Around the WCC

Last night was opening night in the WCC and there were a few surprises...

USF, a 25-point winner over BYU in a closed scrimmage, ran out of gas in Ft. Collins and was outscored 21-10 in the fourth quarter and lost by 52-47.

EWU made the short trip to Pullman and lost a heartbreaker to WSU, 83-82 in OT after being up by 12 at halftime.

Cal blew out SMC in Berkeley, 90-58, SCU looked strong in its 73-60 win over Riverside, PU beat Fullerton 59-57, and LMU lost on the road to UNLV, 73-57.

UOP, a team that should do very well this season, beat Stanislaus by 40 points.

Gonzaga continued its winning ways beating Montana, 82-69 in Spokane.

UP was the only WCC winner tonight as Pepperdine fell to UC Irvine, Pacific lost at Washington, and WSU lost by 29 at Stanford.

A better day for the WCC…

Santa Clara 67-61 over Fresno St
Saint Mary’s 69-64 over Denver
LMU 101-43 over Bethesda
San Francisco 59-37 over Santa Barbara

What makes that interesting is that Stanford came into the season unranked, and is now only ranked 24 after the win.

The Cardinal are shooting 59% from beyond the arc for the season.

wrv wrote:Call it "homerism" or wishful thinking but I'd like to believe that with the Pilot's defense, it would be a rare night to have some team make 59% from behind the arc. That is an astonishing %.

The game before they shot 50% against WSU.

California went to Spokane and dominated GU 86-65.

SMC beat UC San Diego there in OT 74-65.

The College insider top 25 mid major poll has UP rising out of the receiving votes category to number 19.

Surprisingly, the  zags are still number 1 after their thumping by Stanford. The Cal result isn’t part of it.

Apparently Gonzaga is dealing with several injuries. I assume they’ll be full strength by the time we play them.

Okay, #3 USC beat SCU, 81-50, but the Broncos held their own except in the paint in comparison to USC beating their previous two opponents, Northridge and Cal Poly, by a combined, 214-74.

I am told UOP is going to be very good this year, and tonight they beat Long Beach St., 81-65.