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Don't really consider Bol a Duck, he was around for 4 games then got injured and basically quit on the team saying he wouldn't even try to come back during the season

He was a decent QB at South Eugene

Angel maybe has a shot as a NBA bench guy, he does have an elite talent as a shooter, that will give him a shot, he just isn't much of an athlete, and his rebounding is very poor for a guy as tall as he is, really like him as a stretch 4 for us. Shelstad does have a chance, he is about as big as Pritchard is, maybe an inch shorter. I think he's more advanced than Peyton was, he certainly has more confidence than Pritchard had during his sophomore year. Bamba might be a guy who is a 2nd rounder who fights his way into a bench spot. I'm most interested to see who we go to when we absolutely need a bucket late in the game. If I had to guess Bamba probably is the guy who can create his shot the best. I feel pretty comfortable with both our guards handling the ball late in the game. Saturday will be a great opportunity to see where we are as a team, if we play Bama we'll be playing a top 10 team, if we play Rutgers we'll be facing two guys who are top 5 draft picks.

Just have to stay healthy, it's pretty evident that if Dana can keep a squad healthy he'll have a squad that will challenge for championships. This squad is so so deep with guys that can contribute, it's such a balanced squad. Bittle, Bamba, Shelstad, Cook, Tracey, Angel, and Evans are all capable of scoring 15+. Good defenders at each position, athleticism, BBIQ, experienced. I haven't even mentioned Mookie Cook or Moss. Mookie is a former 5 star talent and Moss is a former all-MAC contributor who scored 15+ last season. Truly believe we can win the B1G and be a 1-4 seed in March. We beat whoever we play on Saturday and we should be around the 20-17 mark in the rankings. The one thing I think we lack is a player who would be considered a first round talent. I don't know if we have that sort of player, we have a lot of guys who are going to make a living in Europe, but I don't know if we have many who are going to be contributors on a NBA roster. If I had to guess Bittle might be that guy. Shelstad has a shot but he'll probably need the next two years to transform fully into Pritchard.

While it would have been nice if this was foreseen when the conferences were putting this thing together, I don't think there is any conspiracy or bias against Oregon/B1G, I would hope the format is changed next year with the reseeding idea put forward by Klatt, that seems like the best solution.

Great win, we aren't even playing that well, gave up a ton of offensive boards, everyone on the team other than Barthelemy is shooting under their usual percentages, this team can get a lot better if they begin shooting like they are capable of. Dana is right about the offense, if we take it to the rim we will become a very efficient attack. I really believe they have the potential to be Dana's best team in a while.

Sucks nobody is going to watch since nobody is going to pay for whatever BallerTV is. I hate when you have these obscure sites getting college games and then asking you to pay $20 to watch the one game you'll ever watch on the site.

It's pretty ridiculous that Ohio St. and Michigan have those veto powers, I would hope with the new deal whenever it is, that the conference just tells them all to suck it up and get in line, I mean what are those two going to do???? Leave! There's nowhere to go to. It helps brands to be on at different times..

Yeah, I have a feeling it's going to be very pretty rough experience at times. B1G has a rep for having officials that let a lot go. I know we sort of thought we would have the same experience in football, but I have a feeling it might turn out to be more true in basketball, don't have any proof, just my feeling on the matter. I think the Beavs will be decent, WCC is a very good mid major conference, could see them just below Gonzaga and St. Mary's. I actually think they might have fun in that conference. Oregon has the tools to be good, they shot better than what it felt like, a lot of that came from the shooting late in the game from Shelstad. Need Bamba to get going with his shot, this team really does have the potential to be a good offensive team, they have a lot of weapons. I think we can play in multiple ways as well. Bittle looks like he can be that post presence. Shelstad can be a very good PG, Bamba has a history of being a good shooter, Angel is a nice stretch 4. We can play inside and out, Barthelemey can be a microwave off the bench, it's still an exciting team I think.

Yeah, who would have thought, it's not like this isn't how sports worked for like......ever.

Game ball goes to Bittle, Shelstad had a good game, but Bittle just took over and carried the team on his back when they needed him the most, Dante like performance by him. If he can play like that, Oregon will have a shot to do damage.

He made another shot in the game 30! That's quite a take by him, he certainly has the alpha dog mentality to take that sort of shot.

The team is just different when Shelsted is shooting well, he is so important as a scoring point guard.

Bittle basically carrying the team on his back, great effort by him.

Some day we'll be a good shooting team, some day, I don't know when but we'll have to luck into a team that actually shoots well again at some point. It has to happen at some point.

Yeah, I'm hopeful it will happen, really disappointing to see this effort, Shelsted has to begin playing better, he's been pretty bad the entire year.

Horrible, absolutely horrible half, slow, weak, completely getting embarrassed out there, that is truly pathetic effort against a mediocre opponent, means more to one team.

Pretty unacceptable half so far, one team looks like they want it, the other just wants to jack up threes, get it together! Awful defense, weak weak weak

One thing to be excited about is that the best player Deja Kelly didn't even have a good shooting night, she's been a bit cold recently, she's doing a great job though providing and getting rebounds. Seems like a team that cares, a lot of players from recent years don't seem to have that dog in them, they would crumple up under any sort of pressure. I'll admit I really did not like a lot of the players from recent years, luckily all of them are gone now.

I said it before, I think Klatt is a pretty fair commentator, he's given us plenty of props in the past, just because he might have had some questions about us doesn't mean there's an agenda. Coming into the season I was more bullish on Ohio St. than Oregon, I still think the two teams are about as even as possible. You can change your mind over the course of a season.

I think if we played in the SEC we would have one loss, it's a league where I don't think the elite are any better and maybe slightly worse than the B1G, but the middle of the league is better I think. I would take the number 5 team in the SEC over the B1G. The dregs of the conference are about the same. Auburn, Miss. St., Arkansas are all about the same as UW, UCLA, Maryland (those types). In the end it depends who we play. We play Texas' schedule we are undefeated I think, we play Georgia's schedule we have one or two losses I think. It's hard to say since the two leagues barely ever play each other. I also don't take bowl games to be much of an indicator, even before opt outs, the SEC has home field advantage in basically every bowl game they play since they're all in the South.

There is no right method, there will always be controversy, the beauty of the playoffs now is that in the end the teams will be able to fight it out on the field. The problem that football has compared to basketball is that there aren't many games, so schedule of strength is always going to be an issue, some years in the future Georgia will have an easy schedule over Texas, this year it just so happens that Georgia has a gauntlet. Indiana will in the future get a hard schedule compared to this year, it comes and goes. This has gotten worse with expansion since you can't play even close to everyone in your league. The second problem is that while there are always those that complain about how so and so got screwed in who got into march madness, in the end very few people talk about how the 69th or 70th placed team would have won it all if they had just gotten in. With football you could make that argument, one of the top SEC team is going to be left out, I don't think Texas, Ole Miss, Tennessee, Georgia, and Bama all get in. One of those team will have a somewhat valid argument that they could win it all. I really don't envy the people that make up these committees who make the various brackets for post season play.

It's a huge plus if he's able to get up to 100% before the playoffs, it's pretty apparent that he provides the nous to make Stein's offense go. Without him we don't have the same type of zone buster, he able to get open, he provides sure hands, and he knows how to get to the sticks when we need it. Stewart has done an admirable job attempting to be WR1 but he just isn't the same type of receiver that Tez is, he's a deep threat primarily, and the last couple weeks shows how that ability is diminished when they don't have Tez.

I really love this defense, saving us from Stein and Lanning's play calling

Lanning, what was that!? We deserve to lose for calling that