Pac-12 College Basketball Standings: Washington Huskies Surge Into Conference Lead With Win At Arizona

By Eric Stephen  @ericstephen on Jan 29 2012, 7:30a +

The UCLA Bruins concluded the first half of their Pac-12 Conference college basketball schedule with a home sweep of the Utah Utes and Colorado Buffaloes, improving their conference record to 5-4 and into a sixth place tie with the Arizona Wildcats. The Wildcats welcomed the ESPN Gameday crew to Tucson on Saturday, then suffered a tough two-point loss to the Washington Huskies, who surged into the conference lead with their third consecutive victory.

Whether or not the Huskies remain alone atop the Pac-12 depends on a pair of Sunday contests. Both 6-2 teams, the Oregon Ducks and Cal Bears, host their rivals on Sunday, with Oregon hosting the Oregon State Beavers and Cal hosting the Stanford Cardinal.

Pac-12 Conference Basketball Standings
Team	Conf.	Overall	This Week	Next Week
Washington	7-2	14-7	2-0	UCLA, USC
California	6-2	16-5	0-0	Arizona, ASU
Oregon	6-2	15-5	0-0	at Utah, at Colorado
Colorado	6-3	14-7	1-1	OSU, Oregon
Stanford	5-3	15-5	0-0	ASU, Arizona
UCLA	5-4	12-9	2-0	at Washington, at WSU
Arizona	5-4	14-8	1-1	at Cal, at Stanford
Oregon State	3-5	13-7	0-0	at Colorado, at Utah
Arizona State	3-6	7-14	1-1	at Stanford, at Cal
Washington State	3-6	11-10	0-2	USC, UCLA
Utah	2-7	5-16	0-2	Oregon, OSU
USC	1-8	6-16	1-1	at WSU, at Washington
Through games of January 28

Washington hosts both Los Angeles schools next weekend, as UCLA and the USC Trojans look to reverse a trend from the first half of the conference season. UCLA is just 1-4 on the road in the Pac-12 while USC is 0-4 away from home in conference play.

For more local Pac-12 basketball news, be sure to read Bruins Nation and Conquest Chronicles.