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Wed, Nov 02 Grand Canyon State (EXHIBITION) Eugene, Ore. 7:00 p.m.

Tomorrow is 3 weeks away from first exhibition game. Crazy.

Great news.

This seems like one of those teams where starting lineups and depth charts just don't matter.

Redshirting is rare enough in college hoops, but he's hoping we don't go that rout. I still don't think we're the most talented of teams, so I'd love to beat teams with depth, especially in the frontcourt. I know most aren't expecting Kuemper to play big minutes (nor am I), but if he can come in and give us five fouls and the occasional jumper, that's a solid freshman year.

Reallly looking forward to this year.

Call me crazy, but I'm expecting an NCAA tourny bid with this team. I think we will be better than last season.

from the sounds of it were gonna see the true style
that Altman uses. Pressure defense the whole game.
He really never got to utilize that last year. This years
team is more athletic. And team wont be able to play soft zones
because Oregon will shoot the ball better. With Woods manning the
middle were in great shape i think on defense. Really look forward
to watching this style of play.

Just about two weeks. Getting kinda excited! Anyone see the video at the bottom of our forum? Shows MattKnight Madness video. Kinda cool watching some of the new dudes dunking.

duckgrad99 wrote:Call me crazy, but I'm expecting an NCAA tourny bid with this team. I think we will be better than last season.

you are crazy.

I'm not sure what to expect. I'm almost afraid expectations are getting slightly out of control. I think we might end up being pretty good, but the last thing this program needs is for fans to jump ship if we don't end up in the Tournament this year. I'm going to try to just enjoy the ride.

oregontrack wrote:I'm not sure what to expect. I'm almost afraid expectations are getting slightly out of control. I think we might end up being pretty good, but the last thing this program needs is for fans to jump ship if we don't end up in the Tournament this year. I'm going to try to just enjoy the ride.

Totally agree. This is one of those dangerous seasons where huge expectations from impatient fans can make things end badly. I'm just really looking forward to seeing Altman's system at full go & riding the ups & downs of a really young but really talented team. We'll win some games we shouldn't & lose some games we shouldn't. It is gonna be fun.

i live and breathe college basketball, and I am not a lifetime oregon fan, so maybe you will believe i can be objective.

I think oregon's season will be a success if they make the NIT. I think they will be better than last year, but not "good" for a pac team. An ncaa bid would shock me. I would be really pleasantly surprised if that happened.

I feel similarly to a lot of thoughts on this thread, particularly dt=dd's. FWIW, I seem to recall among recent quotes from Altman was that he thought that "at some point" this season his team would be "pretty good." Since I'd think he'd be more inclined this early in his tenure to temper expectations rather than inflate them, that sounded optimistic enough to continue to really make me look forward to this season.

Btw, looking at the schedule at goducks, I actually had no idea that so many of their games are slated for live TV (http://www.goducks.com/SportSelect.dbml ... SPSID=4294). I feel like I must have missed some announcement or something. (I realize that next season they're ALL supposed to be available.)

Wow just about a week until basketball gets started. So crazy!

USUaggieDuck wrote:i live and breathe college basketball, and I am not a lifetime oregon fan, so maybe you will believe i can be objective.

I think oregon's season will be a success if they make the NIT. I think they will be better than last year, but not "good" for a pac team. An ncaa bid would shock me. I would be really pleasantly surprised if that happened.

I think this is entirely fair.

...and our non conference schedule is more difficult than last year, really looking forward to see what DA can do with this team.

Who wants to set an O/U on Wins this season?