NCAA Tournament bonafides at stake for USC, ASU

Pac-12 Conference counterparts Arizona State and Southern California come into the regular-season finale Saturday in Los Angeles each needing a win for their NCAA Tournament at-large resumes.

USC (21-9, 13-6 Pac-12) saw its 14-game home-court winning streak snapped on Thursday in an 87-81 loss to Arizona, a setback that dropped the Trojans' NCAA NET ranking from No. 44 to No. 50.

USC scored 50 second-half points in the