The college basketball season is just getting good, as we enter the second week of conference play. The UCLA Bruins and USC Trojans had a rude awakening to their Pac-12 schedule as each were swept on the road at Stanford and California, and the road doesn't get any easier this week as the Arizona schools come to Los Angeles. For the West Coast Conference teams, the Gonzaga Bulldogs and BYU Cougars are on the docket in the coming week.
↵Thursday, January 5
↵6 p.m. - BYU at Loyola Marymount (Prime Ticket): The Lions host the Cougars, new members this year to the West Coast Confference
↵6 p.m. - Pepperdine at No. 25 Gonzaga (Root Northwest): The Waves head north the face a now-ranked Gonzaga squad.
↵7 p.m. - Cal Poly at Long Beach State
↵7:30 p.m. - Arizona State at USC
↵8 p.m. - Arizona at UCLA (Prime Ticket): This is the John R. Wooden Classic at the Honda Center in Anaheim
↵Saturday, January 7
↵2:30 p.m. - Arizona at USC (Fox Sports West)
↵5 p.m. - Pepperdine at Portland (Fox Sports West)
↵6 p.m. - Loyola Marymount at San Diego
↵7 p.m. - Long Beach State at Cal State Northridge
↵7:30 p.m. - Arizona State at UCLA (Fox Sports West)
↵For more news on local college basketball, be sure to read Bruins Nation and Conquest Chronicles.