March 10, 2009

Nine in a Row

Well another fantastic season in the books and we begin Friday in our quest for the Pac 10 Tournament Title, then the Big Dance.

With Cal losing to ASU and Stanford beating ASU, Stanford’s margin is suddenly 2 games. With Cal and ASU tied for 2nd/3rd. The big surprise was Oregon State defeating both USC and UCLA to move into a tie for 4th/5th in the Conference.

Here is the Pac 10 Tournament Schedule.

Pac-10 Tournament
Thu. - Sun., Mar. 12-15, Galen Center (Los Angeles, Calif.)

Looks like only Saturday and Sunday are on TV.

Thu., Mar. 12
1 #7 Oregon vs. #10 Washington 6:00 PM PT
2 #8 Washington State vs. #9 Arizona 8:15 PM PT
Fri., Mar. 13
3 #3 Arizona State vs. #6 USC 11:00 AM PT
4 #2 California vs. Game 1 Winner 1:15 PM PT
5 #1 Stanford vs. Game 2 Winner 5:00 PM PT
6 #4 UCLA vs. #5 Oregon State 7:15 PM PT
Sat., Mar. 14
7 Semifinal #1 6:00 PM PT
8 Semifinal #2 8:30 PM PT
Sun., Mar. 15
9 Championship Game 6:00 PM PT

My AWARD TIME:

Bob’s Frosh of the Year: Jazmine Perkins, WSU.

Bob’s All Frosh Team:
Perkins,
Nneka Ogwumike, Stanford,
Briana Gilbreath, USC,
Atonye Nyingifa, UCLA
April Cook, WSU

Bob’s Coach of the Year: Tara, 17-1, # 2 in the country, ‘nuff said.

Bob’s Player of the Year: Jayne Appel, Stanford. Who scored 29 points in the biggest game of the Year? On the final Day? When her team needed her to play the game of her life? All while ASU ran four 6-3 or taller post players at her.

All Pac 10 Team:

Appel, Stanford
Ashley Walker, Cal
Ify Ibekwe, Arizona
Briann January, ASU
Camille LeNoir, USC
Kayla Pederson, Stanford
Doreena Campbell, UCLA
Alexis Gray-Lawson, Cal
Brittany Davis, Oregon State
Jeanette Pohlen, Stanford

Honorable Mention:

Dymond Simon, ASU
Jill “The Trill” Harmon, Stanford
Micaela Cocks, Oregon
Jazmine Perkins, WSU
Sami Whitcomb, Washington

Most Improved: Jeanette Pohlen Stanford. Switches to the Point and still makes 71 Three’s with a number of games to go. Jeanette is currently tied for 9th place for most Three’s in a single Stanford season.

On to LA.

1 comment:

  1. Excellent choices, Bob. I voted for Tara before the AZ games on Sue's poll. She truly proved her and her staff's mettle this last week. Looking forward to selection Sunday!!

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