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Message: [QUOTE="LOhunter, post: 3763078, member: 10264"] Sorry to confuse you. The comment I quibbled about was "deeper". I also posted that [B]Stanford depth is more experienced (by far)[/B] and the Card is certainly favored to win the Pac 12. Oregon does appear to have 12 players capable of playing successfully at the Pac 12 level. As does Stanford. Two very deep benches giving both coaches injury insurance, versatility, and match up combinations. Stanford has the more experienced bench and players have been coached up and played together enough to mesh on offense and defense. As a team [B]Oregon is a work in progress[/B] that way. But that doesn't negate the fact that Oregon is 12 deep... equal in depth, not less deep. We'll see how it all works out. Stanford is #1 and the Pac-12 favorite without a doubt. [/QUOTE] “Pac 12 favorite without a doubt?” Seems like there is plenty of doubt being expressed by others. Experience is over-rated as a barometer for success in college basketball, especially when you are talking about elite recruits. No one can argue that Oregon has the fewest returning starters, fewest players with Pac 12 experience, fewest players with college game experience in the Pac 12 and perhaps in the entire NCAA. Yet they are clearly an elite team and I argue that there are less than a half dozen teams (including Stanford) who have any chance of beating them. [/QUOTE]