Come on Plebe, cheer up, I am just messin with ya, it’s a new year and we had a great day of basketball! Only blemish was ND winning...
Ha it's all in good fun! Don't fall for my schtick. Well, not all of it anyway.Come on Plebe, cheer up, I am just messin with ya, it’s a new year and we had a great day of basketball! Only blemish was ND winning...
Tell you what, I put UCLA in my Top 10 and I still have Oregon ahead of Kentucky and MSU! Can we be friends again?
I think they went 18-12, 8-10 in conference losing twice each to UCLA, Stanford, Beavers, UW and a few more. But won their way to the Elite 8 from a 10 seed in an improbable tournament run. Then destroyed by UConn. Finished 23-14 losing that one and the Pac-12 CG to Stanford.
And Mikesell is not much of a ball handiler and does not play defense.
And this team is doing better than expected for a rebuild. Funny how a few are ready to forget that they lost some experience in tight games. All is good with a split next weekend. I wonder if Oregon State out affected prep for USC and UCLA. It is good to have a strong partner.
Case in point Mikesell dribbling aimlessly with 25 secs to go and Sabally gets open rolling to the basket. (Now sub Sabrina and Ruthie there) ... and that pass gets made. Instead a (bs) offensive foul on Mikesell turns the ball over. Ouch.
Yes, still haven’t seen any of the PAC 12 teams play except Stanford when ESPN aired Tara’s all-time winning record game. Eager to see Oregon especially!
Yeah... as I've been saying... a work in progress. Expect two losses to Stan, maybe split on road to Arizona schools, maybe a road upset by COL or UTAH plus UCLA rematch. Expect all home wins except for Stanford: CAL, UW, WSU, OSU, AZ, ASU.
I would not have Mikesell starting but I am not the coach.
They cannot. They are the property of the Pac12 and only those games that are negotiated with ESPN can be shown. Blame the Commissioner of the Pac12. There are a number of cable companies that had to drop the conference because they could not reach an agreement with him.
Mary Murphy? Because she irritates me lol
Full strength, I believe UCLA was not at full strength. No Horvat and no Aussies with an 8 player rotation one been a high school player suiting up. I believe Oregon had lots of fresh bodies and talent on the floor, no excuses. Seems if you wanted to beat UCLA,they were at a disadvantage and not Oregon?
Good points. But I am still taking Oregon with everyone back.
Oregon didn't have their best player most likely (Sedona Prince) . She would have made a huge difference .
Ask some Pac12 fans. They will tell you.
I agree, but it now looks like Prince won't be on the court for some time, since she recently told a fan that she "could barely walk" because of the pain she was experiencing. That suggests more serious physical issues than what seemed like an ankle sprain several games ago. She certainly deserves better after sitting out two years.
Pac-12 fans have a lot of complaints about the commissioner. But hopefully we won't tell you that Pac-12 Networks doesn't allow ESPN to show games that ESPN wants to show. I am not fully up on the details, especially for WBB, but certainly for football, Pac-12 Networks has lowest priority, showing the games that ESPN and other cooperating networks don't take.
Mostly true. However, Oregon didn't make the PAC-12 Tournament's championship game during the '16-'17 season. Oregon State and Stanford played in the championship game in Seattle in March 2017 with the Cardinal avenging two conference losses to the Beavers with a low-scoring win in the final. Stanford had eliminated the young Ducks in the semis of the conference tourney in 2017.
This game was a perfect example of how many teams in the Pac 12 are capable of beating each other on any given night. UCLA had some very hot shooting from both Onyenwere and Osborne while some of their own scores disappeared. Sabally probably had one of the worst games I have ever seen her play. It was so bad that Greaves pulled her out right after her return to the game for Geomi. She did play somewhat better in the second half, but her subpar play was one reason that Dugalics got so much playing time in the post. In Saballys defense, she was beat on pretty badly and got no calls because of her size. One example was in the third quarter when Osborne slamed into her elbow as she was dribbling and she lost the ball. The motor mouthed announcer said Osborne stripped the ball with he hands. Those announcers might do better watching the game rather than motor mouthing.