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The Pac-12 Conference is so strong that you couldn’t rule out #10, #11, and #12 at tournament time. Cal and Oregon St. haven’t figured it out yet, but when that switch flips, forgotten teams suddenly reappear out of seemingly nowhere. The conventional wisdom about Cal is that they’re inconsistent. When a team is inconsistent for […]
I used to tell this story too often and prematurely to make it a good story, but it might be appropriate and good now. Utah coach Roberts was named to the national coach of the year watch list yesterday. The Utes are ranked #4 by the AP, and a Pac-12 season championship game with #3 […]
LSU at South Carolina didn’t live up to the hype, though I kept myself amused with the thought that the Tigers — ranked #3 in the country — wouldn’t be among the top 4 in the Pacific-12.
Today, each of the six Pac-12 teams with league records greater than 7-7 plays against a conference opponent with a record less than 7-7. In almost every league in the country, that would make for a dreadful boring day, except #7 and #8 in the Pac-12 are Washington State and Oregon, who are vying for […]
I wince at the sound of ESPN announcer Ryan Ruocco’s voice. I don’t like televised basketball partly for Ruocco and announcers like him, but for Stanford at Arizona he was restrained, blessedly. With room to talk, color analyst Rebecca Lobo celebrated Stanford’s bigs, noting the Cardinal forwards are many in number and in inches. For […]
If the Wildcats came back, I didn’t see it. When Stanford crushed Washington State, I said it was good to see that Stanford can still do that. Then they hit an iceberg at Washington, which re-cast that shadow of doubt. Blowing out Arizona in Tucson might be seen as more meaningful than the win at […]
I lost a game when I could’ve forced mate in 7, scored 65 on a test, and dreamed I killed a kid. Maybe I shouldn’t be writing. Nah, writing will be OK. Maybe it’s publishing I shouldn’t do. Utah 100 Oregon 92 For Utah, the most encouraging aspect of that win was Oregon not tying […]
Back in the years when Coach Roberts’ Pacific teams were losing 23 games per season, my problem while planning a trip to the Big West Conference tournament was figuring how long I wanted to stay. Today, if I planned to attend the Pac-12 tournament — while Utah is on top of the standings — I […]
Sunday morning, my sister asked about my plans for the day. “Watching four basketball games”, I said. “Sounds like your ideal day”, she said. “When I started doing this as a hobby 17 years ago, I could do four games in a day. Sometimes that included flying and driving, then running back and forth from […]
So far, the best game Cal has played all season. Senior guard Kemery Martin has 5 points, 6! rebounds, 3 assists, and 1 steal in 19 minutes. Assuming Cal gave her a leadership role when she arrived, the Golden Bears might finally play up to its potential if Kemery — long ago, Utah’s high school […]