Recapping the men’s basketball weekend action across the Pac-12 …

Theme of the week: Conference race

Washington State remained one game back of Arizona after sweeping the Los Angeles schools and can claim the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament with a victory over Washington this week and one loss by the Wildcats (at UCLA or USC). Both teams have locked up top-four seeds (and opening-round byes) in the conference tournament in Las Vegas. Colorado and Oregon are tied for third place, two games clear of their closest competitors for the No. 3 and 4 seeds.

Theme of the season: NCAA outlook

WSU should be considered a lock for the NCAAs after narrow home wins over USC and UCLA β€” yes, even if the Cougars lose to Washington in the


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