[81alum]

The Pac 12 Poll

http://www.gostanford.com/news/2017/10/1...-poll.aspx

Stanford picked tied for second

I wonder if that poll under rates WSU.  This is the year when I think they could beat us--for the first time.  I hope it doesn't happen, but they had a ridiculous number of injuries last year and if everyone is healthy for them.....

Also, Oregon may very well perform better than UCLA, simply because it has much better coaching, although its talent is a little younger than UCLA's talent.

Washington dropped like a rock because they lost nearly all their key players and no one knows how the new coach will perform.

The good old days of Stanford treating the Pac 12 like a door mat, and us complaining that our league never gave us enough competition to get ready for the NCAAs, are emphatically over.  After following Bob's run down of the competition, it sure seems like on  a given day any one of six other Pac 12 teams could give us a very serious challenge--particularly with our level of inexperience. 

I'm not sure if any other league in the country right now has this level of competition in WBB.  Does the SEC have 7 quality teams?  The ACC?

[81alum]

The Pac 12 Poll

http://www.gostanford.com/news/2017/10/1...-poll.aspx

Stanford picked tied for second

I wonder if that poll under rates WSU.  This is the year when I think they could beat us--for the first time.  I hope it doesn't happen, but they had a ridiculous number of injuries last year and if everyone is healthy for them.....

Also, Oregon may very well perform better than UCLA, simply because it has much better coaching, although its talent is a little younger than UCLA's talent.

Washington dropped like a rock because they lost nearly all their key players and no one knows how the new coach will perform.

The good old days of Stanford treating the Pac 12 like a door mat, and us complaining that our league never gave us enough competition to get ready for the NCAAs, are emphatically over.  After following Bob's run down of the competition, it sure seems like on  a given day any one of six other Pac 12 teams could give us a very serious challenge--particularly with our level of inexperience. 

I'm not sure if any other league in the country right now has this level of competition in WBB.  Does the SEC have 7 quality teams?  The ACC?