This is an 8* winner on USC

USC looked impressive yesterday in beating Arizona 78-65 and we think that that'll carry over into today's Pac 12 quarterfinal battle with top seed Washington. The Trojans went off as 2-pt dogs against Arizona. The Pac 12 was not good this year. Washington was the "best" team, but that's not saying much. The Huskies were not particularly impressive down the stretch either. They turned in a "dud" showing in the last regular season game, losing 55-47 to Oregon at home. They also lost to a terrible Cal team two weeks ago. Looking at their two wins in the past four games, one came in overtime and the other by only 1 point. This is one of the weakest top seeds in any conference tournament. Led by Bennie Boatright's 22 points and 11 rebounds, USC turned in an 18-2 run in each half yesterday. The Trojans never led in a 75-62 loss to UW in the regular season, but that game was played in Seattle and the Huskies looked a lot better at the time than they do now. Play on USC

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