ASU Basketball: 2019 Pac-12 Week 18 Power Rankings
By Trevor Booth
Washington and ASU basketball secured the top two seeds in the Pac-12 Tournament, but two first-round byes are still up for grabs.
This might be the first, second or sixth time you’ve heard this, but the results don’t lie: Last week was a bad one for the Pac-12.
On a night where Washington clinched the regular season title, the Huskies actually lost to Cal – a team that hadn’t won a league game in 15 attempts. UW celebrated only because Arizona State was walloped by Oregon, 79-51, adding further questioning if the Pac-12 should be a one-bid league.
The Sun Devils rebounded Sunday, defeating Oregon State at Gill Coliseum to secure the second seed in the conference tournament. Currently one of the ‘Last Four Byes’ according to ESPN’s Joe Lunardi, a solid showing in Las Vegas should help ASU lock down an at-large bid.
Across the league, a total of eight seeds will be decided in the final week. Oregon State, Utah and UCLA are in a three-way tie for third, and Colorado, Oregon and USC are each one game behind in a tie for sixth.
Arizona and Stanford are also tied at 10th, holding 8-9 league records that could still propel them as high as sixth.
The Ducks and Beavers are set to face the Washington schools, and the Wildcats will face the Sun Devils in Tucson. But other than that, four of the tied teams will play each other. That creates possibilities and change worthy of residing in March.
The impending Pac-12 Tournament will be the final opportunity for each team to secure a NCAA Tournament bid. Based on close standing, a championship is something most schools in the league feel is feasible.
Entering the final week of the regular season, here is our latest Conference Power Rankings.