Around the Pac-10

Tonight will be Washington State’s first home game in Pullman as a ranked team since 1950. In that February week, WSU defeated Oregon and lost to Idaho. … Aaron Brooks, a solid candidate for Pac-10 player of the year, won’t be in the arena tonight as his Oregon Ducks visit Washington. Brooks is serving a suspension for elbowing the Huskies’ Ryan Appleby during the conference tournament last year. The senior point guard is making the full trip, coach Ernie Kent said, but he’s not allowed to be on site for the game. Chamberlain Oguchi will take Brooks’ spot in the starting lineup. … Arizona’s short bench could get a boost next week when coach Lute Olson expects to get forward Bret Brielmaier back from injury. … UCLA star Luc Richard Mbah a Moute’s availability for tonight’s game against Cal is still in question. He missed the Bruins’ last game against Arizona because of a hyperextended knee.