The 2012 Pac-12 Basketball Tournament gets underway on Wednesday afternoon at Staples Center in Los Angeles. The final seedings aren't yet determined, the one thing we do know is that the UCLA Bruins and USC Trojans will face one another on Wednesday afternoon in the first round.
USC is suffering through its worst season in school history, down to six scholarship players left on the active roster, and have the No. 12 seed locked up. UCLA clinched the No. 5 seed on Saturday with a win over Washington, coupled with Colorado's loss at Oregon State.
The top four seeds in the tournament get a bye to Thursday, the second day of the tournament. Here is the schedule for the Pac-12 Tournament:
Wednesday, March 7
12 p.m. - No. 8 Washington State vs. No. 9 Oregon State
2:30 p.m. - No. 5 UCLA vs. No. 12 USC
6 p.m. - No. 7 Stanford vs. No. 10 Arizona State
8:30 p.m. - No. 6 Colorado vs. No. 11 Utah
Thursday, March 8
12 p.m. - No. 1 seed vs. OSU/WSU
2:30 p.m. - No. 4 seed vs. UCLA/USC
6 p.m. - No. 2 seed vs. Stanford/ASU
8:30 p.m. - No. 3 seed vs. Colorado/Utah
Friday, March 9
6 p.m. - Semifinal number one
8:30 p.m. - Semifinal number two
Saturday, March 10
3 p.m. - Championship Game
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