Thursday, March 8, 2012
Television: Fox Sports Net
Radio: 850 KOA
For more on the Buffaloes, visit Colorado blog Ralphie Report. Ducks news and analysis is available at Addicted To Quack. Head over to SB Nation NCAA Basketball for more news and notes around the college hoops world.
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Pac-12 Tournament 2012: Bracket, Second Round Schedule And More
The 2012 Pac-12 Tournament had plenty of excitement in the first round, and the matchups get even better on Day 2. The only upset on the first day came when the No. 9 Oregon State Beavers knocked off the No. 8 Washington State Cougars, so the second round exclusively features matchups between the top-10 seeds. After first round byes, the four highest seeds -- the Washington Huskies, California Golden Bears, Oregon Ducks and Arizona Wildcats -- all get into the action, while the Beavers, UCLA Bruins, Stanford Cardinal and Colorado Buffaloes transform from first round favorites into upset hopefuls.
The Buffaloes take on the Ducks in the last game of the night, and the winner of that game will play the winner of the Cal-Stanford game in the semifinal round. All games will be aired on Fox Sports Net, except for the Championship game on Sunday, which airs on CBS. This is how the second day of the 2012 Pac-12 Tournament shakes out:
Second Round: Thursday, March 8 (All times Eastern)
1:00 p.m. MT : No. 1 Washington Huskies vs. No. 9 Oregon St. Beavers (Fox Sports Net)
3:30 p.m. MT : No. 4 Arizona Wildcats vs. No. 5 UCLA Bruins (Fox Sports Net)
7:00 p.m. MT : No. 2 California Golden Bears vs. No. 7 Stanford Cardinal (Fox Sports Net)
9:30 p.m. MT : No. 3 Oregon Ducks vs. No. 6 Colorado Buffaloes (Fox Sports Net)
Stay tuned to SB Nation Denver for updates. For more coverage on the Colorado Buffaloes, check out The Ralphie Report. And for more news and notes from around the college hoops world, head over to SB Nation NCAA Basketball.
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Pac-12 Tournament, Colorado Vs. Utah: Game Time, TV Schedule And More
The Colorado Buffaloes (No. 6 seed) square off against the Utah Utes (No. 11 seed) on Wednesday evening in the first round of the Pac-12 Conference Championship.
The Buffaloes will be looking to shake off their rough finish to the 2011-12 NCAA regular season, where they lost 3 of their last 4 games and finished the year with a 17-11 mark. The Utes come into the game looking for their third win since the calendar turned to 2012, having finished the season at 5-24.
Carlon Brown (12.2 PPG) and Andre Roberson (11.2 PPG, 11.2 RPB) will look to lead the Buffs to an easy win as the Utes' most dominant player, point guard Josh Watkins (15.6 PPG, 4.8 AST), was kicked off the team for a violation of team policies, leaving only one player -- Jason Washburn -- over 10 points per game.
Stay tuned to SB Nation Denver's Pac-12 Tournament storystream for score updates during tonight's game:
Gametime: 9:40 p.m. MT, Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Television: Fox Sports Net
Radio: 850 KOA
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Pac-12 Tournament 2012 Preview: Colorado Has Long Road To Finals
The No. 6 Colorado Buffaloes start their journey to the 2012 Pac-12 Tournament championship on Wednesday night in a matchup against the No. 11 seed Utah Utes after failing to secure a first-round bye in the finals weeks of the regular season. If they get the win, a Thursday matchup with the No. 3 Oregon Ducks is waiting for them, and from there they may have to go through the No. 2 California Golden Bears and top-seeded Washington Huskies if the seeding holds the rest of the way.
First-team All Pac-12 and All-Defensive forward Andre Roberson will need to bring his "A" game, and leading scorer Carlon Brown -- who made the All Pac-12 Second team -- is another player the Buffaloes have to lean on heavily for strong performances. Spencer Dinwiddie (an All-Freshman team member) can shoulder a bit of the lead, but Roberson and Brown are the key to success in the conference tournament.
Here is a look at the bracket:
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