His game-winning shot against Oregon notwithstanding, Dylan Andrews has regressed since emerging as one of the top point guards in the Pac-12 over the final months of last season.

Long dismissed as a “soft, less competitive” conference only permitted to have late-night TV viewing, Pac-12 legacy schools Oregon and Arizona State secured highly coveted first-round byes in the College Football Playoff — so much for the claimed overwhelming dominance of conferences mostly east of the Mississippi.

Oregon and ASU are carrying on the Pac-12’s luster as the “Conference of Champions” by being two of the four champions of what are now called the Power-Four conferences.

The Pac-12 should be reestablished as a conference with its 12 teams, along with the Big East, Big Eight and the Southwest Conference, each with a smaller number of teams who could win a title more frequently.

The Pac-12 is now the Pac-2, but it’s legacy as the “Conference of Champions” was re-visited this weekend.