The Star's Bruce Pascoe breaks down every Pac-12 team's returners, newcomers, storylines and trends as the 2022-23 season opener.
Bruce Pascoe Teams listed in order of finish according to Star reporter Bruce Pascoe's preseason poll:
Downside: The Bruins aren’t a great free-throw shooting team and they don’t take many 3-pointers but they excel from midrange, around the basket and getting to the line. In short there isn’t much for them to complain about, as long as their recent injury history doesn’t turn chronic. Who’s gone: F Bennedict Mathurin , G Dalen Terry , C Christian Koloko , F Kim Aiken , G Justin Kier , G Shane Nowell .
3. OregonStock: Rising. The decisions of Will Richardson and Quincy Guerrier to return from the NBA Draft pool give the Ducks potential to compete again for the Pac-12 title and make a deep NCAA Tournament run.
4. USCStock: Steady. The Mobley brothers are all gone now but the Trojans are still deep, experienced and talented.Last season: 26-8 overall; 14-6 Pac-12 , lost to Miami in NCAA Tournament first roundOther returnees: G Reese Waters , F Boubicar Coulibaly , F Joshua Morgan ,. G Malik Thomas , F Harrison Hornery , G Kobe Johnson .
Downside: The departures of Evan and Isaiah Mobley represent a big shift for the Trojans. They need to start running through the perimeter more often and rely less on the post players now, though having five-star seven-foot freshman Vincent Iwuchukwu will help. Who’s gone: F Efe Abogidi , G Noah Williams , G Michael Flowers , ), G Tyrell Roberts , G Jefferson Koulibaly .
6. StanfordStock: Under pressure. The team that took Arizona down to the wire in the Pac-12 Tournament should make its first NCAA Tournament appearance under coach Jerod Haase this time. If not, his seat may catch fire.Last season: 16-16 overall; 8-12 Pac-12 , lost to Arizona in Pac-12 quarterfinalsOther returnees: G Michael O’Connell , G Noah Taitz , F Max Murrell , F Brandon Angel , F James Keefe , G Isa Silva , G Jarvis Moss , F Maxime Reynaud .
7. Colorado Stock: Dipping. The Buffs prefer long-term development to quick fixes via the transfer portal so the losses of Evan Battey, Jabari Walker and Eli Parquet will take a while to recover from.Last season: 21-12 overall; 12-8 Pac-12 , lost to St. Bonaventure in NIT first round.Other returnees: F Nique Clifford , F Luke O’Brien , C Lawson Lovering , F Quincy Allen . G K.J. Simpson , G Julian Hammond or G Javon Ruffin .
8. Arizona StateStock: Risky. Four key transfers join Marcus Bagley but there’s no telling exactly where the historically erratic Sun Devils will finish.Last season: 14-17 overall, 10-10 Pac-12 , lost to Stanford in Pac-12 Tournament first round.
Other newcomers: G Noah Williams , C Braxton Meah , C Franck Kepnang , F Tyler Linhardt , G Koren Johnson , G Keyon Menifield . He said it:"Now we have a lot of really good players who fit what we do. We can have a small lineup. We can have a big lineup. We have a lot of different ways that we can win games. And that is a luxury." — Hopkins
He said it:"This feels just a lot different than last year. We’d only returned two guys who had played more than seven minutes a game . When everything is new, there's excitement with that. But there's more excitement this way." — SmithCoach: Mark Fox .Go-to guys: F Jalen Celestine , G Devin Askew ,
He said it:"We're just far more equipped to match up versus high major teams. That’s been the one thing here that we knew would take a little time because you can't just flip your roster overnight, and then the pandemic hits, and made it a little harder. But we finally feel like it's starting to look like it's supposed to." — Fox
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