Colorado University Athletics
MBB Seeded No. 10, Will Play No. 7 Seed Oregon State
SAN FRANCISCO GÇö The University of Colorado
menGÇÖs basketball team will be the No. 10 seed and play No. 7 seed
Oregon State this Wednesday, March 11 at 7:10 p.m. (MDT) at the MGM
Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nev.
The Buffaloes closed the regular season portion of the schedule
with a 14-16 record and a 7-11 mark in the Pac-12 standings.
In their lone meeting of the season against the Beavers, occurred
in Corvallis back on Feb. 21 with Oregon State taking a 72-58
victory.
The winner of CU/OSU will play No. 2 seed Oregon on Thursday, 7:10
p.m. (MDT). Both games will be televised by the Pac-12 Network and
can be heard on 850-KOA with Voice of The Buffs, Mark Johnson with
analyst Scott Wilke.
Under the tutelage of CU head coach Tad Boyle, the Buffaloes are
5-3 over the five years against Oregon State, and in the overall
all-time series, CU leads 10-5. In the lone neutral court
meeting coming two years ago at the Pac-12 Tournament in Las Vegas,
CU, seeded No. 5 took a 74-68 win on March 13, 2013 over the No. 12
seeded Beavers.
In the previous three years of the Pac-12 Tournament, Boyle ranks
at the top in overall record (7-2) and winning percentage (.778) in
the Pac-10/12 Tournament history. BoyleGÇÖs overall 65.0
winning percentage also ranks number one in school history, in
addition to his post-season wins (13). His 9-3 conference
tournament record spanning the previous four seasons (three in
Pac-12, one in the Big 12), is number one in school
history.
In this yearGÇÖs Pac-12 Tournament, eight of the 12 seeds for the
2015 Pac-12 MenGÇÖs Basketball Tournament were determined on the
final day of the Pac-12 regular season. The Pac-12 regular season
champion, Arizona enters the event as the No. 1 seed for the second
straight year.
The Pac-12 MenGÇÖs Basketball Tournament takes place
Wednesday-Saturday, March 11-14, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in
Las Vegas, Nev. A limited number of tickets are only available for
WednesdayGÇÖs sessions 1 and 2, and can be purchased online at
pac-12.com/tickets.
Tickets for the remaining sessions are sold out.
Washington knocked off Utah on Saturday, dropping the Utes into a
tie with Oregon for second place in the league standings. The Ducks
own the tiebreaker based on its victory over the Utes in the only
head-to-head matchup between the two teams this season and garner
the No. 2 seed. The Utes hold the No. 3 seed, while No. 4 UCLA
rounds out the top four seeds.
Arizona State and Stanford tied for fifth. The Sun Devils, who
started Pac-12 play 0-4, grabbed the No. 5 seed based on the
Pac-12GÇÖs tie-break procedures. The Sun Devils and Cardinal split
their series this year. The two teams then compare their record
against the teams at the top of the standings and work down through
the standings until the tie is broken.
In comparing their records against Arizona, Arizona State went 1-1
vs. the Wildcats, while Stanford went 0-2 vs. Wildcats. After the
Sun Devils were slotted at No. 5, the Cardinal enter the Pac-12
Tournament as the No. 6 seed.
Oregon State is the No. 7 seed.
In a three-way tie for eighth place between California, CU, and
Washington State, where the Golden Bears come out on top with the
No. 8 seed. In the multi-team tie-breaking procedure, Cal owned the
better collective head-to-head record (2-1) with Colorado (1-2) and
Washington State (2-2).
The head-to-head tie-break procedure was then used on Colorado and
Washington State to determine the No. 9 seed. The teams split their
season series. Their records were then compared vs. the teams at
the top of the standings. Neither team defeated Arizona. Their
records vs. the tied group of Utah and Oregon revealed the edge to
the Cougars for the No. 9 seed as it went 1-3, compared to the
Buffaloes 0-3 mark. Colorado fills the bracket at No. 10.
Washington and USC round out the Pac-12 Tournament bracket with the
No. 11 and No. 12 seeds respectively.
The Pac-12 Networks will air eight games of the Tournament,
including the first seven games, starting with first round action
on Wednesday, March 11. Game times are 1:10 p.m., 3:40 p.m., 7:10
p.m., and 9:40 p.m.
The Pac-12 Networks will carry the first three quarterfinal games
on Thursday, March 12 at 1:10 p.m., 3:40 p.m., and 7:10 p.m.
ESPN will air the last quarterfinal that evening at 9:40 p.m.
All times listed are Mountain.
Semifinal action on Friday, March 13 tips off at 7:10 p.m. (P12N)
and 9:45 p.m. (ESPN). The Pac-12 Championship will air on ESPN on
Saturday, March 14 at 9:05 p.m.
2015 PAC-12 MENGÇÖS BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT
SCHEDULE
Wednesday-Saturday, March 11-14,
2015
MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas,
Nev.
Wed., Mar. 11
Game 1 - No. 8
California vs. No. 9 Washington State, 1:10 p.m., P12N
Game 2 - No. 5 Arizona State vs. No. 12 USC, approx. 3:40 p.m.,
P12N
Game 3 - No. 7 Oregon State vs. No. 10 Colorado, 7:10 p.m.
P12N
Game 4 - No. 6 Stanford vs. No. 11 Washington, approx. 9:40 p.m.,
P12N
Thurs., Mar. 12
Game 5 - No. 8/9 vs. No. 1
Arizona, 1:10 p.m., P12N
Game 6 - No. 5/12 vs. No. 4 UCLA, approx. 3:40 p.m., P12N
Game 7 - No. 7/10 vs. No. 2 Oregon, 7:10 p.m., P12N
Game 8 - No. 6/11 vs. No. 3 Utah, approx. 9:40 p.m., ESPN
Fri., Mar. 13
Semifinal 1, 7:10 p.m., P12N
Semifinal 2, approx. 9:45 p.m., ESPN
Sat., Mar. 14
Championship Game, 9:05 p.m.,
ESPN
All Times Are Mountain
Tickets for sessions 1 and 2 on Wed., March 11 are still available
for purchase by visiting pac-12.com/tickets.