Basketball kaleidoscope: Bruins eighth in new poll

UCLA (8-1) placed eighth in both the Associated Press (writers) and ESPN/USA Today (coaches) polls this week and was the highest-rated team with a loss. North Carolina, Memphis and Kansas were 1-2-3 in both polls, but the AP poll has Texas, Georgetown, Duke and Washington State in the next four slots while the coaches’ poll has the same four teams in a different order: Georgetown, Texas, Washington State and Duke.

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>> A very limited number of tickets for upper-level seating in Pauley Pavilion for Pac-10 Conference games went on sale at Ticketmaster.com this morning.