Tag: NCAA basketball tournament

Road to Final Four could lead Oregon’s Casey Benson home to Arizona

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By RYAN CLARKE
Cronkite News

LAS VEGAS — The NCAA tournament looms ahead for Oregon guard Casey Benson, and his road to the Final Four could lead him right back home.

If the Ducks advance to University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Benson would be playing just down the road from where he grew up.

“It’s cliché, but it would be a dream come true,” Benson said. “To be able to play at home in the Final Four with an opportunity to go to a national championship would be surreal.”

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Arizona guard Allonzo Trier finds redemption in Pac-12 Tournament title

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By FABIAN ARDAYA
Cronkite News

LAS VEGAS — It seemed almost too perfect as he went to the free throw line with 17 seconds remaining.

Of course, he made both.

Arizona guard Allonzo Trier got his redemption Saturday night, drilling the game-sealing free throws to clinch the program’s sixth Pac-12 Tournament title with an 83-80 win over the Oregon Ducks at the newly-minted T-Mobile Arena.

Trier finished with a team-high 23 points and eight rebounds in 37 minutes, garnering the honor of Pac-12 Tournament Most Outstanding Player and sending the Wildcats to the NCAA Tournament as the No. 2 seeded team in the West Region.

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