DANVILLE, Ca--Finally, home from a long business trip that took me to San Jose, Modesto, and Fresno. Too many miles, too much fog, too many sleepless nights.
Probably not losing as much sleep as some of the college basketball coaches are losing, though. But, that's a topic for another article.
Today we issue the West of the Rocky Mountain Top 10. This edition of the fabled ranking system is again dominated by the Mountain West Conference, but the order of those MWC teams has been shakened, as New Mexico has stumbled coming out of the gate in conference play. Entering for the first time is Arizona State and Northern Colorado.
So, here we go:
1. BYU (16-1)
2. St. Mary's (15-2)
3. UNLV (13-3)
4. Arizona State (12-5)
5. California (10-5)
6. Gonzaga (12-3)
7. Louisiana Tech (15-3)
8. Northern Colorado (15-3)
9. San Diego State (12-4)
10. New Mexico (14-3)
The "Stucker Punch" Award: The first-time-ever recipient of this dubious award goes to USC Athletic Director, Mike Garrett, for giving the Trojans' basketball team a knee in the solar-plexes. He penalized his current coach and players for the sanctioned sins of his previous coach. What could he have been thinking? We can certainly speculate!
