Looking Forward to UCLA-Washington State
UCLA is about to play Washington State, teams ranked Nos. 5 and 4 in the country.
I'm looking forward to this game because we've got two coaches in complete control of their teams, and I appreciate that. You don't always see that, in D1 college basketball.
This is one of the biggest Pac-10 games in years. Teams ranked that high. With one defeat (UCLA's) between them.
This is going to be low-scoring, grinding, defense-oriented game.
Fans may be bored (though Pauley is packed) ... but coaches and hoops aficiandos will love it. Nothing will come easy, nothing will come cheap. It will be intelligent basketball. And I never tire of that.