West Coast Bias Segment

In this feature, we will look at all the West Coast teams, in RPI order. The order is determined by http://www.kenpom.com/rpi.php as of Friday December 15, 2006.

1. Arizona, 7-1, RPI #1, SOS #1
* Noteable wins: @SDSU, Louisville (Neutral), Illinois (Neutral-Home/Phoenix), UNVL
* Losses: @Virginia (in classic Arizona-style meltdown)
* Style of play: Five ballhandlers, deep bench but Lute does not trust his bench
* Currently: Work in progress, looking for someone other than the starting five to emerge


2. UCLA, 7-0, RPI #2, SOS #18
* Noteable wins: Georgia Tech (Neutral), Texas A&M (Neutral-Home/Orange County)
* Style of play: Wrestlemania interrupted by fastbreaks
* Currently: Slugfest wins games


3. Gonzaga, 9-2, RPI #12, SOS #9
* Noteable wins: North Carolina (Neutral), Texas (Neutral),
* Noteable home wins: Washington, Baylor, Rice, Easter Washington
* Losses: Butler (neutral), Washington State (road)
* Style of play: Offensive explosion interrupted by actual defense
* Currently: Exceeding expectations


4. UNLV, 6-2, RRI #15, SOS #11
* Noteable wins: @Nevada, Hawaii (twice, Home and Road)
* Losses: @Arizona, UCSB (home)
* Style of play: Kruger-ball
* Currently: Rising...


5. Oregon, 8-0, RPI #17, SOS #132
* Noteable wins: @Georgetown, @Rice, Nebraska (semi-home/Portland)
* Style of play: Fast smallball
* Currently: Surprising people by winning slow down games (Georgetown, Nebraska)


6. Utah State, 8-1, RPI #36, SOS #206
* Noteable wins: Utah (H)
* Losses: @ Northwestern State
* Style of play: Have not seen them this year, but I bet it's Stew-ball :-)
* Currently: Chopping wood


7. California, 7-3, RPI #43, SOS #41
* Noteable wins: Kansas State blowout (H)
* Losses: @SDSU, Nevada (Home/Neutral, San Jose)
* Bad Loss: San Diego (Home)
* Style of play: Ben-ball
* Currently: Ryan Anderson is a surprise freshman, yet another indicator of how good this class of 2006 is


8. Nevada, 7-1, RPI #47, SOS #159
* Noteable wins: Cal (Road/Neutral), @Oregon State
* Loss: UNLV (H)
* Style of play: Mark Fox ball
* Currently: Riding the Fazekas bandwagon


9. Washington, 7-1, RPI #65, SOS #218
* Noteable wins: Northern Iowa (H), Eastern Washington
* Losses: @Gonzaga
* Style of play: Work in progress, blend four super-freshmen, waiting for Joel Smith
* Currently: Eating cupcakes at home while trying to build this season's team


10. Loyola Marymount, 5-4, RPI #66, SOS #36
* Noteable wins: New Mexico State (H) in a comeback, in probably the most poorly officiated game of the year. Bad zebras!
* Losses: @MissSt, @USC, California (Neutral), @SamHoustonState
* Style of play: Whatever it takes
* Currently: Trying to become the "other team" in the WCC


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