Pac-12 media makes pick

October 28, 2011 By Frank Burlison Leave a Comment

And the Oct. 28 winner is . . . the UCLA Bruins.

The Bruins received 14 of 38 first-place votes from the media for Men’s Basketball Media Day in L.A. to finish with 421 points.

Cal (13 first-place votes) was second at 405, followed by Arizona (11) at 404, Washington at 355, Oregon at 282, Stanford at 255, USC at 194, Oregon State at 188, Arizona State at 148, Colorado and Washington State at 119 and Utah at 74.

My picks were Cal (in my mind, an easy choice), Washington, UCLA, Arizona, Oregon, Stanford, USC, Oregon State, Colorado, Arizona State, Washington State and Utah.

Frank Burlison is a well-regarded basketball writer who was inducted into the U.S. Basketball Writers Association Hall of Fame in 2005. His opinions on the potential of high school and college players are widely respected and sought by college coaches and NBA scouts, personnel directors and general managers from coast to coast. Oh, yes – he can offer plenty of thoughts on movies, television and pop music. Yes, he can rank those, too. Hint: He’s a big The Godfather, Larry Sanders, The Wire and The Beatles loyalist.

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