The Colorado Buffaloes remained undefeated in the Pac-12 Conference with a weekend sweep of the Washington schools, beginning its first season in the conference with three straight victories. Colorado holds a half-game lead over both the Stanford Cardinal and Washington Huskies, who each picked up wins on Saturday.
Stanford needed four overtimes but picked up a tough road win in Corvallis against the Oregon State Beavers, 103-101. The UCLA Bruins came back from getting swept on the road in the Bay Area in their opening weekend to sweep the Arizona schools at home. Here are the Pac-12 standings through games of Saturday, January 7:
| Pac-12 Basketball Standings | |||
| Team | Conference | Overall | Next Week |
| Colorado | 3-0 | 11-4 | at Cal, at Stanford |
| Stanford | 3-1 | 13-3 | Utah, Colorado |
| Washington | 3-1 | 9-6 | Seattle*, WSU |
| California | 2-1 | 12-4 | at Oregon, Colorado, Utah |
| Oregon | 2-1 | 11-4 | Cal, at ASU, at Arizona |
| UCLA | 2-2 | 9-7 | at USC |
| Arizona | 1-1 | 10-5 | at USC, OSU, Oregon |
| Arizona State | 1-2 | 5-10 | Oregon, OSU |
| Utah | 1-2 | 4-11 | at Stanford, at Cal |
| Washington State | 1-3 | 9-7 | at Washington |
| Oregon State | 1-3 | 11-5 | at Arizona, at ASU |
| USC | 0-3 | 5-11 | Arizona, at UCLA |
| *Non-conference game | |||
There are two Sunday games on the schedule this week, with the USC Trojans looking for their first conference win hosting the Arizona Wildcats, and the Oregon Ducks hosting the Cal Bears.
For more local Pac-12 basketball news, be sure to read Bruins Nation and Conquest Chronicles.