Pac 12 standings; tournament bracket set

Final Pac 12 standings:

1. Oregon State 16-2 26-3
2. Arizona State 15-3 26-4
3. California 13-5 21-8
4. Stanford 13-5 21-9
5. Washington 11-7 22-8
6. UCLA 8-10 12-17
7. Washington State 7-11 16-13
8. USC 7-11 15-14
9. Colorado 6-12 13-16
10. Oregon 6-12 13-16
11. Arizona 3-15 10-19
12. Utah 3-15 9-20

Thoughts:

- No one predicted this finish.

- Washington has a higher winning percentage than Stanford. (!!!!)

- UCLA might have started slowly, but they finished well. They will be dangerous this year.

- There are so many great coaches in this conference now. Rueck, Turner Thorne, Gottlieb, VanDerveer, Neighbors, and now Graves. The future is bright.

- I don't see any upsets in the Tournament, like last year.

- Will the NCAA Selection Committee take five teams???? (I really hope so....all are very deserving).

- I talked to my former junior high school teacher after the Oregon-Stanford game. (She attends all Duck home games). She said the victory made her cry. She never thought she'd see that - especially with the last two Oregon coaches in mind. I told her to wait, that in a few years the Oregon-Oregon State games will be on ESPN2 and she might be on TV. She laughed: "You think so?" Me: "I know so!"

Pac 12 Tournament bracket:

Thursday, March 5:

#10 Oregon vs. #7 WSU

#11 Arizona vs. #6 UCLA

#9 Colorado vs. #8 USC

#12 Utah vs. #5 Washington

Friday, March 6:

Winner of UO-WSU plays #2 Arizona State

Winner of Arizona-UCLA plays #3 Stanford

Winner of Colorado-USC plays #1 Oregon State

Winner of Utah-Washington plays #4 Cal