Non-conference play wrapped up today with Oregon State waxing Texas Pan-American 84-59 and Oregon beating Nevada 56-43. Now, it’s time for conference play.

Only one Pac-12 team had a sub-.500 record in non-conference play, and that was USC, which has been a mess. Head coach Kevin O’Neill likely has to show some rapid improvement in order to keep his job. Washington, at 8-5, has the second-worst record in the conference. It can point to three games: Albany, Nevada and UConn, which it has an easy argument that those should have been wins instead of losses. The trouble with “should have” is that it’s a synonym for “didn’t.”

Here’s a look at the standings following non-conference play:

 

And, here’s a look at this week’s schedule. We’ll take a more detailed look at each game as they arrive. Washington opens Pac-12 play at Pullman on Saturday night. It then travels to the Bay Area to face Cal and Stanford the following week, before Colorado and Utah come to Seattle.

Wed., Jan. 2
UTAH at ARIZONA STATE 8 p.m. MT P12N
Series: UTAH leads 25-17. Streak: ASU 1 (last – 57-52 at Arizona State)

Thurs., Jan. 3
COLORADO at No. 3 ARIZONA 6 p.m. MT ESPNU
Series: COLO leads 9-7. Streak: COLO 1 (last – 53-51 at 2012 Pac-12 Tourn.)
STANFORD AT USC 7 p.m. PT ESPNU
Series: USC leads 125-116. Streak: STAN 2 (last – 59-47 at USC)
CALIFORNIA at UCLA 8 p.m. PT FSN
Series: UCLA leads 132-100. Streak: CAL 3 (last – 73-63 at UCLA)

Sat., Jan. 5
STANFORD at UCLA 12 noon PT P12N
Series: UCLA leads 135-91. Streak: UCLA 1 (last – 72-61 at UCLA)
UTAH at No. 3 ARIZONA 3 p.m. MT P12N
Series: UTAH leads 28-23. Streak: ARIZ 5 (last – 70-61 at Arizona)
WASHINGTON at WASHINGTON STATE 6:30 p.m. PT ESPNU
Series: WASH leads 174-100. Streak: WASH 3 (last – 59-55 at Washington State)
CALIFORNIA at USC 8 p.m. PT FSN
Series: CAL leads 130-121. Streak: CAL 2 (last – 75-49 at USC)

Sun., Jan. 6
COLORADO at ARIZONA STATE 6 p.m. MT P12N
Series: COLO leads 4-2. Streak: COLO 3 (last – 63-49 at Arizona State)
OREGON at OREGON STATE 7 p.m. PT FSN
Series: OSU leads 184-153. Streak: ORE 1 (last – 74-73 at Oregon State)