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Sonoran Hot Reads: Utah gets blown out by Gonzaga, leaving Oregon as the only Pac-12 team left in the NCAA Tournament

A bad start to the NCAA Tournament for the Pac-12 got even worse on Saturday as Utah was blown out by Gonzaga. Oregon is now all that's left for the Conference of Champions.

By Ryan Kelapire

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A bad start for the Pac-12 in the NCAA Tournament got worse on Saturday as the 6-seed Utah Utes were not only beaten, but blown out by the 11-seed Gonzaga Bulldogs.

That leaves the Oregon Ducks as the only Pac-12 team left remaining in the tournament, and we're not even to the Sweet Sixteen yet. Oregon is slated to play a ninth-seeded St. Joseph's team on Sunday at 6:40 p.m. MST. Our friends over at Addicted To Quack previewed the game, if you're interested in seeing what the Ducks are up against.

- Sean Miller isn't the only big-name coach whose team has been eliminated from the NCAA Tournament

- Ray Smith is anxious to get back onto the court next season

Football

- Spring break allows the players and coaches to get away from football for a few days and re-charge for the rest of spring practice

- Scooby Wright III was included as one of ProFootballFocus' "10 most underrated 2016 NFL Draft prospects"

- CBS Sports projects Scooby will be drafted in the fourth round.

Baseball

- Ryan Aguilar homered twice, but Arizona lost to Washington 8-4, nonetheless. They'll look to avoid the sweep at 1 p.m. MST on Sunday.

Softball

- The softball team beat ASU once again on Saturday. This time a 5-4 win thanks to a career day by Mandie Perez at the plate. The Wildcats will go for the sweep on Sunday at 5 p.m. MST. The game will be televised on the Pac-12 Networks.

- Get to know star pitcher Danielle O'Toole

Other Sports

- The GymCats finished second in the first session of the Pac-12 Championships. On Monday they'll find out where they will compete in the NCAA Regional Finals.

- The women's swimming and diving team came in 12th in the NCAA Championships

Tucson News

- Thousands of people filed into the Tucson Convention Center for a Donald Trump rally.

- Some not so great things happened at it... like this:

- Meanwhile Bill Clinton will be in town on Sunday to campaign for his wife, Hillary

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