Pac-10 predictions

The sportswriters who are most familiar with west coast women's basketball have recently published their predictions for this season's Pac-10 performance. The unsurprising consensus opinion is, "A good battle for second place."

Michelle Smith evaluated the Pac-10 teams just before conference play started:

• Teams 1 - 5
• Teams 6 - 10

Jake Curtis ranked the teams before conference play started and wonders if Stanford can go 18-0 in conference play.

After the first weekend of conference play, he writes, "USC, UCLA now look like Stanford's chief threats."

Graham Hays writes, "Rest of Pac chasing Stanford."