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Friday night, top ranked Western Christian capped off a perfect 27-0 season with a 48-38 win over West Fork to claim the Iowa Class 2A Championship.

Kyle Anderson had 21 points and 15 rebounds, Jordan Adams hit a huge 3-pointer in the final minute, and UCLA outlasted No.

After the Bruins' strong performance against a mediocre Stanford team, preceded by a good performance against a flawed Oregon team, some of the Alford supporters who mysteriously disappeared after the game at Stanford have returned to talk about being "impressed with how Coach Alford is handling the team right now."

FACTS & STATS: Site: MGM Grand Garden Arena -- Las Vegas, Nevada. Television: FS1.

Although Colorado pulled a slight 59-56 upset over California to advance, the Buffaloes have to face top-seeded Arizona, who dismantled Utah 71-39 in a suffocating defensive display.

UCLA's Jordan Adams, left, and Oregon's Ben Carter dive for a loose ball in the first half of an NCAA Pac-12 conference tournament quarterfinal college basketball game on Thursday, March 13, 2014, in Las Vegas.

The Pac-12 Tournament quarterfinals Thursday at 6 p.m. serve as the latest backdrop for a matchup between Oregon coach Dana Altman and UCLA counterpart Steve Alford, a pairing that began 19 years ago in the Missouri Valley Conference and has produced close games, and possibly even a bit of subterfuge, ever since.

On the air: TV on Pac-12 Networks, radio on KSCR-FM in Eugene, KXTG-Am in Portland, Sirius 157, XM 190 Projected starters: Oregon: G Johnathan Loyd , G Damyean Dotson , G Joseph Young , F Mike Moser , C Waverly Austin .

It was never the best of times, it was never the worst of times. The Bruins' basketball season never lifted itself up above the clouds to look down on the mere mortals of the game, but neither did it crash into the mountain with a trail of wreckage left over miles of country, never to completely recovered.

If you're looking for something already set in stone, go with No. 8-seeded Utah against No.

The Wildcats, the best team in the league all season, are coming off a loss to Oregon and are trying to cement themselves as a No.

Junior transfer Delon Wright has made quite the name for himself in his first season with the Utes, leading the team to its first 20-win season in four years.

It was pretty much a joyful trudge from that point on. It's always delightful to talk about the season's best college basketball players, but it is painful to eliminate some who've delivered fine performances in favor of others we judged to be slightly finer.

And make no mistake, the Bruins' 73-55 loss to Washington State was undoubtedly its worst performance of the season.

He wrote: "As for the game, really major deficits in athleticism and size to overcome.

Jordan Adams scored 31 points, fighting through apparent leg cramps in the second half, and UCLA wrapped up the No.

Over the course of 40 minutes, UCLA's superior talent generally overtakes the strategic advantage opposing coaches have as a result of the predictability and inflexibility of Alford's substitution patterns and schemes.

FACTS & STATS: Site: Alaska Airlines Arena -- Seattle, Washington. Television: ESPN2.

With two games left in this conference regular season, the Bruins already know they will not repeat as champions, yet all is well.

With a week to go in the regular season, Pac-12 men's basketball teams are still fighting for position leading into the conference tournament.