SENIOR DAY | PAC-12 BREAKDOWN | Klay Thompson...Seriously, Dude?

FEW COMMENTS:  KLAY THOMPSON SITUATION:

IN THE AFTERMATH OF PAC-10 & WAZZU LEADING SCORER, WZU JR KLAY THOMPSON's ARREST & SUSPENSION THURSDAY NIGHT (Marijuana Possession)

THIS ONE LEFT ME SPEECHLESS......FOR ABOUT 20 HOURS. 

Have to conclude similar sentiments that we're hearing from almost every talking head out there.....IT'S NOT THOMPSON'S ACTIONS AS MUCH AS THE VACANT, ENTIRE LACK OF REASONABLE JUDGEMENT & THOUGHT BEHIND IT.

Klay Thompson most likely will not run out of the Friel Court Tunnel again.  Dude wants to smoke tree that's his choice....just cannot understand a kid w/good mentoring, w/the world by the tail, to make such a staggering error in Judgement like this.  Pullman is a REMOTE, PUNY little town...maybe 20 stoplights...never more than 5 Minutes from wherever you might live up on the 'huimp' (Campus sits on a Bluff overlooking the small community of Pullman)  & You can't wait to get HOME?  Man, "Bahama-Mike" himself probably stands to lose some reputation points, also.

Good GRIEF!  

SENIOR DAY - QUICK 'PAC-12' BREAKDOWN

As we approach Tip in Pullman, broke down some SR DAY NUMBERS

GAGING 'SENIOR DAY' GAMES: TRICKY PROPOSITION....
GAMES THAT SHOULD PRODUCE INSPIRED EFFORTS TOO OFTEN DO NOT...OR PRODUCE POOR RESULTS FROM SR'S....PRESSING W/FAMILY ON HAND, ECT
(Found in Gms I've attended in Corvallis over last 26 Yrs, the further a players' family travels to honor a SR, the poorer he plays, by-&-lg)
Klay Thompson ignoramus move threw the UCLA at Wazzu Game into a real wild card area for my money....

Actually leaned Wazzu small here...
since Cougs (almost w/o exception) they play outta their heads in Pullman vs UCLA (strange phenomenon also, like Beaver/Ftbl vs SC in Corvallis...just something about SC/Football & UCLA/Basketball coming to our smaller NW Hamlets....gets us very worked up)

SENIOR DAY IN PULLMAN?  Nope

ZERO SENIORS NEITHER WAZZU or UCLA
(33 COMBINED ROSTER PLAYERS)

"PAC-12" KEY SENIOR LOSSES

ARIZONA: 1 SR

Cats' lose 1 Key Role Player

[4]
STARTER in 12 of 30 Gms
AZ 6-7 | 222 Sr Jamelle Horne
#7 SCORER (7.7 PPG)
#2 Made 3's (34-83 | 41%)

ARIZONA STATE: 3 SR's

Devils lose 3 Multi-Year Starters

[1]
STARTER
AZST 6-2 | 177 Sr Jamelle McMillan
2.58 Assist to Turnover Ratio (superb)
#4 SCORER (6.7 PPG)
McMillan increasing assertive offensively in SR Yr
Led Devils in Md 3's 7x
Led Devils Scoring 5x in Last 11 Gms

[3]
STARTER
AZST 6-3 | 216 Sr Ty Abbott
#1 MIN/Gm (32.4)
#2 SCORER (12½ PPG)
#1 Made 3's (68-176 | 39%)

[4]
STARTER (INJURED | Missed 5 Gms)
AZST 6-6 | 211 Sr Rihards Kuksiks
#3 SCORER (10.1 PPG)
#2 Made 3's (63-160 | 39.4%)
08-09, Led Nation in 3-Pt% (52.7%)

CALIFORNIA: 1 SR

[5]
STARTER
CAL 6-7½ | 284 Sr Markhuri Sanders-Frison
Leading Rebounder (7.2)
#4 Scorer (11.8 PPG | 61.1% FG)
Leads Nation in PF/Gm (4.04)

STANFORD: 0 SR's


OREGON: 2 SR's

Ducks lose 2 Key Contributors

[1]
STARTER in 6 Gms
ORE 5-9¾ | 186 Sr Jay-R Strowbridge
#3 Scorer (10.1 PPG)
#1 Made 3's (46-131 | 35%)

[5]
STARTER
ORE 6-6 | 244 Sr Joevan Catron
#1 SCORER (14.8), #1 REB (6.4/Gm)

OREGON STATE: 4 SR's

[2]
STARTER in ½ Beaver Gms
ORST 6-2 | 185 Sr Calvin Haynes
#2 SCORER (9.4 PPG)

[3]
STARTER
ORST 6-9 | 228 Sr Omari Johnson
DEFENSIVE CATALYST
#2 MIN/Gm

[3]
ORST 6-3 | 207 Sr Lathen Wallace
#2 Made 3's (27-91 | 30.4%)

[4]
ORST 6-8 | 245 Sr Daniel Deane
Just 37 Min this Yr
Started 18 Gm. 3 Yrs at Ore St
Transfer from Utah
DEANE PLAYED FOR 5 DIFFERENT COACHES AT UTAH & ORST

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: 3 SR's

Losing 3 Starters

[2]
STARTER 5 of 30 Gms
SC 5-11 | 188 Sr Donte Smith
#3 SCORER (10 PPG) #3 MIN/Gm (27.4)
#1 MADE3's (68-185 | 37%)
Smith nearly double md 3's of #2 M Jones (38-106)

[4]
STARTER
SC 6-6 | 204 Sr Marcus Simmons
SOLID DEFENSE (CAPTAIN) 

[5]
STARTER
SC 6-9 | 243 Sr Alex Stephenson
32½ MIN/Gm 
#1 FG% (55%) | 52.4% FT | #2 REB (9/Gm)
#5 SCORER (9.9 PPG)

COLORADO: 3 SR's

Losing Top 1. 3, & 4 Min/Gm Starters

[3]
STARTER
6-5 | 180 Sr Cory Higgins
#2 Buffs Scorer (16 PPG)
TOP MIN/PG (32.2)

[2]
STARTER
6-4 | 200 Sr Levi Knutson
#3 Scorer (12 PPG)
TOP 3-SHOOTER (61-126 | 48.4%)

[4]
STARTER
6-7 | 220 Sr Marcus Relphorde
#4 Scorer 11.5 PPG,
#2 Made Threes, (32-81) 

Also Sr's

[2]
6-3 | 210 Sr Javon Coney

[2]
6-5 | 215 Sr Carlon Brown

UCLA: 0 SR's

WASHINGTON: 3 SR's

Huskies carry #1 most experienced PAC-10 Team rating by Ken Pomeroy
UW will lose 3 Key Starting Seniors

[2]
STARTER in just 4 of 29 Gms (Yet 21 Min/Gm)
WASH 5-11 193 Sr Vernoy Overton
VERSATILE DEFENSIVE PLAYER 

[3]
STARTER
WASH 6-6 | 182 Sr Justin Holiday
#3 SCORER (11.7 PPG)
#2 MIN/Gm
HOLIDAY HAS STARTED ALL 29 UW GMS

[5]
STARTER
WASH 6-9 | 250 Sr Matthew Bryan-Amaning
#2 SCORER 
(Scored 470 Pts |  I Thomas' Scored 481 on Yr)

WASHINGTON STATE: 0 SR's

UTAH: 1 SR

Utes will lose 1 key SR Player

[1]
STARTER
UU 6-0 | 215 Jay Watkins
#2 SCORER (14.7 PPG)
#1 Asst (3.8/Gm)

While were talking Utes....

UTAH Listed (Ken Pom) #4 TALLEST Tm in D-1
PAC-10 w/o Legit Post in 2010-2011
May TRULY have a difficult time adjusting to UU's TWIN TOWERS

UU 7-3 | 267 Jr David Foster (SR in 11-12)
UU 7-1 | Soph Jason Washburn (JR in 11-12)

Has anyone else noticed that these two have amassed
125 BLOCKED SHOTS so far this season !?

FOSTER: 92 Blocks

Good Golly

Thanks, guys