2009 West Coast Conference Basketball Standings

Pomeroy rank: 13

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Through games of Wednesday, February 11
                        Overall  Conf
                          W-L     W-L    Pomeroy/Rnk      AdjO/Rnk   AdjD/Rnk   AdjT/Rnk      SOS/Rnk   NCSOS/Rnk
Gonzaga                  17-5     8-0      .9551/9       115.5/13    88.6/15    67.9/123    .6734/41    .8017/14 
Portland                 15-8     6-2      .6676/104     106.8/91   100.5/170   65.9/207    .5457/128   .5418/141
St. Mary's               19-4     6-3      .8379/57      111.3/40    96.5/86    66.3/189    .5569/120   .6130/86 
Santa Clara              13-13    5-4      .6210/120      99.0/201   94.9/66    65.1/240    .5353/134   .5343/150
San Diego                13-11    5-4      .5167/155      97.1/231   96.6/87    62.1/318    .6086/86    .6845/42 
Pepperdine                6-18    3-5      .1451/302      90.3/307  105.3/253   68.3/109    .5915/93    .6275/78 
San Francisco             9-15    1-8      .2990/244      99.6/192  107.3/283   67.0/165    .6327/69    .6482/66 
Loyola Marymount          1-23    0-8      .0500/337      83.9/338  108.4/296   66.4/183    .5920/92    .5919/103

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Date	Opponent	Result			Location	Record	Conf
Sat Feb 7	(57) St. Mary's	W, 70-52	58		Home	13-13	5-4
Thu Feb 12	(302) Pepperdine	W, 67-58	66	84%	Away
Sat Feb 14	(337) Loyola Marymount	W, 67-53	64	94%	Away
Sat Feb 21	(244) San Francisco	W, 67-63	65	67%	Away
Thu Feb 26	(9) Gonzaga	L, 70-59	66	13%	Home
Sat Feb 28	(104) Portland	W, 65-63	64	61%	Home
Projected record:						16-15	8-6
Projected record is based on cumulative probabilities of winning each game and may not equal the individual game predictions.

from The Sports Network

Santa Clara (13-13) at Pepperdine (6-18)

The Sports Network

DATE & TIME: Thursday, February 12th, 10:30 p.m. (et)

FACTS & STATS: Site: Firestone Fieldhouse (3,104) -- Malibu, California. Television: None. Home Record: SCU 10-2, Pepperdine 3-8. Away Record: SCU 3-8, Pepperdine 2-9. Neutral Record: SCU 0-3, Pepperdine 1-1. Conference Record: SCU 5-4, Pepperdine 3-5. Series Record: Santa Clara leads, 65-52.

GAME NOTES: The Santa Clara Broncos will try to continue their turnaround tonight, as they take on the Pepperdine Waves in West Coast Conference play at Firestone Fieldhouse. The Broncos are red-hot at the moment, as they head into the bout riding the wave of six straight victories. The run came on the heels of a five-game slide and includes a 70-52 besting of Saint Mary's-CA on Saturday. Now at an even 13-13 overall and 5-4 within the conference, SCU returns to the road, where it has struggled and gone just 3-8 thus far. As for Pepperdine, its entire season has been a struggle, but the team did take two of three on a recent road trip. The road swing was capped with a 58-43 win over Loyola Marymount on Saturday that improved the squad to 3-5 in WCC play and 6-18 overall. The Waves, though, trail the all-time series with SCU, 65-52, and that includes a 64-52 setback just last month.

For the Broncos, it starts with big-man John Bryant, who leads the team with 17.4 ppg and ranks second in the nation with 13.9 rpg. The 6-11, 275-pound Bryant is also second in the country in double-doubles with 19, and he is even shooting 60.2 percent from the floor. Kevin Foster and James Rahon have benefited from Bryant's presence down low and they check in with 14.2 and 11.1 ppg, respectively. Foster is knocking down 38.4 percent of his three-point tries, while Rahon is hitting on an even better 41.7 percent from the same distance. In the team's last game, Foster made 4-of-5 long-range attempts and he finished with 26 points in a rout of SMC. Bryant also had a big game, notching a double-double with 21 points and 15 rebounds. SCU shot a sizzling 58.5 percent from the floor and also held a 31-24 advantage on the glass.

The Waves are connecting on only 39.5 percent of their total shots and they are also committing 16.9 turnovers per game, so it is no surprise they have such a poor record. Keion Bell has turned the ball over a whopping 93 times on the campaign, but he does pace Pepperdine with 12.4 ppg and 36 steals. Mychel Thompson is next in line at 10.3 ppg, although he is shooting only 36.2 percent from the field. In the squad's prior outing, the Waves clamed down on defense, allowing LMU to make only 25.8 percent of its attempts from the floor in a 58-43 victory. Ryan Holmes led the team, offensively, with 18 points, while Bell registered a double-double with 15 points and 11 rebounds.

SCU is on a roll right now and with Bryant dominating the post, it should be able to continue its run against a less talented Pepperdine squad tonight.

Sports Network Predicted Outcome: Santa Clara 66, Pepperdine 55

02/12 10:23:36 ET

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justwin wrote:

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. Also, if it is his left shoulder,

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definitely the LEFT shoulder ... and the Pepperdine trainer/doctor/chiro ??? was checking him out (comparing shoulder seperation spacing, etc.) on the bench shortly after the incident ... some of James' people were in attendance and there were words back and forth ... he didn't look like he was in any great pain and the SCU trainer had him in a sling with ice on the top of the shoulder ... which was replenished at least once during the game ...

the good news ... we didn't loose ground on SMaC or USD ... way to go Lions ... but missed a golden opportunity ... and you're right not a lot of firepower on the floor after Rahon went down ... and Pepperdine eventually smelled the spilt blood ...

CJ looked great out of the gate and had a couple of really nice treys early ... maybe the PF Big John picked up hedging at the top of the key within 20 sec. of the opening tip-off was a clue but he (and the refs) settled into a nice game ... things were looking good and no sign of the Firestone phobia ... but then James win down in the backcourt and that was the beginning of the end ...

as the gentleman sitting near me who is related to the program but seeing his first game ... its tough when one or two of the players out there are not looking to shoot, but really tough when there are three out there ... Kevin tried to put the team on his back but it seem that each time he hit a hard fought three the Wave retaliated with a seemingly easy one ...

also Tom A. has Pepperdine playing more disciplined ball than in a long time ... and he seems to have some size and more talent than I remember ... hopefully they play really well for Homecoming on Saturday ... and St. Mary's doesn't have enough in the tank for Portland.


well the streak is safe for another year ... I hope they build that new on campus arena sooon .... as Sam Scuilli would say about Firestone ... some very strange things always seem to happen there ...

Get well James ...

C BRONCO wrote:

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A bunch of us will be at Stuft Pizza in El Segundo if anyone's interested... GO BRONCOS!

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Directions ???
from the 405

1. Take the exit onto I-105 W 2.4 mi
2. Slight right at W Imperial Hwy 0.8 mi
3. Turn left at Main St
4. Destination will be on the left 0.7 mi
   400 Main St, El Segundo, CA 90245 ???

and the time ???

suggestion ??? ... WEAR BRONCO RED ...

so we recognize each other ... or maybe just have a beer ...