Post by mhbruin on Jul 9, 2021 11:02:43 GMT -8
A "Rotation Player" played at least 10 minutes per game last season.
I have included two versions of UCLA, depending on whether you want to count Chris Smith as part of last season's team.
Looking at this, it is hard to pick anyone expect UCLA to win the league. TONS of experience, the most 5-star and 4-star players in the league, lots of upper-classmen. All this coming off a Final Four run.
Who can challenge the Bruins? The teams with the most experience and returning production are Cal, Washington State, and SC. Cal doesn't have the talent. On paper WSU doesn't have the talent, but their unranked players are very good. SC should be the biggest compeition.
As usual, Oregon has to replace a lot of experience, but they have a lot of talent and Altman has a history of doing this.
Arizona has decent talent but a pretty big rebuild with a lot of young players.
Oregon State is an interesting case. They bring back a lot experience and production, but no ranked players. Can Wayne Tinkle make the tournament again or was last season a fluke?
Stanford could be an upper-division team in the league and make the tournament for the first time in the Jerod Haase era,3 but I am worried about their youth and whether Harrison Ingraham will live up to his 5-star rating.
Colorado has enough experience to be decent, but they are very young. Even with their altitude advantage, I see this as a rebuilding year.
Utah will eventually be good under Smith, but not this year. They might keep Washington out of the bottom two in the league, but they will also upset some good team.
I have included two versions of UCLA, depending on whether you want to count Chris Smith as part of last season's team.
| Returning Rotation Players (10 Min+) | New Players | Returning Minutes | Returning Points | Returning Rebounds | Returning Assists | Seniors | Juniors | 5- Star | 4- Star | Recruiting Class | Pac-12 Finish | |
| Arizona | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 (116) | 1 | ||||
| Arizona State | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 (44) | 8 | ||||
| California | 5 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 (94) | 10 | ||||
| Colorado | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 (89) | 4 | ||||
| Oregon | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 (15) | 5-7 | ||||
| Oregon State | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 (103) | 12 | ||||
| Stanford | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 (61) | 9 | ||||
| UCLA | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 (12) | 2 | ||||
| USC | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 (9) | 3 | ||||
| Utah | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 (62) | 11 | ||||
| Washington | 3 | 6 | 5 (49) | 5-7 | ||||||||
| Washington St | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 (112) | 5-7 |
Looking at this, it is hard to pick anyone expect UCLA to win the league. TONS of experience, the most 5-star and 4-star players in the league, lots of upper-classmen. All this coming off a Final Four run.
Who can challenge the Bruins? The teams with the most experience and returning production are Cal, Washington State, and SC. Cal doesn't have the talent. On paper WSU doesn't have the talent, but their unranked players are very good. SC should be the biggest compeition.
As usual, Oregon has to replace a lot of experience, but they have a lot of talent and Altman has a history of doing this.
Arizona has decent talent but a pretty big rebuild with a lot of young players.
Oregon State is an interesting case. They bring back a lot experience and production, but no ranked players. Can Wayne Tinkle make the tournament again or was last season a fluke?
Stanford could be an upper-division team in the league and make the tournament for the first time in the Jerod Haase era,3 but I am worried about their youth and whether Harrison Ingraham will live up to his 5-star rating.
Colorado has enough experience to be decent, but they are very young. Even with their altitude advantage, I see this as a rebuilding year.
Utah will eventually be good under Smith, but not this year. They might keep Washington out of the bottom two in the league, but they will also upset some good team.