Hey everyone -- just wanted to let you know the fourth episode of 18 And Life, the Pac-10 hoops podcast, is live this morning. Here's a quick rundown of what we talk about on the show, in which we ...

• … start off by discussing the return of Washington after two convincing wins at home, the startlingly quick fall from grace by Oregon, and just how it is that UCLA has gotten so bad so quickly.
• … welcome in San Jose Mercury News writer Jon Wilner, who’s been covering the Pac-10 for 20 years and whose College Hotline blog is required reading for any Pac-10 fan. We discuss the status of basketball in the conference (he thinks it’s the worst he’s ever seen), the jobs the Bay Area coaches are doing in year two of their respective reigns (jury’s still out), what’s going on at UCLA (too many recruiting misses), and who he thinks will eventually win the conference (hint: it’s not Cal).
• … break down Arizona State, which seems to get consistently overlooked, yet sits in first place after three weeks.
• … preview the interesting matchups of the weekend.

If you haven't ever listened to the podcast or haven't listened in a while, I'll make it real easy for you this week by embedding the player here in the post. I feel like this is definitely our best podcast yet. To subscribe, you can visit our site for myriad subscription options, or click this link if you want to subscribe in iTunes, or just manually paste our feed address (http://eighteenandlife.podbean.com/feed/) into your media player of choice.