Sunday, February 3, 2008

Mid-Season Pac Ten Awards

*I am using the standard format as opposed to the one the Pac Ten uses.

First Team
Kevin Love- UCLA
Ryan Anderson- California
Jon Brockman- Washington
Jerryd Bayless- Arizona
James Harden- Arizona State

Second Team
Kyle Weaver- Washington State
Chase Budinger- Arizona
O.J. Mayo- USC
Malik Hairston- Oregon
Brook Lopez- Stanford

Third Team
Josh Shipp- UCLA
Maarty Leunen- Oregon
Jeff Pendergraph- Arizona State
Derrick Low- Washington State
Darren Collison- UCLA

Honorable Mention
Jordan Hill- Arizona
Russell Westbrook- UCLA
Patrick Christopher- California
Taylor Rochestie- Washington State
Bryce Taylor- Oregon

All Freshmen Team
Kevin Love- UCLA
Jerryd Bayless- Arizona
James Harden- Arizona State
O.J. Mayo- USC
Davon Jefferson- USC

All Defensive Team
Darren Collison- UCLA
Jordan Hill- Arizona
Robin Lopez- Stanford
Kyle Weaver- Washington State
Luc Richard Mbah A Moute

Player of the Year
Kevin Love- UCLA

Freshman of the Year
Kevin Love- UCLA

Defensive Player of the Year
Kyle Weaver- Washington State

Most Improved Player of the Year
Russell Westbrook- UCLA

Coach of the Year
Herb Sendek- Arizona State

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Monday, October 29, 2007

Pac Ten Preview 2007/08

Projected Standings

#1-UCLA
#2-Washington State
#3-Oregon
#4-Stanford
#5-Arizona
#6-Southern California
#7-Washington
#8-California
#9-Arizona State
#10-Oregon State

First Team Tier
(UCLA)

Second Team Tier
(Washington State, Oregon, Arizona, Stanford, Southern California)

Third Team Tier
(Washington, California, Arizona State)

Fourth Team Tier
(Oregon State)

All Pac Ten Team
-Chase Budinger- Arizona
-Ryan Anderson- California
-Bryce Taylor- Oregon
-Derrick Low- Washington State
-O.J. Mayo- Southern California
-Kevin Love- UCLA
-Darren Collison- UCLA
-Lawrence Hill- Stanford
-Kyle Weaver- Washingon State
-Brook Lopez-Stanford

Ten Honorable Mentions
-Jon Brockman- Washington
-Josh Shipp- UCLA
-Taj Gibson- Southern California
-Malik Hairston- Oregon
-Devon Hardin- California
-Jeff Pendergraph- Arizona State
-Jerryd Bayless- Arizona
-Tajuan Porter- Oregon
-Robin Lopez- Stanford
-Quincy Pondexter- Washington

All Newcomer Team
-O.J. Mayo- Southern California
-Kevin Love- UCLA
-Jerryd Bayless- Arizona
-Davon Jefferson- Southern California
-James Harden- Arizona State

All Defensive Team
-Kyle Weaver- Washington State
-Robin Lopez- Stanford
-Taj Gibson- Southern California
-Luc Richard Mbah A Moute-UCLA
-Darren Collison-UCLA

Player of the Year
-Darren Collison- UCLA

Newcomer of the Year
-Kevin Love- UCLA

Defensive Player of the Year
-Kyle Weaver- Washignton State

Most Improved Player
-Quincy Pondexter- Washington

Most Underrated
-Jeff Pendergraph- Arizona State
-Marty Leunen- Oregon
-Robbie Cowgill- Washington State
-Fred Washignton- Stanford
-Kyle Weaver- Washignton State

Teams that will make the NCAA Tournament
UCLA, Washington State, Oregon, Stanford, Arizona, Southern California

Projected Starting Lineups

Arizona(5th)
C-Kirk Walters 6′11 240 SR- Medical Redshirt
PF-Jordan Hill 6′9 215 SO- 4.7ppg 4.1rpg 1.0blk 65%FG
SF-Chase Budinger 6′8 205 So- 15.6PPG 5.8rpg 49%FG
SG-Jawann McClellan 6′4 210 SR- 9.6ppg 41%FG 38%3pt
PG-Jerryd Bayless 6′3 195 FR- Top 15 Recruit

Arizona State(9th)
C-Eric Boeteng 6′10 235 S0- Transfer from Duke
PF-Jeff Pendergraph 6′9 235 JR- 12.1ppg 9.1rpg 55%FG
SF-James Harden 6′5 205 FR- Top 25 Recruit
SG-Christian Polk 6′3 175 SO- 12.0ppg 1.9apg 37%FG
PG-Derrick Glasser 6′2 180 SO- 6.3ppg 3.2apg 35%FG

California(8th)
C-DeVon Hardin 6′11 235 SR- Medical Redshirt
PF-Ryan Anderson 6′9 235 SO- 16.3ppg 8.2rpg 48%FG
SF-Theo Robertson 6′4 225 JR- 8.8ppg 4.3rpg 45%FG
SG-Patrick Christopher 6′4 205 SO- 5.3ppg 2.3rpg 46%FG
PG-Jerome Randle 5′9 160 SO- 6.5ppg 2.8apg 39%FG

Oregon(3rd)
C-Franz Dorsainvil 6′8 260 SR- Sat Out Last Season
PF-Marty Leunen 6′9 220 SR- 10.8ppg 8.2rpg 47%FG 41%3pt
SF-Malik Hairston 6′6 215 SR- 11.3ppg 6.0rpg 52%FG
SG-Bryce Taylor 6′5 205 SR- 14.1ppg 4.6rpg 52%FG 42%3pt
PG-Tajuan Porter 5′7 155 SO- 14.6ppg 2.0apg 41%FG 44%3pt

Stanford(4th)
C-Robin Lopez 7′0 255 SO- 7.5ppg 5.5rpg 2.3blk 48%FG
PF-Brook Lopez 7′0 260 SO- 12.6ppg 6.0rpg 1.8blk 50%FG
SF-Lawrence Hill 6′8 210 JR- 15.7ppg 6.0rpg 51%FG 41%3pt
SG-Anthony Goods 6′3 200 JR- 12.8ppg 2.3apg 37%FG
PG-Fred Washington 6′5 210 SR- 8.2ppg 5.2rpg 3.6apg 52%FG

Southern California(6th)
C-Taj Gibson 6′9 220 SO- 12.2ppg 8.7rpg 1.9blk 56%FG
PF-Davon Jefferson 6′8 215 FR- Top 25 Recruit
SF-Dwight Lewis 6′5 210 SO- 5.8ppg 2.1rpg 41%FG
SG-O.J. Mayo 6′5 200 FR- Top 5 Recruit
PG-Daniel Hackett 6′5 205 SO- 5.3ppg 2.8apg 40%FG

UCLA(1st)
C-Kevin Love 6′10 260 FR- Top 5 Recruit
PF-Lorenzo Mata 6′9 235 SR- 6.6ppg 5.4rpg 1.3blk 64%FG
SF-Luc Richard Mbah A Moute 6′8 230 JR- 8.2ppg 7.4rpg 49%FG
SG-Josh Shipp 6′5 210 JR- 12.3ppg 2.6apg 47%FG
PG-Darren Collison 6′2 170 JR- 12.7ppg 5.7apg 2.2stl 48%FG 44%3pt

Washington(7th)
C-Jon Brockman 6′7 260 JR- 14.2ppg 9.6rpg 55%FG
PF-Mathew Bryan-Amaning 6′9 220 FR- Top 75 Recruit
SF-Quincy Pondexter 6′6 200 SO- 10.7ppg 4.0rpg 50%FG
SG-Ryan Appleby 6′3 170 SR- 10.5ppg 42%FG 43%3pt
PG-Justin Dentmon 5′11 185 JR- 10.1ppg 3.6apg 41%FG

Washington State(2nd)
C-Aron Baynes 6′10 270 JR- 5.2ppg 3.1rpg 50%FG
PF-Robbie Cowgill 6′10 210 SR- 8.1ppg 5.4rpg 47%FG
SF-Daven Harmeling 6′7 210 JR- 8.9ppg 2.9rpg 48%FG 43%3pt
SG-Derrick Low 6′2 185 SR- 13.7ppg 45%FG 40%3pt
PG-Kyle Weaver 6′6 200 SR- 11.2ppg 5.6rpg 4.6apg 2.1stl 49%FG

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Thursday, March 8, 2007

Pac Ten Tournament

Second Round Games

Arizona vs. Oregon

Who wins?  Arizona
Why?  These are two very evenly matched teams.  Both of them are very good at executing their offenses, however, both of them have had trouble defending at times this year.  Arizona is a very soft basketball team defensively but a very skilled basketball team offensively.  They have good size and athleticism on the perimeter and have a proven and experienced playmaker at the point in Mustafa Shakur.  Oregon is a rather smallish team that tries to beat teams by using a four guard lineup and spreading the court out to use their quickness and perimeter shooting.
Arizona is playing their best basketball right now and they’ll be ready to take advantage of their size and athleticism offensively against a veyr average defensive team in Oregon.  Oregon’s best shot at winning is going to be their perimeter shooting.  If they get hot from the outside and stay hot they’re extremely hard to beat.

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Monday, February 5, 2007

Midseason Pac Ten Awards

I know this is not the normal Pac Ten format but I am going to with this format anyway.

First Team
Aaron Brooks, Oregon- Senior
Arron Afflalo, UCLA- Junior
Mustafa Shakur, Arizona- Senior
Nick Young, USC- Junior
Lawrence Hill, Stanford- Junior

Second Team
Kyle Weaver, Wazzu- Junior
Darren Collison, UCLA- Sophomore
Derrick Low, Wazzu- Junior
Ryan Anderson, California- Freshman
Marcus Williams, Arizona- Sophomore

Third Team
Josh Shipp, UCLA- Sophomore
Jon Brockman, Washington- Sophomore
Bryce Taylor, Oregon- Junior
Ayinde Ubaka, California- Senior
Taj Gibson, USC- Freshman

All Freshman Team
Ryan Anderson- California
Taj Gibson- USC
Chase Budinger- Arizona
Spencer Hawes- Washignton
Robin Lopez- Stanford

Player of the Year
Aaron Brooks- Oregon

Freshman of the Year
Ryan Anderson- California

Coach of the Year
Tony Bennett- Washington State

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Friday, January 5, 2007

Arizona @ Washington Preview

What Washington needs to do in order to win
It’s a well known fact that this Washington team is not a good defensive team and they’re playing against one of the best offensive teams in the country. For Washington to realistically have any shot at winning this game they will need to be very crisp offensively and limit their turnovers while making this a half court battle. What that means is that they’ll need players like Appelby, Nelson and Oliver to shoot with confidence from the perimeter so that they can open up the interior for Hawes and Brockman.
The other key factor for Washington is clearly half court defense. Arizona is a very hard team to defend because they have so many different offensive options. UW is not a full court pressure team and Arizona is not a team you want to full court pressure so it will be vital for them to find a way to stop Arizona from scoring in their half court sets. If they can’t stop Arizona from scoring they’ll simply need outscore them and let’s fact it…UW is not going to beat Arizona in a shoot out tonight.
Last but not least they will need to control the glass and get as many second chance opportunties as possible while limiting Arizona to one and dones. UW has the size and strength to beat up Arizona on the paint.

What Arizona needs to do in order to win
The biggest thing that Arizona needs to do is rebound the basketball. Washington has an edge on the interior, they’re bigger and they’re stronger than Arizona. As long as Arizona can hold their own on the boards they should be alright in this game.
Also, expect Arizona to play a lot of zone in this game because they don’t have the size or strength on the interior to defend Hawes and Brockman. Zone defenses are known for weak rebounding defenes because it’s harder to box out an area as opposed to your own man. Don’t be surprised to see Arizona run a half court or full court trap either because it’s easy to go from a trap into a zone defense and it could be useful because Washington has very shaky ball handlers that will turn the ball over if pressured effectively.
Offensively, everything starts and stops with Shakur and with him running the offense Arizona shouldn’t have much trouble scoring against a very vulnerable Husky defense. It’s likely that Jon Brockman will be matched up with Chase Budinger and that is a big edge towards Arizona because Brockman is not quick enough or athletic enough to run around on the perimeter and defend Budinger. It’s not likely that UW will play much zone because Arizona is one of the best passing and shooting teams in the country which will force Brockman to defend a perimeter player.

Prediction
Romar will have this team ready to play after two straight losses and being at home will certainly be an advatage for Washington. However, for them to win this game they’ll need to take very good care of the basketball, dominate on the boards and find a way to slow Arizona down offensively. It’s not likely that UW will be able to do all of those things and that is why I am picking Arizona to win this game

Arizona- 83
Washington- 77

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