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Women’s basketball bubble watch: USC will play a bubble team at Pac-12 Tournament

USC is guaranteed to play a Pac-12 bubble team this week in Las Vegas. The Pac-12 will frankly want USC to lose.

The USC Trojans will be part of the story relating to the Pac-12 bubble in Pac-12 women’s basketball. USC is guaranteed to play a team which is part of the bubble picture at the Pac-12 Tournament this week in Las Vegas. The Trojans’ success and the Pac-12’s success will clash in Sin City. What will be good for USC will not be good for the league.

We will explain that and more in this pre-Pac-12 Tournament edition of the women’s basketball bubble watch. The 2024 Pac-12 Tournament begins Wednesday, March 6, in Las Vegas, continuing through Sunday, March 10. USC is the No. 2 seed at the tournament.

Here’s the latest on the Pac-12 women’s basketball bubble:

Pac-12 men’s basketball bubble watch: Oregon’s bubble bursts, Utah stays alive

Remove Oregon from any bubble discussions or lists. The Ducks must win the Pac-12 Tournament to go dancing.

The Oregon Ducks, if they are going to make the 2024 NCAA Tournament, will need to win the Pac-12 Tournament in a few weeks. The Pac-12 bubble no longer includes Oregon after the Ducks excluded themselves by losing to Arizona on Saturday in Tucson. Oregon had to pick up a high-end win over Arizona and then win a few more games to make an at-large case. That possibility no longer exists after the Wildcats drubbed Dana Altman’s athletes.

Ducks Wire has more:

For a few minutes to start the game, the Ducks traded baskets with the Wildcats, but then Arizona quickly went on a run, and the Ducks lost control of the game. At the half, the Ducks were down 30-51.

In the second half, there were points where it looked like Oregon might crawl back, but the Wildcats always responded and re-extended their lead. Jermaine Cousinard came alive for the Ducks in the second half, scoring 33 second-half points on 75% shooting, but it wasn’t enough to give Oregon a chance to win.

We’ll look at the new Pac-12 bubble with Oregon no longer being a part of it. Here’s what you need to know: