In the six seasons that Steve Alford has been with the UCLA basketball team (13-5, 4-2), he has had 21 road trips heading into this weekend where the boys in blue will head to the state of Oregon. Just for clarification, these road trips do not include the away game UCLA plays across town at USC (because there are usually more Bruins fans in attendance than Trojans fans, yes that was a slight dig).
But seriously, the two-game conference road trips are vital to the success of the Pac-12 basketball programs and if a team can win on the road consistently, they should be in the running for conference champion.