I promise you, the Pac-12 exists. There are teams over here and they play on a rectangular court with ten foot baskets in arenas with an orange ball and ten players – five per team. Yes, while you’re sleeping over there, these teams play and play well. And let me get this out of the way: I’m not an apologist or fan of all twelve. I hate Arizona State and I’m not particularly fond of Oregon or USC all the time. But I’m also not happy with the also-ran reputation of The Conference of Champions (thankfully Larry Scott isn’t either) and can respect – to a high degree – what any one of these programs are doing. And for that, I want to talk about it.

So here’s what pachoops will bring: commentary, analysis, passion, objective opinions, biased opinions, the heat.

Grab a sweat rag, let’s do this.

Twitter: @pachoopsAB

Email: pachoops25@gmail.com

Find more of my work at: pointguardu.com (Arizona), pacifictakes.com (Pac-12), and Rush the Court’s Pac-12 Microsite (Pac-12).