LAS VEGAS – College basketball’s newest postseason event, the Vegas 16, has reached a multi-platform agreement with CBS Sports for coverage of the inaugural tournament on CBS Sports Network and the College Sports Live digital streaming service from CBS Interactive Advanced Media. CBS Sports Network will televise seven games, the quarterfinals, semifinals and championship game, while…
LAS VEGAS – Entering the final month of the regular season, college basketball teams are beginning to focus their attention on March Madness options, and among them, the new Vegas 16, a 16-team post-season tournament played at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, March 26-30. Organizers have selected a group of individuals to serve…
LAS VEGAS (AP)- Mountain West Conference play doesn’t open until Dec. 30. By then, UNLV may have already made quite the name for itself. Ike Nwamu scored 19 points and UNLV upset a ranked team for the second time this season, beating No. 15 Oregon 80-69 on Friday night.
LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Geoffrey Groselle had career-highs with 20 points and nine rebounds as the Creighton men’s basketball team won the 2015 Men Who Speak Up Main Event with a 97-76 rout over previously unbeaten Massachusetts.
Las Vegas, NV—James “J-Byrd” Daniel, III scored a game-high 22 points and Damon Collins and Marcel Boyd each registered double doubles to lead Howard University to an easy 73-54 win over the University of Central Arkansas in the Middleweight championship game of the Men Who Speak Up Event at the MGM Grand Arena.
LAS VEGAS – For the first time, a season-ending college basketball tournament will be played in Las Vegas when the new “Vegas 16” tips off this upcoming March. The new 16-team event serves as the finale of a busy college basketball season in Las Vegas and will be managed by Lexington, Ky.-based sports marketing firm bd…
LAS VEGAS – NCAA basketball action returns to MGM Grand in Las Vegas (www.mgmgrand.com) with two early season events featuring 10 teams at the 14,000-seat MGM Grand Garden Arena. The action tips Nov. 23-25, 2015 with the “Men Who Speak Up Main Event,” the second annual tournament featuring eight teams playing on Monday and Wednesday of…
LAS VEGAS — Delon Wright scored 17 points, Brandon Taylor had 16, and No. 14 Utah beat UNLV 59-46 on Saturday night in the MGM Grand Showcase. Utah (8-2) had 12 steals — including six by Taylor and four by Wright — to cap a rough stretch by winning for the third time in four…
LAS VEGAS — Washington’s fast start almost turned into a heartbreaking finish. Jernard Jarreau scored 12 points, and No. 16 Washington held on for a 69-67 victory over No. 15 Oklahoma on Saturday night at the MGM Grand Showcase. “At the outset of the season, I talked about being sneaky old, but we have some…
LAS VEGAS — Six games into the season the Oklahoma State basketball team is unbeaten and already has a tournament championship. But that doesn’t mean coach Travis Ford is content. Far from it. After beating in-state rival Tulsa 73-58 to capture the MGM Grand Main Event title Wednesday, Ford emphasized the importance of continuing to…