Thursday, March 14, 2024

 
 

Here's a roundup of recent Pac-12 Hotline content. We will continue publishing hand-crafted newsletters but want to ensure subscribers have access to our analysis while it's still fresh.

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Hot Off The Hotline ...

Washington’s MBB coaching search: Big Ten move offers Huskies huge opportunity to upgrade program

The Huskies have a huge opportunity to upgrade their basketball program if they make the right hire in the search for Mike Hopkins’ replacement.

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Pac-12 MBB: Our postseason Hot Seat assessment and look at which coaches could depart on their own

Welcome to our team-by-team assessment of the head coaches and the likelihood of a vacancy this spring.

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Our Pac-12 MBB tournament picks: The favorites stumble, Colorado rises and WSU stands to win from losing

We envision the Buffaloes beating USC in the championship game while Washington State participates against a unique competitive and financial backdrop.

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Pac-12 WBB: No. 1 seed Stanford slows JuJu Watkins but not USC as Trojans roll to tournament title

USC overcame a poor shooting performance by superstar JuJu Watkins to beat Stanford and win the final Pac-12 tournament.

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Pac-12 MBB: The Hotline’s picks for postseason awards and all-conference selections

Washington State collected two of the Hotline’s four postseason awards in the final season of Pac-12 basketball.

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Pac-12 MBB power ratings: Arizona clinches but wobbles as No. 1 seed status turns murky

The Pac-12’s collective weakness means Arizona won’t have many chances to collect Quadrant I wins in the conference tournament.

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Mailbag: The ongoing issues with Pac-12 MBB, Kliavkoff’s failures, future CFP access, ASU’s AD job and more

The conference is slogging through another poor season. Why? It starts with the coaching.

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Stanford basketball: Time for a coaching change as Jerod Haase’s program flounders, say all-time Cardinal greats

Haase has recruited well in terms of securing highly-ranked players, but his teams have faded yearly down the stretch, never reaching the NCAA Tournament.

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Best of the West: Arizona on top, Gonzaga climbs and Utah State’s remarkable rise

The Aggies were picked closer to the bottom than the top of the Mountain West but are alone in first place entering the final weekend.

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Pac-12 collapse: Kliavkoff’s failed tenure ends with radio silence, no signs of remorse

George Kliavkoff’s tenure as commissioner ended last week with no public comment, words of remorse or expression of sympathy for WSU and OSU.

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