LAS VEGAS -- For the first time in Pac-12 history both tournament semifinal games went into overtime.
One -- Oregon-Arizona -- featured a team digging its way out of a hole that never got over the hump, and another -- Utah-Cal -- featured two teams tightly wound together the entire 45 minutes.
The margin between the top four teams was slim and the margin for error within those games was even slimmer.
But just before the clock struck midnight, the final was set -- No. 1 seed Oregon vs. No. 2 seed Utah -- two teams that have steadily climbed through the conference, have peaked at the perfect times and will look to extend their respective winning streaks (Oregon: seven games; Utah: nine games) through the Pac-12 title game (Saturday, 10 p.