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Conference Report Card: Pac-10

Brian Goodman — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 17:56:05 +0000

Andrew Murawa is the RTC correspondent for the Pac-10 and Mountain West conferences. We will be publishing a series of conference report cards over the next week for conferences that received multiple NCAA bids to recap the conference, grade the teams, and look at the future for the conference.

Conference Recap:

After an awful 2009-10 season in which the Pac-10 had to limp into a second NCAA Tournament bid when Washington hit the gas pedal down the stretch, the four tournament bids the conference received this year was a huge improvement. With Arizona advancing to the [...]

Oregon Wins the CBI: Why It Matters…

rtmsf — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 12:00:06 +0000

Kenny Ocker is an RTC contributor. He was in Eugene for Games Two and Three of this week’s College Basketball Invitational between Creighton and Oregon.

The Ducks Delivered In the CBI

When people talk about March Madness, the College Basketball Invitational is probably about the furthest thing from basketball fans’ collective conscience. Don’t let that fool you, however. The third-rate tournament is a valuable source of experience for teams, and it allows players to hang on just a little bit longer. Without the National Invitation Tournament’s strict standards of only extending bids to teams with above-.500 [...]

Checking in on… the Pac-10

Brian Goodman — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 00:16:24 +0000

Andrew Murawa is the RTC correspondent for the Pac-10 and Mountain West Conferences.

A Look Back

It was another one of those weeks in the Pac-10. Just when you thought the wheat had been separated from the chaff, everything gets all mixed up again. Conference-leading Washington drops two games in stunning fashion. Oregon rises up from the back of the pack to sweep the Washington schools, marking their fourth win in five games and getting back to within a game of .500. Oregon State shows signs of life, while Washington State, after seemingly being back [...]

The Week That Was: Feb. 1-Feb. 7

jstevrtc — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 15:15:25 +0000

David Ely is an RTC Contributor.

Introduction

You know how ESPN loves doing college basketball marathons? The network put on 24 straight hours of hoops at the beginning of the season, and then ESPN aired four-straight games on MLK Day for your viewing pleasure. Well, why stop with those two days? Monday would have been the perfect day to sit on your coach all afternoon and watch some roundball. TWTW can’t think of a better way to nurse your Super Bowl hangover. Make it happen, ESPN.

What We Learned

North Carolina’s 20-point [...]

Checking in on… the Pac-10

Brian Goodman — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 19:00:34 +0000

Andrew Murawa is the RTC correspondent for the Pac-10 and Mountain West Conferences.

A Look Back

Two weeks back, Washington beat Arizona pretty convincingly to grab sole control of the Pac-10 lead. A week later, the Wildcats snuck back into a first-place tie when they held serve at home against the Los Angeles schools on the same weekend the Huskies turned the ball over 24 times in a loss at Washington State. Such is life in the Pac-10 this year. The Huskies are the big favorite in the league and look for all the world to [...]

Checking in on… the Pac-10

Brian Goodman — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 04:27:16 +0000

Andrew Murawa is the RTC correspondent for the Pac-10 and Mountain West Conferences.

A Look Back

Just as it seemed everything was playing out for a relatively easy run through the league for the Washington Huskies, with a 4-0 conference record in the books for the first time since 1984 despite the sudden loss of point guard Abdul Gaddy to a season-ending knee injury, the Huskies had a rough little stretch. First, there was the disturbing story out of Seattle involving the Huskies, as a “prominent member” of the Washington basketball team was accused by a [...]

RTC Live: Arizona State @ Oregon

rtmsf — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 02:00:21 +0000

Game #87. It’s the end of an era in Eugene as Oregon closes down venerable old McArthur Court with visiting Arizona State.

Arizona State comes into Eugene trying to drown its sorrows by feasting upon the Ducks, and Oregon looks to close McArthur Court with a victory against the Sun Devils. Both teams started out their Pac-10 seasons with blowout losses and are looking to rebound from them Saturday; Oregon lost by 19 at home to Arizona, while Arizona State lost by 22 at moribund Oregon State, although the Sun Devils were missing leading scorer Trent Lockett, who [...]

Checking in on… the Pac-10

rtmsf — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 01:00:06 +0000

Andrew Murawa is the RTC correspondent for the Pac-10 and Mountain West conferences.

A Look Back

For the first time this season, the Pac-10 had a week where a handful of teams combined to put together some good efforts, and more importantly, some good wins over quality competition. As of Saturday morning, it looked like more of the same for Pac-10 teams, as USC headed to Lawrence and put up a valiant effort against Kansas, before letting it slip away – a familiar course of action from around the conference. But, later that afternoon UCLA handed BYU its first loss [...]

Surprise! Assessing Early Signs of Life at Providence, Oregon & Iowa State

rtmsf — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 21:21:29 +0000

Andrew Murawa is an RTC contributor.

Last week we spent some time praising the work of two of the most familiar faces in the college basketball coaching world, Rick Pitino and Bruce Pearl, in getting their teams off to sparkling starts in the aftermath of some rough off-court patches. Today, I’d like to recognize some perhaps less well-known coaches who have turned awful offseasons of a different sort into solid starts for their respective teams. At Providence, Oregon and Iowa State, the basketball programs all went through turbulent summers full of personnel changes and uncertainty, but thus [...]

Checking in on… the Pac-10

Brian Goodman — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 04:19:37 +0000

Andrew Murara is the RTC correspondent for the Mountain West Conference and the Pac-10.

A Look Back

After a disappointing season last year when the conference needed a late Washington rally to qualify just two teams to the NCAA Tournament, the Pac-10 was looking to get off to a faster start this season, but with early results in, the reviews are definitely a mixed bag. While four of the conference teams remain undefeated, conference favorite Washington limped home to a 4th place finish in the Maui Invitational and the bottom of the conference is littered with embarrassing losses, such [...]

RTC Conference Primers: #6 – Pac-10

Brian Goodman — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 15:13:22 +0000

Andrew Murawa is the RTC correspondent for the Pac-10 and Mountain West Conferences and an occasional contributor.

Predicted Order of Finish

Washington (13-5) Arizona (12-6) UCLA (11-7) Washington State (10-8) Arizona State (10-8) Cal (9-9) USC (9-9) Stanford (6-12) Oregon State (6-12) Oregon (4-14)

All-Conference Team

G: Isaiah Thomas. Jr, Washington (16.9 PPG, 3.9 RPG, 3.2 APG) G: Klay Thompson, Jr, Washington State (19.6 PPG, 5.1 RPG). G: Jeremy Green, Jr, Stanford (16.6 PPG, 3.8 RPG) F: Derrick Williams, Soph, Arizona (15.7 PPG, 7.1 RPG) F: Nikola Vucevic, Jr, USC (10.7 PPG, 9.4 RPG)

6th Man

Ty Abbott, Sr, Arizona State (12.0 PPG, 4.4 [...]

Checking in on the… Pac-10

nvr1983 — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 20:46:49 +0000

Michael Hurley is the RTC correspondent for the Pac-10 Conference.

News & Notes

Lute Olson compiled a 43-6 record against Arizona State. Since he took a leave of absence last year, Arizona is 0-4 against the Sun Devils. Against ASU, Jordan Hill, Chase Budinger, and Nic Wise all logged 40 minutes. For the year the three are each averaging over 35 minutes a game. They are the only team in the Pac-10 with three players averaging over 35 minutes a game. Come Pac-10 tournament time these three horses have to be tiring. Oregon State swept the season series against Cal for [...]

Checking in on the… Pac-10

rtmsf — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:01:46 +0000

Michael Hurley of The Bleacher Report is the RTC correspondent for the Pac-10 Conference.

The Pac-10 still is searching for the first defining win of the year. The out of conference schedules have not helped any teams come tournament time. Sure Stanford is 4-0, but the toughest team they have played is a 4-3 Colorado team who lost to Montana State. Arizona State is 7-1, but their best win is over a 6-1 Nebraska team, who had yet to play a team from a big conference when they came into Tempe. One thing is for sure, the Pac-10 does not [...]