South Sweet 16: #12 Oregon vs #1 Virginia (3/28 7 PM TBS)

[Phalanx]

Gotta think that part of the favorable line for Virginia is because the game is in Louisville, much like the Ducks benefited by playing in San Jose. Hopefully our guys can focus and play well on the road in a likely hostile environment.

[brich75]

Seems like during this run the ducks have kept it close until last 7 minutes then explode on teams on both ends. If they are close toward the end of this game I think they will pull it off.

[Duck07]

Seems like during this run the ducks have kept it close until last 7 minutes then explode on teams on both ends. If they are close toward the end of this game I think they will pull it off.

If we can score 60 that's going to give us a great chance

[Merganzer]

Some more about the match-up, the 3 G's for Virginia are tall, Hunter 6'7, Jerome, 6'5, Guy, 6'2. These three avg. 33 mins per game, next is a short G, Fr. Kihei Clark, 5'9, 26 mins. In the front court, two junior F's, Braxton Key .Mamadi Diakite, 20.3 & 20.7 mpg. Virginia is all about defense, but, in the last 10 games, Oregon comes out ahead. Oregon 10-0, Virginia 9-1, point spread: Oregon 73.4-54.2 19.2, Virginia 70.3-58-3 12.0 Opponent FG% Virginia 40.5 Oregon 35.0

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[Merganzer]

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[UOducksTK1]

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Wow, nice!

[Alan]

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Sweet! Yes I have to eat some crow for my words on the men's one and done chances! Nice!

[GrantDuck]

A lot of people have crow to eat re: Dana Altman. Most people here were reasonable, but Twitter, yeesh.

The "ONE AND DONES ARE RUINING THE PROGRAM!" crowd also seems to have gotten awfully quiet. Clownzano is back to writing about World Wide Wes instead.


Bilas and ESPN both ranked us as the worst team in the sweet 16, so I really hope we can serve some more crow.

[Merganzer]

A lot of people have crow to eat re: Dana Altman. Most people here were reasonable, but Twitter, yeesh.

The "ONE AND DONES ARE RUINING THE PROGRAM!" crowd also seems to have gotten awfully quiet. Clownzano is back to writing about World Wide Wes instead.


Bilas and ESPN both ranked us as the worst team in the sweet 16, so I really hope we can serve some more crow.

They did, but even having to mention Oregon in the Sweet 16, stuck in their throats.

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[Greenblood]

Bilas and ESPN both ranked us as the worst team in the sweet 16, so I really hope we can serve some more crow.

And FWIW, Tyler Lauletta of Business Insider also puts the Ducks in the #16 spot among the remaining teams.

[RebelDuck]

I don’t care where someone wants to rank them. I’m just happy they made it to the Sweet 16

[Phalanx]

Not that it matters, but there is no way Oregon is worse than Virginia Tech. I watched their game against Liberty, and they were terrible.

[GrantDuck]

Obviously the toughest opponent we'll play this season. Kenpom has us as a 10 point underdog, with an 18% chance of winning, but that does not take into account our recent hot streak.

I worry about them pounding us inside. Their bigs are strong dudes.

Keys to the game:

1. Getting to the foul line on offense to get some cheap points against their defense.
2. Interior post defense/rebounding.
3. Disrupting their offense with our press/pressure.