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go, if either team goes at all.
It seems like a no-brainer. When
a team is lower in the conference
standings, it arguably means that
the teams above it have had better
seasons. So why should a lower
seeded team go to the NCAAs in
stead of a higher seed?
Check out the ratings percent
age index.
Going into last weekend’s
matchups, Oregon State was ranked
No. 119, and UCLA was No. 25.
When the dust cleared, the
Beavers swept
and the Bruins
were swept.
The worst of
UCLA’s two loss
es came at the
teeth of the or
ange and black.
Oregon State’s
win moved it into sole possession of
fourth place, half a game ahead of
the now-fifth-place Bruins.
And then the updated RPIs:
UCLA, No. 30; Oregon State, No. 109.
The Bruins will likely regain
the fourth spot and go on to the
NCAA tournament, because the
chances of the Beavers beating
Arizona and Oregon on the road
are slim.
But the Bruins face Stanford in
Pauley Pavilion on Saturday. A loss
to the Cardinal could push UCLA
even down in the standings.
Will that matter though?
Judging by the RPIs, it appears
that UCLA is headed to the tour
nament — no matter how poorly
it finishes.
Giant killers: Part IV
Stanford is sitting pretty in first
place.
And for that reason, the Cardi
nal should be worried.
Each time a first-place team has
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walked into the Los Angeles
Sports Arena to take on Southern
California, they’ve lost.
The first upset was Oregon’s Jan
uary loss. Next, the Trojans beat
UCLA. A week'later the Wildcats
went down. USC took its giant
killing act on the road last week
end, beating the Ducks at the Pit.
Come Saturday, the Trojans
hope to put on a show for last
home game of the season, in front
of an average audience of 652.
Beating Stanford would be
more than a great ending; it could
be a conclusion worthy of an en
core in the NIT.
Imagine what USC’s season
would have been like if it would
have had Portia Mitchell, its high
ly anticipated freshman center
from Narbonne High School in
Buena Park, Calif.
Mitchell, who stands at 6-feet, 4
inches tall, was a 1999 Womens’
Basketball Journal All-American
as a senior and a Student Sport
All-American for her sophomore,
junior and senior seasons. In 1997
and 1998, she was a member of the
AAU National Team. Mitchell also
played in the Olympians Girls
League for six years.
But the freshman has yet to
play a single minute this season.
USC head coach Chris Gob
recht’s has a traditional rule that
in order to play, one has to be able
to run 11/2 miles in 13 minutes.
To the track-challenged, that’s
on pace to run one mile in just
over eight-and-a-half minutes.
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sion 1-A athletes, that’s slow.
However, the Trojans’ post has
more than made up for Mitchell’s
absence. Against Oregon, senior
forward Tiffany Washington post
ed the team’s second double-dou
ble of the season with 18 points
and 11 rebounds, and Danielle
Golay scored 19 points and
pulled down eight boards.
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