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Oregon opens conference play against the Utes.

Watched a couple Utes games and they look very beatable to start off the conference schedule


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Sounds like Paul White is likely out, has not yet cleared concussion protocol.

Utah may or may not be without a couple of guys.

GrantDuck wrote:Sounds like Paul White is likely out, has not yet cleared concussion protocol.

Utah may or may not be without a couple of guys.

Kinda surprised he hasn't passed it yet as it's been nearly two weeks since it happened.

Elijah Brown 12/28 interview:


MiKyle McIntosh 12/28 interview:


Dana Altman 12/28 interview:

not the best first half but ducks up 8 at the half. Troy Brown with 12 points

Elijah Brown's shot is terrible but then again nobody wants to shoot in this game. Sure Dana will bring it up at halftime. They really miss White.

mattc94 wrote:Elijah Brown's shot is terrible but then again nobody wants to shoot this game. Sure Dana will bring it up at halftime. They really miss White.

No, he's 3 of 7 and 3 of 5 from deep. I don't understand the hate on this board for him.

Had a bad feeling about this one going in...

Hopefully we can turn it around here.

Offense in the 2nd half has been atrocious and we keep leaving Bibbins wide open on defense. Frankly, 3 point defense has been bad the whole game, but Utah just missed them in the 1st half. Bailey has gotten lost on defense so many times...

Also 2 of the foul calls on Wooten have just been 100% pac-12 refs..which is why you need multiple bigs in this conference...

Two minutes left, I'd be surprised if we come back. This team just has not figured out how to play good team ball yet. It might take a whole season for them to figure out how to get. Hope I'm pleasantly surprised.

2 main things that killed us in that 2nd half.

1. Pick N Roll defense, especially when Sorkin was in...Utah went to it every play with his guy. The communication on it was really terrible. Sorkin needs to talk in that situation and both Pritchard and Brown got beat off the dribble after Sorkin defended it correctly a couple of times.

2. 25 points in the 2nd half. That was about as ugly as it gets offensively for an Altman team. The main issue is that Utah just trapped/double teamed Payton on every ball screen. He'd make the proper pass to someone like Kigab/Smith, and they'd just be dead with the ball. Part of that is not having Paul White, but part is just those guys have to be better on offense and know the proper play.

Good coaching from Utah's coaching staff with trapping PP every play. 2/10; 4 TO's for PP, with only 1 assist. He has to play better, but to be fair, Utah really put their defense on him with 2-3 guys. We will need to find a solution to that, bc we're going to see a lot of it as the season goes on.


Just going to be a grind this season and we have to hope we get better. Might be an NIT year, but I still have hope for the Ncaa's.

Utah 66 Oregon 56

Team definitely missed Paul White out there. Wooten is better coming off the bench as an energizer type player. Same with Bailey. Besides PP, Brown, Brown, McIntosh and White, this team really has limited scoring options. Starting to wonder how people thought this was one of Altman's most loaded teams, especially with all the non-contributors like Smith, Cage, Sorkin, Kigab and Cage.

Anyhow, it's a long season, Utah has a decent RPI, it's not a killer, but we will really need to play well against Arizona/Arizona State.

GrantDuck wrote:
Good coaching from Utah's coaching staff with trapping PP every play. 2/10; 4 TO's for PP, with only 1 assist. He has to play better, but to be fair, Utah really put their defense on him with 2-3 guys. We will need to find a solution to that, bc we're going to see a lot of it as the season goes on.

Yeah, it was pretty sad at the end of the game especially, Pritchard with the ball, and nobody else seeming to have any idea what to do. Other guys just standing still around the 3 point line. End of the game, the % n 3's was about the same for the teams, but Utah's movement, ball & player got them the decisive points in the paint.

Oregon really has no one that is willing and able to drive and create shots for themselves or their teammates. Players are essentially waiting for someone else to do it, resulting in zero ball movement and lots of turnovers.