Well the NCAA Tourney is up and going strong and my braket couldn't be in any more disarray! Very strange tournament so far we had 2 games in the second round of 12vs13 seeds. That's just insane! Way to go Villanova, Siena, Western Kentucky and San Diego. All four number one seeds are still alive but UCLA and Memphis had tough second rounds. Hopefully for UCLA my champion pick it was just a fluke and they'll run over the rest of the way to the Final Four. Two 2 seeds both lose. Too bad Duke was one of them I was really looking forward to two freshmen from the state of Oregon to face off for the right to reach the Final Four.
As for my Ducks nothing new to report yet again they have a double digit lead in the second half of a game only to lose yet again! Both UCLA and USC games were that way and we couldn't pull those out either. They just don't seem to be able to put people away when they should! Oh well now it's waiting time for the Maui Invitational next season for which I'll be there to root them on! Go Ducks!
Showing posts with label Basketball. Show all posts
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Thursday, March 27, 2008
Monday, March 3, 2008
Bask Season Not Going Well
Well as many of you out there especially those who have no Idea who I am probably don't know is I love the sport of Basketball. Have always loved playing, watching and attending games.
This year what was a very hopefull begining has turned out bad for my Alma Mater the Oregon Ducks. After only losing a couple of players only one of whom started I thought we'd be able to get back to the tournament again this year. Early season stumbles were due to injuries more then anything. The second half season collapse though has me baffled, since I don't get many of the games down here in the Bay Area I don't get to see for myself what's going on. It seems we're winning most games until the very end. And games we're not in are due to a fall off of shots being made. Under Kent the team has always relied on being able to shoot the outside shot especially from 3 range. So if we struggle from there we have tough times. Another staple of the Kent era is defense. While some years we've had great defensive teams most others seem to be lacking. I'm not sure if this is just due to lack of talent or motivation on that end of the floor. I like Kent and what he has done for the program which probably puts me in a minority of Alumni who do as he always seems to be on the hot seat. However, I'm not sure what to make of this ever couple of years break down the team seems to have under his leadership. Is it just cockiness of the players who've been winning that cause the collapses? Or being told you're good by the media causes them not to fight like they do when they are being written off. Without some kind of Miracle or another Conference Tournament Title I'm don't think there is much chance of getting into the Big Dance and might have to settle for the NIT.
The Pac-10 is strong this year. UCLA and their traitorous big man Kevin Love (note: for those of you who don't know his old man played ball for the Oregon Ducks) have the most talent of the bunch but I don't think they'll win it all. They should get close to another Final Four appearance but not sure if they'll get much past there. Stanford is just a seriously dangerous team for anyone as the season moves along. With the twin Lopez brothers leading the way they should go deep into the NCAAs and probably have the best shot at making the Final Four of any Pac-10 team. WSU is just baffling they look so good one game then so bad during another. Until they can get settled down I don't think they'll make it out of the second round. USC is a team I don't understand how they have won that many games. Yes Mayo is a star player but I don't see much team in his game reminds me of Luke Jacksons Senior season at Oregon. They will bow out first or second round of the tournament. Arizona State, Arizona, Oregon, Washington and Cal all have shots at making the tournament. I think Arizona is probably on lock because of who they are. The other teams need to win out and/or make a statement in the Conference Tournament. As for the Pac-10 Player of the year I would vote for Ryan Anderson of Cal followed by Jon Brockman of (ugh hate to give them any props) Washington and Kevin Love of UCLA.
One thing that is really great for the State of Oregon is that two Freshman, Kevin Love and Kyle Singler, are shining so bright after all the hype they've had coming from Oregon. It's a great thing to see. Hope we don't have to wait this long again for some super star players to come again. Way to go Kevin and Kyle!
As for my Orangemen of Syracuse yet another year where they are a bubble team who will probably be kept out of the Big Dance due to lack of quality wins. Ugh so diapointing. I'm hoping one day to see a game in the Carrier Dome before Coach Boeheim calls it quits which I hope is a long way off.
The Portland Trailblazers are having a decent season with an excellent stretch of games that they had for a while there. They are back to being where I thought they would be but the sudden burst they put on there for a while bodes well for the coming years as these young players with talent and more importantly heart and the ability to listen to Coach McMillan. Next year they get Oden back to complement and allow LaMarcus Aldridge to move over to a PF position. Those two down low will be a beast of a duo that will put Portland back into the Playoff picture and along with Roy a potential run at a title in the next 5 years. Keep up the good work guys!
This year what was a very hopefull begining has turned out bad for my Alma Mater the Oregon Ducks. After only losing a couple of players only one of whom started I thought we'd be able to get back to the tournament again this year. Early season stumbles were due to injuries more then anything. The second half season collapse though has me baffled, since I don't get many of the games down here in the Bay Area I don't get to see for myself what's going on. It seems we're winning most games until the very end. And games we're not in are due to a fall off of shots being made. Under Kent the team has always relied on being able to shoot the outside shot especially from 3 range. So if we struggle from there we have tough times. Another staple of the Kent era is defense. While some years we've had great defensive teams most others seem to be lacking. I'm not sure if this is just due to lack of talent or motivation on that end of the floor. I like Kent and what he has done for the program which probably puts me in a minority of Alumni who do as he always seems to be on the hot seat. However, I'm not sure what to make of this ever couple of years break down the team seems to have under his leadership. Is it just cockiness of the players who've been winning that cause the collapses? Or being told you're good by the media causes them not to fight like they do when they are being written off. Without some kind of Miracle or another Conference Tournament Title I'm don't think there is much chance of getting into the Big Dance and might have to settle for the NIT.
The Pac-10 is strong this year. UCLA and their traitorous big man Kevin Love (note: for those of you who don't know his old man played ball for the Oregon Ducks) have the most talent of the bunch but I don't think they'll win it all. They should get close to another Final Four appearance but not sure if they'll get much past there. Stanford is just a seriously dangerous team for anyone as the season moves along. With the twin Lopez brothers leading the way they should go deep into the NCAAs and probably have the best shot at making the Final Four of any Pac-10 team. WSU is just baffling they look so good one game then so bad during another. Until they can get settled down I don't think they'll make it out of the second round. USC is a team I don't understand how they have won that many games. Yes Mayo is a star player but I don't see much team in his game reminds me of Luke Jacksons Senior season at Oregon. They will bow out first or second round of the tournament. Arizona State, Arizona, Oregon, Washington and Cal all have shots at making the tournament. I think Arizona is probably on lock because of who they are. The other teams need to win out and/or make a statement in the Conference Tournament. As for the Pac-10 Player of the year I would vote for Ryan Anderson of Cal followed by Jon Brockman of (ugh hate to give them any props) Washington and Kevin Love of UCLA.
One thing that is really great for the State of Oregon is that two Freshman, Kevin Love and Kyle Singler, are shining so bright after all the hype they've had coming from Oregon. It's a great thing to see. Hope we don't have to wait this long again for some super star players to come again. Way to go Kevin and Kyle!
As for my Orangemen of Syracuse yet another year where they are a bubble team who will probably be kept out of the Big Dance due to lack of quality wins. Ugh so diapointing. I'm hoping one day to see a game in the Carrier Dome before Coach Boeheim calls it quits which I hope is a long way off.
The Portland Trailblazers are having a decent season with an excellent stretch of games that they had for a while there. They are back to being where I thought they would be but the sudden burst they put on there for a while bodes well for the coming years as these young players with talent and more importantly heart and the ability to listen to Coach McMillan. Next year they get Oden back to complement and allow LaMarcus Aldridge to move over to a PF position. Those two down low will be a beast of a duo that will put Portland back into the Playoff picture and along with Roy a potential run at a title in the next 5 years. Keep up the good work guys!
Thursday, March 29, 2007
‘Cuse out and now the Ducks!
Well ‘Cuse lost last week to Clemson. They were way back but at least stormed back to make it a game near the end. Good job and way to continue to fight and scrap until the very end. I’m of course disappointed in the loss but I am glad they never gave up. Hopefully they can replace the key seniors leaving but somehow I don’t think you can replace a player like Nichols right away nor the big man down low. But do have a good core nucleus coming back which bodes well.
Ducks oh my wish I could have seen the games but unfortunately I was traveling this weekend (see post on this). Looks like they were in control of the game against UNLV until the end when they let them get back into it. Luckily they did enough to fend them off. Nice job!! Way to go TP huge game in the National Spotlight!!! Against Florida it sounds like they put up a fight but weren’t quite shooting as well as they had been. At least it was a game and not all one sided. Man I can’t wait for next year. Aaron meant a lot to the team this season but we return 4 of the starting 5 and get some in coming talent coming that should help out. Ohh boy this should be good. I’m hoping all the Kent doubters will stay off his back for a while, doubtful, but I can hope. But I know if they don’t finish in the top 3 of the Pac-10 and go deep into the NCAA’s next year they will be calling. Unfair but that’s the way it goes I guess. I would have to say the Pac-10 looks set for next year to dominate the nation again. Oregon will stay strong, UCLA barring something surprising gets even better, USC gets stronger, Arizona after a off season should be back to form and I think Stanford should be in the mix. The others will all get better as well.
Ducks oh my wish I could have seen the games but unfortunately I was traveling this weekend (see post on this). Looks like they were in control of the game against UNLV until the end when they let them get back into it. Luckily they did enough to fend them off. Nice job!! Way to go TP huge game in the National Spotlight!!! Against Florida it sounds like they put up a fight but weren’t quite shooting as well as they had been. At least it was a game and not all one sided. Man I can’t wait for next year. Aaron meant a lot to the team this season but we return 4 of the starting 5 and get some in coming talent coming that should help out. Ohh boy this should be good. I’m hoping all the Kent doubters will stay off his back for a while, doubtful, but I can hope. But I know if they don’t finish in the top 3 of the Pac-10 and go deep into the NCAA’s next year they will be calling. Unfair but that’s the way it goes I guess. I would have to say the Pac-10 looks set for next year to dominate the nation again. Oregon will stay strong, UCLA barring something surprising gets even better, USC gets stronger, Arizona after a off season should be back to form and I think Stanford should be in the mix. The others will all get better as well.
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Ducks and Cuse move on
*Sigh*
That is the sigh of relief as the Ducks have moved onto the Sweet 16. In Round 1 they were just a tad off, well more like way off, from their Pac-10 Tournament games. Miami (OH) played well and almost got us in that game. We made a couple of moves but never could shake them even at the end. After that game I didn’t feel very good about our match up with Winthrop. I watched the Notre Dame/Winthrop game from round 1 and they have a post player that has some really good moves down in the post. Without a real big man of our own, sorry Maarty but you’re more of a forward then a center, I was worried they would eat us alive down low. However, Maarty and Malik did a fantastic job down low on the defensive end. Tajuan and Brooks both helped out as well I wish we could have seen the look on the guys face as he turned around and realized he had a 5’ 6” defender on him. That had to make him go WTF!! Great job all around by the entire team. Bryce again made baskets when needed and Tajuan and Brooks provided the 3-point daggers to put it away. However, even with Tajuan's 3-point barrage to start the second half I say the game ball should go to Maarty and Malik. Both of them worked hard on both ends of the court to fight for position, rebounds and put back shots.
Well now it’s onto the next round and a surprising, nationally anyway, UNLV team. Man this team looks dangerous. They might have been relatively unknown before the tourney but people sure see them now. This is going to be a tough game to pickas both teams have been shooting lights out in recent games. I didn’t get a chance to see either of UNLV's tournament games but reading the recaps this is a game where if either team has any cooling off at all it will cost them. I’m rooting for my Ducks but I can honestly say I don’t know who should win this game. I think both teams are similar but I’m hoping the off season workouts that the Duck players took upon themselves will allow them to out run the Running Rebels. In either case I think you might just want to strap yourself in because if both teams stay on the streaks they’re on currently this will be a high octane game that just might blow you out of your seats.
On the NIT front Syracuse has moved on again! Oh yeah the walked in that game! Now onto Clemson. This should be a tough game and even though I hate to say it I think Clemson has the edge in this game. But I’m still pulling for the Orange to pull it out with a gritty performance from Nichols. He’s going to want to keep it going into MSG and the finals for his last run!
As I’ve mentioned before many people probably wonder why a person who grew up on the Oregon Coast is a Syracuse fan. Well you have to go back to High School I think it was my Junior year and I was just getting into watching college basketball because I had stopped playing ball in school, which is another story in itself. At this time I had no ties to any of the in state schools other then OSU because my friend was going there. I hadn’t quite started looking at colleges for school yet. Anyways, the tournament was on and I was following it pretty closely as I love basketball more then just about anything in my life. I’ve never been one to really track players or remember when people were on what team. I’ve just always liked watching the games. As I’ve gotten older I have my teams I pull for and have less time to devote to my first love and passion. I’m hoping with the move I may reconnect again with this sport. Anyway back to my point in the tournament Syracuse was in and playing a game when I remembered my Stepfather went there. Now for some reason, looking back on it I think it was because how much my Stepfather has meant to me and what he had done for me yet another story for another time, I just clicked with them and their coach. Since then I’ve been hooked. I hope to never have to pick between the Orange of ‘Cuse and my Alma Mater Ducks because I don’t know who I’d side with. So far I have not had that dilemma and hopefully I never will unless it’s a title game!!
Well good luck to both teams in the next games hopefully both can move on.
That is the sigh of relief as the Ducks have moved onto the Sweet 16. In Round 1 they were just a tad off, well more like way off, from their Pac-10 Tournament games. Miami (OH) played well and almost got us in that game. We made a couple of moves but never could shake them even at the end. After that game I didn’t feel very good about our match up with Winthrop. I watched the Notre Dame/Winthrop game from round 1 and they have a post player that has some really good moves down in the post. Without a real big man of our own, sorry Maarty but you’re more of a forward then a center, I was worried they would eat us alive down low. However, Maarty and Malik did a fantastic job down low on the defensive end. Tajuan and Brooks both helped out as well I wish we could have seen the look on the guys face as he turned around and realized he had a 5’ 6” defender on him. That had to make him go WTF!! Great job all around by the entire team. Bryce again made baskets when needed and Tajuan and Brooks provided the 3-point daggers to put it away. However, even with Tajuan's 3-point barrage to start the second half I say the game ball should go to Maarty and Malik. Both of them worked hard on both ends of the court to fight for position, rebounds and put back shots.
Well now it’s onto the next round and a surprising, nationally anyway, UNLV team. Man this team looks dangerous. They might have been relatively unknown before the tourney but people sure see them now. This is going to be a tough game to pickas both teams have been shooting lights out in recent games. I didn’t get a chance to see either of UNLV's tournament games but reading the recaps this is a game where if either team has any cooling off at all it will cost them. I’m rooting for my Ducks but I can honestly say I don’t know who should win this game. I think both teams are similar but I’m hoping the off season workouts that the Duck players took upon themselves will allow them to out run the Running Rebels. In either case I think you might just want to strap yourself in because if both teams stay on the streaks they’re on currently this will be a high octane game that just might blow you out of your seats.
On the NIT front Syracuse has moved on again! Oh yeah the walked in that game! Now onto Clemson. This should be a tough game and even though I hate to say it I think Clemson has the edge in this game. But I’m still pulling for the Orange to pull it out with a gritty performance from Nichols. He’s going to want to keep it going into MSG and the finals for his last run!
As I’ve mentioned before many people probably wonder why a person who grew up on the Oregon Coast is a Syracuse fan. Well you have to go back to High School I think it was my Junior year and I was just getting into watching college basketball because I had stopped playing ball in school, which is another story in itself. At this time I had no ties to any of the in state schools other then OSU because my friend was going there. I hadn’t quite started looking at colleges for school yet. Anyways, the tournament was on and I was following it pretty closely as I love basketball more then just about anything in my life. I’ve never been one to really track players or remember when people were on what team. I’ve just always liked watching the games. As I’ve gotten older I have my teams I pull for and have less time to devote to my first love and passion. I’m hoping with the move I may reconnect again with this sport. Anyway back to my point in the tournament Syracuse was in and playing a game when I remembered my Stepfather went there. Now for some reason, looking back on it I think it was because how much my Stepfather has meant to me and what he had done for me yet another story for another time, I just clicked with them and their coach. Since then I’ve been hooked. I hope to never have to pick between the Orange of ‘Cuse and my Alma Mater Ducks because I don’t know who I’d side with. So far I have not had that dilemma and hopefully I never will unless it’s a title game!!
Well good luck to both teams in the next games hopefully both can move on.
Thursday, March 8, 2007
A Sad and Happy Day
Well for the sad news first! The Orange just couldn’t recover late in the second half in their game against the Golden Domes of Notre Dame! Ah they were up at half and were keeping ahead during the beginning of the second half. Then the brief meltdown where they couldn’t do anything right and went down 9. They kept it within striking distance all the way through and ended up losing by 6. Well hopefully on Sunday they’re name will be called for the Dance.
As for the good news the Ducks took care of Arizona in dominating form! Holy cow I thought this would be like the two regular season games with a down to the wire finish. Just like the last game at the Pit we got a good size lead but this time instead of wilting we pushed it to a 20+ point lead. In the back of my mind though I still had doubts and they were almost founded as Zona brought it back to 14 again. But the Ducks settled down and played efficient down the stretch to keep the lead. Next up the winner of the UCLA/Cal game. I want UCLA as it would be nice to have another shot at them as a measuring stick.
Luckily the games were both going on during lunch and were even on the TV where I was having lunch. So I got to see about an hour of both games before heading back to work. I was able to keep up on the ‘Cuse game via ESPN.com and got the Duck game on the radio.
So I’m sitting here fingers crossed the ‘Cuse gets into the Dance and I’m hoping Oregon wins the PAC-10 tournament to get some hug momentum going into the Dance.
As for the good news the Ducks took care of Arizona in dominating form! Holy cow I thought this would be like the two regular season games with a down to the wire finish. Just like the last game at the Pit we got a good size lead but this time instead of wilting we pushed it to a 20+ point lead. In the back of my mind though I still had doubts and they were almost founded as Zona brought it back to 14 again. But the Ducks settled down and played efficient down the stretch to keep the lead. Next up the winner of the UCLA/Cal game. I want UCLA as it would be nice to have another shot at them as a measuring stick.
Luckily the games were both going on during lunch and were even on the TV where I was having lunch. So I got to see about an hour of both games before heading back to work. I was able to keep up on the ‘Cuse game via ESPN.com and got the Duck game on the radio.
So I’m sitting here fingers crossed the ‘Cuse gets into the Dance and I’m hoping Oregon wins the PAC-10 tournament to get some hug momentum going into the Dance.
Friday, February 23, 2007
Welcome Home Fred Jones!!
Well one of my all-time favorite UO Duck men’s basketball players is coming home to Portland to play for the home town team of the Trailblazers. I’m very happy for him that he’ll get to play for his hometown team after an illustrious High School and College campaigns inside the state of Oregon! Now after his years at Indy and the last year up in Toronto he comes home. All the Portland locals and Duck fans will hopefully be rejoicing this new outcome. I don’t necessarily like they traded Dixon to get him but overall they got a better defender and athletic talent. Dixon was the better pure shooter but if Freddie, I just can’t not call him that sometimes, can get that confidence he had his Senior year at UO or during the suspension season for Indy that might not be an issue. Fred can play point if need be or the shooting/post up guard. Get him in space and he can beat just about anyone off the dribble to the hoop. He’s explosive still just known for getting down on himself and doubting his ability. Luke and Luke were able to get him to play to his fullest and when pressed to shine in the absence of the Indy stars he shined as well. Maybe being home and playing in front of a friendly, supportive hometown crowd will get him back up there.
Earlier I said Freddie was one of my all-time favorite. For a little insight into myself my favorite Duck basketball player ever was OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOrlando Williams!!! He had one of the sweetest rainbow, and I mean rainbow, shots I’ve ever seen. The guy just drained shots. I remember he was shooting from outside the three one game and he hit the scoreboard that’s how high of an arc he had. Plus standing in the student section we would always shout out “OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO” when he had the ball. In no particular order here are some of my all time favorite UO ball players (note: to be considered they had to be someone I saw during my UO timeframe Fall 1991+ sorry to the players from before):
Orlando Williams
Freddie Jones
Clyde “The Glyde Air” Jordan
Luke Jackson
Luke Ridinour
Alex Scales
Kenya Wilkens
Jordan Kent
AD Smith
Bryan Bracey
For the Women’s Basketball team:
Jenny Mowe
Arianne Boyer
Debbie Sporcich (probably the greatest to play at Oregon in my time)
Shaquala Williams
Cathrine Kraayeveld
Jamie Craighead
If you have a favorite that is on or not on these lists let me hear from you. If I’ve misspelled a name of a player my apologies as I’m not the best speller ever and names are hard to spell check!
Earlier I said Freddie was one of my all-time favorite. For a little insight into myself my favorite Duck basketball player ever was OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOrlando Williams!!! He had one of the sweetest rainbow, and I mean rainbow, shots I’ve ever seen. The guy just drained shots. I remember he was shooting from outside the three one game and he hit the scoreboard that’s how high of an arc he had. Plus standing in the student section we would always shout out “OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO” when he had the ball. In no particular order here are some of my all time favorite UO ball players (note: to be considered they had to be someone I saw during my UO timeframe Fall 1991+ sorry to the players from before):
Orlando Williams
Freddie Jones
Clyde “The Glyde Air” Jordan
Luke Jackson
Luke Ridinour
Alex Scales
Kenya Wilkens
Jordan Kent
AD Smith
Bryan Bracey
For the Women’s Basketball team:
Jenny Mowe
Arianne Boyer
Debbie Sporcich (probably the greatest to play at Oregon in my time)
Shaquala Williams
Cathrine Kraayeveld
Jamie Craighead
If you have a favorite that is on or not on these lists let me hear from you. If I’ve misspelled a name of a player my apologies as I’m not the best speller ever and names are hard to spell check!
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Ducks Free Falling!
Well my Oregon Ducks Men's basketball team seems to be free falling the second half of the Pac-10 season. After a miserable trip to the Bay Area, my future home, they are looking to right the sinking ship with 3 home games where they should go at least 2-1 to head into the Pac-10 Tournament on a better note. The Cal game seemed identical to the game in Eugene with the exception we couldn't hold onto the lead in the second half after coming back from being down in the first half. That knocked our wind out and then Stanford deflated us completely. Not sure what the issue is other then the big scoring droughts but then again they seem to have happened all year long. It was just that in the first half we did enough to pull out the wins. Maybe it's just the law of averages playing out. But there is still hope and I'll keep holding to it but if we don't get that 2-1 at least over the last 3 games of the Pac-10 regular season I may lose that hope. For Aaron Brooks' sake I hope they get the ship righted in time to make a push in the NCAAs. He deserves some time to shine in the prime time spotlight of the Big Dance!!
Sunday, February 11, 2007
Ducks Basketball
Well for a season that started out with such promise on the Men's side it is now starting to show the signs of weakness. After going 6-1 in Pac-10 play the ducks are now 8-5 and just can't seem to put games together again. I'm hoping this is just a slump and not a sign of things to come. Aaron Brooks just scored less then 15 points this last weekend when coming into the weekend he was the Pac-10 leading scorer. Ugh hopefully the team will sweep in the Bay Area, a tough thing to do, and then run the table at home against UW, WSU and OSU. The biggest problem I see is sometimes they just get into a rut offensivly where they don't move well without the ball or put up unwarrented shots. Sometimes those shots go in and it makes me even madder!! I don't care if you make a bad shot it was still a bad shot and making it will only encourage. The team moves the ball well when they want and we have the team speed to move well without the ball to get good wide open looks at the basket from about 10+ feet out or a quick dash to the hoop to take the feed. However for some reason we don't do this on a consistent basis. From a coaching standpoint I'm still not sure why we aren't pressing the whole game. The team worked hard on the offseason to make sure they got in great condition. Our bigs run the floor well and I think if we full court press the whole game we'd probably be winning all these close games by 15 or more. On defense our biggest problem is not blocking people out and not getting any over the back calls. But if the refs aren't calling that you have to make sure you block everyone out and go up strong to get the ball as it's coming down. Against many of the Pac-10 teams we should not be getting out rebounded with Marty, Malik and everyone else in the post position. Teams like Stanford will because of the amount of size they have on the team. But teams like Arizona give me a break we are bigger then they are. Oh well just have a few more weeks before the Pac-10 tournament. We need to go at max of 1 loss until then to get the team confidence back. I think the Pac-10 tournament if we can get to the final game that will bode well for the NCAAs. In the NCAAs we'll at our current rate bow out by the second round. If we can get the swagger back we could push into the elite eight again. Well only time will telll.
As for the Duck women I'm not sure what is going on but I'm thinking many people are wishing that the admin didn't bow to the players wishes and would have done everything in their power to make Jody Runge stay. Bev Smith is a good coach but for whatever reason she just doesn't get as much out of her players as Runge did. Now Bev is definitely more popular with her players then Runge ever was but then again you don't need to like someone to play for them especially when you are a Pac-10 powerhouse. I still have hope that Bev can pull in a great group of talent and get them to play ball as she wants. But I don't think fans nor admin will wait much longer before moving on.
As for the Duck women I'm not sure what is going on but I'm thinking many people are wishing that the admin didn't bow to the players wishes and would have done everything in their power to make Jody Runge stay. Bev Smith is a good coach but for whatever reason she just doesn't get as much out of her players as Runge did. Now Bev is definitely more popular with her players then Runge ever was but then again you don't need to like someone to play for them especially when you are a Pac-10 powerhouse. I still have hope that Bev can pull in a great group of talent and get them to play ball as she wants. But I don't think fans nor admin will wait much longer before moving on.
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