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This one could be interesting. Before the Pac-12 tournament, they were projected as a 4, OSU was double digit. The Ducks could fall to maybe a 6, and the Beavs could rise to maybe 8 or 9.

My Can't miss absolute lock, a little bit early pick of something of which I don't really care about: UCLA beats OSU for the championship.

Don't forget, "Eugene From Eugene" I see a Draymond Green, and E from E is a better shooter.

I do too, and as it plays out, UCLA to win the South.

A great article, indeed, the contributions from players that don't show up in the box score are very often the difference between winning and losing, citing Lawson's effort as worthy of Player Of The Game, is completely justified. Last season he was mainly not a negative when he got in to a game. But lately, not only his defense which was huge in this game, he's also strung together great free throw shooting.

This is the type of player the Ducks need, thanks Chico Duck for covering all the aspects of the game that Lando does so well in. He is surely going to be offered by many, many schools, let's hope he stays right here.

Bigger and better this time, a billboard and social media, along with I believe a more eager participant in the promotion in KT than Joey.

Typically when a team holds their opponent to five points in the first quarter, they'll win the game. But, if that team only scores 10, and then gives up a record 31 points in the 3rd quarter, now a loss is more likely.

Hyperbole from Bill? Perhaps, but not all that different from what UCLA coach, Mick Cronin said,

In this article from Boston NBC Sports, we see how Payton Pritchard not only had to overcome the bias against staying in college too long, he was also injured, then his shot went away, the Celtics are hovering around .500, and, there's the season. It's shorter than usual, 72 games, but, "the wall" is only another obstacle he isn't going to let stop him.

The Ducks take over first place with their win over the Bruins. Game recap from goducks.com

I have to say that Bill offered much more useful commentary in this one than usual. I especially liked at the end when he compared this Ducks team to the first Bruins championship team, back in 1964. They won by never stopping, non-stop aggression, especially on defense, the other team becomes careless, Ducks pick up the turnovers, and it's done.

If only this had happened when Scott Frost was at Oregon!

I am in agreement on USC. I know that "Scoreboard" talks, and the Trojans did end up with more points in their games against AZ, ASU & UCLA, but it took a lot of fortuitous bouncing of balls to end up that way. Since Helton's been there, USC seems to win in spite of their head coach. Rather than creating a culture, imposing on the Coordinators, Helton appears to be an insignificant figurehead.

It's actually a responsibility, and taken very seriously, here at OBD. Youngsters may read posts here at anytime and we can't afford any pause, not paws, in pointing out how ridiculous all things Husky are.

Part of that could be because Bill and his partner aren't at the games, but calling it from separate remote locations, untethering Bill even more!

I don't get it either. The results you brought up of the disparity between home and road games for the Buffs is stark, and how they could be seen as a 5 seed is rocky logic at best. With the Lady Ducks, no surprise that they had more success in pre-season games than in conference play, believing that this freshmen heavy team should even go.500 against the talented, experienced teams like Stanford, UCLA, Arizona, was optimistic at best. What they are missing the most offensively is the lack of consistent scoring threat inside. She doesn't have to be Ruthy , but neither Sedona or Nyara pose enough of a threat to take defenders away from the shooters outside. There is certainly room for improvement, and the sooner Paopao can play the better.

This article from si.com thinks it will be the Ducks and Trojans playing for the chips in Las Vegas.