Carl Berman 
11 Feb 2019 
0 comments Eugene, OR – The Pac-12 conference is having a serious down year. Most teams are mediocre and not consistent. That was very evident tonight as Stanford, coming off their best performance of the year in a 23-point road win at Oregon State, started the game against Oregon by missing 21 of their first 22 shots. […]
Stanford Stuns Oregon State by 23
Corvallis, OR – Stanford led from start to finish and stunned Oregon State 83-60 Thursday night in Corvallis. The Cardinal played an aggressive extended man to man defense, zone, and multiple trap schemes to keep the Beavers off-balance throughout the contest. Oscar de Silva led the winners with 23 points, nine rebounds and seven assists […]
Pac-12 Tournament: Quarterfinals
Las Vegas, NV – The Pac-12 men’s basketball tournament quarterfinals were played today with four games at T-Mobile Arena. In the opening game, Arizona (25-7) used a 14-0 run in the second half to top Colorado (17-15) 83-65. Allonzo Trier led the Wildcats with 22 points while center Dusan Ristic added 16 points and 11 […]
Pac-12 Tournament: Day 1
Las Vegas, NV – The Pac-12 men’s basketball tournament tipped off today at T-Mobile Arena with four first round games. In the opening game, Colorado (17-14) beat Arizona State (20-11) 97-85, pulling away with a 56-point second half. The loss put the Sun Devils firmly on the NCAA tournament bubble. After big early season wins […]
Stanford holds off Cal in Bay Area Rivalry
Berkeley, CA – With Cal’s (8-19) lackluster season left to moral victories, there was still one to be had Sunday night vs. Stanford (14-13), the opportunity to sweep the Cardinal this season. Stanford is having a bounce back season in the Pac-12 after finishing 6-12 last year and is in contention for one of the […]
Arizona Edges Red-Hot Stanford
Palo Alto, CA – The No. 14 Arizona Wildcats (16-4) came into a red-hot Stanford team (11-9), winners of five in a row including knocking off the No. 16 Arizona State. A sell-out crowd got to watch a nail-biting game. The game went down to the wire but Arizona managed to pull out a 73-71 […]
Duke, Michigan State Take Home PK80 Titles
Portland, OR – The first and hopefully not last PK80 Invitational ended in Portland Sunday night with Duke and Michigan State winning their brackets and taking home championship trophies. Duke came back from a 17-point second half deficit to topple a strong Florida team 87-84. Michigan State dominated defending national champion North Carolina from the […]
Oregon Takes Over 3rd Place in Pac-12 Basketball Race
Eugene, OR – Oregon took sole possession of third place in the Pac-12, withstanding a furious second-half Colorado (12-13, 5-8) comeback in a 73-60 win. Joseph Young continued his strong play, leading the Ducks with 23 points. Colorado did not look good on offense, particularly in the first half when they shot a paltry 9-of-32 […]
Six Basketball Tournaments in Six Days
My annual east coast trip for the start of the college basketball season is over. I covered six tournaments in six nights traveling between New York City and Rhode Island and made it back home by Thanksgiving despite a major rain and wind storm. The first event on Thursday night was the 2K Sports Classic, […]
