pasadena 203 poll

Well, we've featured the Daily News and the LA Times' regional polls, and the Stats Leaders from both of those papers. So now it's time for Pasadena to get into the act. Here is the Boy's Basketball poll for the Pasadena region for this week.

Now this is a really interesting poll, which shows just how truly limited "regional" polls are. Temple City loses one game, and yet they drop from No. 3 to No. 6. But last week's No. 7 Blair was 8-7. This week, after compiling a record of 9-11 (we're not sure how they played so many games in one week--5 in all, an error we suspect, but they've now got a losing record, yet they've moved up two spots in the poll to number 5. We don't get it.

Does the Blair team have compromising pictures of the sportswriter picking the poll? Can you say Monica Lewinsky? And what does such a selection say about the quality of the teams with winning records who ranked lower? They're probably better than their record, but what does this poll really mean? That the records are not reflective? That the teams in this area are just not competitive with the bigger "progam" schools? So tell us something we don't know already. Anyway, we don't really believe in this stuff, but people keep writing to us asking for more and more polls. So here's the Pasadena area poll.

Rank	Team	Record	Last Week
No 1	Marshall	16-5	1
No. 2	Muir	17-5	2
No. 3	La Canada	18-5	4
No. 4	Pasadena	13-10	6
No. 5	Blair	9-11	7
No. 6	Temple City	12-9	3
No. 7	Monrovia	15-4	5
No. 8	Pasadena Poly	12-7	8
No. 9	St. Francis	10-9	10
No. 10	La Salle	11-12	NR
No. 10	Gabrielino	13-7	9

And here are the scoring leaders for the area as well, as published by the Star-News today:

Player	School	Games	Pts	3 Pt	Avg.
Copeland	Temple City	21	600	69	28.6
Escobar	Southwestern	11	295	10	26.8
Moore	La Canada	22	510	0	23.2
Aki Aquino	La Salle	22	488	60	22.2
Richard Fields	St. Francis	19	358	--	18.8
Parker	Muir	22	400	5	18.2
M. Edwards	Blair	17	298	28	17.5
La Velle	St. Francis	19	333	--	17.5
Josh Johnson	Temple City	21	355	45	16.9
Becker	San Marino	19	312	63	16.4
Frederick	Monrovia	19	307	35	16.2
Oberlander	Southlands	16	254	0	15.9
Sullivan	La Canada	23	361	85	15.7
Castro	Gabrielino	20	306	26	15.3
Haden	Pasadena Poly	18	237	4	13.2
Del Toro	San Gabriel	17	222	25	13.1
Scranton	St. Francis	19	245	--	12.9
Hamady	Maranatha	16	203	15	12.7
Archibong	Pasadena Poly	18	226	1	12.6
Washington	Muir	21	265	30	12.6
Maxey	Gabrielino	20	249	15	12.5
Newkirk	Maranatha	13	160		12.3
Brown	Flintridge Prep	9	106	--	11.8
Rowe	Muir	20	225	1	11.3
Sutton	Southlands	16	178	0	11.1
Clark	Monrovia	19	198	13	10.4
Bakhourn	Muir	22	224	24	10.2
Bullock	Southwestern	9	92	6	10.2
Cass	Maranatha	14	140	30	10.0
Rawcliffe	Monrovia	19	190	15	10.0

And the rebounding leader is Oberland of Southlands, who is averaging 13.4 (215 in 16 games) while David Escobar of Southwestern has dropped into second place with 140 in 11 games for a 12.7 rebound per game average (the same as last week--didn't they play?). The leading assist king is Cass of Maranatha, with 132 assists in 14 games, for an 8.8 average assist per game, also the same as last week, so these stats must only be updated infrequently by the Star-News.