Last Gimme of the Season

USC's men's basketball team will host Oregon State tonight. The Beavers are a 17-point underdog and are 0-14 in the Pac-10. I wonder if there's a prop bet available that the Oregon State won't be able to score 40.

After this game, the Trojans finish the regular season against Arizona and Arizona State on the road and Stanford and Cal at home. Then it's the Pac-10 tournament and either the NCAA or NIT tournament.

Assuming USC beats the Beavers, it would only need one victory in its final four Pac-10 games to finish .500 in league play. Though no team has ever gone to the Big Dance with that record in this conference, this season is likely to see it happen for the first time. Two wins would all but guarantee a bid.