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Post by beavsinorange on Jan 8, 2020 7:34:17 GMT -8
I believe Texas A&Ms victory last night to no 68 Ole Miss helped us move up to 53. A&M is improving under Buzz Williams. With the win A&M jumped up from 185 to 147! Another game to keep an eye on tonight is Iowa State host Kansas (No. 1 in Net rankings)
Regardless, two huge home games this week and two opportunities to greatly improve our resume.
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Post by beaverinohio on Jan 8, 2020 7:51:32 GMT -8
I hate to throw out the "must win" mantra, but the ASU game comes pretty close. Arizona is going to be tough, and can't afford to go 0-2 at home. Glad we have ASU on Thursday. Get that win and go into Arizona game with some momentum.
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Post by beavsinorange on Jan 8, 2020 8:31:36 GMT -8
I hate to throw out the "must win" mantra, but the ASU game comes pretty close. Arizona is going to be tough, and can't afford to go 0-2 at home. Glad we have ASU on Thursday. Get that win and go into Arizona game with some momentum. Yes, huge game Thursday against ASU. Need to win at home. Beavs can't get comfortable at home. Need to avenge last year's homestand against the Arizona schools. |
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Post by beavsinorange on Jan 8, 2020 8:51:58 GMT -8
ASU will be a tough game. They played a tough OOC schedule and have wins over St. John's, Georgia, an more impressive than it looks win at San Francisco, plus they beat a tough Texas Southern team by 18 that gave Oregon a good challenge. In addition, they've lost to Zona, Virginia, Colorado, Creighton and St Marys. Granted some of they're losses were blowouts(Zona and St. Mary's) they're still a good team and have had good success since H
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Post by osubeaver2018 on Jan 8, 2020 9:03:09 GMT -8
The ASU game will be a matter of which team shows up, for both OSU and ASU. ASU can really struggle to score in some games but can also put together pretty solid performances (ex: they did beat UGA, a bubble team, by 20). We also can't come out cold like we did against Utah and A&M or it probably won't matter which ASU team shows up. It will take a good performance from all involved to win this game, same goes for UA.
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Post by beaverstever on Jan 8, 2020 11:35:07 GMT -8
I realize it's NET vs. RPI, but I don't recall OSU being in this range at this point in the season in this Millenium. It doesn't really matter that much, I just don't recall OSU needing to largely hold ground rather than needing to significantly move up during the conference season to be in bubble range...
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Post by osubeaver2018 on Jan 8, 2020 11:40:54 GMT -8
I realize it's NET vs. RPI, but I don't recall OSU being in this range at this point in the season in this Millenium. It doesn't really matter that much, I just don't recall OSU needing to largely hold ground rather than needing to significantly move up during the conference season to be in bubble range... I think in 2015-16 we were around the upper 20s-30s were we not? Or did that happen over the course of the conference season because of how strong the conference was that year? Either way, other than that year possibly I don't think there has been a year where we have started out ranked this high I agree. |
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Post by wilkyisdashiznit on Jan 8, 2020 15:34:36 GMT -8
I realize it's NET vs. RPI, but I don't recall OSU being in this range at this point in the season in this Millenium. It doesn't really matter that much, I just don't recall OSU needing to largely hold ground rather than needing to significantly move up during the conference season to be in bubble range... I think in 2015-16 we were around the upper 20s-30s were we not? Or did that happen over the course of the conference season because of how strong the conference was that year? Either way, other than that year possibly I don't think there has been a year where we have started out ranked this high I agree. After the opening Pac-12 weekend in 2016, Oregon State was ranked #26 in RPI. The Beavers proceeded to lose six of the next eight to fall to #64. Oregon State then went on to win six of the last nine to climb back to #30 in RPI. Because of the much worse non-conference schedule (48th in 2015-16, and 303rd in 2019-20), 2020 Oregon State probably cannot count on an NCAA Tournament invite with a 9-9 conference record. Each of the Pac-12 games will be a lot more precious this year. |
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Post by alwaysorange on Jan 8, 2020 17:01:32 GMT -8
While I am happy the beavs beat Colorado lets get real. We played like crap for 33 of 40 minutes.
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Post by drunkandstoopidbeav on Jan 8, 2020 17:08:51 GMT -8
While I am happy the beavs beat Colorado lets get real. We played like crap for 33 of 40 minutes. There were plenty of games the last couple of years we only played 7 or 8 minutes of bad basketball and lost becauseof it. Nice to have it turned around for once. 40 minutes of good ball would be nicer, doesn't always happen unfortunately. |
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Post by wilkyisdashiznit on Jan 9, 2020 12:58:48 GMT -8
While I am happy the beavs beat Colorado lets get real. We played like crap for 33 of 40 minutes. The first nine minutes were good. It was those middle 24 that really stunk. |
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