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Allen Crabbe had one of his worst weeks of the season last week but Cal managed to sweep Utah and Colorado
California is for real and it goes beyond its seven-game winning streak.
Most Pac-12 followers believe junior forward Allen Crabbe is the defining leader of the surging Golden Bears, who are 20-9 overall and 12-5 in conference play heading into tonight’s game against visiting Stanford. As Crabbe goes so go the Golden Bears? Not so fast.
Against Utah and Colorado at home last week, Crabbe was actually Cal’s fourth-most productive starter and the Golden Bears still managed a sweep and looked impressive against the Buffaloes in a 62-46 victory Saturday. Crabbe had only 35 productivity points in 64 minutes against Utah and Colorado (for definition of productivity points, see glossary), which feel behind post player David Kravish (48 productivity points in 60 minutes), wing player Tyrone Wallace (45 in 67), point guard Justin Cobbs (43 in 73).
Cal’s ability to win without Crabbe performing at a high level is a scary thought for Pac-12 coaches and opposing teams heading into the conference tournament next week in Las Vegas. The Golden Bears are resourceful to overcome an off-night by Crabbe. Where Cal could struggle is if Crabbe and Cobbs, the Golden Bears’ top two producers, both have a bad game.
But that has not happened since Crabbe and Cobbs made only 10 of 23 field goals in a 66-62 loss at ASU on Feb. 7. Cal has not lost since.
 UCLA’s Kyle Anderson had the most productive week by far of any Pac-12 player UCLA freshman point forward Kyle Anderson was selected the Pac-12 Player of the Week by the conference and the productivity system here is in agreement. In a sweep of ASU and Arizona, Anderson tallied 85 productivity points in 73 minutes. Anderson is tied with Stanford forward Dwight Powell for the conference lead with a productivity rating of .802. The next highest productivity player of last weekend was USC forward Byron Wesley, who tallied 50 productivity points in 68 minutes in a sweep of the Wildcats and Sun Devils in the Galen Center. Eric Wise, who scored a career-high 22 points against Arizona, finished the weekend with 48 productivity points in 65 minutes. The Trojans, 9-7 in the Pac-12, have won six of their last eight games. In one of their losses at Cal, they were up by 15 in the second half but could not close out the upset. If USC can sweep the Washington schools on the road and win one game in the Pac-12 tournament, the Trojans would secure an NIT bid. That’s unreal when considering the Trojans were 8-13 at one point. Arizona guard Mark Lyons, who has struggled as of late, was the Pac-12 player of the week after the Wildcats defeated ASU 71-54 in Tempe on Jan. 19. It will take that same type effort by Lyons against Jahii Carson on Saturday to secure the same result. Lyons has a productivity rating of .587 compared to Carson’s mark of .563. PLAYER OF THE WEEK |
PAC-12’s TOP TEN [table sort=”desc”] Player,School,G,S,PP,MIN,PR Dwight Powell,Stan,17,17,437,545,.802 Kyle Anderson,UCLA,16,16,393,490,.802 Arsalan Kasemi,Ore,16,11,379,489,.775 Jason Washburn,Utah,16,16,349,472,.739 Roberto Nelson,OSU,16,16,368,505,.729 Shabazz Muhammad,UCLA,16,15,358,510,.702 Devon Collier,OSU,16,11,271,413,.656 Joe Burton,OSU,16,16,324,496,.653 Spencer Dinwiddie,Col,16,16,346,544,.636 Josh Huestis,Stan,17,17,345,543,.635 [/table] [table sort=”desc”] School,Conf,Overall,RPI,PR Oregon,12-4,23-6,50,.493 UCLA,12-4,22-7,30,.541 Cal,12-5,20-9,43,.488 Arizona,11-6,23-6,14,.509 Colorado,9-7,19-9,27,.439 USC,9-7,14-15,88,.478 Arizona St.,9-8,20-10,95,.469 Washington,8-8,16-13,84,.445 Stanford,8-9,17-13,72,.493 Oregon St.,3-13,13-16,188,.482 Utah,3-13,11-17,187,.403 Wash St.,2-14,11-18,192,.394 [/table] This Week (Tucson times): Today No. 23 UCLA at WASHINGTON STATE 7:30 p.m. P12N STANFORD at CALIFORNIA 9 p.m. ESPN2 USC at WASHINGTON 9:30 p.m. P12N Tomorrow No. 19 OREGON at COLORADO 7 p.m. ESPN2 OREGON STATE at UTAH 7 p.m. ESPNU Saturday No. 23 UCLA at WASHINGTON Noon CBS No. 19 OREGON at UTAH 12:30 p.m. P12N ARIZONA STATE at No. 18 ARIZONA 2:30 p.m. FSN Series: ARIZ leads, 143-80. Streak: ARIZ 1 (last, 71-54 at ASU) OREGON STATE at COLORADO 2:30 p.m. P12N USC at WASHINGTON STATE 4:30 p.m. P12N |
PRODUCTIVITY LEADERS
Players listed are top six in minutes played in Pac-12 games
GLOSSARY:
S: Number of starts.
PP: Productivity Points (Points, assists, rebounds, steals, blocked shots, FGs made, FTs made added together and then subtracted by missed FGs, missed FTs, personal fouls and turnovers)
MIN: Minutes played
PR: Productivity rating per minute played (Productivity points divided by minutes played)
| ARIZONA (11-6) [table sort=”desc”] Player,G,S,PP,MIN,PR Mark Lyons,17,17,313,533,.587 Solomon Hill,17,17,335,593,.565 Kevin Parrom,17,6,231,427,.541 Nick Johnson,17,17,265,542,.489 Kaleb Tarczewski,17,17,179,366,.489 Brandon Ashley,15,11,153,333,.459 TOTAL TOP 6,17,,1476,2794,.528 TOTAL TEAM,17,,1744,3425,.509 [/table] |
ARIZONA STATE (9-8) [table sort=”desc”] Player,G,S,PP,MIN,PR Jordan Bachynksi,17,16,253,420,.602 Carrick Felix,17,17,354,606,.584 Jahii Carson,17,17,386,686,.563 Jonathan Gilling,17,17,216,598,.361 Evan Gordon,17,12,186,553,.336 Chris Colvin,14,4,54,283,.191 TOTAL TOP 6,17,,1449,3146,.461 TOTAL TEAM,17,,1642,3500,.469 [/table] |
| COLORADO (9-7) [table sort=”desc”] Player,G,S,PP,MIN,PR Spencer Dinwiddie,16,16,346,544,.636 Andre Roberson,16,15,318,555,.573 Josh Scott,14,14,191,408,.468 Xavier Johnson,16,13,198,429,.462 Askia Booker,16,16,179,520,.344 Sabatino Chen,16,6,94,389,.242 TOTAL TOP 6,16,,1326,2845,.466 TOTAL TEAM,16,,1428,3250,.439 [/table] |
UTAH (3-13) [table sort=”desc”] Player,G,S,PP,MIN,PR Jason Washburn,16,16,349,472,.739 Jarred DuBois,16,14,210,441,.476 Jordan Loveridge,15,14,211,469,.450 Brandon Taylor,15,8,124,383,.324 Cedric Martin,16,14,87,433,.201 Glen Dean,16,9,55,368,.149 TOTAL TOP 6,16,,1036,2566,.404 TOTAL TEAM,16,,1300,3225,.403 [/table] |
| SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (9-7) [table sort=”desc”] Player,G,S,PP,MIN,PR Dewayne Dedmon,16,14,217,345,.629 Aaron Fuller,16,4,139,228,.610 Eric Wise,16,16,279,531,.525 Byron Wesley,16,15,272,539,.505 J.T. Terrell,15,12,187,442,.423 Jio Fontan,16,16,204,516,.395 TOTAL TOP 6,16,,1298,2601,.499 TOTAL TEAM,16,,1552,3250,.478 [/table] |
UCLA (12-4) [table sort=”desc”] Player,G,S,PP,MIN,PR Kyle Anderson,16,16,393,490,.802 Shabazz Muhammad,16,15,358,510,.702 Jordan Adams,16,16,287,506,.567 Travis Wear,13,13,205,379,.541 Larry Drew II,16,16,238,579,.411 David Wear,16,3,142,383,.371 TOTAL TOP 6,16,,1623,2847,.570 TOTAL TEAM,14,,1759,3250,.541 [/table] |
| CALIFORNIA (12-5) [table sort=”desc”] Player,G,S,PP,MIN,PR Allen Crabbe,17,17,395,635,.622 Justin Cobbs,17,17,327,611,.535 Richard Solomon,17,15,229,440,.520 David Kravish,17,17,284,535,.497 Robert Thurman,17,2,136,282,.482 Tyrone Wallace,17,16,189,526,.359 TOTAL TOP 6,17,,1560,3029,.515 TOTAL TEAM,17,,1659,3400,.488 [/table] |
STANFORD (8-9) [table sort=”desc”] Player,G,S,PP,MIN,PR Dwight Powell,17,17,437,545,.802 Josh Huestis,17,17,345,543,.635 John Gage,17,1,129,243,.531 Chasson Randle,17,16,250,535,.467 Andy Brown,17,16,142,433,.328 Aaron Bright,17,14,159,525,.303 TOTAL TOP 6,17,,1462,2824,.518 TOTAL TEAM,17,,1677,3400,.493 [/table] |
| OREGON (12-4) [table sort=”desc”] Player,G,S,PP,MIN,PR Arsalan Kasemi,16,11,379,489,.775 E.J. Singler,16,16,287,530,.542 Carlos Emory,16,5,221,435,.508 Damyean Dotson,16,16,213,455,.468 Tony Woods,16,16,172,368,.467 Johnathan Loyd,16,10,103,411,.251 TOTAL TOP 6,16,,1375,2688,.512 TOTAL TEAM,16,,1591,3225,.493 [/table] |
OREGON STATE (3-13) [table sort=”desc”] Player,G,S,PP,MIN,PR Roberto Nelson,16,16,368,505,.729 Devon Collier,16,11,271,413,.656 Joe Burton,16,16,324,496,.653 Eric Moreland,13,6,217,408,.532 Ahmad Starks,16,14,180,481,.374 Challe Barton,16,8,31,281,.110 TOTAL TOP 6,16,,1391,2584,.538 TOTAL TEAM,16,,1542,3200,.482 [/table] |
| WASHINGTON (8-8) [table sort=”desc”] Player,G,S,PP,MIN,PR C.J. Wilcox,16,16,330,551,.599 Aziz N’Diaye,16,16,256,457,.560 Andrew Andrews,16,0,171,390,.438 Abdul Gaddy,16,16,207,499,.415 Scott Suggs,16,16,147,487,.302 Desmond Simmons,16,7,104,357,.291 TOTAL TOP 6,16,,1215,2741,.443 TOTAL TEAM,16,,1423,3200,.445 [/table] |
WASHINGTON STATE (2-14) [table sort=”desc”] Player,G,S,PP,MIN,PR Mike Ladd,11,11,200,355,.563 Brock Motum,16,16,297,591,.503 Royce Wooldridge,16,15,251,529,.474 DaVonte Lacy,16,16,179,492,.364 D.J. Shelton,16,16,160,447,.358 D. Kernich-Drew,16,4,62,318,.195 TOTAL TOP 6,16,,1149,2732,.421 TOTAL TEAM,16,,1271,3225,.394 [/table] |
Site publisher, writer and editor Javier Morales is a former Arizona Press Club award winner
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