UCLA Bruins upset No. 6 Arizona Wildcats, 84-73

In a game in which the disparity was clear from the outset, the No. 10 Gonzaga men’s basketball team defeated visiting Brigham Young for a 83-63 win.

Both teams have impressed this season, and BYU looks solid with a 15-5 record coming into the game, including a 5-1 conference mark. However, Gonzaga is clearly the class of the conference and they showed just how great the divide is between the leaders at the top and the next best. St. Mary’s is right in the thick of things in the WCC with BYU for the right to claim second place.

It’s a game that Pac-12 fans and NBA scouts circled on their calendar at the beginning of the season. Arizona and UCLA are the two most tradition-rich programs in the conference, and they meet on Thursday night in one of the biggest games in the history of their longstanding rivalry.

Both the Wildcats (5-1) and the Bruins (4-1) are looking up to No. 21 Oregon (6-0) in the Pac-12 standings. And since neither team plays the Ducks again this season, the loser of Thursday’s game will have a tough time getting back into the race for the Pac-12 title.