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As well as UCLA is playing, they’d be crushing most other teams. If the second round is the Big 10 vs. The Washingtons, those games figure to be as well-played as the championship games in lesser conferences. All four of those teams are impressive. In the very big picture, the strength of the Pac-12 is […]
Utah shares the conference championship. “Light the U” doesn’t cover it. Director of basketball operations Kendall Rodriguez looks almost pleased. That woman really should develop a sense of humor and good nature.
Having trouble breathing here. Can’t pass out without complaining about this, though: A minute ago, ballhandler Pili took a step toward the basket, then changed her mind after a look at Brink, waiting. “The chess match between Pili and Brink continues”, said Mary Murphy (the first Sacramento Monarchs coach, and a coach at Cal State […]
Back when Connecticut and Tennessee played each November, those games could be #1 vs. #2 — add those up to make 3. The lower that number, the higher the quality of the match. Stanford’s visit to Utah in, um, six hours is an 11. In the NCAA round of 16, you get 11’s. We’re some […]
Cal had to at least stay close at Utah Thursdfay for that game to well follow the double overtime epic in #3 Stanford at #21 Colorado. When Pac-12 Network finally cut from Boulder to Salt Lake, the Golden Bears and Utes were near halftime, and the Golden Bears trailed by six. Swell, until Utah made […]
If Stanford and Utah both finish 15-3: The Cardinal win the tiebreaker because they beat Arizona and Colorado. If Colorado and Arizona both finish 12-6: The Wildcats win the tiebreaker for beating USC while Colorado didn’t. If Arizona and UCLA both finish 11-7, UA wins that tiebreaker for winning head-to-head. If UCLA and USC finish […]
Kim Smith — one of my favorite Sacramento Monarchs and Canadian Olympic team members, though I never watched her play for Utah — is being inducted into the Pac-12 Hall of Honor, which might cause some eyes to roll among old Monarchs boosters. I was a season ticketholder at Arco Arena for three summers, and […]
UCLA at Stanford was the most critical game on the schedule Sunday, and I still don’t know its result. I’m staying the bleep off the Internet until it’s rerun on P12 Network in 18 hours. It was a very bad idea to play chess Saturday, after attending UCLA at Cal plus watching Utah at Arizona […]
Could this afternoon’s visit to Haas Pavilion from the Trojans be USC coach Lindsay Gottlieb’s last visit to Berkeley? Could also be the last chance I get to talk with her. In one of Coach Gottlieb’s early years at UC Santa Barbara, the Gauchos visited Fresno State, and by the time Coach left the team […]
I know how sportswriters operate. For 10 days, you’ll read in forecasts and predictions related to the Pac-12 championship tournament that Stanford has an ace in the pocket because “they’ve been there”. Say Stanford and Utah get the #1 and #2 seeds, then beat USC and UCLA in the semifinals to set themselves for their […]