Things get serious this weekend in San Francisco as the West Coast 7s finish up with an imposing two-day tournament.

The schedule is set, and the key part of all of this is how the tournament replicates what it's like on the World Series stage. Players have to learn to prepare, recover, and go full-out over two days. It's not easy.

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Ten of the 16 teams will play six games over the weekend, with only the semifinal losers in the Plate, Bowl, and Shield limited to five games. Here's the full schedule:

Pool A: Cal, USC, UNR, CCAC

Cal is the favorite in this pool, and while the Bears will likely run out a relatively young side, it won't be an inexperienced or hastily-assembled group. Head coach Jack Clark has done well to find players who can link together a sevens team and have them playing effective rugby.

Nevada, coached by former USA sevens team captain Nelo Lui, could well come out as the #2 team here, and will be fast and physical.

Pool B: UCLA, Arizona State, Santa Clara, Cal Maritime

This is actually a very tight pool and while UCLA should probably win here, the other three are wild cards. Watch for Cal Maritime to play solidly together. This could be a key event for Arizona State.

Meanwhile, UCLA is very, very young, and yet will showcase plenty of poise.

Pool C: Arizona, UC Davis, U. San Diego, UC Santa Cruz

Arizona has been shifting its lineup through this fall, but won't want to take a step back here.

"These tournaments are huge for us in evaluating players," said head coach Sean Duffy, who lauded Cyprian Miller and Joe Sargeant, both freshmen, in their performances in the West Coast 7s warmup in San Luis Obispo. 

"Some teams are playing their first sides now, and that's fine, but we are building towards PAC 7s and building towards May and June and these events will help us put the best player pool forward for that." 

Pool D: Cal Poly, Utah, Sacramento State, Stanford

This could be the most competitive, top to bottom, of all of the pools. Cal Poly has some solid quick guys and Patrick Madden, now a sophomore, is a go-to playmaker. 

Rob Randell's Utah team is going to be very much a new-look outfit. Few know exactly what to expect and that's the way they like it.

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