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Howee
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taropatch
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UCLA by 10+
All that length on Oregon State's team will be frightening next year. Them injuries are tough to swallow.
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Conway Gamecock
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| Posted: 02/17/20 8:06 pm ::: |
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| I couldn't understand the damn poll. What the hell does it mean??? Is this some kind of West Coast lingo???!?!
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Howee
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myrtle
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| Posted: 02/17/20 9:43 pm ::: |
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| This is just ugly so far. And will probably continue to be so. OrSU can't get the ball up the floor and UCLA can't shoot.
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| Posted: 02/17/20 10:07 pm ::: |
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| Howee wrote: |
Pivec and Thropay are the obviously huge losses for them. I know nothing of their up-and-coming guards. |
no, Thropay is not a big loss. In her case, it is addition by subtraction.
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| Posted: 02/17/20 11:06 pm ::: |
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| well, UCLA gets several calls in a row. Kinda helps to get a few stripes to help you out.
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LitePal
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| Posted: 02/18/20 12:10 am ::: |
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| I have to say that of the two Southern California teams, USC looks better than UCLA. No way should this game have been that close.
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| Posted: 02/18/20 12:18 am ::: |
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| I have to say that of the two Southern California teams, USC looks better than UCLA. No way should this game have been that close. |
FWIW, Massey projected a 3-point UCLA win tonight.
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| Posted: 02/18/20 12:21 am ::: |
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| So it was option 3...or might as well have been...
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| Posted: 02/18/20 1:27 am ::: |
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[quote="patsweetpat"][quote="LitePal"]I have to say that of the two Southern California teams, USC looks better than UCLA. No way should this game have been that close.[/quote]
FWIW, Massey projected a 3-point UCLA win tonight.[/quote]
Corosdale out, Brown out, and Slocum briefly out. UCLA projects a 3 point win. USC did it with Slocum in and in regulation.
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Major-league choke by the Beavs.
In the simplest of analysis, Slocum's unbelievably bad FT shooting (1-4 in reg.) cost them the game.[/list]
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| Posted: 02/18/20 8:38 am ::: |
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| LitePal wrote: |
| I have to say that of the two Southern California teams, USC looks better than UCLA. No way should this game have been that close. |
FWIW, Massey projected a 3-point UCLA win tonight. |
Corosdale out, Brown out, and Slocum briefly out. UCLA projects a 3 point win. USC did it with Slocum in and in regulation. |
Okay.
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| Posted: 02/18/20 11:28 am ::: |
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| well, UCLA gets several calls in a row. Kinda helps to get a few stripes to help you out. |
Oregon State understood that benefit, quite a bit, in the first half... So the couple calls the that went the Bruins way were quite appreciated.
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myrtle
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| Posted: 02/18/20 11:55 am ::: |
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| myrtle wrote: |
| well, UCLA gets several calls in a row. Kinda helps to get a few stripes to help you out. |
Oregon State understood that benefit, quite a bit, in the first half... So the couple calls the that went the Bruins way were quite appreciated. |
yeah, except these bad calls fouled out the Beavs best player and their only big post with the game on the line. Whatever the calls you noticed earlier definitely didn't have that big of an effect on the outcome of the game. The last foul on their big girl was a phantom, and the third and fourth foul on Pivec were bad and questionable calls. The fifth one was legit but should have been her third.
(I didn't see much of the second quarter - the first was so ugly I went and washed dishes for awhile - so didn't see any major reffing issues there. However when a team is stealing the ball a lot, usually they get called for fouls because there is a lot of poking and slapping and bumping. I didn't see many of those calls so assume UCLA got the benefit there as well - although OrSU's ball-handling was pretty abysmal)
In general, this was not a great display of P12 basketball. UClA should have been up by 20 at the half if they had made their layups. They shot worse than my local high school team (which has a player missing one hand, but even she makes most of her layups)
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| Posted: 02/18/20 11:57 am ::: |
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My thoughts on this game.
Kind of sad that Oregon State tumbled a bit - at one point, they were in the discussions for a top 1 or 2 seed but the injuries have mounted and they never got that big win. Still certainly a Sweet 16 team. Does Slocum turn pro after this year? Doesn't seem ready yet to me.
Beth and Debbie were TERRIBLE on this call. I consider myself a fan and I didn't find their energy or analysis very good. They were almost sleepy, did anyone else get that vibe?
UCLA is good. I was surprised by the play of Jefferson - high energy defender and moves really well with her athleticism. She can really help this team in Feb and March.
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| PRballer wrote: |
Beth and Debbie were TERRIBLE on this call. I consider myself a fan and I didn't find their energy or analysis very good. They were almost sleepy, did anyone else get that vibe?
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I think part of the problem is that they really have not followed the P12 AT ALL so they were struggling to remember names (beyond the top players) and trying to bring in relevant stats off their stat sheets - rather than actually having some idea of what the various players' roles are. You could almost hear them looking up numbers to see who a player might be. They only got a bit more animated when they started talking about the other teams (ACC) that deserved higher seeding than UCLA (I think one of them said something like 'UCLA just doesn't meet the eye test') This was early when UCLA was missing all their shots, but still not something I think is appropriate for a commentator at a game to say.
I agree Slocum is not ready yet. She has moments of glory and moments of omg. Had to admire her grit in this one though. With that bad of an ankle turn, nobody would have blamed her for staying on the bench.
I still think how far UCLA can go will be greatly determined by matchups. If they go up against a team with a big dominant post, they will be in trouble because of their own lack of size. But there aren't a lot of teams with that big dominant post, so they may be fine...
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