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Pac-12 Tournament: Arizona Blow Oregon Ducks Out of the Water
The preview during the regular season was quite accurate as to how much better Arizona are when compared with Oregon, turning the Pac-12 championship game into a very one-sided affair, winning 80-52 to claim the conference tournament.
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Big 12 Tournament – Iowa State Upset Kansas in Championship Game
As if we needed any reminders, Iowa State beat Kansas in the Big 12 tournament final 70-66 after a huge second half to stress the fact that under Fred Hoiberg, this program is going places it hasn’t been to in a very long time.
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Big Ten Tournament – Wisconsin & Michigan State Brush Off Purdue & Maryland
The top 4 teams in the Big Ten reached the conference tournament semifinals, but while Wisconsin were expected to beat Purdue, it was Michigan State that came out victorious from their matchup against 8th-ranked Maryland, heading to the final for a second straight season.
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SEC Tournament – Kentucky & Arkansas Get Rid of Auburn & Georgia
The two ranked teams of the SEC, Arkansas (#21) and Kentucky, undefeated and probably the best in the nation, make it to the SEC Tournament championship game at the expense of Georgia (the Razorbacks winning (60-49) and Auburn, going down 91-67 against the drastically superior Wildcats.
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ACC Tournament – Notre Dame Beat North Carolina to Start a Tradition
The ACC tournament championship game was basically a home affair for North Carolina, but the fans support wasn’t enough to hold on to a promising lead as they got swept aside by Notre Dame in a 90-82 win that just so happens to be the first ever conference tournament title in any league.
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Pac-12 Tournament: Arizona & Oregon Make it to the Final
The best team in the Pac-12, Arizona, was able to hold off UCLA in their semifinal game for a 70-64 win, while Oregon upset 17th-ranked Utah 67-64 thanks to a buzzer beating 3-pointer from Joseph Young.
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Big 12 Tournament – Kansas Playing Iowa State is the Final Fans Deserve
All season long Iowa State and Kansas were the best teams in the Big 12, also finishing 1-2 in the conference. It makes sense to see them in the final of the conference tournament following a Jayhawks 62-52 win over Baylor while the Cyclones barely got by against Oklahoma, winning 67-65 thanks to Ryan Spangler missing a wide open layup in the last second.
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ACC Tournament – North Carolina & Notre Dame Pull Off Upsets Over Virginia & Duke
The two favorites in the ACC are out of the tournament, as Virginia found out that defending against North Carolina isn’t very easy, losing 71-67, while Duke were suffering from an awful shooting day in a 74-64 loss to Notre Dame.
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Kentucky Wildcats – SEC Champions, Perfect, Undefeated and Possibly Impossible to Beat
With a 67-50 win over Florida, Kentucky complete the first stage of their grandiose plans in 2015: Winning the SEC, going undefeated in the regular season and making it look easy in the process most of the time, looking as close to unbeatable as we’ve seen in a very long time.
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Duke Over North Carolina – About the Rivalry, Nothing Else
With Virginia already clinching the ACC title for a second straight season, the only thing Duke and North Carolina had to play for was the meaning of their rivalry, which is quite a lot, even when isolated from other implications. For the second time this season and third in a row, the Blue Devils came out on top, winning 84-77.