The Pac-12 is debilitated and it is eating itself. Every week it seems like there is a new contender vying for a chance to win the regular season championship and every week it seems contenders are falling. With all of this calamity, the UCLA basketball team, which is also susceptible to the trials and tribulations of this insipid Pac-12 season, still has a chance of claiming another conference title.
RIght now, the Bruins are tied for fourth place in the Pac-12 standings with a 5-3 conference record. Before Thursday, they were in fifth place but were bumped up after Oregon beat then 2nd-place Utah.