It’s another crazy week of results in Pac-12 Basketball. Find out which nationally relevant programs have sunk towards the bottom of the conference.
At this point, there’s not much else to say about Pac-12 Basketball. The results make sense if you consider that nothing really makes sense in this league. There were “upsets” and major comebacks, including Utah coming from 22 points down in the second-half to beat UCLA.
Just two games separate teams 2-10 in the Pac-12 standings, with Washington at No. 1. But the Huskies aren’t unbeaten in conference play no more after losing to Arizona State. But the biggest winner from last week wasn’t any of the teams in the middle – was Washington State.
The Cougars started conference play 1-8, with five of the losses being by 18+ points.
However, Ernie Kent’s team came together and beat both Arizona and Arizona State last week, which hurt the league’s chances at having multiple bids. That left Cal as the clear-cut bottom team in the Pac-12, one of just six who hasn’t won a game in conference play.
According to our latest Field of 68 Bracketology, Washington is the lone team projected to make the NCAA Tournament as an eight seed, with Arizona State as a “First Four Out”. As for the others, fighting for NIT spots is now the goal.
There are some changes in the latest rankings for the Pac-12 with exception to the top and bottom spots. Find out who’s riding high on momentum and who has descended to the bottom-tier of the league.