Pac-10
Pac-10's teams, coaches, style of play.
If there’s ever a time to feel sorry for UCLA – 11 NCAA titles? Share the wealth, Westwood! – this week was the time. For about 5 seconds.
Losing Kevin love and Russell Westbrook on the same day is par for the course in college hoops today. But having your starting power forward declare a day later just aggravates the wound. Waiting to see if your starting point guard will also leave may mean some amputation.
Unless, of course, you’re UCLA.
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Who knew a school like Stanford could outsmart itself like this?
Ex-Cardinal coach Mike Montgomery had been an assistant athletic director at the school since he was fired by the Golden State Warriors in 2006. Last week, he took the job across the bay at rival Cal. A week later, current Stanford coach Trent Johnson is expected to take the LSU job.
Who knew you could lose your current coach and Hall-of-Fame caliber replacement in waiting in just seven days?
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What’s with Oregon?
It’s a simple question, really, though probably not one many people are asking. How does a team that returns four starters from a 29-7 Elite Eight squad appear to be floundering midway through the 2007-08 season?
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It’s been nearly two months since Kevin Love and O.J. Mayo ended up in my mailbox together. Glad I finally get to see them on the same court Saturday.
As a West Coast resident, I had USC-UCLA as my Sports Illustrated college basketball cover this season, which was a result of the nation’s most hyped recruit landing in the same city as the sport’s most storied program. Not a bad angle.
It’s just too bad Mayo’s Trojans haven’t been in the same league as Love’s Bruins. But by season's end, that could change -- IF a couple things work out.
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I hope Tubby Smith has enjoyed Minnesota’s surprising start. The next 10 days could be rough.
The Gophers (12-3) have been one of the nation's best stories, but with Indiana, Michigan State and Ohio State coming up, we may soon forget about them.
It could be worse. You could be Arizona State (13-2) and have road game at Cal, Stanford, UCLA and USC in the next 17 days. Ouch.
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Go figure. On a day when two of the fab five freshmen play starring roles in UCLA winning a tournament title (over a game Michigan State) and helping Indiana flirt with the century mark, it’s another freshman that upstages them both.
And this freshman wasn’t even on most people’s radar. And by most people, I mean mine. That’s what I get for ignoring Australian hoops.
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