Is Oregon State the best women’s basketball team in the Pac-12? Beavers are climbing

Oregon State swept Colorado and is tied in the loss column for second place in the Pac-12. Watch out.

Sunday in Pac-12 women’s basketball was not straightforward or normal. That’s a warning to USC, which prepares to host Arizona in a Galen Center Monday night special on ESPN2. The Trojans, if they were watching other Pac-12 games on Sunday, watched a few upsets happen which should have them attentive and on upset alert against the U of A. Leading the pack: Oregon State.

The Beavers might soon lead the Pac — not just the pack — if they keep playing the way they are playing.

Pac-12 women’s basketball is extremely cutthroat, and Oregon State is playing cutting-edge defense right now. That and more in our latest installment of Pac-12 women’s basketball notes as the month of March gets closer: