Just one day of games remain in the Pac-10’s regular season, but there is still much left to decide before the final standings ““ and the conference tournament seeding ““ are set.
Currently, UCLA (21-9, 12-5 Pac-10) sits in second place, one game behind Arizona (24-6, 13-4) and one game ahead of Washington (20-9, 11-6).
Here is the Pac-10 men’s basketball schedule for Saturday (all times PT):
Oregon at No. 18 Arizona, 11 a.m., CBS
Oregon State at Arizona State, 1 p.m.
UCLA at Washington State, 2:30 p.m., FSN
Stanford at Cal, 4 p.m.
USC at Washington, 7:30 p.m., FSN
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The following is a list of possibilities for UCLA’s final Pac-10 standing and seed for next week’s conference tournament.
If UCLA wins and Arizona loses:
The Bruins and Wildcats would share the Pac-10 regular season title. Arizona would be chosen as the No. 1 seed based on a tie-breaker and UCLA would get the No. 2 seed. Both teams would play the winner of a play-in game in the tournament’s quaterfinal round.
If UCLA wins and Arizona wins:
The Wildcats would be the Pac-10 champions and the Bruins would get the No. 2 seed.
If UCLA loses and Washington wins:
The Bruins and Huskies would be tied for second place, but Washington would receive the No. 2 seed based on the head-to-head tiebreaker. UCLA would get the No. 3 seed and play the Pac-10’s No. 6 seed, either USC or California, in the tournament’s quarterfinal round.
If UCLA loses and Washington loses:
The Bruins would get the No. 2 seed and the Huskies would get the No. 3 seed.
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The Pac-10 Tournament starts on Wednesday, March 9, with play-in games featuring the No. 7 seed vs. No. 10 Arizona State and the No. 8 seed vs. No. 9 Oregon State. The quarterfinals begin the next day. All games are played at the Staples Center.