I don't think the majority of fans are happy with the officiating "status quo." Were the coaches coerced into silence?

Pac-10 refs are just horrendous.

First, in regards to officiating, Pac 10 reffing is a disgrace to all of college basketball. It's inexcusable.
Anyway, about the 10 member first team theory, I think it's ridiculous. So what if there is a lot of talent in the conference. Yes, Jon had a great year. But I don't see any of the five players who did make st team that he should've been placed ahead of. The reality is if you want that honor, then you should be expected to play well enough to stand out as one of the five best players. Period. By doubling the field, you just deminish the accomplishments of the five best players who truley deserve (and earned) that recognition. Come on, this isn't grade school ball where every participant deserves some kind of equal award just so that they can feel good at the end of the year. Let's just do away with an honorable mention team while we're at it and put 15 players on the first team. Or why stop there; everyone who plays above average can have the honor. Only in the Pac 10 would something like this be proposed. We'll be the "feel good about yourself" conference.

Like the coaches I prefer returning to the previous format of 10 all Pac 10 players. If you want 5 additional players as second team fine. There are enough outstanding players that should be recognized each year to make this reasonable. My problem with splitting the group into three sets of five is that many years this is difficult and equally qualified players get arbitrarily split up only to make it fit the format. In other words the chance of players being slighted unfairly is greater. This year there were some guys on the second team that really were as deserving as some on the "first team". Pick the 10 best and honor them. Second team, honorable mention, honorable honorable mention, etc. means very llittle.

Why bother having any real awards? Lets just get everyone a nice participation trophy and have a big pizza party.

Seriously having the three teams is one of the few things that the Pac-10 has done right in a while. As far as I know a team can only have five guys on the floor at the same time, so why would you have 10 guys on the first team. Yes, I realize that that may be comparing red apples to green apples but I feel I made my point.