Dan Monson's last game as the Long Beach State men's basketball coach keeps getting delayed. The only certainty is that it will now come in the NCAA Tournament. Lassina Traore and Marcus Tsohonis each had 25 points and fourth-seeded Long Beach rallied past second-seeded UC Davis, 74-70, in the Big West Tournament championship game on Saturday night in Henderson, Nevada. The win extends Monson's career into next week, when LBSU will make its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2012. LBSU will learn its seeding, destination and opponent for its first-round game when the 68-team bracket is revealed on Sunday at 3 p.m. (CBS, Ch. 2). Long Beach (21-14) entered the conference tournament on a five-game
CONF | OVR | PF | PA | |
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17-3 | 24-8 | 2485 | 2154 | |
15-5 | 21-11 | 2455 | 2213 | |
14-6 | 19-12 | 2213 | 2107 | |
11-9 | 19-13 | 2318 | 2201 | |
10-10 | 18-14 | 2478 | 2434 | |
10-10 | 15-17 | 2254 | 2284 | |
9-11 | 18-14 | 2396 | 2344 | |
9-11 | 16-14 | 2253 | 2193 | |
8-12 | 13-18 | 2121 | 2131 | |
7-13 | 14-18 | 2172 | 2212 | |
0-20 | 4-28 | 2037 | 2371 |