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 Oregon State wins first-ever Pac-12 Tournament Championship with 70-68 victory over Colorado, punches ticket to NCAA Tournament (Photo: Pac12)
Oregon State wins first-ever Pac-12 Tournament Championship with 70-68 victory over Colorado, punches ticket to NCAA Tournament - Mar 14, 2021 
Maurice Calloo (6'10''-F-99) gave Oregon State an unexpected lift with 15 points and the Beavers won their first conference tournament title, holding off No. 23 Colorado 70-68 in the Pac-12 championship game Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena.Needing three wins in three days to end a four-year NCAA Tournament drought, the Beavers (17-12) built confidence with each step along The Strip. Oregon State opened its first conference title game in 33 years with a flurry of 3-pointers and withstood a late push by Colorado (22-8) to become the first Pac-10/12 team to win the conference title after being picked to finish last. Calloo helped the Beavers overcome leading scorer Ethan Thompson (6'5''-G-99)'s foul trouble, making 6 of 11 shots after scoring 10 points the eight previous games combined. Oregon State's gritty display put a damper on Colorado's bid for its first Pac-12 Tournament title since 2012. The Buffaloes should hear their named get called on Selection Sunday, but Pac-12 champions would have had a nicer ring to it heading to Indianapolis. Colorado pulled within 68-66 on McKinley Wright IV (6'0''-PG-98) IV's 3-pointer with 5.8 seconds left and had a chance when Oregon State's Roman Silva (7'1''-C-98) hit 1 of 2 free throws with 1.7 seconds left. Wright's halfcourt heave sailed over the backboard, sending the Beavers charging onto the floor. Wright led Colorado with 18 points. The underdog Beavers were given little shot outside of Corvallis, overlooked, underappreciated and picked to look up at the rest of the league. Coach Wayne Tinkle promised his team wouldn't finish last and they proved him right, winning 10 conference games to finish sixth. The Beavers clawed their way out of a 16-point hole to beat UCLA in the conference tournament opener and reached their first Pac-12 title game since 1988 by upending top-seeded Oregon. Oregon State opened the title game with a 3-point spree, hitting six of its first nine and had an early nine-point lead. A cooling trend followed, yet the Beavers still made half their shots for 33-28 halftime lead. Oregon State kept making shots - mostly inside - and survived a six-minute stretch with Thompson on the bench to stay in front. The Beavers had some tense moments late, but can call themselves conference tournament champions for the first time. Colorado was picked to finish seventh in the preseason poll despite the return of Wright, one of the toughest, steadiest guards in college basketball. Behind Wright and big man Evan Battey (6'8''-F-98), Colorado finished third in the Pac-12, then had a pair of down-to-the-wire wins over California and No. 23 USC in the conference tournament. The Buffaloes had a hard time slowing the Beavers in the first half of the title game, but also hit half their shot (13 of 26) to stay within reach at halftime. Wright helped keep Oregon State within reach down to the wire, but came up one shot short. BIG PICTURE Oregon State completed an unexpected run to its first conference title with confident offensive game against one of the Pac-12's best defensive teams. The Buffaloes kept hanging around after falling behind early and nearly pulled off the comeback. Pac-12 Tournament Final: Oregon State - Colorado 70-68 Pac-12 Tournament Semifinals: Oregon State - Oregon 75-64 Colorado - USC 72-70 Courtesy of pac-12.com All-Pac-12 Awards 2021 - Mar 14, 2021
All-Tournament MVP:  Warith Alatishe (6'7''-F-00) of Oregon St.Player of the Year: Evan Mobley (7'0''-F-01) of USCDefensive Player of the Year: Evan Mobley (7'0''-F-01) of USCFreshman of the Year: Evan Mobley (7'0''-F-01) of USCMost Improved Player of the Year: Jaiden Delaire (6'9''-C-00) of StanfordSixth Man of the Year: Jordan Brown (6'11''-F-99) of ArizonaCoach of the Year: Andy Enfield of USC 1st Team James Akinjo (6'0''-PG-00) of Arizona Timmy Allen (6'6''-F-00) of Utah Tyger Campbell (5'11''-PG-00) of UCLA Oscar Da Silva (6'9''-PF-98) of Stanford Chris Duarte (6'6''-G-97) of Oregon Remy Martin (6'0''-PG-98) of ASU Evan Mobley (7'0''-F-01) of USC Eugene Omoruyi (6'6''-F) of Oregon Ethan Thompson (6'5''-G-99) of Oregon St. McKinley Wright IV (6'0''-PG-98) of Colorado
2nd Team Isaac Bonton (6'3''-G) of WSU Matt Bradley (6'4''-G-99) of California Tahj Eaddy (6'2''-G-96) of USC Jaime Jaquez Jr. (6'6''-G/F-01) of UCLA Johnny Juzang (6'6''-G-01) of UCLA
Honorable Mention Evan Battey (6'8''-F-98) of Colorado Jaiden Delaire (6'9''-C-00) of Stanford Quade Green (6'0''-PG-98) of Washington Azuolas Tubelis (6'10''-F-02) of Arizona Noah Williams (6'5''-G-01) of WSU
All-Defensive Team Oscar Da Silva (6'9''-PF-98) of Stanford Chris Duarte (6'6''-G-97) of Oregon Jaime Jaquez Jr. (6'6''-G/F-01) of UCLA Evan Mobley (7'0''-F-01) of USC Elijah Parquet (6'3''-G-99) of ColoradoAll-Defensive Honorable Mention Warith Alatishe (6'7''-F-00) of Oregon St. Bryce Wills (6'6''-F-00) of Stanford McKinley Wright IV (6'0''-PG-98) of ColoradoAll-Freshman Team  Efemina Abogidi (6'10''-C-01) of WSU Bennedict Mathurin (6'6''-G/F) of Arizona Evan Mobley (7'0''-F-01) of USC Azuolas Tubelis (6'10''-F-02) of Arizona Jabari Walker (6'8''-F-02) of ColoradoAll-Freshman Honorable Mention Marcus Bagley (6'8''-G/F-01) of ASU Josh Christopher (6'5''-G-01) of ASU Dishon Jackson (6'10''-C) of WSU Ziaire Williams (6'8''-SF-01) of Stanford
All-Tournament Team Evan Mobley (7'0''-F-01) of USC Evan Battey (6'8''-F-98) of Colorado Jarod Lucas (6'3''-G-99) of Oregon St. Ethan Thompson (6'5''-G-99) of Oregon St. McKinley Wright IV (6'0''-PG-98) of ColoradoTags : WARITH ALATISHE, OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY, NCAA1 BASKETBALL |
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