NWAACC standings, poll

The women of the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges have been playing hard these last two months - some harder than others. Going into today's games, one team (Edmonds) had only played six games so far this season. A handful of other squads have played seven games; the majority have played at least eight games.

Umpqua, of the Southern Division, has the best record at 12-1:

Women's 2008-09 Standings

DIVISION SEASON

NORTH W-L PCT W-L

Skagit Valley 0-0 .000 7-1
Shoreline 0-0 .000 6-4
Bellevue 0-0 .000 6-5
Whatcom 0-0 .000 4-4
Peninsula 0-0 .000 4-6
Olympic 0-0 .000 2-4
Seattle 0-0 .000 1-8
Edmonds 0-0 .000 0-6
Everett 0-0 .000 0-8

EAST W-L PCT W-L

Big Bend 0-0 .000 9-2
Yakima Valley 0-0 .000 9-5
Columbia Basin 0-0 .000 8-5
Spokane 0-0 .000 7-5
Walla Walla 0-0 .000 6-1
Wenatchee Valley 0-0 .000 5-8
Treasure Valley 0-0 .000 4-6
Blue Mountain 0-0 .000 2-7

WEST W-L PCT W-L

Centralia 0-0 .000 8-2
S. Puget Sound 0-0 .000 6-3
Green River 0-0 .000 5-2
Highline 0-0 .000 5-7
Tacoma 0-0 .000 4-5
Lower Columbia 0-0 .000 2-6
Pierce 0-0 .000 2-6
Clark 0-0 .000 0-7
Grays Harbor 0-0 .000 0-7

SOUTH W-L PCT W-L

Umpqua 0-0 .000 12-1
Lane 0-0 .000 9-3
Clackamas 0-0 .000 8-3
Mt. Hood 0-0 .000 8-3
Chemeketa 0-0 .000 4-6
Linn-Benton 0-0 .000 4-7
SW Oregon 0-0 .000 4-7
Portland 0-0 .000 2-5

(Too bad they haven't put in the winning percentages yet).

The Riverhawks were also ranked first in a coach's poll last week:

December 23, 2008

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

RANK SCHOOL PTS PREV

1 Umpqua (11-1) 80 (8) 1
2 Clackamas (8-1) 60 3 tie
3 Yakima Valley (7-4) 43 2
4 Spokane (6-3) 35 3 tie
5 Lane (7-2) 34 5
6 Columbia Basin (6-4) 25 6
7 Walla Walla (6-1) 11 NR
8 Skagit Valley (7-1) 8 NR

Others receiving votes: Centralia 7, S. Puget Sound 5, Mt. Hood 2, Big Bend 2
Next Poll: January 8th

(http://www.nwaacc.org/polls/index.php#wbb)

Could this be the year that Umpqua reclaims the championship??

I'd love to discuss and dissect how the teams of the California Community College Athletic Association are doing, but their website hasn't been updated to show any standings whatsoever. Not too professional, is it?