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Message: [QUOTE="jonson, post: 2109744, member: 6034"] I agree. Duke was a good match-up for the Ducks and I think Maryland is as well--relatively speaking, anyway. Oregon tends to have the most trouble with really quick and disruptive guards (Canada at UCLA) and posts that are really athletic (Anigwe at Cal) and can jump like pogo ticks (Billings at UCLA; Gabby would likely foul out the entire team); as far as I can tell, Maryland doesn't have players quite like that on the roster. And, although Oregon's posts may not be strong/experienced enough to deal effectively with Jones, I think they have a shot (all of them are taller, I think, than Jones, and Hebard, at least, is more athletic). There are a lot of them and McGwire, who is a very good shooter from the high post area, may present some problems for Jones defensively. I don't know Maryland well enough to know if they have some good wings with size and athleticism, but, if so, that will be a challenge for Oregon. SWK perhaps not so much, since Oregon has dealt with some very good guards in the Pac12, with Ionescu and Slocum maybe a wash, although I suspect Ionescu's overall impact on the game will be greater. And Oregon does share the ball very well. (I think they average about 18 assists/game.) On the other hand, there are times when they seem to be a turnover waiting to happen. Finally, I read somewhere that Graves has more NCAA Tournament wins as a double digit seed than any other active coach. Most of them obviously at Gonzaga, but he's had a good start at UO this year. So I'd like to think there's hope. [/QUOTE]

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