Four Southern California teams will begin play Friday night in the men’s and women’s NCAA basketball tournaments. They include both the men’s and women’s teams representing Cal Baptist in Riverside and UCLA.

The Bruins, winners of 21 in a row and on the cusp of an undefeated Big Ten season, have assumed “a 1-0 mentality” going into Sunday’s regular-season finale.

Bruins put their foot down on owning the crosstown rivalry in our UCLA vs. USC picks, odds & expert predictions for Saturday, March 7.

There were over 1,000 UCLA students that made the trek across town to attend the UCLA/USC game Saturday night. They were greatly entertained with a Bruin blowout of their arch rival, 89-68 (for the game review,

USC dropped yet another crucial matchup that it couldn't afford to lose, this time to their archrivals and fellow bubble team UCLA.

Here is everything that went down in UCLA vs USC

Los Angeles; Tuesday, 11 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: UCLA faces USC after Eric Dailey Jr. scored 20 points in UCLA's 95-94 overtime victory against the Illinois Fighting Illini. The Bruins have gone 15-1 at home.

Second-half breakdowns have plagued the Trojans, who are unlikely to make the NCAA Tournament but could play spoilers against their crosstown rivals on Saturday.