Pac 10 Basketball, Where No Team Stands Out

The sole team that came into conference play ranked in the top-25 was Washington. Tonight, they sit in last place in the conference at 1-3. That's what a loss to Oregon at home and getting swept by the Arizona schools will get you. Worst of all, it's not like neither Arizona school was doing too well going into this weekend. Each lost to U$C, and ASU got burned at UCLA as well. Speaking of UCLA, Ben Howland's team loves the weekday games. Definitely not the Saturday games. Although UCLA is arguably the most bipolar team in the conference, it is not alone. There are four other teams that own a conference record of 2-2. Rival U$C dominated (though in ugly fashion) the Arizona schools but got trounced by the Bay Area schools this weekend. So much for making a statement after getting hit with sanctions.

The bottom of the conference has Washington (as mentioned above), and the Fever. The Beavers came into this weekend 0-2 in Pac-10 play and worst of all, got DESTROYED at home at the hands of Cameron Dollar's Seattle U. So what did they do? Beat their bitter rival Oregon. Ironically, the loss was Oregon's first in the last two weeks as they were previously 2-0. Sitting along with Oregon at the top of the conference are Bay Area foes Cal and Stanford. Cal recovered nicely after losing a heartbreaker to rival UCLA by putting away U$C. Stanford, took care of both Los Angeles schools. So what's next for this conference? I wish I could make an honest and confident prediction but I just have no clue. Just look at the predictions I did for the beginning of the league, and how they are already so different after just two weekends (out of nine).