Pac-12: No. 11 Cal blows out No. 6 Stanford in tournament opener.

Cal upset Stanford in the first round of the Pac-12 tournament for the second year in a row. And this time the Golden Bears did it despite the return of Stanford star Oscar da Silva.

Matt Bradley scored 19 points, going 3-of-4 on 3-point shots, to lead Cal to a 76-58 victory over the Cardinal on Wednesday in Las Vegas, ending whatever hope Stanford had of landing an NCAA Tournament berth.

Cal, which lost both regular-season games to Stanford and finished last in the Pac12 standings, improved to 9-19 overall and 4-17 against conference opponents.

Stanford is 14-13 and 1011 against conference foes as it lost its fifth straight game.

Cal will play third-seeded Colorado in today’s quarterfinals.

Da Silva, who scored 24 and 23 points in the Cardinal’s two regular-season wins over the Bears, finished with 12 points on 4-for-12 shooting. He had missed the previous three games with a knee injury.

ARIZONA STATE 64, WASHINGTON STATE 59» Alonzo Verge Jr. scored on a challenged drive in the lane with 11 seconds left, lifting Arizona State (11-13) over Washington State (14-13) in the opening round. Verge finished with a season-high 26 points as the Sun Devils closed the game on a 10-2 run for their second win over Washington State in less than two weeks.

Arizona State beat Washington State 77-74 on Feb. 27 in Tempe. The eighth-seeded Sun Devils face No. 1 seed Oregon in the quarterfinals today. Isaac Bonton led Washington State with 18 points and Noah Williams added 11. But the Cougars were sloppy all game, committing four of their 20 turnovers in the final 2:28 of the game.

Washington State led 57-54 after a pair of free throws by Williams, but Verge scored in transition on consecutive possessions to give the Sun Devils a 5857 lead with 1:18 left. Williams scored Washington State’s last basket with 1:11 left, but the Cougars committed a pair of turnovers on its next two possessions. Verge didn’t appear to be the primary option, but with the shot clock running down hit an awkward runner to give the Sun Devils the lead.

UTAH 98, WASHINGTON 95» Timmy Allen led six Utah scorers in double figures with 24 points and 11 rebounds, and the seventhseeded Utes (12-12) had to hold off a late charge by the 10th-seeded Huskies (5-21). Allen and the Utes jumped to a 17-point lead early, led by 12 at halftime and never let Washington cut the deficit to single-digits until late in the second half.