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Message: [QUOTE="Lorcan, post: 3708601, member: 8861"] There are not any preseason polls yet. I’d say the Pac-12 probably looks something like this: [B]1A[/B]. [B]Stanford: [/B]The return of Haley Jones to go along with Lexie Hull and Kiana Williams makes this a formidable Stanford squad. How far they go will likely depend on the development of Ashten Prechtel, Francesca Belibi, Cameron Brink, and Alyssa Jerome in the post. [B]1B. Arizona: [/B]Aari McDonald will have a good battle for POY Honors with rivals Kiana Williams and Michaela Onyenwere. Arizona snatched a victory in OT over Stanford last season on their home court; moreover, they bought in reinforcements to provide a fierce supporting cast to their squad. Bendu Yeaney arrives from Indiana, along with a contingent of Freshman including Lauren Ware. This will be a tough Arizona squad to beat. [B]3. UCLA: [/B]Michaela Onyenwere and Charisma Osbourne combine to make an exciting duo for the Bruins; however, there will be ground to make up after the departure of the director of the offense in Japreece Dean. Lindsay Corsaro, Natalie Chou, and Lauryn Miller will have to step up to help. Emily Bessoir and Gemma Potter should contribute right away as the Bruins make one last good run with Onyenwere. [B]4. Oregon: [/B]Does anyone know how to rank Oregon this year? They have a VERY promising freshman class combined with the talent left on campus in Jazz Shelly, Nyara Sabally, and Sedona Price. Their ceiling is likely dependent on whether Sabally or Price can be healthy this season and how they contribute to the reload in Oregon after the departure of Ionescu. [B]The Middle of the Pac: USC: [/B]Endiya Rogers and Alissa Pilli combine for a good duo in Los Angeles; however, the loss of Overbeck and Alyssa Jeune makes me cautious about the ceiling for this team. Do the Women of Troy have enough talent surrounding Pilli and Rogers to consistently bring it in the Pac? [B]Utah: [/B]Brynna Maxwell and Lola Pendande starred on campus last season and Utah returns a lot of good pieces from a team that remains incredibly young and has a great future. Colorado was definitely closer in big games against the upper tier of the conference, but with the Utes returning more pieces, and a year older, I have to wonder if they'll be able to put the pieces of the puzzle together sooner. [B]Oregon State: [/B]Life after Mikayla Pivec and Destiny Slocum will be tough. This is now Taylor Jones' team moving forward as Oregon State continues to be a tall, tall team. The arrival of Ellie Mack from Bucknell shores up an already loaded post rotation with Jones, Kennedy Brown, Tanya Corosdale, Aleah Goodman and new arrival Sasha Goforth will have their hands full trying to get the ball into the paint. [B]Colorado: [/B]Emma Clarke's departure was a blow, but the arrival of Jaylyn Sherrod on campus last season gave glimpses of a promising future for the Buffaloes. Sherrod should combine with Hollingshead for a tough Buffaloes squad that hopes to snatch a victory from Stanford this season after two buzzer beaters last year. I'm including Colorado in this category, simply because they have a more reliable core in Sherrod and Hollingshead to build around than say, Arizona State or California. If anyone needs a reminder of how bitter the defeat was, it's here: [MEDIA=youtube]truylPDCh9o[/MEDIA] [B]The Rest: Arizona State: [/B]Ja'Tavia[B] [/B]Tapley, Relli Richardson, Robbi Ryan, Jamie Ruden led Arizona State to new heights last season including a upset weekend of Oregon and Oregon State back to back on their home courts. 5 of the Sun Devil's top 6 scorers have graduated. 6 Freshman have arrived on campus to reload, but Arizona State will likely be in a rebuild this year. I wish that we had the tournament last season, because the Sun Devils were capable of springing an upset over anyone. [B]California: [/B]Jaelyn Brown, Chen Yue, and C.J West have all graduated, and the Bears post rotation undergoes a major overhaul with the arrival of several freshman on campus led by Dalayah Daniels. As good as Daniels is, it's probably too big of an ask for her to drag Cal into another tier of the pack, but give Charmin Smith a few years, and Daniels will be a thorn in their cross bay rivals side. [B]Washington: [/B]Amber Melgoza is gone. Missy Peterson is still here to rain threes down on anyone who dares to leave her open. Darcy Rees and Haley Van Dyke give Washington some good building blocks, but without Melgoza drawing the attention of the opposing defenses, it remains to be seen how the Dawgs do. [B]Wazzu: [/B]Borislava Hristova and Chanelle Molina have both graduated. Life goes on in Pullman, but no heir apparent has appeared for the two stalwarts of Cougar basketball. Their website hasn't even been updated to include 2019-2020 statistics. Rude. [/QUOTE]

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