30Duck Moderator No. 1 Share Posted March 21 Oregon or Liberty? How to pick 5 vs. 12 matchup in 2025 March Madness bracket WWW.SPORTINGNEWS.COM Here is a complete guide to picking No. 5 Oregon vs. No. 12 Liberty in your 2025 March Madness bracket, including updated odds... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
30Duck Author Moderator No. 2 Share Posted March 22 in 5-12 games so far, 12's are up 2-1, McNeese over Clemson, Colorado State over Memphis. Michigan beat UCSD, Oregon will even it up with a win over Liberty. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Fischer Administrator No. 3 Share Posted March 22 Started out shooting great, but got to keep it going! The rebounding advantage over the course of the game will be huge... Almost halftime and 39-20, DUCKS. Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandy Rocks No. 4 Share Posted March 22 The ducks are dominating like they should. One of the announcers said defending the three was going to be important. So far so good. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
30Duck Author Moderator No. 5 Share Posted March 22 44-20 Ducks at halftime. Not to nitpick, but this Ducks team is the worst I've ever seen at defending in the paint. Ducks are shooting 55%, started off 18-2, so that's great. I agree with Altman, should get the ball inside to Bittle more. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jemangi No. 6 Share Posted March 22 Really too bad that Bamba can't shoot from outside or at the rim. go ducks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeotechDuck No. 7 Share Posted March 22 (edited) Defense has been outstanding. Nice job Ducks. They gave up a few back cuts, but you can live with that when you take away the three ball from a team like Liberty. Edited March 22 by GeotechDuck 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave23 No. 8 Share Posted March 22 Coming out strong is the best way to make sure a lower seed doesn't even think they can win. Crushing their spirit right out of the gate. 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave23 No. 9 Share Posted March 22 Has anyone watched an Arizona game this year? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeotechDuck No. 10 Share Posted March 22 On 3/21/2025 at 9:24 PM, Dave23 said: Has anyone watched an Arizona game this year? Almost every one, since my wife is a diehard Wildcat. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Joseph Moderator No. 11 Share Posted March 22 Behind the 8-Ball, No Way! 8 out of 8 B1G teams advance to the 2nd round. The SEC has 8 teams advancing, 57% of the 14 SEC teams in the field. OBD gave Liberty tourney death in a game that was over when the last note of The National Anthem sounded in Seattle. TURN WILDCATS INTO MILD CATS! Make AZ play like used kitty litter. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
30Duck Author Moderator No. 12 Share Posted March 22 On 3/21/2025 at 9:05 PM, Dave23 said: Has anyone watched an Arizona game this year? Their game against Akron, 93-65, looked a lot like this one. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave23 No. 13 Share Posted March 22 On 3/21/2025 at 10:24 PM, GeotechDuck said: Almost every one, since my wife is a diehard Wildcat. How do we match up? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave23 No. 14 Share Posted March 22 On 3/21/2025 at 10:24 PM, Jon Joseph said: The SEC has 8 teams advancing, 57% of the 14 SEC teams in the field. Overrated as normal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeotechDuck No. 15 Share Posted March 22 (edited) On 3/21/2025 at 9:31 PM, Dave23 said: How do we match up? My opinions: I think it is a very difficult draw for Oregon. They are going to need to play their best game of the year to win this game. Shelstad has struggled all year against taller, athletic PGs. That is exactly what AZ has in Love. Advantage AZ. Bradley plays a lot but doesn’t necessarily shoot it well from deep. He is a slasher that can finish around the rim. Key will have his work cut out for him on defense. Maybe slight advantage AZ. KJ Lewis is their Bamba. He is physical, but a much better shooter than Bamba and finishes through contact around the rim. Bamba is a better defender, so maybe a wash here? Awaka and Bryant can shoot it from anywhere, like Angel. But they are more athletic. KJ Evans is a better matchup, but when Angel is in the game, this looks like advantage AZ. With KJ in, it might be more even. Bittle is better on both ends than Vaaseer, but not by a ton. Advantage Oregon. They have very good bench strength like Oregon, with 9 players logging more than 15 minutes a game. Townsand is very good and Dell Orso shoots better than 40% from three. Probably even. Tommy Loyd is a great coach, but I think Altman is better. Slight advantage Oregon. Edited March 22 by GeotechDuck 3 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave23 No. 16 Share Posted March 22 Hope the 3 is falling again. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeotechDuck No. 17 Share Posted March 22 On 3/21/2025 at 9:50 PM, Dave23 said: Hope the 3 is falling again. Yeah. We are going to need it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeotechDuck No. 18 Share Posted March 22 Just opened at Oregon +5.5, which seems about right. Will be interesting to see if and where it moves. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandy Rocks No. 19 Share Posted March 22 Luke Jackson made the comment that he believes Oregon can do well with Arizona. The ducks played well, their defense was excellent. Nice to see them getting some dominant wins, hope it continues. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeotechDuck No. 20 Share Posted March 22 On 3/21/2025 at 10:03 PM, Sandy Rocks said: Luke Jackson made the comment that he believes Oregon can do well with Arizona. The ducks played well, their defense was excellent. Nice to see them getting some dominant wins, hope it continues. Sometimes Love can go off the rails a little bit and will take some questionable shots. Let’s hope he has one of those games. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmithRiverDuck No. 21 Share Posted March 22 Was hoping to get to 100 and keep them under 50. Not at the beginning, just as the game got out of hand. On the bright side, we have a new mortal enemy in Liberty (See Fiesta bowl). I didn't realize Ritchie McKay was their coach and couldn't remember why I remembered the name Ritchie McKay. Oh yeah, didn't do so well at OSewe. Great game by the Ducks. I hope they play as well on Sunday. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smith72 Moderator No. 22 Share Posted March 22 After last night and last year's Fiesta Bowl, the Liberty Flames should never want to hear the words "Oregon Ducks" again! Oram: With one play, Shelstad shows why Ducks are a serious threat WWW.OREGONLIVE.COM Oregon's point guard led the Ducks both in scoring and in effort. Love the defensive effort, especially the West Linn grad Shelstad! 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kamikaze Kid Moderator No. 23 Share Posted March 22 The phrase "Altman's never lost in the first round with the Ducks" never gets old. 1 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllOregon No. 24 Share Posted March 22 (edited) I attended the evening session. Great result and Oregon had fun, with things to clean-up: offensive off ball fouls, securing the ball, not a lot of offense box out rebounds. When starters were pulled, they really had fun watching the deep bench back ups playing and scoring. You could see this team is tight and supports each other. Not as high a % of Duck fans as I expected, there were more from Arizona. And while Oregon fans cheered for Arizona in the first game, the Arizona fans booed Oregon loudly. I felt that to be poor form. UW fans also added to the booing as expected. But many were incognito. Their UW gear hidden under coats as if embarrassed to rep their team (last place finishes in 18 team conference do that). Laughable that the booing stopped after that 18-2 opening salvo and the cat and dog fans shut up rest of the way. Arizona looked REALLY GOOD. They make the open and contested 3s that Liberty bricked. Have good inside paint offensive presence. Ducks can win but will be a big challenge. The Duck was great as usual. At a TV timeout he played “mud” by wrapping his seated legs and arms around a security guard’s ankles who had to be positioned on the court. Stayed there the whole time-out. So funny. Edited March 22 by AllOregon 1 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
