Pac-Tending 04-16-08

"The thing that was going to give authenticity to this was getting the NBA there. If the NBA agreed to do this, then we were home free."

- Former Wazzu head men's hoop coach and current global director of basketball at Nike, George Raveling, who was one of the catalysts behind the recent efforts of the NCAA and NBA to combine efforts to streamline youth basketball.

There are only two months of Pac-10 collegiate competition left at the Creek, but it is looking good for the conference in all the remaining spring sports.

An updated version of the 2007-08 Director's Cup standings were released and once again, 13-time defending champ Stanford is well out in front while the entire Pac-10 membership is represented in the Top 101 – including eight Pac-10 schools in the Top 35.

Meanwhile, at NCAA HQ, the NCAA and NBA have combined and agreed on a five-year $50 million deal to overhaul youth basketball by creating an online community, educating athletes, educating coaches and developing a certification program, developing officials and creating a national registry of officials and establishing and maintaining a national calendar of sanctioned events.

Oregon

In women's lacrosse, Oregon defeated St. Mary's to improve to 10-5 overall on the year.

WSU

In men's hoop, Kyle Weaver was named to Rivals' All-Defense second team.

In rowing, 8th-ranked Wazzu defeated rival Washington for the third consecutive year in the Apple Cup of rowing.

In baseball, the Cougars lost the series to Arizona State to fall to 19-15 overall and 3-6 in conference play with a 21 RPI.

In tennis, 42nd-ranked Wazzu defeated Montana State and Portland State to improve to 15-9 overall and 1-6 in the Pac-10.

In track and field, freshman Jeshua Anderson, who was named last week as the Pac-10's outdoor track athlete of the week, lowered his own freshman school record in the 400-meter hurdles to 49.66 at the Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invite at UCLA – that time is currently ranked as the 12th-best in the world.

Washington

In men's track and field, junior 400-meter runner Jordan Boase was named as the conference's men's outdoor track athlete of the week.

Stanford

In men's hoop, head coach Trent Johnson resigned to become the head coach at LSU.

USC

In men's hoop, freshman guard O.J. Mayo has declared his eligibility for the NBA Draft.

Arizona State

In softball, the top-ranked Sun Devils swept UNLV to improve to 46-3 overall on the year.

UCLA

In football, offensive lineman Aleksey Lanis has left the team due to a lingering knee injury.

Arizona

In football, the Wildcats received a verbal commitment from running back Kylan Butler.

Oregon State

In women's gymnastics, Oregon State won the NCAA West Regional to advance to next week's national championships.

California

In women's track, freshman sprinter Cherrelle Garrett was named as the conference's female track athlete of the week.

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