USC's come-from-behind (15 points' worth of deficit at intermission) 66-63 victory over Arizona State just now in the Staples Center served a double purpose.
It gives Trojans' Coach Tim Floyd's team the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament -- the only way the Trojans were getting in.
And it means one of the precious 34 at-large bids will go to Arizona State . . . taking it away from, perhaps, Creighton, Arizona, Penn State, St. Mary's or, perhaps, Auburn.
We'll know for sure about 22 hours from now when CBS announces the 65-team field and bracket.
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