Big Ten Tourny: Oregon vs Michigan State (Fri 9 AM, BTN)

[UOducksTK1]

Nothing to lose here, but hopefully it's a fun game!

[Merganzer]

Nothing to lose is right, of course last season the Ducks also had nothing to lose and ended up winning the last Pac-12 Championship. Winning the B1G will be much harder. Tomorrow is a test between a team with a win under its belt against a team coming i cold, or will it be fresh. In football it's always said that the biggest improvement is from game 1 to game 2, that would be great here.

[UOducksTK1]

Keep it close! Nervous we will start lazy and dig ourselves into a hole.

[OregonFan4Life]

Keep it close! Nervous we will start lazy and dig ourselves into a hole.

Welp……


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[UOducksTK1]

Offensive rebounds are basically the difference. Even those outs and it’s probably a tie game.

But being down double digits at half is gonna be very hard to come back on, especially against a team like MSU.

[droop10]

Offensive boards have been the difference. I'm still on board with losing this game. Happy if they win, but still think there's potentially more benefit to losing today rather than potentially playing 4 games in 4 days. I expect Bamba, Bittle, and Shelstad will likely play 35 minutes a game in the tourney, so I'd rather see them get the rest than gain some incremental seeding.

[Phalanx]

If there was a 3-seed waiting at the end, I would say go for it. Not having to face a #1 seed for awhile is a positive.

[droop10]

If there was a 3-seed waiting at the end, I would say go for it. Not having to face a #1 seed for awhile is a positive.

Eh, I don't see much difference between the 1 and 2 seeds this year. No completely dominant teams out there. I'm not rooting against the Ducks, but also not sweating a potential loss, and definitely can see the benefits of it.

[UOducksTK1]

Offensive boards have been the difference. I'm still on board with losing this game. Happy if they win, but still think there's potentially more benefit to losing today rather than potentially playing 4 games in 4 days. I expect Bamba, Bittle, and Shelstad will likely play 35 minutes a game in the tourney, so I'd rather see them get the rest than gain some incremental seeding.

It’s hard to watch with how many offensive boards were giving up.

[UOducksTK1]

We absolutely would prefer to win this game and lock a top 4 seed. Being able to play in Seattle and have home court advantage for two rounds would be amazing.

But not gonna happen.

[OregonFan4Life]

I wanted to win this tournament just so we could say Oregon win the football B1G conference champ game and the B1G basketball tourney in their first season! As for seeding, only team l truly would hate to see ie Auburn. My biggest concern about this Oregon team which I’ve seen all season is their inconsistency, you can’t be inconsistent and go far in the tourney.


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[dd10snoop28]

Shelstead playing like a chicken with its head cut off.

Coaching has been great this game. We are going to right players on offense.... execution has been poor in the 2nd half.

[UOducksTK1]

14 turnovers, 0 offensive rebounds outside of Bittle, and losing the rebounding battle by -11.

Yet only down 9. Oregon can win games like this if we just get back to same basic of boxing out and being more mindful with the ball.

[droop10]

We absolutely would prefer to win this game and lock a top 4 seed. Being able to play in Seattle and have home court advantage for two rounds would be amazing.

But not gonna happen.

Bracketology currently has them in Seattle as a 5. I don't think a win guarantees they'll get the 4 seed in Seattle. Could be given to Arizona, as well. It's a crapshoot when it comes to how the committee puts together the brackets.

[OregonFan4Life]

Shelstad is really good overall, but I do think he has to mature a bit before considering the NBA. I’m not sure if he’s on any mock drafts, I doubt it, but I do think he needs to expand his game this offseason.


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