staples center – Rush The Court

Why I Chose The Mountain West Tourney Over The Pac-12 Tourney…

AMurawa — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 16:15:27 +0000

Way back at the end of January or so, I started wrestling with a decision of great importance in the life of a basketball junkie: where to go in March. As the correspondent for both the Pac-12 and the Mountain West for Rush The Court, the two main options seemed pretty clear. And, under normal circumstances, the fact that I live in Los Angeles, maybe 20 minutes away (depending on traffic) from the Staples Center, where the Pac-12 Tournament was to be held, would seem to make that the obvious choice. I could take in all the hoops I wanted [...]

Pac-12 Tournament To Las Vegas? Yes, Please…

AMurawa — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:41:15 +0000

Since Larry Scott took over as commissioner of the Pac-12, changes have come fast and furious. To begin with, when Scott accepted the position, it was a quaint 10-team conference playing most of its conference games outside of the eyes of ESPN’s cameras. Now, with this year’s additions of Colorado and Utah, there are more teams (and twice Scott almost succeeded in landing Texas and Oklahoma on his way to a 16-team conference), and with a $3 billion agreement with ESPN and Fox in tow, the conference and its member institutions have a new high-profile television contract and plenty of [...]

The Week That Was: Tournament Preview Edition

rtmsf — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 14:00:08 +0000

Introduction

March Madness is officially here. Introduction over.

What We Learned

What a Run, Young Man.

Connecticut scoffs in the face of conventional wisdom that says it’s better for a team to be well rested before the NCAA tournament. The Huskies won five games in five days to capture the Big East Tournament title last Saturday night. And for my money, Kemba Walker locked up the Naismith Award with his play over those five games. Walker averaged 26 PPG and 38 MPG at Madison Square Garden, carrying a team that finished 9-9 in the Big East to [...]

Conference Tourney Mini-Previews: Pac-10

rtmsf — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:06:19 +0000

Next Up: Pac-10 Tournament. The best conference in America this year should provide us with more entertainment this weekend, as there are arguably nine teams who have enough talent to make a run and win this thing. One question – why is it in the Staples Center every year? Memo to the Pac-10 commisioners: there are other NBA arenas in Phoenix, Oakland, Portland and Seattle that would also make great venues for this event.

Where: Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA When: Wednesday-Saturday

The Favorite(s). Vegas Watch doesn’t have the Pac-10 odds up yet, but UCLA is sitting on a 94% chance at a [...]