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Message: [QUOTE="azfan, post: 3313978, member: 7748"] This looks to be a banner year for the Pac-12. Preseason rankings have five teams in the top 25 although I think they may have misplaced the 5th team, more about that later. There's some speculation that three Pac-12 teams could receive number 1 seeds in the tournament. While I think that's overly ambitious the third team, Oregon State, has a very solid roster. ASU is the 5th ranked team in the Pac-12. This morning We learned that the tallest player 6 ft 5 in Eva Rubin is transferring. That leaves a short ASU squad even shorter. But the reason I think the U of A and it pains me to say this should be ranked while the Sun Devils shouldn't is the tremendous guard that the Wildcats have. McDonald was listed on the preseason all Pac-12 team for good reason. Tremendous motor great, scorer and as she matures and learns to involve her teammates I think she's going to elevate the U of A, now known as UArizona to move them up on Google search (no kidding) this year. ASU is the 6th best team in the Pac-12 this year. I'm thinking about last December when they went down to Tucson and the U of A held the devil's to 39 points and a humiliating loss. I can definitely see Barnes building on the momentum from their NIT win and I looked for the UArizona to be the wild card team in the Pac-12 this year. [/QUOTE]