What We Learned This Weekend

Today marks the end of another weekend for Pac-10 basketball. Once again, the games have left many fans both jubilant and distraught about their team's play. This conference is so wide-open, and not in a good way like the Big East, that each week brings tons of drama, and more often than not, disappointment. Here are my personal short list of what should be learned from this weekend's games:

1. UCLA cannot play on Saturdays. Or maybe shouldn't. No clue why no Bruin fan has tried to petition so that the Bruins don't play on Saturdays. I have personally been there for the two humiliating home losses (and watched the third on tv), and it was absolutely horrible. As many of my friends put it, "It's gonna be a long season". Can't argue with that.

2. Washington is for real. For whatever reason, Washington decided to act like a UCLA basketball team (circa 2010) and lose games it shouldn't. However, on Thursday and Saturday they destroyed the Bay Area teams, if not annihilated. They looked really sharp and focused on both sides of the ball. Which brings me to my next point...

3. Cal is really not that good. Like, really really not. It was pretty clear by a few of their OOC games, and solidified by the one point home loss to UCLA last week, but the way they played against Washington was truly painful to watch. Like watching a UCLA game on a Saturday. Yes, that bad. I have faith in Mike Montgomery but this is not looking good. However, this could all change when Jorge Gutierrez comes back from injury.

4. U$C will cause a whole lot of issues this year. Many made this assumption after the first week of league play but this was clearly premature because they then went to the Bay Area and got swept. Then came the rivalry game with UCLA. During the game I kept mentioning how "life sucks" and "screw this game", and this is because the Trojans were truly embarrassing the Bruins. Though this team is not going anywhere this year in the postseason, they can make lots of noise during the regular season, especially considering how bad the conference is.