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Post by sparty on Jan 5, 2020 19:15:21 GMT -8
But this season there is the added incentive that the conference champion will most likely be seeded in the Portland Regional (being hosted by OSU). OSU would love to have the opportunity to win their way to the Final Four without leaving the state. I will be shocked if we beat uo this year. Stanford will be tough also, and it will be a long shot for us to host that regional. A little negative there don't you think. Stanford was tied with Washington at the half and are really nothing special. uo is very, very beatable. Teams just happen to have their worst offensive games against them and they have no defense what so ever. |
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Post by lotrader on Jan 5, 2020 19:27:46 GMT -8
I think it will be very much like last year. UO is clear favorite, but I believe whoever wins the PAC-12 is going to have 2 or more losses. With Taya in the line-up this year, I would be far more bold about our ability to take a game from UO this year. Our guard play is as good (or better) than UO, but UO has the advantage with Sabally and Hebard. I don't see any of the PAC-12 teams beating OSU by 20+ this year, as has happened to us in the past 2 seasons. But, every team has an off game, and, it depends how well you are playing defensively as to if you can squeak out a win ugly.
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Post by baseba1111 on Jan 5, 2020 19:29:33 GMT -8
I will be shocked if we beat uo this year. Stanford will be tough also, and it will be a long shot for us to host that regional. A little negative there don't you think. Stanford was tied with Washington at the half and are really nothing special. uo is very, very beatable. Teams just happen to have their worst offensive games against them and they have no defense what so ever. Yeah... Furd and ucks aren't anything special and just get lucky. |
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Post by believeinthebeavs on Jan 5, 2020 19:32:36 GMT -8
Aleah bringing up the ball is affecting her offense imho. Hope the 3 ball comes back for them. Great game by destiny. Is Rueck thinking longer term/continuity....re: Slocum goes pro and Aleah is our full time PG next season? Aleah and Destiny play the point very differently. Rueck has Aleah play the primary point because of her control. There is a more controlled half court offense. Destiny is a dynamo and she runs the offense that way. It is great that we have two very different point guards, makes it hard to plan for. The other big difference is who is calling the plays. Rueck lets Aleah call a great majority of plays when she is the point. With Destiny, Mik, KTMac, and even Syd they would constantly look over for him to call the play. The last point guard that called plays was Sage and even then Rueck called most of the plays. It has actually changed where Rueck spends the game. With Aleah at point he spends time with the players on the bench whereas when he is calling the plays he is in front of the scorers table as close to center court as he can get. |
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Post by bvrbooster on Jan 5, 2020 19:55:10 GMT -8
But this season there is the added incentive that the conference champion will most likely be seeded in the Portland Regional (being hosted by OSU). OSU would love to have the opportunity to win their way to the Final Four without leaving the state. I will be shocked if we beat uo this year. Stanford will be tough also, and it will be a long shot for us to host that regional. Why would you be shocked if we beat them? We beat them twice when Sabrina and Ruthie were freshmen, and once in both their sophomore and junior years. So we are 4-2 against them during their tenure, they haven't swept us once, and we are 14-2 against them over the last 8 years. |
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Post by Judge Smails on Jan 5, 2020 19:56:24 GMT -8
I think it will be very much like last year. UO is clear favorite, but I believe whoever wins the PAC-12 is going to have 2 or more losses. With Taya in the line-up this year, I would be far more bold about our ability to take a game from UO this year. Our guard play is as good (or better) than UO, but UO has the advantage with Sabally and Hebard. I don't see any of the PAC-12 teams beating OSU by 20+ this year, as has happened to us in the past 2 seasons. But, every team has an off game, and, it depends how well you are playing defensively as to if you can squeak out a win ugly. Our guard play is not up to theirs.....but keep hoping. And Taya is not the difference in us beating them. |
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Post by Judge Smails on Jan 5, 2020 19:57:31 GMT -8
I will be shocked if we beat uo this year. Stanford will be tough also, and it will be a long shot for us to host that regional. Why would you be shocked if we beat them? We beat them twice when Sabrina and Ruthie were freshmen, and once in both their sophomore and junior years. So we are 4-2 against them during their tenure, they haven't swept us once, and we are 14-2 against them over the last 8 years. They have a lot more for us to deal with than just Sabrina and Ruthie |
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Post by beaverwbb fan on Jan 5, 2020 20:09:11 GMT -8
If we’re hitting our shots and defending, we can definitely beat them. They experience and skill at the 4/5 spots worries me a little bit. We’ll no a lot more about our squad after UA and ASU.
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Post by Werebeaver on Jan 5, 2020 20:18:31 GMT -8
Why would you be shocked if we beat them? We beat them twice when Sabrina and Ruthie were freshmen, and once in both their sophomore and junior years. So we are 4-2 against them during their tenure, they haven't swept us once, and we are 14-2 against them over the last 8 years. They have a lot more for us to deal with than just Sabrina and Ruthie They replaced Cazorla with Minion Moore. I don’t think that is a net + for them. |
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Post by Judge Smails on Jan 5, 2020 20:21:08 GMT -8
They have a lot more for us to deal with than just Sabrina and Ruthie They replaced Cazorla with Minion Moore. I don’t think that is a net + for them. Sabally, Boley, etc. They are way better than in previous years. Past success means nothing. |
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Post by Werebeaver on Jan 5, 2020 20:28:48 GMT -8
They replaced Cazorla with Minion Moore. I don’t think that is a net + for them. Sabally, Boley, etc. They are way better than in previous years. Past success means nothing. Agreed. Past success means nothing. |
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Post by osu82 on Jan 5, 2020 21:01:30 GMT -8
They replaced Cazorla with Minion Moore. I don’t think that is a net + for them. Sabally, Boley, etc. They are way better than in previous years. Past success means nothing. Agree. That’s a stacked, veteran UO team. Don’t think we have a match up with Hebard or particularly Sabally. UO bench is probably stronger too. Wish for the best but those will be tough games, long shot games to win. Interesting that Realtime now has OSU winning out. Nice thought but I’m not buying that projection. |
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Post by Werebeaver on Jan 5, 2020 21:12:17 GMT -8
Sabally, Boley, etc. They are way better than in previous years. Past success means nothing. Agree. That’s a stacked, veteran UO team. Don’t think we have a match up with Hebard or particularly Sabally. UO bench is probably stronger too. Wish for the best but those will be tough games, long shot games to win. Absolutely, we'll be lucky to stay within 40  |
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Post by rafer on Jan 5, 2020 22:04:49 GMT -8
Agree. That’s a stacked, veteran UO team. Don’t think we have a match up with Hebard or particularly Sabally. UO bench is probably stronger too. Wish for the best but those will be tough games, long shot games to win. Absolutely, we'll be lucky to stay within 40 HA, have a couple smuck friends and they said basically the same thing.. Ducks will score 100 or more against the Beavs, win by 40+. Oh, and Beavs shouldn't be in the top 25!! There's nothing like a true uck fan!! |
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Post by beaverstever on Jan 5, 2020 22:16:29 GMT -8
UO has a very good bench with players wanting to show they deserve more minutes. As a result, the gas pedal stays on in garbage time, and makes their scores worse than they would with with most team's garbage time. Against UL, basically 6 players saw the floor, and they managed 62 points. That said, they start 4 players expected to get drafted high, so beating them will take a much better offensive effort than we're generally bringing.
I don't know if we get them this year or not, but I expect dogfights once again, simply because of Rueck + Defense.
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