It's too bad the stink of the FBI college basketball investigation is lingering so heavily over the Pac-12 Conference. On the court, it will be a fight to the finish for the regular season crown.
The two teams that have bookended the season with embarrassing arrests and allegations from the still-unraveling FBI probe, Arizona and USC, have all but locked down the two spots at the top of the standings. Which order they finish, however, remains to be seen.
Despite all sorts of off-court issues, the beleaguered Arizona Wildcats remain in the driver's seat, even while the fate of head coach Sean Miller remains in limbo.