This whole Conference was a let down last year except for Gonzaga and LMU. Gil is a great coach, but was it a fluke year or will he build upon what he did last year. I still see San Diego as the team to beat in this Conference. They call this a Minor conmference, but when you see most all of their non conference games this conference plays great teams. These Schedules are not toss ups by any strech. Here are some of the teams this Minor conference plays. UCLA, Stanford, CS Fullerton, CS Long Beach, UCI
San Diego State, Houston, USC, Tough Schedules make better teams here is how I see this conference at the end.

San Diego
Pepperdine
LMU
Santa Clara
Gonzaga
San Francisco
Saint Marys
Portland.
Gonzaga had their shot and lost allot, LMU is the sleeper here and Santa Clara has alot of young talent they are building and are young, and will be there for the next three years

I like San Diego in this conference after an injury plagued campaign in 2009. Santa Clara should be better this season and we all know that LMU is a sleeping giant with Gill.

Portland to finish in the top half.