Comments on: Basketball: Another big Pac-10 night

By: uh oh.

uh oh. — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 13:37:10 +0000

Under, based upon that list I could see at least one of them not being drafted, and I don’t need to name names.

Rocko – I give an F about that sport, especially tomorrow morning at 11am – if they were to win it would be the greatest win in US soccer history, no? Maybe the US pro leagues have not stirred excitement, but soccer can be a great game to watch. The World Cup is a fantastically fun event.

As for conference strength – just start counting up which teams make the final 8, final 4, year after year. The Pac 10, it seems, IS on the downside of that argument. You use a measurement such as, in the past 20 years, each league was represented what % of the time, and use some adjustment to compensate for leagues with more (or fewer) # of teams. That would be a good “put up or shut up” analysis on whether any league is good or not.

By: Rocko

Rocko — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:26:12 +0000

One word! ESPN! I don’t remember how many times I heard them say after a PAC-10 player was announced “You may have neverhave heard of him”.
Did you notice they usually went to commercial when a West Coast team was up next, except for the Lakers. ESPN tries to shove the ACC & Big East down our throats because they do their games.
Same thing with soccer, who gives an F about that sport!

By: Nonplussed

Nonplussed — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:06:11 +0000

With the Pac-10 producing so many NBA players, why do you think it is that the league itself is rarely considered to be any better than the 5th rated league in the country?