Dave23 No. 1 Share Posted February 9 Ducks coming out strong playing some decent D, Evans is active and I love it when he plays tenacious D. Offense is doing a lot of pushing the ball off of turnovers and scoring in transition. A little sloppy here and there but I like the pace. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JabbaNoBargain No. 2 Share Posted February 9 Ehh, we won 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wood Duck No. 3 Share Posted February 9 It looked like they took their foot off the gas a little too soon. They also had a lot of trouble with the press, which seems surprising. You'd think they would deal with that a lot in practice since Dana likes to throw that at other teams all the time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandpa Duck No. 4 Share Posted February 9 The prevent offense almost did Dana in. I will never comprehend why a team that is 20 points ahead thinks it’s a good thing to change the pace of the game and quit trying to score points. The margin went from 20 points to one point with two minutes left. the Ducks went seven minutes without a field goal! Often turning the ball over, or bricking few throws. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Fischer Administrator No. 5 Share Posted February 9 Beating the Huskies in any sport is sweet, even if it is ugly. Bastards. My apologies to all; I have not posted much at all in the last couple of days due to my moving out of my home. I sure appreciate others picking up the slack... 1 Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElPatoUO No. 6 Share Posted February 9 On 2/8/2024 at 10:53 PM, Charles Fischer said: Beating the Huskies in any sport is sweet, even if it is ugly. Bastards. Agreed. The Ducks need to complete the sweep of the Northwest the rest of the way (amongst other things). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DUCKED No. 7 Share Posted February 9 The Ducks played scared down the stretch, stopped moving, frankly looked discombobulated. They made a couple of plays at the end……and escaped. Forget this one. On to Wazoo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MicroBurst61 No. 8 Share Posted February 9 Well. A win is a win, but Dana voiced it correctly in the post game interview. "You cannot be making the mistakes that this team was making last night on February 8th." Defense was... sporadic and damn near non existent the last 8 minutes of the game. I DO NOT understand how this team goes cold sooo fast during the course of a game. Frustrating part is it is usually not anything that the opposing team does, OBD just go cold. At least we seem to have finally worked through our FREEthrows and has become a strength as of late. Dante. Don't know what to say. He definitely effects "the paint" and has some nice inside moves. However, he has been getting "punked" inside on the defensive end of the court. Way too many "easy" baskets from opposing players against a body that should be preventing those with ease. After all it was one of the reasons this team just had to "hangon" until our inside bigs got back. Unfortunately it is not making a whole lot of difference on the defensive end of the court. That needs to change! For the most part I enjoyed the game but getting tired of early/late game lapses. This team is really good when playing to their ability. Just can't seem to get outta their heads when things unravel. But again even through the letdowns I still have not seen this team "give up" on a game. That alone keeps me hopeful for this final run for OBD basketball will reward them for the tenacity. But. It is February 8th. Now or never Quackers! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartan2785 No. 9 Share Posted February 9 I've just made peace with myself, that we won't be consistent enough to make a real push, that UCLA game kind of killed it for me, to come back in the first half, and then get beat over over again on a simple pick and roll was depressing. There are some exciting pieces for the future, but I just don't see anymore a way to make a push this year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
