Pac-10 Basketball Power Rankings
by thecassino on Dec 1, 2009 9:00 AM PST
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1 (1). Washington 5-0
Last week: W vs Montana 63-59
UW didn't play well, but showed a lot of character to pull out the win vs a decent Montana team.
2 (3). Washington State 5-0
Last week: W @ UAA 87-68, W vs Nicholls State 78-69, W vs San Diego 93-56
Continue to win on the shoulders of Klay Thompson. Offense has been great thus far, but the defense is a concern.
3 (6). California 4-2
Last week: W vs Jacksonville 79-47, W vs Princeton 81-60
Bounced back from the poor showing at Madison Square Garden to win two games handily despite still playing without Theo Robertson and Harper Kamp.
4 (2). Arizona State 5-1
Last week: L @ Duke 64-53, W vs LSU 71-52
Hung tough with Duke, but just doesn't have the horses to put a team like that away, then crushed LSU, but they probably aren't a very good team even by SEC standards.
5 (7). Stanford 4-3
Last week: W vs Virginia 57-52, L vs Kentucky 73-65 (OT), W vs Portland State 83-64
The tree impressed a lot of people by beating Virginia and nearly toppling Kentucky. If you'd have told me that in the preseason I wouldn't have believed you. Landry Fields is making a run at Pac-10 POY and Johnny Dawkins is showing that he can coach a little bit.
6 (5). Oregon 4-2
Last week: L vs Montana 68-55, W vs Montana State 89-66
Their loss to Portland looks less bad after their run through the 76 Classic (beat UCLA and Minnesota), though the Montana loss is a blemish that isn't going anywhere.
7 (4). Arizona 3-2
Last week: L vs Wisconsin 65-61, W vs Colorado 91-87 (OT), L vs Vanderbilt 84-72
Zona played a couple tournament teams last week, and played them pretty tough. Unfortunately they couldn't beat either of them, and Wisconsin's probably only about the 6th best team in the Big-10.
8 (9). USC 2-2
Last week: W vs Coppin State 74-43, L vs Nebraska 51-48
Getting better as they get healthier. I'm not sure why Alex Stepheson, the team's best player, is coming off of the bench though.
9 (10). Oregon State 2-3
Last week: W vs George Washington 64-57
After their start, it's going to take more than one win to get them out of the bottom of the power rankings, especially when they controlled the entire game and nearly let George Washington come back and steal it.
10 (8). UCLA 2-4
Last week: W vs Pepperdine 71-52, L vs Portland 74-47, L vs Butler 69-67, L vs Long Beach State 79-68
What's going on in Westwood? These Bruins are terrible. Many Bruins followers believe that the highly touted recruiting class of a couple years ago simply isn't any good, and the freshmen don't have the experience to lead the team yet. But who knows if that class is going to end up being any good either? Maybe it's karma for stealing Josh Smith.
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Looks about right to me
As a Coug, I’d argue we’re playing a little better (or at least had a better week) than UW right now, with our best win over a decent San Diego team at a neutral location vs. a close win against a scrappy Montana team. But in terms of shifting teams up and down, WSU hasn’t done anything impressive enough to bump UW off the top really.
LSU may not be very good but ASU sure looked great against them and Duke despite the loss. They could be a surprise contender for the Pac 10 title.
Yeah, Im not going to move the Huskies down as ling as they stay unbeaten.
Cougs look good though. Both schedules are weak, UWs is slightly better though. WSU’s has been the weakest in the conference. Of course, that changes this week.
Cougs
… the cougs have one of the lowest RPIs in the nation and the lowest in the conference. They’ve also been one dimensional on offense. That hardly warrants a #1 ranking at this point of the season. In fact, it really doesn’t warrant a spot in the top 3.
Damn, my eyeball tastes good.
What are you talking about?
We have the 345th (out of 347) ranked schedule right now! lol
But power rankings are also about how good you look. I don’t know why you say we’re one-dimensional on offense. Just because Klay has been on fire doesn’t mean the other aspects of the offense aren’t clicking most games.
Now our defense… there are some question marks.
Ben Howland confirmed at his press conference today that Drew Gordon will be transferring at the end of the current quarter.
News just keeps getting worse for the Bruins…
Wait, so they're starting James Keefe and a freshman in the post this year, now?
I really didn’t expect UCLA to be that terrible, but wow what a start.
Get ready for a pac-10 season with tons of guard play and little to no low post presence league wide!
Reeves Nelson is decent now, and going to be pretty good in a year or two
But definitely not who you want manning the post as a freshman.
Gordon probably just sees himself lost in the shuffle once Honeycutt comes back from his injury, and with Josh Smith coming in next season.
My opinion anyway.
also hearing rumors about malcom lee leaving
sounds like both are disappointed that they aren’t running more, as was promised to them during recruitment.
Bet Gordon wishes he would have committed to UW and Romar’s up & down style.
Texas Tech
We’ll see what we’re made of down in Lubbuck. On the road, big game, could very well tell us a lot.
Go Huskies! WOOF!!!
All I saw was purple
A Good Zone
That’s what we need to see from a worthy opponent. I want to see how we react to a quality team that packs the paint and cuts off lanes. If we can beat a team that tries to force us to shoot from perimeter- that tells me we’re a very well rounded basketball team.
All I saw was purple
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