# WCC Week 5 Review; Week 6 Look Ahead **URL:** \ **Category:** League Play\ **Created:** [January 29, 2023, 10:41pm UTC](https://forum.wakeupswig.com/t/wcc-week-5-review-week-6-look-ahead/584 "2023-01-29T22:41:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![92bronc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/9/898d66/32.png) [@92bronc](https://forum.wakeupswig.com/u/92bronc)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2023, 10:41pm UTC](https://forum.wakeupswig.com/t/wcc-week-5-review-week-6-look-ahead/584/1 "2023-01-29T22:41:31Z")
**Week 5 Review / Take-aways:** - LMU had a clean week and for the moment emerges slightly from the middle of the pack with a 1.5 game lead over SCU/Pacific. - Our loss to Pacific creates a very close grouping in the standings amongst SCU, Pac, BYU, USF. - BYU nearly pulled off the upset over SMC. Enjoyed watching the game. For a game played in the 50’s about as entertaining as can be; low score was more to do with good D and a physical game, less offensive ineptitude. **Week 6 Preview:** _Thurs. games:_ LMU @ BYU; Pepp @ Pacific; Portland @ USD; USF @ SMC; SCU @ GU. _Sat. games:_ Portland @ Pepp; Pacific @ BYU; SCU @ USF; LMU @ USD; GU @ SMC. - No byes this week. - Big game between LMU / BYU…LMU win gives them a big leg up on the rest of the middle of the pack; BYU wins makes them a strong contender for 3rd/4th. - GU @ SMC will be hyped; GU needs a win to keep alive 1st place hopes, otherwise they’d need some help from other teams knocking off SMC. - Our best chance to win at GU in a long time but still won’t be easy, home court crowd truly matters at GU. - USF will likely lose Thurs. @ SMC; raises the stakes for SCU-USF Saturday as both teams may be desperately looking to avoid an 0-2 week. **Standings after Week 5, and Torvik predicted WCC finish in parens:** SMC - 8-0 (15-1) GU - 7-1 (12-4) LMU - 6-2 (10-6, _9.6wins_ ) SCU - 4-4 (8-8, _8.4wins_ ) Pacific - 4-4 (7-9, _7.0wins_ ) BYU - 4-5 (8-8, _7.7wins_ ) USF - 4-5 (8-8, _7.6wins_ ) Portland - 3-6 (6-10) USD - 3-6 (5-11) Pepp - 0-9 (2-14) For the middle of the pack fighting for 3rd/4th, I’ve shown the literal # of Torvik predicted wins. Obviously no one can have a partial win but the rounded results in some slightly misleading predicting…ie- Torvik is predicting a 2 game gap but 9-7 records for both teams are nearly as likely. Yes, this is way too far down in to the statistical weeds, but I questioned the gap and did the math so might as well show it. ---
**Author:** ![Midwestbronco14](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.wakeupswig.com/midwestbronco14/32/34_2.png) [@Midwestbronco14](https://forum.wakeupswig.com/u/Midwestbronco14)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2023, 6:23pm UTC](https://forum.wakeupswig.com/t/wcc-week-5-review-week-6-look-ahead/584/2 "2023-01-31T18:23:13Z")
Saturdays Game against Usf- get your tix here for a pregame event and game ticket. > **[Santa Clara University](https://mysantaclara.scu.edu/events/athletics/ath---usf-tailgate-2023)** > > USF Pre-game Tailgate ---
**Author:** ![buckets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@buckets](https://forum.wakeupswig.com/u/buckets)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2023, 5:50am UTC](https://forum.wakeupswig.com/t/wcc-week-5-review-week-6-look-ahead/584/3 "2023-02-05T05:50:17Z")
This Zags-Gaels game is REALLY entertaining. Mahaney is incredible. I cannot believe he is a freshman. He plays with such poise. ---
**Author:** ![buckets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@buckets](https://forum.wakeupswig.com/u/buckets)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2023, 6:07am UTC](https://forum.wakeupswig.com/t/wcc-week-5-review-week-6-look-ahead/584/4 "2023-02-05T06:07:56Z")
LMU and BYU are currently 3rd/4th…but they both have to play one more against both the Gaels and Zags. We likely need to nearly run the table to displace them and secure a 3/4 spot