LSU Won't Be A Pushover

[SuperDuck]

They played a tough SEC schedule and had a few quality wins along the way. Marquette and Alabama are both NCAA and Mississippi and Mississippi State are both NIT teams.


Tue, Nov 15 at Coastal Carolina L 63-71
Thu, Nov 17 at Northwestern L 82-88
Fri, Nov 18 West. Kentucky W 76-57
Sun, Nov 20 at Georgia Tech W 59-50
Wed, Nov 23 South Alabama L 75-79
Tue, Nov 29 at Houston W 59-58
Sat, Dec 3 at Rutgers W 55-50
Sat, Dec 10 Boise St. W 64-45
Thu, Dec 15 UC Irvine W 66-59
Mon, Dec 19 (11) Marquette W 67-59 (Quality Win)
Thu, Dec 22 at North Texas W 67-58
Thu, Dec 29 Grambling St. W 69-37
Mon, Jan 2 (23) Virginia L 52-57 (Common Opponent)
Sat, Jan 7 Mississippi W 81-55 (Quality Win)
Wed, Jan 11 at Alabama L 53-69
Sat, Jan 14 at Arkansas L 60-69
Tue, Jan 17 Auburn W 65-58
Sat, Jan 21 at (17) Florida L 64-76
Wed, Jan 25 at (18) Mississippi St. L 71-76
Sat, Jan 28 (1) Kentucky L 50-74
Sat, Feb 4 Arkansas W 71-65
Wed, Feb 8 at Vanderbilt L 61-76 (Common Opponent)
Sat, Feb 11 Alabama W 67-58 (Quality Win)
Tue, Feb 14 Mississippi St. W 69-67 (Quality Win)
Sat, Feb 18 at South Carolina W 68-58
Wed, Feb 22 Georgia W 61-53
Sat, Feb 25 at Mississippi L 48-72
Wed, Feb 29 Tennessee L 69-74
Sat, Mar 3 at Auburn L 52-67

Postseason - All postseason broadcasts are subject to availability

Thu, Mar 8 Arkansas W 70-54
Fri, Mar 9 at (1) Kentucky L 51-60

[dthomas=ddixon]

Im sure they'll out effort us.

[SuperDuck]

Im sure they'll out effort us.

What's up with that? I was just making a point. I never said anything along those lines.

The fact of the matter is that they have more quality wins than we do and have played a MUCH tougher schedule than we have. There's no doubt in my mind that they'd have at least as many wins as Oregon does if they played in the Pac-12.

Look at some of their losses:

Northwestern (NIT Team)

Virginia (NCAA Team)

Mississippi (NIT Team - Split Two Games)

Mississippi State (NIT Team - Split Two Games)

Alabama (NCAA Team - Split Two Games)

Florida (NCAA Team)

Tennessee (NCAA Team)

Vanderbilt (NCAA Team)

Kentucky (NCAA Team - Two Losses)

So 10 of their 14 losses are to either NCAA or NIT bound teams. There may be more, but that's what stood out to me.

I'm just saying that their 18-14 record is VERY deceptive because they're battle tested. I'd like to say that this game looks like a "gimme", but it doesn't look that way at all if you look closely at their record, schedule and losses. They also have a win against a very good Marquette team.

I hope the Ducks come out and play their best. This is going to be a tough opponent.

[oregontrack]

i'm sure he was kidding. people were comically attributing our loss to colorado to "poor effort."

this is the nit, everyone is kinda/sorta good. of course oregon will have to play well to win. we're not good enough to half-ass anything, if we were that good we'd be in the better tournament.

[frogsnouts]

So 10 of their 14 losses are to either NCAA or NIT bound teams. There may be more, but that's what stood out to me.

True. However, 8 of Oregon's 9 losses are to NCAA or NIT bound teams, which seems like an even better number than LSU's.

[cordy02c]

looking at their roster they are pretty big up front three 6-9 guys and 2 7 footers. But I feel like we can create some matchup problems

[dthomas=ddixon]

Yeah I was referencing the other thread ha. LSU really struggles on the road, 3-8 to be exact, & all their good wins came at home.

[justducky0]

Oregon won't be a pushover either

[woundedknees]

Never overlook the advantage to playing in your own house.

[UOducksTK1]

They are pretty terrible away from home, Ducks should be fine unless we buff it up again.

[Braveheart]

Just like football?



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[Bud Lee]

As stated, we are a HORRIBLE road team…and to put that Bama win in prospective…they were down three starters.

I’m not saying they won’t give y’all hell, they played VERY well against Kentucky in the SEC tournament and was within 3 scores for the majority of the second half.

I don’t like their chances of winning win they are playing away from home, across the country, against a team with 48 hours of notice…but I still have hope since the Pac 12 was down this year in B-ball and they have been playing well lately.

[SuperDuck]

Now ya' see? I TOLD you guys that the Ducks would spank LSU!

[ducksrock]

As stated, we are a HORRIBLE road team…and to put that Bama win in prospective…they were down three starters.

I’m not saying they won’t give y’all hell, they played VERY well against Kentucky in the SEC tournament and was within 3 scores for the majority of the second half.

I don’t like their chances of winning win they are playing away from home, across the country, against a team with 48 hours of notice…but I still have hope since the Pac 12 was down this year in B-ball and they have been playing well lately.

Yeah....We know the feeling....All too well......

[OreDucks01284]

Good game, LSU is really young in front 5 starting lineup, #41 is really good inside on offense. I am impressed with him. Now, IOWA look pretty good to me today.