AWESOME! Anderson was the scariest player I've seen in the Pac10 in the past decade... he just had that, I'm going to score 30pts and score whenever I want look to him.... and he was never ever in foul trouble, not sure anything can be anymore annoying than that...

Pac10 Rankings:
- UCLA
- ASU
- USC
- UW
- WSU
- Arizona
- Cal
- 'Ferd
- Oregon
- OSU

i don't see how cal can compete this season without anderson. the dawgs must capitalize on all these great players leaving. ucla, asu, and sc, will be good teams. after that things seem wide open and i think the huskies can get in the mix for a 4-6 slot, maybe even higher, and ncaa berth.

What a relief....starting to believe the Meatball MT Husky?

http://msn.foxsports.com/cbk/story/8251750/Budinger-will-return-to-Arizona-next-season

Weird about the conflicting reports concerning Chase Budinger. But that just proves you can't base news releases on "this guy who knows someone acqauinted with..." type of reports. But this should keep Arizona in the top half of the PAC10 if Jennings is all he's advertised to be.

Cal on the other hand is going to have a tough time.

Randy- That is what the Meatball has been trying to tell people. There isn't any media source that has a grip on what's going on in Tucson, so since they don't know, they have been projecting that it's in turmoil. Actually, it's the exact opposite. Brandon Jennings, Nic Wise, Chase Budinger, Jamelle Horne, and Jordan Hill will be one of the best (if not the best) starting line-up in College Basketball, and our bench will have some needed depth with incoming players and returning players being healthy. It's gonna be a great year next year!

Mbah a Moute is audi... http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/basketball/ncaa/06/16/mbahamoute/index.html

Meatball - there are still the odds that Jennings doesn't make it into school....

Mix- You guys can only hope that the NCAA will attempt to not allow Jennings into school. They are giving him 2 other chances to take the test, and like the other miis-information from the media, my sources close to the Arizona program tell me they are not worried at all about Jennings getting in. He might not even re-take the test, as the NCAA would have to formally accuse the testing facility and Brandon Jennings of wrong doing. Whether or not they currently have evidence is still to be determined.

And Mix, I don't really need to explain myself to someone that has Washington picked to finish better than my Wildcats for this upcoming Pac-10 season. Are you serious? Come on fella, lay off the super powerful blinding Koolaide, as the Huskies will be another experiment next year. They will have to rely too much on an undersized power foward in Brockman, and Romar has too many similar players and he fail again at finding an effective line-up. Unless of course you are in the party that believes another CBI home invite is success, you guys will be right where the meatball and bodog project. I said 8th, but their professionals said 9th in the Pac-10. I am interested to see which one of us is right.

Probably neither Meathead. Middle of the Pack (Pac10, that is). UW will be the most improved team in the league this year. Chasse is great news for U of A, but best starting 5 in the country? I thought i heard that UNC had 3 of its players pull out of the draft (not just 1, ala UofA).

wow meat you hit that ....i thought there was no way and excited to talk trash...congrats

UNC will be a rock in 2008/09...and by far the best starting 5 in the land.

R. Sallie headed to Memphis...what might have been had he stayed...

UW - a solid 4th.

glad to see budinger come back. it will make the dawgs two wins against the mildcats all the sweeter.

After looking at who is in the draft and who is out I really don't see the league getting more than 5 teams in the tourney this year. Here is how I rank them. The bottom five look to be pretty weak.

1. UCLA
2. ASU
3. Arizona
4. USC
5. Washington
6. Washington State
7. Sanford
8. Cal
9. Oregon
10. Oregon State

Uh Bob, the attached news article stats that Mbah A Moute is staying in the draft, not in school. What's up?

It looks like Mbah A Moute is leaving school, and not staying. UCLA will still be strong thanks in part to Trent Johnson losing top 25 recruit to UCLA (6'9" C Morgan).
Can someone explain to me how UNC keeps is 5 star players for multiple years? Is there a trick to recruiting college studs who are NBA tweeners or something?
The class of 05 has 1 top 10 player left in college (Hansborough). The class of 06 has 4 top 10 payers lef in college (Lawson, Ellington, Buddinger, and Paul Harris). The class of 07 has 2 top 10 players still in college (Singler and Calathes).
I'm going to bet UNC's class of 08 top 10 recruit Ed Davis stays at least 2 years (maybe 4 since he is a 6'8" PF).

meatball is STEADILY earning the credibility back that he lost a few weeks ago.................. good call on budinger meatball

Whoops --- My bad there on the original Mbah a Moute link.

"meatball is STEADILY earning the credibility back"?

lol

guess lute is also earning his credibility back by convincing budinger how "ridiculous" his nba aspirations were. rumor has it that lute promised not to walk out on his team this season!

WSU has 2-3 first rounders this year. UW will never acomplish this.

That's okay, Doug. How many first rounders has WSU had over the past few years in total? UW has had a few.

Enjoy the season!

Romar should snag Aaron Dotson. Waiting around for Gaddy and Bradley to decide could cost the Dawgs some options (if the duo goes elsewhere, which seems like a possibility at this point). With Dotson we get a winner, a local kid, a quality player (4 stars, and I've seen him play, he's good), and someone is is not just one and done.I'd hate to see him go elsewhere while Romar waits to see what Gaddy and Bradley decide to do.

Doug - 2-3 first rounders? Please explain?

I think he means 2-3 in the first rounds of the NBA DL?

I saw on ESPN's Chad Ford's top 45 no sign of WSU.

Scout.com lists Weaver as going 39th.

Weavs, low and possibly cowgill

Weaver probably 26 to 40
Low maybe gets drafted.. maybe
Cowgirl will be lucky to even get invited to the summer league

so your best year might net 1-2 draft picks... you.are.still.little.brother.

Patience: Sorry to say, but you have become the biggest horses ass on this site. Congrats Meatball!!1

COWGILL? are you kidding me? you guys from WSU are really stupid as f$$$? cowgill is too skinny and sucks, hes not kid. jebus u guys dont know anything about basketball. ask MEATBALL if he thinks robbie cowgill should be drafter? no wait then he'd die laughing i think....

G: You are adding to all of the intelligent posts by your brethren. One person says maybe Cowgill and suddenly every Coug knows nothing about BB. I will put my knowledge of CBB against yours any day, any where...I will bet I have forgotten more about CBB than you will ever know.

Cougfan - you are correct, G should not pin Doug's rediculous post on all WSU fans, but Doug does deserve to be called out for one of the funniest posts I've seen is a while.

Making fun of UW for not having 2-3 first rounders when WSU never will either...lucky to even have one anytime soon.

I like Weaver as a player and think he should go late in round one, so one first rounder is possible....beyond that would be a shock!!

The NBA is a different breed of animal, and a guy like Cowgill would never likely get nod. I would be surprised if Weaver goes in the 1st round; with his stuggles on the offensive side of the ball I see him being a 35-40 pick due to his defense and basketball IQ. If you can't score, NBA teams want you to prove your defense and tend to pick in the 2nd round. If Weaver gets drafted and makes a team, I think he can survive in the league a la Bruce Bowen, but he'll need to be able to consistantly knock down an open jumper. That is yet to be seen....

Regardless, the Pac-10 is well represented in both rounds of the upcoming draft. I think Kevin Love will be the biggest bust as he will never be quick enough to be an impact player, and he is projected in my opinion way to high. This will surprise many of you, but I think Jerryd Bayless will over all be a bit of a bust as well. He may have some break out games over the course of an 82 game season, but his lack of maturity and point guard skills will limit him in the long run. If I had the choice, I would certainly pick OJ Mayo over Bayless in an NBA style game.

yeah bayless is great at times but after watching him play I thought he was a punk...id go the Oj route aswell