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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.

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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.

The Bruins come to Seattle to face the Huskies for the first time this season Thursday at 6 p.m. on ESPN2.

Mark Few led the Gonzaga Bulldogs to another West Coast Conference championship last week, and the Zags will head to the WCC tournament this week with the No.

Arizona, with Nick Johnson, is one of only two Pac-12 locks for the NCAA Tournament.

Trying to forecast what this team will do in March is about as certain a business as predicting whether an amateur scientist's model rocket will blow up on the launching pad or trace a beautiful white arc into a vault of blue sky.

It's March, and the madness has already started. Some leagues -- including the Missouri Valley, home of the undefeated Wichita State Shockers -- begin their conference tournaments this week.

It took two overtime periods, but the Oregon Ducks were able to pull off the upset that they so desperately needed.

Jordan Adams scored 20 of his 24 points in the second half, and UCLA rallied from an 11-point deficit to beat Oregon State 74-69 Sunday night to snap its only two-game losing streak of the season.

Arizona and UCLA are the only locks, but the Pac-12 could, hypothetically, get seven teams into the tournament.