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Post by Beavcat on Dec 8, 2015 13:49:56 GMT -8
"They look tough." - Captain Obvious |
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Post by beavsaregood on Dec 9, 2015 0:41:50 GMT -8
I hear Cheick Diallo is pretty tough.
Believe!
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Post by rollotomasi on Dec 9, 2015 10:39:57 GMT -8
Beavs in a walk.
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Post by obf on Dec 9, 2015 13:10:14 GMT -8
GP2 scores 30, 10 assists, 5 steals, Eubanks 20/15, Tres and Stevie both score 15 each, and the Beavs win running away...  |
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Post by mountainbeaver on Dec 9, 2015 14:05:37 GMT -8
I think we'll compete, but I even if we don't I'm glad we're playing this
game on the road. Will be a good prep game for the rigors of conference
play. Really hope Gomis gets to play, I think he's a key piece defensively
even if he's rusty.
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Post by obattack on Dec 9, 2015 15:56:46 GMT -8
I think we'll compete, but I even if we don't I'm glad we're playing this game on the road. Will be a good prep game for the rigors of conference play. Really hope Gomis gets to play, I think he's a key piece defensively even if he's rusty. Agree on Gomis. It would be great to have some experienced size to help with the Kansas bigs. If he can get some minutes to take some pressure off the young bigs for OSU, that will help tremendously. He may be rusty, but his experience will overcome some of that rust and should provide some needed help. |
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Post by osuflattailgater on Dec 9, 2015 16:56:28 GMT -8
Are there going to be PAC 12 refs? If there were for some reason anything could happen. I know we can win this game but so far I'm not sure if I've seen enough chemistry. The talent and drive are there but we just have a lot to figure out.
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Post by touchdownbeavers on Dec 9, 2015 19:52:46 GMT -8
Kansas is very big inside and can hit threes from outside. OSU needs to battle on both boards and shoot decently and it will be no worse than a respectable loss.
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Post by baseba1111 on Dec 9, 2015 22:04:47 GMT -8
Are there going to be PAC 12 refs? If there were for some reason anything could happen. I know we can win this game but so far I'm not sure if I've seen enough chemistry. The talent and drive are there but we just have a lot to figure out. I'll only disagree in that our improved talent is still no where near what the upper echelon teams get. It's college hoops and anything can truly happen, but our best player would see limited minutes in this Kansas team. Their experienced players far out class ours, and their younger players are also at a higher level at this time. It will be a growing "wake up call". No way after this game will we be able to fall in love with our press clippings. It doesn't matter the score as long as it instills a sense of urgency and a window to see what we need to become. |
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Post by beaverbeliever71 on Dec 10, 2015 9:06:56 GMT -8
Who's falling in love with their press clippings? That's like the 3rd time I've seen you use that exact phrase in some of your posts.
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Post by baseba1111 on Dec 10, 2015 9:22:38 GMT -8
Who's falling in love with their press clippings? That's like the 3rd time I've seen you use that exact phrase in some of your posts. Pretty obvious that some fans have. Great group of freshman = NCAA. We're better... deeper... but, no where near that level right now. And... thanks for counting |
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Post by bennyskid on Dec 10, 2015 10:18:18 GMT -8
Who's falling in love with their press clippings? That's like the 3rd time I've seen you use that exact phrase in some of your posts. Pretty obvious that some fans have. Great group of freshman = NCAA. We're better... deeper... but, no where near that level right now. And... thanks for counting Nowhere near? Our current RPI is #44. ESPN has us as a bubble team. Yeah, it's still early in the season, but every indication is that we are certainly *near* NCAA tournament level. espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/rpi/_/teamId/204I haven't seen any posts on this board that have suggested anything more than 1) we're better and deeper this year and 2) we have a legit shot at the tournament and 3) we're going to have a lot of fun watching this team. Yep, we've fallen in love. But not with our "press clippings". We've fallen in love with the product we've seen on the court and the direction our coach is taking us. |
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Post by baseba1111 on Dec 10, 2015 10:45:16 GMT -8
Pretty obvious that some fans have. Great group of freshman = NCAA. We're better... deeper... but, no where near that level right now. And... thanks for counting Nowhere near? Our current RPI is #44. ESPN has us as a bubble team. Yeah, it's still early in the season, but every indication is that we are certainly *near* NCAA tournament level. espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/rpi/_/teamId/204I haven't seen any posts on this board that have suggested anything more than 1) we're better and deeper this year and 2) we have a legit shot at the tournament and 3) we're going to have a lot of fun watching this team. Yep, we've fallen in love. But not with our "press clippings". We've fallen in love with the product we've seen on the court and the direction our coach is taking us. You have not read many posts then... and yippee... RPI is #44... we have not begun the portion that counts... and anyone who objectively watches us knows we're better, but also knows at this time we're not an NCAA tourney team. My take, that does not mean being just "lucky" to be picked at a #14 seed, but a team deserving of being there and can possibly win a game. Sorry, but one and done in NCAA just to say we were there/broke a streak would not be as valuable as 2-3 games in the NIT... again my opinion. Love Tinkle... like our improved talent... but there are 20-30 teams with better incoming classes that had much better returning players... let alone "smaller" schools with great returners and less heralded incoming classes. It takes more than one class to build a consistent tourney team/program. Sorry, realism is part of being a Beaver fan to me... this team just doesn't pass the "eye test" at this point. Can we beat Kansas... anything possible... but, a beat down due to running out of depth vs talent, inexperience, overall talent level is more likely. Our conference is way better than some gave us credit for early... experts and folks on this board. I don't the "top" is as good as some years, but the bottom is way stronger and overall we are very deep. Going 8-10 this year would be a bigger accomplishment than last year... IMHO. As usual, the # of teams a power conference gets in is often out of their hands. If a larger amount of automatic berths happen to go to upset winners it dilutes the opportunities for teams 5th/6th on down in many conferences. I don't see us getting 20 wins... just my take... and unless we get to the semis/finals of the Pac12 tourney less than 20 is not going to factor in to more than an NIT. Which hosting a couple of those games we can win would be a huge step forward. |
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Post by beaverstever on Dec 10, 2015 11:19:03 GMT -8
My guess is we'll see something like the Oklahoma State game last year. The team will play hard (better, more efficient than typical) and fight to the end for a somewhat respectable loss but be clearly outclassed and never really in control of the outcome. Kansas could get hot and blitz us early, or we could get hot and compete end-to-end, but a median game by both clubs doesn't look good today for the Beavs.
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Post by beaverstever on Dec 10, 2015 11:19:48 GMT -8
Anybody see a spread on the game yet?
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