#2 UCLA @ #20 Oregon (Wed 6 PM ESPN2)
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Re: #2 UCLA @ #20 Oregon (Wed 6 PM ESPN2)
exactly. ennis is trending upwards.
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We need someone like him to break down defenses with penetration. I'm glad him Brooks, Dorsey, and Pritchard are doing it more often than the start of the year.
Our ball movement is also better.
Our ball movement is also better.
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Re: #2 UCLA @ #20 Oregon (Wed 6 PM ESPN2)
exactly when UCLA made that run in the 2nd half Oregon had quit movingPhenom wrote:We need someone like him to break down defenses with penetration. I'm glad him Brooks, Dorsey, and Pritchard are doing it more often than the start of the year.
Our ball movement is also better.
the ball and went stagnet. Once they got back to moving the ball they were fine.
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Re: #2 UCLA @ #20 Oregon (Wed 6 PM ESPN2)
Awesome win. A few minutes in I knew Oregon had it in them. They will be scary down the stretch if they keep it up. This is a pretty veteran/experienced team by college bball standards with plenty of talent.
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Re: #2 UCLA @ #20 Oregon (Wed 6 PM ESPN2)
Haha same. I was holding my 7 month old and screamed when Brooks made it and terrified him. He looked mortified and started crying.Duck07 wrote:I woke up my infant nephew on that shot, lol.
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Both Bigby-Williams and Keith Smith have been major disappointments so far this season. They just aren't playing well enough to provide the type of depth Altman expected to have. Hopefully KBW, in particular, figures it out soon.Greenblood wrote:Altman's rotation was essentially 7, though Benson played 13 minutes (and was 2-2 from the field, both 3-pointers) and Bigby-Williams played 5.
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Teams don't need to go 10 deep. It would be nice if those guys would step up more but it's not absolutely vital unless someone goes down. they've both proven to be at the very least adequate.gogreen55 wrote:Both Bigby-Williams and Keith Smith have been major disappointments so far this season. They just aren't playing well enough to provide the type of depth Altman expected to have. Hopefully KBW, in particular, figures it out soon.Greenblood wrote:Altman's rotation was essentially 7, though Benson played 13 minutes (and was 2-2 from the field, both 3-pointers) and Bigby-Williams played 5.
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I hope there isn't a let down tomorrow against SC.
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That 0 turnover stat is huge after how this team started this season.duckfan22 wrote:he also had last night 5 reb 0 fouls and 0 turnovers..
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Altman didn't want, and wasn't expecting, to have to play Boucher 27 minutes last night on an injured ankle. He was forced to due to the continued clueless play of Bigby-Williams. I can assure you that people within the program are disappointed and surprised that KBW hasn't adapted more quickly. The point isn't whether or not teams can theoretically get by with essentially a 7 man rotation. The point is one of the strengths of the team this season was supposed to be improved depth, and it hasn't worked out that way yet. Altman simply doesn't trust KBW and Keith Smith at this point, and anyone that has watched the games and understands basketball can see why that is the case.Phenom wrote:Teams don't need to go 10 deep. It would be nice if those guys would step up more but it's not absolutely vital unless someone goes down. they've both proven to be at the very least adequate.gogreen55 wrote:Both Bigby-Williams and Keith Smith have been major disappointments so far this season. They just aren't playing well enough to provide the type of depth Altman expected to have. Hopefully KBW, in particular, figures it out soon.Greenblood wrote:Altman's rotation was essentially 7, though Benson played 13 minutes (and was 2-2 from the field, both 3-pointers) and Bigby-Williams played 5.
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it seems like bigby-williams wasn't good right away and now is playing timid because he doesn't want to make mistakes, which of course only leads to more mistakes. i'm of the opinion he'll be a decent option for us next year w/o boucher and potentially w/o bell (should he leave). when he plays i can see what appears to be talent, even if this whole season ends up being a personal lost cause. for comparison's sake, i did not see any potential in waverly austin, another highly rated jc big man, who backed up tony woods for a year before taking over as a senior. there was no hope that austin was going to turn into a viable option for us with a year of major college basketball under his belt. i still have high hopes for bigby-williams as a contributor.
i don't have keith smith's high school stats so i don't know how he performed as a shooter, but he seems fluid and athletic enough when he takes the ball inside. obviously 1/14 from downtown isn't what you want to see. i totally get why altman didn't play him in a game like ucla, which went from zero to sixty right out of the gates. i do hope, and i believe he will, start getting pac-12 minutes as the season rolls on.
i don't have keith smith's high school stats so i don't know how he performed as a shooter, but he seems fluid and athletic enough when he takes the ball inside. obviously 1/14 from downtown isn't what you want to see. i totally get why altman didn't play him in a game like ucla, which went from zero to sixty right out of the gates. i do hope, and i believe he will, start getting pac-12 minutes as the season rolls on.
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Yea, big sporting games and infants don't mix.lukeyrid13 wrote:Haha same. I was holding my 7 month old and screamed when Brooks made it and terrified him. He looked mortified and started crying.Duck07 wrote:I woke up my infant nephew on that shot, lol.
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Re: #2 UCLA @ #20 Oregon (Wed 6 PM ESPN2)
After viewing my recording of the game, I had no idea just how contested EACH of Pritchard's and Brooks's last 3-pointers were. The defender was really right on the shot in each case. They were truly GREAT shots, in more ways than one.
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Re: #2 UCLA @ #20 Oregon (Wed 6 PM ESPN2)
I was gone all last week without TV. Finally watched the game last night, such a huge win for the Ducks.
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