It took all of about 10 seconds for the rest of the college basketball world to take to the Twitterverse a few nights ago to pile it on the reeling Pac-12 Conference.
The Pac-12 as a one-bid league to the 68-team NCAA Tournament? The thought has been a punch line throughout the season. Yet after the wild turn of events — even by Pac-12 standards — over the past few days, that lowly designation may very well become reality.
As everyone except the Colorado Buffaloes and Utah tipped off Thursday night in a crowded Pac-12 slate, few things in the league were certain yet this much was clear: Washington, ranked 25th and well in command of the top spot in the standings, was on its way to becoming the first one-loss regular season champ since Stanford in the 2003-04 season, a commendable achievement in any year that nonetheless would forever be branded with the stigma of how mediocre the Pac-12 was in 2018-19.