Las Vegas • The basketball bounced innocently onto the court after Oregon’s Kenny Wooten blocked the layup attempt of Utah guard Sedrick Barefield, and the game ended.
The Utes lost an 11-point lead in less than nine minutes of a quarterfinal game that either they gave away or Oregon took from them — or both. The Ducks’ 68-66 upset of No. 3-seeded Utah late Thursday night at T-Mobile Arena was the latest example their Oregon’s reign over the Utes in the Pac-12 tournament. This was the toughest to take of them all.
Oregon has beaten the Utes four times in the six years this event has been held in Las Vegas.