Pac-10 Tourney Predictions

Still on the flight to Burbank, but want to jot down my predictions for this weekend’s PAC-10 tournament.

Cal over Oregon State—I saw the score of this one at halftime and CAL was pounding the Beavers, so I cheated on this one.

UW over ASU—Washington looked pretty good beating UCLA (despite the fact that the game was meaningless for the Bruins). I see them winning this one on momentum alone. And Arizona State is horrible.

QUARTERFINALS

Arizona over Oregon—this is a great matchup of two talented teams. I think AZ has more talent and size which should enable them to sneak past the Ducks.

UCLA over CAL—The boys are better at every position and our sweet backcourt of Collison and Afflalo should lead to a 20 point win.

USC over Stanford—Home game for the Trojans. The giant freshman Brook Lopez swatted away a ton of SC shots earlier in the year, but I see Nick Young and/or Lodrick Stewart going crazy scoring between 25-35 points to win by about 7.

Washington St. over UW—Wazzu’s defense is pretty stingy and I think they lock down UW to end their run at an at-large bid.

SEMIFINALS

UCLA over Arizona—The one thing I noticed about AZ this year is how they’re a bunch of pansies. You get physical with them and they wilt like chamberlain (I don’t even know what that means, but it sounds like a good rap lyric….ok decent rap lyric). Bruins roll on. DC tools Shakur once again. AZ fans and coach piss and moan about the refs, you know, the usual.

USC over WSU—This is actually a bit of a reach, but I sense something here. SC has some athletes and again the hometown mojo could be enough to win a tight one…OT even.

FINALS

UCLA over USC—In a game that will mean much much more to SC, the Bruins will come from behind and win a close one against the crosstown chumps. I’ll admit I think SC has a good squad and will probably have them in the Sweet 16 when the brackets come out, but the Bruins have an experienced team that is battle-tested and refuses to fall victim to any pressure. One last test heading into the Big Dance can’t hurt.

Tourney MVP- Darren Collison (aka Tyus II)