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2017 Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2017 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Pac-12 Conference and was played during March 8–11, 2017 at T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada. The champion, Arizona, received the Pac-12 conference automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, 2017 NCAA tournament with an 83-80 win over Oregon in the finals. Seeds Teams will be seeded by conference record, with ties broken in the following order: * Record between the tied teams * Record against the highest-seeded team not involved in the tie, going down through the seedings as necessary * Higher Ratings Percentage Index, RPI: * Head-to-head Schedule Bracket * denotes overtime period Game statistics First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship Awards and honors Hall of Honor The following former players were inducted into the Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Hall of Honor on Friday, March 10, during a ceremony pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
T-Mobile Arena
T-Mobile Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Paradise, Nevada. Opened on April 6, 2016, it is the home arena of the Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League (NHL). A joint venture between MGM Resorts International and Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG), T-Mobile Arena is situated on the Las Vegas Strip near the New York-New York and Park MGM casino hotels. T-Mobile Arena has hosted various sports and entertainment events, with the latter including concerts, award shows, and beauty pageants. The arena has also hosted various combat sport events, including mixed martial arts (MMA), boxing, and professional wrestling. MMA promoter Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) signed a long-term tenancy agreement with T-Mobile Arena in 2017, under which it agreed to host four events per-year over the next seven years. History The Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG) first tried to build an arena in Las Vegas in association with Harrah's Entertainment. In 2007, the joint vent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016–17 Arizona State Sun Devils Men's Basketball Team
The 2016–17 Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball team represented Arizona State University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Sun Devils were led by second-year head coach Bobby Hurley, and played their home games at Wells Fargo Arena in Tempe, Arizona as members of Pac–12 Conference. The Sun Devils finished the season 15–18, 7–11 in Pac-12 play to finish in eighth place. In the Pac-12 tournament, they defeated Stanford in the first round before losing to Oregon in the quarterfinals Previous season The Sun Devils finished the 2015–16 season 15–17, 5–13 in Pac-12 play to finish in 11th place. They lost in the first round of the Pac-12 tournament to Oregon State. Off-season Departures 2016 recruiting class 2017 recruiting class Roster * Freshman Sam Cunliffe left team 10 games into the season and elected to transfer. Schedule and results , - !colspan=12 style=, Exhibition , - !colspan=12 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Welsh (basketball)
Thomas Clark Welsh (born February 3, 1996) is an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins. As a senior in 2017–18, Welsh earned second-team all-conference honors in the Pac-12. He was selected by the Denver Nuggets in the second round of the 2018 NBA draft with the 58th overall pick. Welsh was a McDonald's All-American in high school. After leading UCLA in blocks as a freshman reserve, he was a member of the United States national team that won the gold medal at the FIBA Under-19 World Championship in 2015. He started for the Bruins as a sophomore and junior, leading the team in rebounds while also continuing to be their top shot blocker. As an NBA rookie, he played with Denver on a two-way contract. Early life Welsh was born in Torrance, California, in Los Angeles County, to Pat and Kathy Welsh as the eldest brother of Jack and Henry Welsh. At age five, he started playing basketball. He attended Loyola High School in Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isaac Hamilton
Isaac Brandon Hamilton (born May 14, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for Cherkaski Mavpy of the Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague. He played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins, earning second-team all-conference honors in the Pac-12 as a junior in 2015–16. Hamilton grew up in the Los Angeles area, where he was among the top high school players. As a senior in 2013, he captured all-state honors in California, and was nationally recognized as a McDonald's All-American. He originally signed a National Letter of Intent (NLI) to attend the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), but decided to transfer to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Hamilton was required to sit out his freshman year after UTEP would not grant him a release from his commitment. He played his first year in college in 2014–15 as a sophomore with the Bruins, and he led the team in scoring as a junior. After going undrafted in the 2017 NBA draft, he played two seasons wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dušan Ristić
Dušan Ristić ( sr-Cyrl, Душан Ристић; born November 27, 1995) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Lenovo Tenerife of the Liga ACB. He played college basketball for the Arizona Wildcats. Early career Dušan grew up with Crvena zvezda youth team. Ristić made his debut with Zvezda second team Radnički FMP during the 2012–13 season. Ristić made his debut with the first team of Crvena zvezda during the 2013–14 ABA League season. He also played two games in the Euroleague. However, he decided not to sign professional contract with club. In January 2014, he went to Sunrise Christian Academy in Wichita, Kansas. College career On March 8, 2014, Ristić, committed to play basketball for the Arizona Wildcats. On Twitter, he announced that he will play his senior year for the Wildcats and finish his education. During his senior season, he was a teammate with future NBA draft first overall pick Deandre Ayton, where Ristić was the starting center tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lauri Markkanen
Lauri Elias Markkanen (born 22 May 1997) is a Finnish professional basketball player for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA). In the 2017 NBA draft, he was taken by the Minnesota Timberwolves with the seventh overall pick before being included in a trade to the Chicago Bulls for Jimmy Butler. Nicknamed "The Finnisher", he is the son of Finnish basketball players Pekka and Riikka Markkanen, and the younger brother of footballer Eero Markkanen. Early life and career Markkanen grew up in Jyväskylä, and played his junior years in the local team, HoNsU. Markkanen played for HBA-Märsky in the Finnish second-tier league from 2014 to 2016. College career On 17 October 2015, Markkanen verbally committed to NCAA Division I squad Arizona Wildcats prior to the 2016–17 season. Lauri signed a letter of intent to Arizona on 11 November. ESPN.com reported that the seven-foot Finn was considered "a possible one-and-done candidate for the NBA draft." He became the fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dillon Brooks
Dillon Brooks (born January 22, 1996) is a Canadian professional basketball player for the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Oregon Ducks, where he was named a consensus second-team All-American and earned conference player of the year honors in the Pac-12 in 2017. He is a member of the Canada national team. College career Brooks, a small forward from Mississauga, Ontario, went to the University of Oregon after playing at Findlay Prep in Henderson, Nevada. As a freshman, he averaged 11.5 points per game and was named to the Pac-12 Conference all-freshman team. As a sophomore, Brooks led the Ducks to the Pac-12 Conference regular season title and a top ten national ranking. At the close of the season, he was named first-team All-Pac-12 and a third-team All-American by the Sporting News. He was also named the District IX player of the year by the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA). Brooks avera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Rabb
Ivan Charles Rabb Jr. (born February 4, 1997) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Delaware Blue Coats of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the California Golden Bears. Growing up in California, he was named the top high school player in the state as a senior in 2015. He also received national recognition as an All-American. As a freshman with the Golden Bears, Rabb earned second-team all-conference honors in the Pac-12. He was named first-team All-Pac-12 as a sophomore before being selected in the second round of the 2017 NBA draft. He began his pro career playing two seasons with the Memphis Grizzlies. High school career Rabb attended Bishop O'Dowd High School, where he won two CIF Northern California Open Division basketball championships and one CIF Open Division State Championship. Rabb competed in the summer for the AAU's Oakland Soldiers. In four varsity seasons, Rabb amassed over 2,000 points, 1,000 rebounds, and is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Obinna Oleka
Obinna Oleka (born November 4, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for Piratas de La Guaira of the Venezuelan Basketball League. He played college basketball at Arizona State. Early life Oleka grew up in Washington, D.C., with his mother and brother. He played high school basketball at Florida Christian Institute in Cape Coral, Florida, where he averaged 24 points and 11 rebounds as a senior and earned an invitation to the ESBC All-Star Game. He also played Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) basketball with DC Assault. College career State College of Florida, Manatee–Sarasota Coming out of high school, Oleka was considered a three-star recruit by Rivals.com. However, he was academically ineligible to play for a major college, so he instead started playing junior college basketball at the State College of Florida, Manatee–Sarasota (SCF Manatee–Sarasota) in 2012. As a freshman, Oleka recorded 10.9 points and 6.2 rebounds per game. He was named NJCAA Division I Pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pacific Time Zone
The Pacific Time Zone (PT) is a time zone encompassing parts of western Canada, the western United States, and western Mexico. Places in this zone observe standard time by subtracting eight hours from Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC−08:00). During daylight saving time, a time offset of UTC−07:00 is used. In the United States and Canada, this time zone is generically called the Pacific Time Zone. Specifically, time in this zone is referred to as Pacific Standard Time (PST) when standard time is being observed (early November to mid-March), and Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) when daylight saving time (mid-March to early November) is being observed. In Mexico, the corresponding time zone is known as the ''Zona Noroeste'' (Northwest Zone) and observes the same daylight saving schedule as the U.S. and Canada. The largest city in the Pacific Time Zone is Los Angeles, whose metropolitan area is also the largest in the time zone. The zone is two hours ahead of the Hawaii–Ale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ESPN College Basketball
''ESPN College Basketball'' is a blanket title used for presentations of college basketball on ESPN and its family of networks. Its coverage focuses primarily on competition in NCAA Division I, holding broadcast rights to games from each major conference, and a number of mid-major conferences. ESPN was the first broadcaster to provide extensive early-round coverage of NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship, prior to CBS, later in partnership with Turner Sports, holding sole rights to " March Madness". The network also covers a number of early-season tournaments, conference championships, and is also the exclusive broadcaster of the National Invitation Tournament and the Women's Division I championship. History 1979–1989 ESPN has aired college basketball games from its inception, starting in 1979 with DePaul's victory over Wisconsin Badgers with a then-novice color commentator Dick Vitale and Joe Boyle doing the play-by-play. In the early days, Vitale was paired wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016–17 Oregon State Beavers Men's Basketball Team
The 2016–17 Oregon State Beavers men's basketball team represented Oregon State University in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Beavers were led by third-year head coach Wayne Tinkle, and played their home games at Gill Coliseum in Corvallis, Oregon as members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 5–27, 1–17 in Pac-12 play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the Pac-12 tournament to California. Previous season The Beavers finished the 2015–16 season 19–13, 9–9 in Pac-12 play to finish in a three-way tie for sixth place. They defeated Arizona State in the first round of the Pac-12 tournament before losing to California in the quarterfinals. OSU received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 7 seed in the West Region, marking the Beavers' first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1990. The Beavers lost in the first round of the Tournament to VCU. Off-season Departures Incoming transfers 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
