30Duck Moderator No. 1 Share Posted February 24 We know about the Ducks, the 2nd most Quad1 wins in the country, but it's the losses, to Minnesota and Nebraska that just don't make any sense. Or do they? Indiana, sitting in 10th place, just beat 6th place, Purdue, 73-58. After Illinois stomped the Ducks, 109-77, it looked like the Final Four for the Fightin' ,Illinini since then, they've gone 8-9 and last night, on a neutral court, lost to Duke, 110-67. Maryland beat osu2,83-59, nobody could believe it. A game before Oregon beat the Terps, they lost to last place Washington. Maryland is in 3rd place now, 11-5, 21-6 overall. Last night, 10th place Indiana beat 6th place Purdue, 75-58. Little reason to believe that the last 3 or 4 games teams have are going to make any more sense, and the Tournament will definitely be crazy. Remember that team that went on a crazy run and won the last Pac-12 Tournament? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave23 No. 2 Share Posted February 24 Late season motivation is coming on strong with the win at Wisconsin. Getting hot late in the season is a show we've all seen before, this team does have a high ceiling and could really put on a run in the tournament. The question is, does Jekyll or Hyde show up? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Fischer Administrator No. 3 Share Posted February 24 Boy you are so right, as B1G Mens Basketball is crazy. Let's just say that it is not "Top-Heavy!" Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Ducky No. 4 Share Posted February 24 If they increase their defensive pressure by trying a little harder anything is possible. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sports fan No. 5 Share Posted February 24 It took a while, but I'm thoroughly enjoying all the B1G Ten games. At first I just watched the Ducks play, but now take an interest in the other games as were getting closer to the post season. There is a lot more parity in the league than I thought. Using the current conference standings, I have listed the winning and losing streaks for each team. All games are included, non-conference and conference games. SCHOOL WINNING STREAK LOSING STREAK Michigan State 13 2 Michigan 7 2 Maryland 5 2 Wisconsin 8 3 UCLA 9 4 Purdue 7 4 Illinois 5 3 Oregon 9 5 Nebraska 6 6 Indiana 5 5 Ohio State 3 3 Rutgers 4 3 Minnesota 3 4 USC 4 3 Iowa 5 3 Northwestern 4 3 Penn State 6 7 Washington 5 6 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
30Duck Author Moderator No. 6 Share Posted February 24 Thank you, sports fan, Washington is solidly in last place, but the last game of the season at the place Pritchard owned, is scary. I was just pondering; we do that here. 20-8 for OBD is just about right. They've won close ones, lost close ones. They shouldn't have wins over Alabama & A & M, but maybe those are balanced out by the L's to Minnesota & Nebraska. except games like those are everywhere in the B1G. I really don't know how this team has 20 wins. They can't shoot, can't rebound, don't move the ball, defense in spurts, and that creates turnovers, doesn't really clamp down. Shelstad has big shots, but if his energy level was above 6 for most of the game they might not be necessary. Bamba, Angel, no need to elaborate, Bittle is the only Duck who has shown up for 40 minutes consistently. Would any of the Ducks rotation players take a place away on any of the other top 10 B1G teams? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Joseph Moderator No. 7 Share Posted February 25 On 2/24/2025 at 5:59 PM, 30Duck said: Thank you, sports fan, Washington is solidly in last place, but the last game of the season at the place Pritchard owned, is scary. I was just pondering; we do that here. 20-8 for OBD is just about right. They've won close ones, lost close ones. They shouldn't have wins over Alabama & A & M, but maybe those are balanced out by the L's to Minnesota & Nebraska. except games like those are everywhere in the B1G. I really don't know how this team has 20 wins. They can't shoot, can't rebound, don't move the ball, defense in spurts, and that creates turnovers, doesn't really clamp down. Shelstad has big shots, but if his energy level was above 6 for most of the game they might not be necessary. Bamba, Angel, no need to elaborate, Bittle is the only Duck who has shown up for 40 minutes consistently. Would any of the Ducks rotation players take a place away on any of the other top 10 B1G teams? 20 Wins = Dana Altman? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeotechDuck No. 8 Share Posted February 25 (edited) On 2/24/2025 at 4:36 PM, Jon Joseph said: 20 Wins = Dana Altman? Altman is amazing. He once won 20 games when Joevan Catron was the best player on the roster. He should be in the Hall of Fame just for that. Edited February 25 by GeotechDuck 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeotechDuck No. 9 Share Posted February 25 (edited) On 2/24/2025 at 2:59 PM, 30Duck said: Would any of the Ducks rotation players take a place away on any of the other top 10 B1G teams? IMO, we have 3 pretty well rounded players in Bittle, Shelstad, and Evans that could likely earn starting rolls with several other BIG teams. Key and Tracey are on the fringe and maybe could find a starting spot somewhere, but are more 6th man type of players. The rest of the roster is filled with players that do 1 or 2 things well, but are liabilities in other areas. Altman has done an amazing job fitting those pieces together to create some balance and getting the most out of this team. Edited February 25 by GeotechDuck 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
30Duck Author Moderator No. 10 Share Posted February 25 On 2/24/2025 at 4:55 PM, GeotechDuck said: MO, we have 3 pretty well rounded players in Bittle, Shelstad, and Evans that could likely earn starting rolls with several other BIG teams. Bittle, Evans I can see. Shelstad? I'm not sure. He's put up some great clutch shots, but for a lot of the games, he's barely involved in the offense, which is a big part of the problem, since he is the point guard, he's almost exclusively a 3 point shooter, few midrange, even fewer drives to the basket and is below average defensively. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
30Duck Author Moderator No. 11 Share Posted February 25 Oregon is a 5 seed in the South region in ESPN's latest Bracketology, they'd face 12 Drake, then a possible match-up with 4 Arizona. 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeotechDuck No. 12 Share Posted February 25 On 2/25/2025 at 7:21 AM, 30Duck said: Oregon is a 5 seed in the South region in ESPN's latest Bracketology, they'd face 12 Drake, then a possible match-up with 4 Arizona. That would be awesome, especially since my wife is a diehard AZ Wildcat fan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartan2785 No. 13 Share Posted February 25 On 2/25/2025 at 7:21 AM, 30Duck said: Oregon is a 5 seed in the South region in ESPN's latest Bracketology, they'd face 12 Drake, then a possible match-up with 4 Arizona. Ducks have 3 very winnable games to end the year, they could then win one tourney game, and could possibly get up to a 4 seed even, amazing considering where they were just a week ago. They could also lose all three, get bounced in the first game in the conference tourney and end up a 9 or 10 seed. So who knows with this team. 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
30Duck Author Moderator No. 14 Share Posted February 25 On 2/25/2025 at 9:21 AM, spartan2785 said: Ducks have 3 very winnable games to end the year, they could then win one tourney game, and could possibly get up to a 4 seed even, amazing considering where they were just a week ago. EXACTLY what I'm thinking! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
