Comments on: Your Best Left Coast College Basketball Team This Year: Washington

By: thecassino

thecassino — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 05:42:09 +0000

Unless Cal again drops games to the likes of Stanford and Oregon State, in which case UW will waltz to the league title.

By: KeiferNandez

KeiferNandez — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:50:49 +0000

UW lost to Cal mostly because of difficulty defending outside shots due to late rotations with small guards. Cal still matches up with UW extremely well because not much has changed about that (lest Elston Turner and Scott Suggs (and CJ Wilcox) can become good perimeter defenders), but either way those teams look like the 1 and 2 in some order in the Pac 10, probably depending on how those two head to head games go.

By: SM

SM — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:35:00 +0000

Cal is better than Wash ted, football does not translate to hoops.

By: bsanders37

bsanders37 — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:18:19 +0000

Only a matter of time before TBL’s calling them frauds.

By: thecassino

thecassino — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:11:23 +0000

who do you like for POY? Randle?

Randle’s the early favorite, with Isaiah Thomas and Quincy Pondexter in the mix. Nic Wise could be in there if Zona is competitive. Klay Thompson is a darkhorse.

By: thecassino

thecassino — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:08:48 +0000

Frontcourt is a little thin, but we’ve got one of the deepest back courts in the nation. I’ll take Thomas/Gaddy/Overton against anybody. This team will go to 3 guards, maybe 4 with bigger guards like Elston Turner and Scott Suggs in the mix, something Romar was unable to do last year.

By: theTed

theTed — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:07:40 +0000

In August, I would have pointed out that Cal beat Washington twice last year (88-85 @UW, 86-71 @Cal), and that the team returns four talented seniors, and then would have subsequently declared them the true Pac-10 favorites. But thanks to our football team, I’m shaken right now and am worried about any sort of jinx. UW seems like the proper pick at this point. God, I can’t wait for basketball season.

By: SM

SM — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:02:07 +0000

who do you like for POY? Randle? (all under 6 footers between randle, wise and thomas)

By: Wheels

Wheels — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:54:47 +0000

USC starting over would imply that they were somewhere to begin with. They had one decent to mediocre season with a one and done kid, doesn’t exactly make them top of the heap.

By: Dirtheavy

Dirtheavy — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:49:16 +0000

I don’t think USC is starting over, they got hit with an H bomb. They’ve been erased from the college hoops map.