Fortunes can change swiftly in the Pac-12 Conference. Follow the trajectory of UCLA's basketball team: one day, a top contender in the conference, with victories over a couple of the nation's best. A weekend later? The basement.
That reality hit UCLA on Sunday evening. After a loss to Washington State followed a loss to Washington, defeats at the hands of two of the conference's weakest teams in a span of three days, the Bruins lingered in the locker room longer than they have after any game this season, marinating in the missed opportunity.