#3 Stanford vs #1 Oregon - 3/08/20

[triaddukefan]

my goodness

 

[Shades]

no...still hasn't

Got to go for it then. This is her last shot.

 

[Shades]

I guess she doesn’t have to go for it after all.

 

[nwhoopfan]

89-56 final

 

[nwhoopfan]

Oregon 56% shooting overall, 53% from behind the arc. Stanford was 34%/23%.

 

[Plebe]

All I want from refs is consistency. There was contact on both ends of the floor, but only 1 team was drawing fouls. They also got Stanford for a couple fouls on screens. Oregon was gonna win anyway, but the game totally changed during this stretch.

“Consistency” does not mean a perfect one to-one-ratio of foul calls.

Contact occurs on literally every play. Stanford got away with quite a bit of it early and frankly that’s why they were getting so many offensive rebounds. Not saying the refs “helped” them, only that Stanford was succeeding in pushing the limits of allowable contact.

 

[Plebe]

Larry Scott got booed a little when Holly Rowe introduces him at the trophy presentation.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Larry Scott got booed a little when Holly Rowe introduces him at the trophy presentation.

Only a little? Disappointing. I heard the NC State fans really gave it to the ACC commissioner. I think Scott is universally hated, he deserved more than a little boo. Maybe the Oregon fans were just too happy to be bothered with it.

 

[Plebe]

Only a little? Disappointing. I heard the NC State fans really gave it to the ACC commissioner. I think Scott is universally hated, he deserved more than a little boo. Maybe the Oregon fans were just too happy to be bothered with it.

It was too quick for the boos to gain momentum. He didn’t address the crowd. It was more like “and now commissioner L.S. presents the trophy” and the initial boos quickly turned to cheering for the trophy recipients.

 

[Floridaduck]

Complete and utter destruction of yet another Top 10 team. Basically beat them by 40 before taking that webbed foot off the gas. I thought it was going to be a grind and trench warfare but turning up the defense just shut down the Tree. And the Duck shooters did their thing. Quite the performance. Wish the announcers weren’t so blase about what they were witnessing and that there was SOME interest on the part of ESPN to have some post game interviews and a glimpse at least of the celebratory antics and trophy presentation. Maybe catch it on YouTube down the road a bit. Sigh...

 

[Figurehead]

You never can hide your rooting preference. It’s always the team that gets hosed by the refs.

I think it is Scott Rueck posting here tonight when it is about the refs.

 

[Figurehead]

Or just maybe they were fouling because they were having trouble defending them.

Sabrina’s first two foul calls were questionable, especially the first one. But according to you she “gets away with a lot.” Been reading the Beaver boards a little too much.

It is a beaver thing about refs. Does not matter what sport it is in. They would have beat Stanford the other night if it was not for the refs.

 

[WestCoast]

Complete and utter destruction of yet another Top 10 team. Basically beat them by 40 before taking that webbed foot off the gas. I thought it was going to be a grind and trench warfare but turning up the defense just shut down the Tree. And the Duck shooters did their thing. Quite the performance. Wish the announcers weren’t so blase about what they were witnessing and that there was SOME interest on the part of ESPN to have some post game interviews and a glimpse at least of the celebratory antics and trophy presentation. Maybe catch it on YouTube down the road a bit. Sigh...

The celebration is being shown on the PAC-12 Network right now.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Whatevs. I follow a number of teams. If I see contact being called on one end and not the other, I'm gonna point it out. This board needs a giving the moon emoticon.

 

[WestCoast]

Contact occurs on literally every play. Stanford got away with quite a bit of it early and frankly that’s why they were getting so many offensive rebounds. Not saying the refs “helped” them, only that Stanford was succeeding in pushing the limits of allowable contact.

Very true. I am sure that Tara instructed her troops to crash the boards and play aggressively early to determine how much contact would be allowed. Good teams need to adjust to whatever level of physicality is allowed.

I didn't see anything out of the ordinary tonight from the officials that seemed to favor either team. Oregon avoids foul trouble for its stars by adjusting its defenses and its level of physicality. That will prove to be very beneficial during its tourney run.

 

[Figurehead]

What WestCoast said here is spot on in regards to adjusting instead of some complaining about it.

Good teams need to adjust to whatever level of physicality is allowed.

 

[Plebe]

Whatevs. I follow a number of teams. If I see contact being called on one end my preferred team and not the other, I'm gonna point it out. This board needs a giving the moon emoticon.

Fixing that for ya.

Most of the calls went against Oregon in the 1st quarter, but somehow I missed the part where you pointed that out.

 

[jonson]

I'd like to stay away from arguments about refs--really meaningless imo since the margin of victory was the largest in the history of the Pac12 Tournament--and instead point out that Oregon won 3 tournament games, the last 2 against very good teams, with Sabally basically a no-show in each--something that I think most Duck fans would have believed impossible back, say, in January. So, although it makes some sense to talk, as all the commentators seem to do, about a "big three," the team's success has in fact depended upon the way in which different players have stepped up at crucial moments to do whatever has been needed, and especially when not all of its presumably high draft picks have been clicking on all (or even some) cylindars. Hebard barely scored in the win at Stanford; Sabally, on the other hand, was unstoppable. Tonight, Satu was mostly nowhere to be seen and Hebard had a "quiet" 24, with 7 rebounds. Boley scored 18 on Saturday and took only one shot (which she made) tonight. Moore reversed that: 2 Saturday and over 20 tonight. And that doesn't even take into account the contributions that Chavez and Shelley make off the bench by giving Graves a sort of mix and match as needed at the guard position (with Moore) and, to some extent, also with Boley on the wing. In an interview, Sabrina said that the team uses the first few minutes of a game to determine what works and what doesn't and it's that versatility, along with a very good defense when everyone is locked in (as was the case tonight), that makes this year's Oregon team a much tougher out than the depleted squad that almost beat Baylor in last year's Final 4. In fact, I'd argue, and I imagine there will be more than a little disagreement, that this Oregon team is the best team to come out of the Pac12 in recent memory, and--with last year's team--really the only Pac12 team in some time that's been, or is, a legitimate contender for a National Championship.

 

[Plebe]

I'd like to stay away from arguments about refs--really meaningless imo since the margin of victory was the largest in the history of the Pac12 Tournament--and instead point out that Oregon won 3 tournament games, the last 2 against very good teams, with Sabally basically a no-show in each--something that I think most Duck fans would have believed impossible back, say, in January. So, although it makes some sense to talk, as all the commentators seem to do, about a "big three," the team's success has in fact depended upon the way in which different players have stepped up at crucial moments to do whatever has been needed, and especially when not all of its presumably high draft picks have been clicking on all (or even some) cylindars. Hebard barely scored in the win at Stanford; Sabally, on the other hand, was unstoppable. Tonight, Satu was mostly nowhere to be seen and Hebard had a "quiet" 24, with 7 rebounds. Boley scored 18 on Saturday and took only one shot (which she made) tonight. Moore reversed that: 2 Saturday and over 20 tonight. And that doesn't even take into account the contributions that Chavez and Shelley make off the bench by giving Graves a sort of mix and match as needed at the guard position (with Moore) and, to some extent, also with Boley on the wing. In an interview, Sabrina said that the team uses the first few minutes of a game to determine what works and what doesn't and it's that versatility, along with a very good defense when everyone is locked in (as was the case tonight), that makes this year's Oregon team a much tougher out than the depleted squad that almost beat Baylor in last year's Final 4. In fact, I'd argue, and I imagine there will be more than a little disagreement, that this Oregon team is the best team to come out of the Pac12 in recent memory, and--with last year's team--really the only Pac12 team in some time that's been, or is, a legitimate contender for a National Championship.

Minyon Moore was a difference maker in this game. Her 3 in the 2nd quarter was the turning point after which Oregon never relinquished the lead. Then, the score was stuck at 27-22 for a while, her free throws seemed to ignite Oregon's 16-2 run in the last 5:30 of the half.

When Minyon hits shots, it really opens things up for Oregon. Today was maybe the best I've seen her shoot all year.

 

[mbr33ct]

Man, I do not want us to go to that Portland regional. Nobody wants to go there and with good reason.

UConn has no choice but to go to Portland according to Creme.

 

[Figurehead]

Highlights. Everyone involved

 

[domerduck]

Well, Elite 8 is not so bad.

Your are correct. The Ducks were happy with 2 Elite 8's in a row even though they got boatraced by an undefeated UConn in Connecticut and the following year lose to eventual National champion ND in Spokane 2018. Of course prior to that Oregon hadn't been to the NCAA tourney since 2005 and they are now 15-15 in the tourney before this year, So for perspective, Sab/Ruthy are 10-3 in the tourney before this year thus previous Ducks teams were 5-12.

Now UConn is 122-20 overall in the tourney and 65% when they get in they make the Final 4. Uconn seems to have had higher expectations than Oregon, but you would know.

 

[domerduck]

Man, I do not want us to go to that Portland regional. Nobody wants to go there and with good reason.

We did appreciated you coming to Portland last year,