Mark Lyons and Arizona will be moving onto the Sweet 16 with Oregon after defeating Harvard on Saturday. Photo Credit: Steve Dykes-USA TODAY Sports

PAC-12 NCAA results from the weekend –

Midwest Region: HP Pavilion/San Jose, California
12 Oregon Ducks (28-8) 74 v. 4 Saint Louis Billikens (28-7/Atlantic 10) 57

Recap – Oregon continues to play the “little 12” seed that could taking out another opponent in convincing fashion. Damyean Dotson and E.J. Singler scored 37 of the Ducks 74 points against SLU. Dana Altman getting to his first Sweet 16 in year three in Eugene is impressive. Next up for Oregon is Louisville on Friday in Indianapolis.

West Region: EnergySolutions Arena/Salt Lake City, Utah
14 Harvard Crimson (20-10/Ivy) 51 v. 6 Arizona Wildcats (27-7) 74

Recap – Harvard had its feel good moment on the tournaments opening day defeating New Mexico. Arizona never let the Crimson feel comfortable in this game and took the drama out of this game early, Mark Lyons had 27 for the UofA. The Wildcats are back in the Sweet 16 and will make the trip to Staples Center. Next up for Arizona will be Ohio State on Thursday.

East Region: HP Pavilion/San Jose, California
12 California Golden Bears (21-12) 60 v. 4 Syracuse Orange (28-9/Big East) 66

Recap – Syracuse went 12-minutes without a field goal in the second half but California couldn’t make a dent. Mike Montgomery and the Bears end the season with a 21-12 record plus an NCAA win. Richard Soloman led all scorers with 22 points.

NCAA Bracket

PAC-12 NIT results from this weekend –

Kentucky Region: Ferrell Center/Waco, Texas
3 Arizona State Sun Devils (22-13) 86 @ 2 Baylor Bears (20-14/Big XII) 89

Recap – Arizona State took a 31-29 lead to the half but Baylor outscored them 60-55 in the final 20 minutes. Carrick Felix led ASU with 23 points with Jahii Carson contributed 20 points in the defeat in the round two loss.

Alabama Region: Coleman Coliseum/Tuscaloosa, Alabama
4 Stanford Cardinal (19-15) 54 @ 1 Alabama Crimson Tide (23-12/SEC) 66

Recap – After a close home win in round one the Stanford Cardinal went to SEC country to take on Alabama in which would’ve been a fun football meeting. The Crimson Tide led wire to wire in ending the season for Stanford. Chasson Randle led the Cardinal with 11 points in 35 minutes played.

NIT Bracket

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Oski the Bear was pleasantly surprised with Cal getting payback on UNLV. Photo Credit: Bob Stanton-USA TODAY Sports

Thursday’s PAC-12 results from day one –

Midwest Region: HP Pavilion/San Jose, California
12 Oregon Ducks (27-8) 68 v. 5 Oklahoma State Cowboys (24-9/Big XII) 55

Recap – The “underseeded” Ducks controlled the action all game, keeping the ‘Pokes playing from behind for 40 minutes. Damyean Dotson led Oregon with 17 points while Arsalan Kazemi had 11 points, grabbed 17 points with two assists. Dana Altman got another win as a 12 seed after leading 12 Creighton to an OT win over 5 Florida in 2002. Next up for Oregon is Saint Louis on Saturday.

West Region: EnergySolutions Arena/Salt Lake City, Utah
11 Belmont Bruins (26-7/Ohio Valley) 64 v. 6 Arizona Wildcats (26-7) 81

Recap – Arizona built a 12-point lead at half against Belmont and held on in the second half outscoring the Bruins 49-44. Mark Lyons provided a team high 23 points with three other Wildcat starters scoring 12 points.  Next up for Arizona will be Harvard on Saturday.

East Region: HP Pavilion/San Jose, California
12 California Golden Bears (21-11) 64 v. 5 UNLV Running Rebels (25-10/MWC) 61

Recap – Life’s all about second chances and the Bears took advantage of suck opportunity. Earlier in the season Mike Montgomery’s team lost by a point to UNLV at Haas Pavilion but flipped the script in front of a most “pro-Bears” crowd in San Jose. Allen Crabbe scored 19, grabbed nine rebounds and had four assists, Justin Cobbs provided 13 points in the win. Next up for Cal is Syracuse on Saturday.

Friday’s NCAA games involving PAC-12 teams –

East Region: Frank Erwin Center/Austin, Texas/Gametime Friday March 22 at 1:40 pm on TNT
10 Colorado Buffaloes (21-11) v. 7 Illinois Fighting Illini (22-12/B1G)

South Region: Frank Erwin Center/Austin, Texas/Gametime Friday March 22 at 6:57 pm on TruTV
11 Minnesota Golden Gophers (20-12/B1G) v. 6 UCLA Bruins (25-9)

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Oregon State opened up PAC-12 play with a sweep of Arizona in Tucson this weekend. Ross William Hamilton/The Oregonian

Lost in the shuffle of college basketball’s championship week was the start of conference play in baseball. The Beavers lost a midweek game to San Francisco but came back to sweep Arizona in Tucson, joining them at 3-0 are UCLA and California.

Below are the current conference standings, rankings and midweek games to keep you up to speed on PAC-12 baseball.

Pac 12 Standings as of March 18:
Oregon State (3-0, 19-1), UCLA (3-0, 15-3), California (3-0, 13-7), Oregon (2-1, 15-6), Washington State (2-1, 11-7), Stanford (10-5), Arizona State (1-2, 12-4-1), Southern California (1-2, 8-11), Arizona (0-3, 15-8), Utah (0-3, 8-9), Washington (0-3, 4-14)

National Polls:
Baseball America Top 25 – Oregon State 3, UCLA 11, Oregon 13, Arizona State 20, with Arizona dropping out
Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Top 30 – Oregon State 2, UCLA 9, Oregon 15, Stanford 17, Arizona State 22, California 27
National Collegiate Baseball Writers – Oregon State 4, UCLA 7, Oregon 12, Stanford 17, Arizona State 21,
Arizona 25, Receiving Votes: California
Perfect Game Top 25 – UCLA 4, Oregon State 5, Oregon 16, Stanford 18, Arizona State 19,  with Arizona dropping out
USA Today Baseball Top 25 Coaches Poll – Oregon State 4, UCLA 7, Oregon 12, Stanford 19, Arizona State 21, with dropping out Arizona

Non-Conference Midweek Games:
March 19 – Arizona State at Texas Tech, Gonzaga at Washington State, Portland at Washington (make-up of 3/12 game), Southern California at Louisville, Utah Valley at Utah
March 20 – Southern California at Louisville

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