Pac-12 Networks drops the ball at conference tourney

The Pac-12 Networks really missed the train, plane and all boats leaving shore last week at the Pac-12 men’s basketball tournament. It did not have a presence on site at T-Mobile Arena, leaving studio analysts Kevin O’Neill and Matt Muehlebach in their workaday San Francisco studio. There was no buzz, which is unfortunate because O’Neill and Muehlebach are excellent analysts. Nor did the Pac-12 Networks react timely to the NCAA’s Selection Sunday, delaying their coverage until 7 p.m. Yet I couldn’t help but see Larry Scott’s Pac-12 entourage toasting one another with champagne after Arizona won an epic tournament. The money was in the bank but the TV stuff was second-rate.