LAS VEGAS—Saturday’s Pac-12 tournament final pitted one of the conference’s top scoring teams against its most dominant defensive force, two teams playing with opposing styles and doing so at the highest level they have all season.
UCLA came into the tournament second in the Pac-12 in scoring, its 82 points per game just 0.5 behind Oregon. The Bruins scored 82 and 84 points in their first two tournament games, shooting 56.6 and 65.2 percent, respectively, in those games.
Meanwhile, Arizona allowed just 58.7 points per game throughout the regular season, and just 41 points per game in its first two games of the tournament.
But, unlike the well-known phrase, offense won the championship.
Story by: Kevin Bowman
