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Message: [QUOTE="UConnRock, post: 2427435, member: 1024"] The opponent of a common opponent calculator does not bode well as Oregon beat Ball St. by 24, Ball St. beat Stony Brook by 11 and UConn beat Stony Brook by 8. Per these calculations Oregon wins by 27. The ability of UConn to challenge 3 pointers will be key as they are shooting 42% as a team. They go small frequently, with nobody on the court over 6'7. UConn's bigs need to defend the 3 better than in the first 3 games. It is two teams with lots of new faces. Oregon has only 1 returning starter in Pritchard, but lots of young talent and Elijah Brown as a grad transfer from New Mexico who averaged 18 last year. The newbies from UConn will see speed and skill better than they have yet faced. My fear is lazy passes and nonchalant ball handling will result in many turnovers. Jalen scored 27 against them last year. The only other current UConn player that played against Oregon last year was Vital who scored 7. Interestingly there are only 2 on the Oregon roster that played in the game also (Pritchard and Smith). UConn fell behing 13-2 after 2 minutes and 30-9 after 9 minutes. All negatives aside, Adams and Larrier find the raucous Oregon crowd to be the remedy to their lethargic first 10 minutes. Both relish the national stage and put on a show for NBA scouts in a high scoring affair that UConn fans are unfamiliar with. UConn squeaks out a 89-86 victory [/QUOTE]