The conference gets crapped on quite a but...some deserved, some not. No matter what happens in the night cap, 3 of the elite 8 teams will be from <best Bill Walton voice> the conference of champions.
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And...the maligned PAC gets one into Final 4. I am sure @Russ Smith is pumped.
Defense is a great equalizer.Still can't believe we won that game.
@Russ Smith UCLA didn't beat the Zags on the court on Saturday but they sure had a part in beating them tonight.
IN part I guess but honestly I don't think any team in the country would have beaten Baylor last night. They were unguardable and they have much better rim protection than UCLA does. That's the reason the UCLA run was so amazing, when Jalen Hill left the team, with Smith out injured, they lost their 2 biggest and longest players and they lost more than half their shot blocks. To get to the FF with Cody Riley as your C on defense and Jaquez as the PF was pretty remarkable.
I don't think we would have beaten Baylor but I think it would have been closer, we would have slowed the game down and tried to frustrate them. Gonzaga just tried to run like they'd done all year, but Baylor was better at it.
PAC-12 is hiring George Kliavkoff as new commissioner.
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Interesting hire. Prepping for the crush of gambling and hopefully getting the PAC in front of more eyes
All working together to combat the SEC, but none really offer enough to really win that fight.There is talk of an alliance between the Big Ten, ACC and PAC 12.
This could be an interesting alternative to teams splitting off and going elsewhere.
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All working together to combat the SEC, but none really offer enough to really win that fight.
With players taking endorsements now, I think the SEC is going to blow up even more.I'm interested in seeing what it looks like. Those three conferences control a lot of teams and buying power if they can find a way to make it work.
It's why NIL isn't the best thing in it's current form.With players taking endorsements now, I think the SEC is going to blow up even more.
The only thing that will hurt the SEC is the SEC itself and they are the best run conference.I think this alliance could spurn the PAC 12 to expand to 14 to match the ACC and Big 10 and eventually all 3 to expand to 16. I could see some inter-conference scheduling based on prior year's finish with 1v1, 2v2...14v14.
If the PAC 12 goes to 14, I think OK State and Texas Tech are the obvious choices. 16 is where it gets interesting and you could see a Houston level up.
The schedule would be tight. Right now, PAC 12 schools plays 8 conference games and 4 non-conference games. So you could fit an ACC and BIG 10 match-up based on prior season's position which leaves 2 games for non-power 5 schools and USC and Stanford can still play Notre Dame.
It could work. You would get a couple big headliners each year, but also some real stinkers. ASU vs Wake Forest or Duke sounds pretty bad.
If it hurts the SEC and helps the PAC 12 get a better TV deal then, I'm all for it.
No need to rush into this. The critical thing is getting the TV thing settled, especially with the PAC12 Network.Pac-12 will not seek expansion ‘at this time,’ conference says
Pac-12 expansion not on table 'at this time,' conference says
The Pac-12 Conference announced Thursday that, after internal discussions, it will not seek to expand in the near future.arizonasports.com
No need to rush into this. The critical thing is getting the TV thing settled, especially with the PAC12 Network.