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Checking in on the… Big West

rtmsf — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 01:35:58 +0000

Ryan ZumMallen of LBPostSports is the RTC correspondent for the Big West Conference.

For the casual Big West fan – but really, who’s “only” a casual Big West fan – the conference standings may seem a bit perplexing as we near the end of the preseason schedule. For starters, the current standings look nothing like the predicted order of finish, with UCR all the way at the top and CSUN second from the bottom. A couple of embarrassing losses during the conference’s few televised games certainly did not help its image – but remember, friends, the pre-conference standings can be [...]

2008-09 Conference Primers: #21 – Big West

rtmsf — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:25:38 +0000

Ryan ZumMallen, LBPOSTSports columnist, is the RTC correspondent for the Big West conference.

Predicted Order of Finish:

Cal St. Northridge UC Santa Barbara Long Beach State Pacific UC Irvine UC Davis Cal St. Fullerton Cal Poly UC Riverside

What You Need To Know (WYN2K). I know what you’re thinking: no good teams ever come out of the Big West. Oh yeah? What about 2006-07’s Long Beach State 49ers who ran roughshod over their schedule to a 24-8 record and an NCAA berth… losing to Tennessee by 35. Or last year’s three-way tie for first? UC Santa Barbara, Cal State Northridge and Cal State Fullerton each won 12 conference games and [...]

Conference Primers: #16 – Big West

rtmsf — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 00:36:04 +0000

Predicted Order of Finish:

UC Santa Barbara (21-8) (12-4) Cal Poly (17-13) (11-5) Cal St. Fullerton (18-8) (11-5) Pacific (17-13) (10-6) UC Irvine (12-15) (8-8) Long Beach St. (10-16) (7-9) Cal St. Northridge (11-16) (6-10) UC Riverside (7-20) (4-12) UC Davis (5-25) (3-13)

WYN2K. As we continue our ascent up the conference ladder, we once again come to a league where the top clearly consists of mid-major quality programs, but the bottom of the conference weighs it down as a whole and keeps it from becoming a consistent multiple bid performer. As might be expected for a middling league, the Big West has split its OOC [...]