Pac-10 Preview-What to look forward in the coming week

Here we are, previewing the week ahead in the best one bid conference in the nation!

Game of the Week: Arizona State at Arizona, Sunday. ASU is second in the conference at 8-5. A loss likely drops them from Pac-10 title contention. Meanwhile, Arizona is 7-6. A win puts them back in the hunt, as they would need Cal to lose twice and for them to win out to take the conference. It’ll be a matchup of two of the best point guards in the conference in Nic Wise and Derek Glasser, as well as a matchup of two of the conference’s 3 best teams.




Honorable Mention: USC at Washington, Thursday. USC is only a game back of Cal in the loss column, but they have one of the toughest road trips of the year coming up. Washington is dominating at home, rarely dropping a game there. USC needs this win to keep hopes of a regular season title alive.



Matchup to Watch: Derek Glasser vs. Nic Wise, Sunday. Wise is averaging a solid 15 points a game, with 3.5 assists. He’s likely the second best PG in the conference. Glasser is no slouch either, but he does his damage with passing, averaging 5 assists a game. Both of them can make a case for the second best point guard in the Pac-10.



Honorable Mention: Calvin Haynes vs. Landry Fields. While Haynes seems to have a low scoring average, it mainly is because he plays in a slow offense. He’s a top shooting guard. Landry Fields is the conference’s leading scorer, so look out for him to go off.



Team In Most Need of a Sweep: USC. USC takes on two very good teams in Washington and Washington State. While they can’t make the tournament, they still can achieve their goal of a regular season title. In order to do so, they need to take down the Washington schools.



Honorable Mention: Arizona State. While it’s not a “sweep”, they definitely do need to win to bring a challenger to Cal. They take on a pretty good team in Arizona, so it should be a close one.