Craziness is alive and well and living in Oregon

[DobbsRover2]

Submitted for the befuddlement of WCBB fans, a few stats on UConn's 11/20 opponent Oregon.

• #1 scoring team in the nation at 98.3 following nice 110-90 win over a decent Princeton team to go to 4-2. (NCAA stats site incorrectly listed the Ducks at 99.3 for non-updated 5 games as nation's leader.)
• Oregon is backing that scoring machine with a 38.7% FG average (220th best in the nation), while opponents are shooting 43.5% for their 93.0 ppg average, which puts Oregon at next to last, 342 out of 343 teams, ahead of only St. Francis PA.

Okay, so we have a furious paced run-and-gun and rebound offense that lights it up and gives it up and which was ranked #161 in Sagarin before the Princeton win, which will bump them up a ways. But how do you lead the nation in scoring while shooting at a lackluster 220th rated pace?

• Average 87.5 shots per game, making an average 33.8.
• Coincidentally, also average 33.8 3-pt attempts per game, making 11.3.
• Grab 54.0 rebounds per game.
• Throw in 17.7 FTs per game

Oregon is not that much into assists, averaging 16.5 per game or less than 1 for every 2 baskets, (0.48) while for comparison Baylor assists at a 0.68 pace while ringing up the second highest scoring average against that #331 SOS of theirs, now 16th worst in the nation.

So sometimes the gang that can't shoot straight can still get the top marks if they just shoot enough.

 

[Ozzie Nelson]

So sometimes the gang that can't shoot straight can still get the top marks if they just shoot enough.

Sounds like my dating policy in High School.

 

[DobbsRover2]

I personally always tried to avoid shooting anything while I was on a date, but then again I never had one of those really bad ones that you often see in the movies.

 

[Kibitzer]

I recently saw a bumper sticker with an unusual message about marksmanship:

"I miss my ex-wife -- but my aim is getting better!"​

 

[cohenzone]

I recently saw a bumper sticker with an unusual message about marksmanship:

"I miss my ex-wife -- but my aim is getting better!"​

I actually know someone in that boat. His wife didn't give him another shot. Seemed totally out of character, but he went to prison where they discovered he had brain cancer.