By: No. 5 UCLA (13-17) vs. No. 4 Arizona (16-14) | "Tell them … tell the team to bear down"

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:05:50 +0000

[...] Anthony Gimino comments on the results of a Pac-10 writer’s survey [...]

By: vegasallen

vegasallen — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:45:40 +0000

A Lorenzo Romar coached team to win a tournament? That really strains the credibility of the poll. My pick: ASU

By: Mark B. Evans

Mark B. Evans — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:50:36 +0000

My one word: Fun.

My more than one word expanding on the above one word: In some games they fought like Wildcats. In other games, they hid under the couch like frightened kitties. They played hard, at times. They played soft, at times. And they played tough down the stretch. They could have quit after the Cal blowout, but didn’t. Several players (Momo) showed it wasn’t all about them and they could be coached and learn to play team basketball (not always the case with some of the players Olson recruited in his waning years). After the implosion of the Olson era and the Tim Floyd fiasco, I was expecting UA to be a horrible, last-place team. Fourth place in the Pac-10, sweeping UCLA, beating ASU and buzzer beaters galore made this a fun season, albeit painful one, to watch.

For next year, we need a center who can rebound and block shots, a sixth-man 3-point shooter a seventh-man defensive stopper and Parrom, Fogg, Jones and Williams to become a solid scoring core and this team could be one of the greats. Whodathunkit?

Comments on: Results of the Pac-10 writers’ survey on men’s basketball

By: No. 5 UCLA (13-17) vs. No. 4 Arizona (16-14) | "Tell them … tell the team to bear down"

By: vegasallen

By: Mark B. Evans