Anyone notice that 2024 Oregon has done exactly what Oregon State did in 2021?
Mar 21, 2024 15:25:31 GMT -8
Post by wilkyisdashiznit on Mar 21, 2024 15:25:31 GMT -8
Needing to win the Pac-12 Championship, Oregon played UCLA in the 4-5 game. UCLA scored 34 and led at halftime, but Oregon State/Oregon came back to pull out a narrow win.
In 2021, Oregon State upset the Pac-12 Regular Season Champion, Oregon. In 2024, Oregon upset the Pac-12 Regular Season Champion, Arizona. In so doing, 2024 became the first Pac-10/12 team not named Oregon State to upset the Regular Season Champion before the Championship Game since Arizona State upset Washington in the Pac-10 Semifinals in 2009. Oregon State had upset Washington 86-84 in 2012 and upset Oregon in 2021.
Oregon State beat #3 Colorado in the Championship Game, scoring 33 in the first half and holding Colorado to 68. Oregon beat #3 Colorado in the Championship Game, scoring 33 in the first half and holding Colorado to 68.
2021 Oregon State won the games against UCLA, #1 Oregon, and #3 Colorado by a combined 17 points. 2024 Oregon won the games against UCLA, #1 Arizona, and #3 Colorado by a combined 17 points.
2021 and 2024 were the only two seasons that Colorado finished third in the Pac-12. 2021 and 2024 were the only two seasons that a team started off with a win over UCLA and won the Pac-10/12 Tournament and also the only seasons that a team beat the Regular Season Champion and then won the Pac-12 Tournament.
Despite the Pac-12 Championship, Oregon State and Oregon were each given a double-digit seed.
2021 Oregon State was matched up with an SEC team, which had earlier been ranked as high as #11 in February but had fallen off toward the end of the season, finishing exactly one game above .500 (6-5) after the #11 ranking. 2024 Oregon was matched up with an SEC team, which had earlier been ranked as high as #11 in February but had fallen off toward the end of the season, finishing exactly one game above .500 (5-4) after the #11 ranking.
2021 Oregon State won by 14. 2024 Oregon won by 14.
2021 Oregon State was then matched up with a team from Tornado Alley that finished second in their conference. 2024 Oregon was then matched up with a team from Tornado Alley that finished second in their conference.
In 2021, Oregon State upset the Pac-12 Regular Season Champion, Oregon. In 2024, Oregon upset the Pac-12 Regular Season Champion, Arizona. In so doing, 2024 became the first Pac-10/12 team not named Oregon State to upset the Regular Season Champion before the Championship Game since Arizona State upset Washington in the Pac-10 Semifinals in 2009. Oregon State had upset Washington 86-84 in 2012 and upset Oregon in 2021.
Oregon State beat #3 Colorado in the Championship Game, scoring 33 in the first half and holding Colorado to 68. Oregon beat #3 Colorado in the Championship Game, scoring 33 in the first half and holding Colorado to 68.
2021 Oregon State won the games against UCLA, #1 Oregon, and #3 Colorado by a combined 17 points. 2024 Oregon won the games against UCLA, #1 Arizona, and #3 Colorado by a combined 17 points.
2021 and 2024 were the only two seasons that Colorado finished third in the Pac-12. 2021 and 2024 were the only two seasons that a team started off with a win over UCLA and won the Pac-10/12 Tournament and also the only seasons that a team beat the Regular Season Champion and then won the Pac-12 Tournament.
Despite the Pac-12 Championship, Oregon State and Oregon were each given a double-digit seed.
2021 Oregon State was matched up with an SEC team, which had earlier been ranked as high as #11 in February but had fallen off toward the end of the season, finishing exactly one game above .500 (6-5) after the #11 ranking. 2024 Oregon was matched up with an SEC team, which had earlier been ranked as high as #11 in February but had fallen off toward the end of the season, finishing exactly one game above .500 (5-4) after the #11 ranking.
2021 Oregon State won by 14. 2024 Oregon won by 14.
2021 Oregon State was then matched up with a team from Tornado Alley that finished second in their conference. 2024 Oregon was then matched up with a team from Tornado Alley that finished second in their conference.
