Well UCLA appears to be the cream of a very weak crop this year. Arizona had an opportunity to make a statement nationally with a trip to Chapel Hill to face a young but talented Tarhell squad and they were blown out of the water. Right now this is a 3 bid league. Stanford has the best chance to be #4 but they face a steep hill to climb to get there, and of course the Cal Bears have a shot as well. At the same time if UW and Arizona lose some more games they shouldn’t they might wind up NIT bound. The Huskies are coasting on last year’s accomplishments and outside of the wins versus UCLA and Gonzaga (who were both a partial strength) the Dawgs have not beating much of anyone worth noting this season.
- UCLA (2) First road sweep of the Oregon schools since 1997 for the boys from Pauley. A team loaded with quality youngsters they should start next year Top 5 nationally if they aren’t raided too badly by the NBA.
- Arizona (3) They only get the nod here because they didn’t lose a conference game this week. Is this Lute’s worst team in Tucson since his inaugural campaign?
- Stanford (4) Miracle win versus the Dawgs puts them here, the nod over Cal is due to the Cardinal’s having the edge in head to head competition earlier this year.
- Cal (5) Nice home sweep versus the Washington schools. They can prove they are for real if they can sweep the Oregon schools on the road this year. Cal has done very little this season away from Haas Pavilion.
- UW (1) Lost two close ones on the road in the Bay Area. This team is higly overrated nationally in the media and coaching polls but the Bracket guys have them an 8 which seems quite reasonable to me.
- USC (8) Huge road sweep for Tim Floyd’s guys. Avoiding Day One of the Pac 10 tourney should be considered quite an accomplishment for USC. Nick Young has the look of a future NBA baler.
- Oregon (6) Ernie Kent Watch 2006 is on once again.
- Oregon State (7) Got burned on a last second shot by Nick Young, they are fighting for a shot in the NIT but my hunch says they can’t finish over .500 with the remaining schedule.
- WSU (9) Injuries ruined a promising year. You know they will always play tough under Bennet’s system.
- ASU (10) A year to forget in Tempe
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