which is why they were a 6th seed, the highest seed of any pac 12 team. while a lot of my bracket is phukked, i did pick USC to the elite 8 so i will pick up points there against my competitors, most of whom picked the Iowa Puss-eyes to make the elite 8.
still, there is NO respect for the pac 12 out there and they will need to earn it.
again, 11 straight years (2009 to 2019) only ONE pac12 team made the final 4, and that was Oregon in 2017.