Seen and heard at the Pac-12 Tournament in Las Vegas: UCLA tries to adjust without Jaylen Clark, Arizona's Azuolas Tubelis makes the cut, Tad Boyle is optimistic, Mark Fox is out of a job and more.
Bruce Pascoe LAS VEGAS — While continuing to keep a cloud over Jaylen Clark’s status, UCLA took its first crack at playing without him Thursday.UCLA eventually pulled out an 80-69 quarterfinal win over Colorado but trailed for over 15 minutes and led by just five points with 1:40 left in the game with coach Mick Cronin starting wing David Singleton in Clark’s absence and asking more of reserves Dylan Andrews, Will McClendon and Abramo Canka.
Already aiming for a No. 1 NCAA Tournament berth, the Bruins might need to prove quickly that they have figured out how to play without Clark. NCAA seeding guidelines state that “if there is sufficient data to evaluate how a team performed without a key player or coach versus how they performed with him/them, that is considered.”
“First of all, I have a job and I have a family I would like to keep, so there's a little thing called HIPAA, OK,” Cronin said, referring to the federal law designed to protect patients’ sensitive medical information. “Second thing is, Amari had an injury, I was consistent. He had a foot injury. He was out. There no details said about it. Adem started wearing a mask.
Tubelis finalist for Malone AwardArizona's Azuolas Tubelis was named one of five finalists for the Karl Malone Award, which honors the top power forward in college basketball. Boyle looking aheadThe loss to UCLA put Colorado at 17-16 overall, with only a chance at an NIT berth, but Buffaloes coach Tad Boyle expressed optimism about the future.
No commentDuring nearly every Pac-12 Tournament , the conference has held a Thursday or Friday news conference in which it has said commissioners Larry Scott and George Kliavkoff would discuss “the state of Pac-12 basketball” or something along those lines.
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