MBB: Missouri vs #21 Oregon (Wed 6 PM FS1)

[mattc94]

Would be fine with just starting Terry in the point till Richardson gets back.

[OregonFan4Life]

I don’t know if this is Altman’s defensive philosophy but guys are constantly getting stuck in no man’s land doubling down and it’s making things way too easy for a veteran team like Missouri.

[OregonFan4Life]

Looked kinda like the football team. Offense was ok, but defense was really bad. Onto Seton Hall.

[mattc94]

Good effort at the end. Hope Altman can put these guys together quickly. Because our weaknesses are easily exposed.

[Tray Dub]

The hallmark of an Altman team is marked improvement by the last chunk of the season. I saw enough good stuff to believe we'll be in a good spot if that jump takes place.

[mattc94]

Not worried. Altman can coach a YMCA squad to the NCAAs. But until Richardson gets back wins are going to be difficult to achieve.

[GrantDuck]

Good and bad from that one. Missouri looked like they played a game and we hadn't.

Pinson and their 5 man were pretty decent players and the other guys played their roles. Pinson picked on Terry badly and no way he goes off like that against Will Richardson.

Impressed by Eugene O of course and Duarte looks to be more in control this year too. Those 2 are top tier guys.

Only "disappointing" players were Lawson and Dante. Dante doesn't look like he's added the lower body strength that he needs to or worked on his balance. Tendonitis and leg injuries probably didn't offer him much time for that, to be fair.

In reality, our top 5 guys are going to be Figueroa(NCAA SHOULD grant his waiver if anyone's), Richardson, Dante, Eugene O, and Duarte. We were missing 40% of those guys and it was our first time out there.

We may lose 3-4 of these first 5 games, but I expect if we can get Will and Figueroa back that we'll still be a top 3 team in the Pac-12.

The NCAA is going to have its work cut out this year with who to select with such a limited non-conference, so hopefully we can get up to speed sooner rather than later.

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[northbeachsf]

We looked like a team that was missing it's starting PG and was playing their first game. Not worried at all. There were tons of bright spots and they already started to improve in the second half. Clean up the turnovers and stop getting lost on defense 1/2 the time and this team will turn the corner very quickly.

Duarte, Omoyuci, and Williams can play on both ends of the court.
Dante has been hurt and very limited in practice, so that probably affected his performance tonight.
I know Terry struggled, but you can see how quick he is and he has good handles. Experience will help.
Surprised a little bit about how much Lawson struggled tonight. We know he can play better because we have seen it.

If we end up with Richardson, Duarte, Figueroa, Omoyuci, and Williams (or Dante if he ever gets 100% healthy) starting the second half of the season, we are going to be very difficult to beat.

[GrandpaDuck]

Boy did Altman go after the guards in that interview, particularly #5. I think he was judging Duarte against really high expectations. It's seldom you see a guard scoring 22 on better than 50% shooting, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals get such a public rebuke from his coach.

As to the game, it's a brand new team in its first game with several key players missing away from home. I had no expectations except that they will improve from here on out as they always do.

[OregonFan4Life]

We looked like a team that was missing it's starting PG and was playing their first game. Not worried at all. There were tons of bright spots and they already started to improve in the second half. Clean up the turnovers and stop getting lost on defense 1/2 the time and this team will turn the corner very quickly.

Duarte, Omoyuci, and Williams can play on both ends of the court.
Dante has been hurt and very limited in practice, so that probably affected his performance tonight.
I know Terry struggled, but you can see how quick he is and he has good handles. Experience will help.
Surprised a little bit about how much Lawson struggled tonight. We know he can play better because we have seen it.

If we end up with Richardson, Duarte, Figueroa, Omoyuci, and Williams (or Dante if he ever gets 100% healthy) starting the second half of the season, we are going to be very difficult to beat.

I'm not sure what you're seeing about Duarte's defense. He's a decent on-ball defender but his off-ball defense is putrid. He kept doubling down in the post when it was 100% unnecessary and kept getting lost and leaving guys wide open for 3. I swear half of Missouri's 3's were because Duarte lost discipline and left someone wide open (even on Missouri's inbounds plays). He needs to learn to pay attention to the court and not the ball and his close out could also use a lot of improving.

[UOducksTK1]

Need a PG, hope Richardson gets better soon!

[buckmarkduck]

Need a PG, hope Richardson gets better soon!

Terry will be very good by the time March rolls around.

[nogerO]

Need a PG, hope Richardson gets better soon!

Terry will be very good by the time March rolls around.

Agreed.