Pac-12 Tournament Day 2: Live Updates

The first day of the Pac-12 Men’s Basketball Tournament has come and gone, and the remaining teams are onto the quarterfinals later today, Thursday. Day 1 saw the likes of Colorado, Washington State, Stanford and Arizona State win their respective games and move on to the next round to face a new opponent to reach the semifinals.

Day 2 of the Pac-12 Tournament concluded with USC and Arizona State going head-to-head. The Sun Devils made 14 threes on their way to a berth in the Pac-12 Tournament Semifinals. Desmond Cambridge Jr. connected on six of Arizona State’s three, leading the way in scoring with 27 points for the sixth-seeded Sun Devils as they knocked off three-seeded USC, 77-72 in the night cap of Day 2 of the Pac-12 Tournament.

2023 Pac-12 Tournament schedule, results

All times pacific.

Wednesday, March 8 (TV Talent)

Game 1: Washington (68) vs. Colorado (74)

Game 2: Washington State (69) vs. California (52)

Game 3: Utah (62) vs. Stanford (73)

Game 4: Arizona State (63) vs. Oregon State (57)

Thurs., March 9

Game 5: UCLA (80), Colorado (69)

Game 6: Oregon (75), Washington State (70)

Game 7: Arizona (95), Stanford (84)

Game 8: USC (72) vs. Arizona State (77)

Fri., March 10

Game 9: UCLA vs. Oregon, 6:00 p.m. Pac-12 Network (Ted Robinson, Bill Walton)

Game 10: Arizona vs. Arizona State, 8:30 p.m. ESPN (Dave Pasch, Bill Walton)

Sat., March 11

Game 11: Championship, 7:30 p.m. ESPN (Dave Pasch, Bill Walton)

UCLA 80, Colorado 69

The second day of action across the league got off to quite an interesting start. Despite being the No. 1 seed in the tournament, UCLA is getting all it can handle from Colorado through the first half of the game. The Buffaloes, despite being nearly a 10-point underdog, lead the Bruins at the half. Colorado shot 58.3% from the floor to UCLA’s 50% and lead 38-37 at half.

Then, the Bruins roared back — thanks in large part to their success at the free throw line. UCLA shot 18-for-22 from the charity stripe in the second half to come all the way back and get the 80-69 victory. Amari Bailey led all scorers with 26 points, including 14 in the second half.

Oregon 75, Washington State 70

Oregon and Washington State tipped off the second game of the day, and it looked like it would be all Ducks in the first half. But the Cougars rattled off a 12-2 run over the last 4:03 to make it a single-digit deficit as Oregon took a 38-30 lead into the locker room.

Then, the second half got interesting as Washington State led 70-68 with 3:36 to play. The two teams went back and forth down the stretch, but Oregon ultimately held on to come away with the 75-70 victory to advance to Friday’s semifinal against UCLA. Oregon ended the game on a 7-0 run in the final 3:05.

Arizona 95, Stanford 84

The second half of the day will begin with No. 2 seed Arizona playing Stanford — and there was no shortage of offense out of the gate. The Cardinal shot 51.7% from the field and the Wildcats shot a blistering 61.8% from the field to take the 47-43 lead into the halftime locker room.

After the break, Arizona continued its strong performance on offense, making 16 of its 24 field goals in the second half to pull away from Stanford and get the 95-84 victory. On the whole, the Wildcats shot 63.8% from the floor while the Cardinal hit 49.1% of its shots. Oumar Ballo led all scorers with 24 points while Cedric Henderson was close behind with 23 and Azuolas Tubelis added 20. Spencer Jones led Stanford with 22 points for Stanford and Brandon Angel had 19.