I don't know why I find this funny. All of a sudden, two different sites admit that Oregon exists. Was it really because of beating Arizona State a second time in the wee hours of the morning on the East Coast? Funny how Lunardi skips Oregon over at least four teams who until today were all more deserving in his mind. It's almost like he got a memo from on high about it. Maybe he read the Yahoo article.
Oregon fans hoping that reaching the Pac-12 title game will be enough to snag an at-large bid are going to be disappointed. The Ducks need to beat top-seeded Washington on Saturday night to make the NCAA tournament. While Oregon boasts a pair of wins over Arizona State and single victories over Syracuse and Washington, the Ducks are still just 2-5 in Quadrant 1 games and 4-4 in Quadrant 2. Home losses to UCLA and Oregon State hurt, as does one to Texas Southern. In most years, a team lands an NCAA bid if it wins 10 Pac-12 games and reaches the conference tournament title game. In one of the weakest Pac-12s in recent memory, however, that’s an NIT resume.
It was nice: the author wrote a whole paragraph on how the ducks aren't worthy. Usually it's just Washington and ASU and crickets. Somebody noticed us!
Well...I'm sure Dana is going to be explaining the only way in, is to open the damn door yourself tonight...
On a related note, I still cant believe Bobby Hurley said that ASU was already in, before playing Oregon....Christ, I hope he is wrong....
As awful as it is to hear that from Hurl-ey. The really sad part is that he's probably right. ASU is getting a lot of credit for beating Kansas, who right now is being drubbed by Iowa State in the Big 12 Final.
gogreen55 wrote:I wonder how King's ankle is feeling?
I read somewhere on Oregonlive that someone saw him in a boot this morning...Hopefully that was precautionary and he gives it a go today. The GRIT he showed yesterday after the sprain tells me he's going to play...By the way, King going nuts right after the injury? How cool was that?!
Stewart Mandel-"From a purely aesthetic standpoint, I much prefer to watch a good spread-rushing offense over a traditional Power-I offense, and Oregon's has been the most fun by far for the past several years. It's fast, its precise, and when Chip Kelly has the right quarterback (Dixon, Masoli) at the helm, the possibility of someone ripping off a 60-yard run exists on nearly every play."
gogreen55 wrote:I wonder how King's ankle is feeling?
I read somewhere on Oregonlive that someone saw him in a boot this morning...Hopefully that was precautionary and he gives it a go today. The GRIT he showed yesterday after the sprain tells me he's going to play...By the way, King going nuts right after the injury? How cool was that?!
This is the make or break game for the season, win your in, control your lien destiny bla bla bla. Point being if there is any way on earth he can play he will. If he sits then we will know it’s really bad.
Stewart Mandel-"From a purely aesthetic standpoint, I much prefer to watch a good spread-rushing offense over a traditional Power-I offense, and Oregon's has been the most fun by far for the past several years. It's fast, its precise, and when Chip Kelly has the right quarterback (Dixon, Masoli) at the helm, the possibility of someone ripping off a 60-yard run exists on nearly every play."
Man it's frustrating to watch Wooten jump into the backboard mult times per game...the dude needs to work on the spatial awareness....
Stewart Mandel-"From a purely aesthetic standpoint, I much prefer to watch a good spread-rushing offense over a traditional Power-I offense, and Oregon's has been the most fun by far for the past several years. It's fast, its precise, and when Chip Kelly has the right quarterback (Dixon, Masoli) at the helm, the possibility of someone ripping off a 60-yard run exists on nearly every play."
