Countdown 8/31/13

70 days remain...

It's a long weekend so you've got some time to kill. If you're not going to watch the BYU football game you might as well watch a BYU basketball game. So, here for your enjoyment, is the first conference game that the Cougars played as members of the WCC.

Countdown 8/30/13

71 days remain...

Pacific's roster is going to look a lot different this season (there were 7 seniors on last year's team). Unfortunately, these sophomores-to-be are not very experienced. Take a look at the stats.

Thomas Peters

Aaron Hendricks

Countdown 8/29/13

72 days remain...

Like Matt Christiansen and Joe Edmonds, this video is a package deal. Edmonds, along with Frank Rogers, are not returning to USF next season.

Countdown 8/28/13

73 days remain...

Here's a long and silent highlight video of Portland's Oskars Reinfelds, the Pilots' leading scorer among freshmen last season.

Countdown 8/27/13

74 days remain...

Here's a video of Gonzaga's Przemek Karnowski from the season before he joined the Zags.

Karnowski led the freshmen in the WCC in points per 40 minutes. His 20.16 points/40 minutes were 5.4 more than the second best freshman in that category, WCC Newcomer of the Year Stacy Davis. Davis played nearly three times as many minutes as Karnowski last season. Don't expect that to happen again this season... with Kelly Olynyk and Elias Harris no longer playing ahead of Karnowski, because both are in the NBA now, Karnowski's minutes should increase dramatically. Should his productivity stay at the same level, with an increase in minutes, then the Zags' frountcourt of 2013-14 should be nearly as dominating as last season's.

Countdown 8/26/13

75 days remain...

Pepperdine's Jett Raines was fifth among freshmen last season with 6.6 points per game.

Countdown 8/25/13

76 days remain...

The Zags' redshirt sophomore Kyle Dranginis has been somewhat lost in the shuffle over his first two seasons on campus. Most of the highlights in the video above are from his 30 point game against LC State, an NAIA team.

Countdown 8/24/13

77 days remain...

Waste some time this weekend with a throwback game from the 1993 NCAA Tournament.

This game comes from the NCAA Vault, so I can't embed it on the page but you can view it here.

Countdown 8/23/13

78 days remain...

Here's a guy that fans, other than BYU fans, may not be aware of. He's going to be a sophomore but he hasn't played since the Jimmermania Cougars' Sweet Sixteen game back in 2011. It's Kyle Collinsworth, a 6' 6" 215lbs Guard who is now back from his mission in Russia.

Countdown 8/22/13

79 days remain...

We're in the seventies now so, of course, I'm going to be alliterative and spend ten days of the countdown on sophomores. The Sophomore Seventies! Since this is a countdown to the upcoming season I will only discuss players who will be sophomores this season.

Let's get started with the sophomore who currently reigns over the rest of his class. Stacy Davis from Pepperdine, the 2013 WCC Newcomer of the Year.