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Pac-12 men’s basketball power rankings: Oregon, Arizona trade places as USC extends slump
Oregon’s time atop the Pac-12 men’s basketball power rankings was short lived after the Ducks were swept on their road trip through Colorado and Utah.
However, they still remain tied for the lead in the conference standings with Arizona State and Arizona — their next two opponents — as the Pac-12 season begins to heat up.
Six teams will start the week with five victories in conference play and within one win of first place.
With that, here are the latest Pac-12 power rankings.
1. Arizona
Last week: 2
What to know: The Wildcats still aren’t as sharp as they were earlier in the season. They did enough to get a pair of wins over the weekend against USC and UCLA, though they needed to overcome a 19-point deficit to beat the Bruins.
2. Oregon
Last week: 1
What to know: The Ducks were the hottest team in the conference a week ago with six-straight wins. Now they’ll attempt to get back on track with home games against the Arizona schools after losing two straight.
3. Arizona State
Last week: 4
What to know: The Sun Devils’ offense has performed better during the conference season. In seven Pac-12 games, they’re scoring 74.3 per game and with a scoring margin of plus-2.57. Overall, they’re averaging 69.8 with a scoring margin of minus-0.61.
4. Colorado
Last week: 5
What to know: The Buffaloes are healthy again and it’s showing. They’ve won three straight — all by double-digits and by an average margin of 19.7 points as they improved to 12-0 at home. But they’re also 0-4 on the road this season heading into games at Washington and Washington State.
5. Utah
Last week: 6
What to know: In Sunday’s win against Oregon, reserve point guard Deivon Smith got his third-straight start in place of the injured Rollie Worster and nearly came away with his second triple-double in eight days with 24 points, nine rebounds and nine assists.
6. Stanford
Last week: 3
What to know: The surprising Cardinal, one of those six teams with five wins, are the best 3-point shooting team in the Pac-12. They lead the conference with an average 9.5 made 3-pointers per game, and are shooting a conference-best 40.0% from deep (171 for 427).
7. Washington State
Last week: 7
What to know: The Cougars are 4-2 in January and so close to being 6-0 and in the Pac-12 lead. They’ve lost by five points to Oregon at home and then on Sunday dropped a game in overtime to California in Berkeley.
8. Washington
Last week: 10
What to know: The Huskies have been a perplexing team. Despite having one of the best players in the Pac-12 in Keion Brooks Jr. and a legit playmaker in point guard Sahvir Wheeler, Washington just can’t get any momentum, with three wins and three losses in their last six games.
9. California
Last week: 8
What to know: No team in the bottom half of the Pac-12 standings has the ability to play spoiler like the Golden Bears. So far this season they’ve defeated UCLA in LA, Colorado and Washington State. They’ve also lost by just two points to Arizona State and Washington.
10. Southern California
Last week: 9
What to know: The Trojans have lost four straight by an average of 12 points and are just one of three teams in the conference who have a losing record overall. Hard to believe this is the same team that opened the season at No. 21 in the Associated Press top 25.
11. UCLA
Last week: 11
What to know: Don’t look now, but the Bruins are beginning to play better. In their last three games, they’ve beaten Washington and Arizona State and had a 19-point lead on Arizona before losing by six.
12. Oregon State
Last week: 12
What to know: The Beavers have the longest losing streak in the Pac-12 at five games and they looked especially bad this past week when they lost 74-47 to Utah and 90-57 to Colorado.
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Last night was the seventh consecutive game where the Diamondbacks were held to six hits or fewer. That ties a franchise record, last done in April 2022, and previously in August 2011. The team’s .477 OPS over that time is actually lower than either streak, though due to the efforts of the pitching staff, Arizona are actually 3-4 during the current run. They went 2-5 in 2022, and 1-6 in 2011. There hasn’t been a longer streak in the majors since the Angels went nine in April last year. In the National League, the Pirates went eight in June 2023. And in case you are wondering, the last team to reach a double-digit streak of games with 6 or fewer hits each time? The 1968 Astros reached 11, the year before the mound was lowered.
Let’s hope the D-backs render that moot and the offense comes to life a bit. The three runs added in garbage time last night, because one of the Rangers’ relievers couldn’t find the strike-zone, certainly padded Arizona’s resume. But they were more because of walks than hits. I’ve no doubt the team will hit better. They have batted .152 over the past week. It’s the second lowest in franchise history for a seven-game span. The only worse was April 7-15, 2022 when Arizona hit a remarkable .135, going 28-for-208 in that span. They actually scored three more runs than the current streak, mostly because they had twice as many home-runs (6-3).
Superintendent Tom Horne speaks at 2026 State of Education address
Arizona Superintendent Tom Horne spoke about controversial topics like DEI and ESAs at the State of Education address to the Legislature on Jan. 20, 2026.
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Democrats Brett Newby and Teresa Leyba Ruiz are set to make the argument to voters that they’re the best candidates to serve as Arizona’s top education official for the next four years.
The Arizona Republic will be streaming the Democratic debate for the Superintendent of Public Instruction race in partnership with the Arizona Media Association. The debate starts at 6 p.m. on May 13.
The office is currently held by Tom Horne, who will on May 14 face off in an Arizona Media Association debate against fellow Republican candidate Kimberly Yee, who currently serves as state treasurer.
Newby has worked as a behavioral analyst and professor, according to his campaign. He received a master’s degree in special education. His campaign has hinged on issues like downsizing the state’s controversial Empowerment Scholarship Program, retaining teachers and hiring more school counselors.
Ruiz attended Roosevelt Elementary School District and Phoenix Union High School District as a child before earning her Ph.D. from Arizona State University. She worked as a teacher at the middle and high school level before becoming president of Glendale Community College.
Like Newby, her campaign has also focused on the ESA program. She has also focused on advocating for more funding for public schools and supporting both rural and urban school districts. Ruiz has also spoken publicly about the teacher retention crisis as part of her campaign.
The last trip through the rotation for the Diamondbacks has been really good:
By that 5-game rolling average game score, it’s the best we’ve seen since a run around the All Star Break in 2022:
If we restrict to 5-game stretches with 5 different starters, it’s the best since September 2019:
So yeah, it’s been a while since we’ve had it this good. But this is still a far cry from the best in Diamondbacks history — the current stretch is only tied for 58th all-time. Here’s the best ever:
The good news is that there’s still quite a lot of room for Zac Gallen to improve on his last start, which had a Game Score of only 47. Doing so would give us an even better 5-game average. A score of better than 60 would surpass the 2022 streak; 69 or better would surpass 2018. Although it would take a career-best-tying 89 (reached against the Cubs on September 8, 2023) for him to pull the overall average into a tie for the franchise record. But any improvement on his last start would bring the rolling average up in the franchise rankings.
All records queried here are courtesy of Retrosheet.
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