RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — It's already been a rough season for the Pac-12. It won't get any easier as many league teams try to find their way into the NCAA Tournament.
The Pac-12 hasn't had a team ranked in the AP Top 25 in more than a month, while 10 of its schools have at least eight losses. That leaves Washington as the only team on solid footing with roughly five weeks left until Selection Sunday, while the Pac-12 is flirting with a fate inconsistent with its power-conference status: being a one-bid league.
"We know it's a great product and it's good basketball," Utah coach Larry Krystkowiak said recently, "and we're all fighting for some limited spots.