Monday, March 11, 2019

Pac-12

The Pac-12 begins their conference tourney in Vegas on Wednesday. It’s sad. Washington is the 1-seed and kudos to Mike Hopkins on a job well done. 

Brian has 2-seed Arizona State in, but they probably shouldn’t lose to the UCLA/Stanford winner. Utah is the 3-seed and finished 108th in KenPom. 3 teams finished 10-8. Oregon State is the 4-seed and 81st in KenPom. Colorado is the 5 and 64th in KenPom. Oregon is the 6-seed and 54th in KenPom. Arizona State is only 62nd in Ken Pom, so....

The league was a mess this year but aren’t that far from getting back on their feet. The problems at UCLA and Arizona exasperate the issues. The league struggles when those two are as bad as they are. If Hopkins stays at UW, they should be built for the long haul.

The Pick: Washington - Bid thieves abound here. Washington is the best team but they aren’t heads and shoulders above the rest of the league. Bubble teams need the Huskies or Sun Devils to win this.

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