At the halfway mark, the Pac-12’s top five teams remain
undefeated against the bottom seven.
That fact explains why the Fab Five remain among the top
seven in the national polls (if not the head-scratching RPI).
It also may explain why the Pac-12 might pack no more than
five entries into the 2012 Tournament. The team with the next-best overall
record at this point is Arizona State (14-9),
a team that has dropped six of its past seven matches.