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UCLA just got curb stopped by Middle Tenn! WHO? This is getting embarrassing, and even if we win 20 games no way do we make the NCAA just because our conference is so bad.

We have to win some of those tough non conference games that we have coming up.

the pac is going to be so bad, i'm excited because it means we could get stupid lucky and end up in the top third. That'd be pretty cool. But i expect 1 team from the pac will be chosen, which has to be a record for futility

What did Reeves Nelson do to get booted from UCLA?

Duck24 wrote:What did Reeves Nelson do to get booted from UCLA?

Not sure exactly, but the dude has always had mental issues... He gets so irritated so easily. His coach knows best:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_ ... rward.html

washington, cal, and arizona will still make the tournament. ucla looked like they had a good enough frontcourt to stay competitive, but wow. they don't have any guards, nor are those north carolina transfers doing anything in the post, josh smith is still fat, and reeves obviously blew up. howland's definitely on the hot seat.

good news for teams like oregon and stanford, who were generally considered the 'next tier'. i was never sold on the pac-12 getting 5 bids, but 4 is realistic and if our talent comes together we could finish in the top 1/3. stanford lost green and that's a pretty big blow, but they were really young last year and have a lot of very nice pieces. off to a good start this year (3-0).

i was also impressed with the cougs in their loss to gonzaga. a lot of people thought they'd be fighting with utah for 11th place, but they look a lot better than most thought. utah still looks scary bad.

i'm interesting in that oregon state/texas game coming up. the beavs haven't played anyone, but they're winning; usually, craig robinson loses these types of games. they certainly have talent.

I'm gonna go out on a limb/be a homer and say that we are going to make the tourney. With Woods and Olu in the post, we have to have one of, if not the best post combos in the PAC-12. Our weak point will be PG but I've heard Devoe Joseph can be a serviceable PG/SG swing and he's a deadeye shooter. Throw in Jabari learning D1 game speed and getting his lethal shot, Carlos Emory continuing to develop, EJ Singler, Nared, Jeremy Jacob...we went from a team with some of of the worst D1 talent to a legit contender. I'm excited about this season and extremely optimistic about the future!

Oregon has a chance. They need to find their identity tho. They need
to come together as a team. One of the point guards needs to take over.
Make the team his. Once there is a leader on the court they will gel. Even if
it's a front court player. Catron was someone the ducks could follow last year.
Who is going to step forward?
The team has excellent talent. They need sometime to play together. This team
i think will gel and teams will have their hands full. The freshman will find out the
speed of the game. In high school they were the star. Now they are just a freshman
amongst a lot of stars.

It doesn't surprise me. The Pac-12 lost a lot of talent in the draft and this division tends to
be overrated.

Thanksgiving scores:
Harvard over Utah
Oklahoma over WSU
Fairfield over ASU

Looks like it's going to be just like football, except football at least has better one and two teams.

This is probably going to be the best year for Oregon to make a run at an NCAA Tournament spot. The team has lots of veteran leadership and frontcourt scoring, but guard play will really determine how far this team can go. After this year, the next couple of teams will be really young and the talent level will drop off significantly. The scholarship balance is still going to really suck with a lot of players in one class due to attrition and Kent's lasting legacy. Only remedy for the inexperience and class balance will be to get some JCs that can help out immediately.

bellsduck wrote:Thanksgiving scores:
Harvard over Utah
Oklahoma over WSU
Fairfield over ASU

harvard is probably the best team out of those 6 right there.

I don't know how Utah got so bad, but they appear to be awful. There are still some pretty good teams in the pac-12 though, and as long as the games are competitive it's all good!

oddly, stanford and oregon state have looked like the teams to beat. stanford had an 8 point lead on #5 syracuse today with six minutes left before LeBronning the ending. still, playing 'cuse in the garden is hardly a 'neutral court' as the schedule shows. 'furd looked pretty good for the most part.