Pac 12 Preview: Predictions

1. Stanford. Well this is a Stanford site, LOL

Best Player Chiney.
Top Newcomer: Erica McCall
Player needed to step up: Michaela Ruef, especially with the loss of Beebe, but Ruef can be an excellent passer either out for threes or into the post.


2. Cal
Best Player Gennifer Brandon.
Top Newcomer: Courtney Range.
Player needed to step up: Reshanda Gray. Gray is already very good but Brandon has a leg injury and while Cal expects Brandon back Gray will either provide the post play or a tremendous 1-2 in the post.


3. USC.
Best Player: Cassie Harberts
Top Newcomer: Jordan Adams
Player Needed to step up: Adams. Jordan Adams was a top 10 player out of High School and will be the point guard. A tremendous player when healthy, but missed almost all of last season with an injury.


4. Colorado
Best Player: Arielle Robertson, the Pac 12 Frosh of the Year after missing her true frosh year with an injury.
Top Newcomer: Zoe Bread-Fails. Zoe tore her ACL as a HS Jr and is now recovered. Not highly rated but somewhat under the radar.
Player Needed to step up: Lexy Kresl. Lexy has been a starting guard. Colorado has good post players but need Lexy to step up to replace Chucky Jeffrey.


5. Washington
Best Player: Jasmine Davis
Top Newcomer: Katie Collier. Katie missed her frosh season with an ACL but came to Washington as a top 20 player. Katie active in the post will push Washington towards the top of the Pac 12.
Player Needed to step up: Kelsey Plum. Plum is just a frosh so a bit unfair but she is a tremendous three point shooter and if she can adjust quickly to the college game that will make the Husky post play that much better.


6. UCLA
Best Player: Antonye Nyingifa
Top Newcomer: Luiana Livolo. Livolo is a JC transfer from Portugal and if starting post Corrine Costa is out Livolo will be a huge key to success. At this point the severity of Costa’s injury is not public.
Player Needed to Step Up: Nirra Fields. Fields was a top 10 player out of HS and was a bit lost as a frosh but UCLA is really depending on her.


7. Oregon State:
Best Player: Jamie Weisner
Top Newcomer: Sydney Weise a frosh guard who in HS was a tremendous three point shooter.
Player Needed to Step Up: Samantha Siegner a 6-2 soph. The Beavers really need good play inside and Siegner was a top 100 player out of HS.


8. Washington State
Best Player: Lia Gladiera
Top Newcomer: Ivana Kmetovska from Europe is their only newcomber.
Player Needed to Step Up: Shalie Dkeensaw a 6-4 Jr Post. The Cougars are guard heavy post light.


9. Utah

Best Player: Michelle Plouffe
Top Newcomer: Emily Potter a 6-5 frosh from Canada
Player Needed to Step Up: Danielle Rodriquez who started all but one game will really have to increase here scoring. Or it’s Potter who should start with the sad news that outstanding post player Taryn Wicijowski tore her ACL several weeks ago.



10. Arizona State
Top Player: Joy Burke, the 6-5 post or Deja Mann
Top Newcomer: Deja Mann. The Jr Guard missed last season with a knee injury.
Player Needed to Step Up: Katie Hempton a transfer from Southern Illinois



11. Arizona
Top Player: Candice Warthen who missed last season with a knee injury
Top Newcomer: LaBrittany Jones a 6-1 forward
Player Needed to Step up: Erica Barnes, 6-2 post. Alli Gloyd who started at forward with Barnes last season recently tore her ACL and is out for the year.



12. Oregon
Top Player: Jillian Allyene, the Media Pac 12 Frosh of the year.
Top Newcomer: Katelyn Loper a transfer a year ago from Hofstra where she averaged 11 points per game.
Player Needed to Step Up: Laura Stanulis a guard who missed almost all of last season who replaces Jordan Loera who recently went down with an ACL.