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Pac-12 roundup: Oregon takes top seed for conference tournament

Oregon’s Dillon Brooks (24) gets past Oregon State’s Kendal Manuel (24) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game Saturday, March 4, 2017, in Corvallis, Ore. Oregon won 80-59. (Timothy J. Gonzalez / Associated Press)
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Oregon coach Dana Altman figures it could be decades before his players truly appreciate what it means to win consecutive Pac-12 championships.

For now, the sixth-ranked Ducks donned special T-shirts commemorating the accomplishment after defeating rival Oregon State 80-59 on Saturday in Corvallis, Oregon, for a share of the regular-season title.

Oregon (27-4, 16-2) finished tied atop the final conference standings with No. 7 Arizona, which also went 16-2 in league play after a 73-60 victory over Arizona State earlier in the day.

It was the sixth time Oregon has claimed the crown or at least a share of it. Last year, the Ducks won it outright.

“To be able to win it back-to-back – I think the guys will really realize the significance of it when they bring their kids back to Oregon someday,” Altman said. “Ten years from now, 20 years from now, 30 years from now when they’re back, they’ll look at those banners and they’ll realize conference championships are hard – unless you’re Kansas where they win them all the time – but they’re hard for the rest of us.”

Dillon Brooks scored 25 points for the Ducks and Jordan Bell had 13 points and 10 rebounds.

Arizona 73, Arizona State 60: Allonzo Trier scored 19 points, guard Rawle Alkins grabbed 15 rebounds and the Wildcats pulled away from the Sun Devils in the second half at Tempe, Arizona.

Arizona controlled the glass for the second straight game against Arizona State, grabbing 23 more rebounds – 18 more in the second half – while scoring 14 second-chance points on 15 offensive boards.

Utah 67, Stanford 59: Lorenzo Bonam scored 26 points as the Utes rallied to defeat the Cardinal at Salt Lake City.

The Utes will go into the conference tournament as the No. 4 seed with a first-round bye despite a choppy season. They were picked to finish eighth in the conference preseason poll.

Both teams were sloppy throughout, but Bonam took over down the stretch on both ends of the floor to put the Cardinal away. The Utes used a 14-2 run late in the game, including nine from Bonam to take an eight-point lead after trailing most of the day. Bonam had back-to-back steals and layups to go up 62-54. Stanford never led again.

Kyle Kuzma added 16 points for the Utes.

Colorado 54, California 46: Derrick White made a contested, turnaround 3-pointer with 20.6 seconds left and finished with 17 points, helping the Buffaloes defeat the Golden Bears at Boulder, Colorado.