Morning links: a mixed bag for the Pac-12
If you're a Pac-12 basketball fan based in Arizona or Oregon than yesterday was probably pretty sweet.
Outside of the Beaver State and Cactusville, it was a more or less bleak day for a conference that appears headed toward its fourth down year since 2010.We have links to stories from the games after the jump.
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-- Arizona blew Michigan out of the Great Lakes.
-- Arizona State had a comeback win over Pepperdine.
-- California squeaked past Princeton.
-- Colorado had little to fear from its northern rival.
-- Oregon picked up an impressive win over Illinois. But that barely registered when Marcus Mariota became the school's first Heisman Trophy Award winner.
-- Oregon State muscled past Mississippi State.
-- Stanford struggled to beat Denver.
-- Gonzaga beat up UCLA at home. Here's Jim Meehan's story.
-- Army conquered the Trojans.
-- Utah rallied to lose to Kansas by a respectable margin.