The lights went out on USC on Saturday. The Trojans were teetering on a blowout. Ninth-ranked Oregon led big in the first half, and the Ducks were hot.
Then, without warning, the Galen Center lights cut out. The arena went dark. The delay lasted 22 minutes.
There is a metaphor there, somewhere.
"It was weird," USC guard Katin Reinhardt said.
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Eventually, after the lights came on, Oregon won, 76-66. The Ducks clinched an outright regular-season Pac-12 Conference title.