UCLA

- Yesterday's UCLA-Kansas game went just as planned. The Bruins were able to shut down Kansas' offense just like SIU did.. but unlike the Salukis, UCLA had a hot Arron Afflalo coming off two subpar games which enabled them to pull away. The only thing that's gone more according to plan is this tournament in general. I don't see Oregon or Georgetown ending that trend unforutnately..

The following four candidates are the frontrunners for PAC-10 Player of the Year.

 

Arron Afflalo (6’5 Junior Guard, UCLA Bruins, 17.4 ppg, 2.3 rpg, 2.1 apg)

Arron Afflalo (UCLA, 17 ppg)

Aaron Brooks (Oregon, 19 ppg, 4 apg)

Darren Collison (UCLA, 13 ppg, 6 apg)

Lawrence Hill (Stanford, 17 ppg, 6 rpg)

Mustafa Shakur (Arizona, 14 ppg, 7 rpg)

Nick Young (USC, 17 ppg, 5 rpg)

Other (Gibson USC, Low WSU, Weaver WSU, Williams AZ, etc)

The NCAA Tournament is less than two months away.. the Final Four will be here before you know it. That much we know.. but who will make the Final Four? According to the AP Poll, there's a pretty clear top 4 at this point. Florida, Wisconsin, UCLA, and UNC are ranked in that order and all 4 received first place votes. Obviously though, the odds are slim that all 4 of those teams, or whichever teams get seeded one through 4, make it all the way to Atlanta.

I'll leave it to the bettors to quantify teams Championship chances as being 200 to 1, or 1,500 to 1 or whatever the odds may be. Instead, I'm going to rank the Top 10 teams based on their chances of reaching the Final Four.

Nevada (16-1)

Oregon (16-1)

UCLA (15-1)

Wisconsin (18-1)