Pac-12 Tournament field: ASU basketball to face Oregon State in Round 1

Head coach Bobby Hurley and Jamiya Neal #5 of the Arizona State Solar Devils within the first half at UCLA Pauley Pavilion on March 02, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photograph by Ronald Martinez/Getty Pictures)

(Photograph by Ronald Martinez/Getty Pictures)

The sector is ready for the Pac-12 Males’s Basketball Match, which begins Wednesday in Las Vegas.

Arizona State had so much on the road Saturday, however an Oregon win over Stanford ended ASU’s bid to clinch a first-round bye.

The Solar Devils fell to USC, 68-63, later within the night and dropped to the No. 6 seed within the match with an 11-9 convention document.

ASU will tackle No. 11 seed Oregon State (11-20, 5-15) within the first spherical on Wednesday evening at 7:30 p.m.

The Solar Devils completed the yr 20-11 general, and ESPN’s Joe Lunardi had them among the many first 4 out on his Bracketology getting into Saturday’s slate of video games. They have been No. 63 within the NET rankings.

A run subsequent week might make the distinction between the NCAA Match and the Nationwide Invitational Match for head coach Bobby Hurley’s squad.

Arizona State swept its two video games in opposition to Oregon State this season, though the Beavers led each matchups at halftime.

If ASU will get previous the Beavers, it’s going to face USC once more within the second spherical.

A win on Saturday would have netted the Solar Devils a No. 5 seed and a date with Cal for an opportunity to face Oregon in Spherical 2.

No. 8 Arizona entered its regular-season finale on Saturday — an 82-73 loss vs. No. 4 UCLA — locked into the No. 2 seed within the Pac-12 Match with a bye. The Wildcats went 14-6 in convention video games and 25-6 general.

Arizona on Thursday will face the winner of Tenth-seed Stanford vs. No. 7 seed Utah.

The Wildcats received the Pac-12 Match final yr, whereas ASU dropped its first-round recreation in opposition to Stanford.

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