College Hoops Q&A with Rule of Tree
by Takimoto on Jan 27, 2011 11:00 AM PST
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PrintAfter the rousing success of last week's Q&A with Building the Dam, the Q&A offers come POURING in. Of the literally two Q&A's I did this week, only one had the courtesy to use my formal title THE COMMODORE, SIR, KING OF ALL THAT IS GLORIOUS. So props to you, Scott Allen of Rule of Tree. You've shot to the top of my Top 10 Favorite Stanford Bloggers list.
1. Who is your personal favorite member of this highly-touted Stanford freshman class?
My favorite Stanford freshman is Dwight Powell, the most touted of the bunch, and the one who has shown the most promise of developing into an all-conference performer in the games that I've watched. He's been pretty inconsistent and has been limited to some extent by his inability to stay out of foul trouble, but I think he'll post a few double-doubles before the season is over. While he does most of his work around the basket, I like that he has the ability to hit the outside shot.
2. What will Stanford do well in a win, and what will they do poorly in a loss?
I'll keep it simple. When Stanford wins, it plays solid defense, gets contributions from players other than Jeremy Green and Josh Owens, and generally shoots the ball well. When Stanford loses, nobody, Owens and Green included, does much offensively. The Cardinal has shot 34, 22, and 31 percent in its last three games, the team's ugliest stretch of the season. Win or lose, Stanford will probably miss a lot of free throws. The Cardinal is shooting 66% from the charity stripe this season.
3. Where does Stanford's season end this year?
I'd say the Staples Center, but the CBI is still around, right? If Oregon State made the field last year, I like Stanford's chances, even without a relative of the POTUS as head coach.
Check out the rest of the interview after the jump!
4. Is it tough on the men's team being the second most popular basketball team on their own campus?
The team can't be thrilled playing in a half-empty Maples Pavilion, but I'm sure they're happy to see the women's basketball team succeed. During the nonconference season, you'd see members of the men's team at a women's game and vice versa. I think the men are probably more than a little envious of the adoration the football team has received in recent years. Just 5 years ago, the situation was flipped. The men's basketball team was pretty good and got all the love while the football team, which stunk, was an afterthought among students.
5. Off topic, but what are your thoughts on Harbaugh leaving and Luck staying? That definitely wasn't the outcome I expected.
I certainly wasn't expecting it either. Toward the end of the season, I thought both would be gone. I was surprised when Luck announced that he was returning and then I allowed myself to get caught up in the idea that with his favorite QB coming back, Harbaugh was coming back too. Hello, BCS title talk. It was a little bit of a letdown when Harbaugh took the 49ers position, but I'm happy with the hiring of David Shaw and I'm not complaining. One of out of two isn't bad, and at least in terms of next year's prospects, the more important of the two will be back.
6. Which player will have the biggest offensive impact against the Ducks?
I'll go with Owens, whose been a little more consistent and certainly more efficient than Green offensively.
7. What are your thoughts on this year's Tree? It's more of a palm tree than an evergreen. Welcome change, or eyesore?
I dig it. It's a nice change, at least for a year. It kind of reminds me of Robin Lopez, which is to say it reminds me of happier times.
8. Finally, what's your prediction for the game?
I expect a close game and I think the homecourt advantage tilts this one in favor of the Cardinal. I'll go out on a limb and say Stanford shoots better than 40%.
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Excellent work, Mr. Takimoto.
Definitely worthy of a pulitzer prize.
War Mallard.
by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Jan 27, 2011 1:42 PM PST via mobile reply actions
Your suck-up is noted.
Good work.
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Huh? I'm speaking from the heart here.
That was truly incredible.
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Jan 27, 2011 1:58 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Well done on the caption adjustment
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by dvieira on Jan 27, 2011 2:23 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
not even Ozone
you have to pay for the game on the Stanford website
--Dave
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Why isn't "THE COMMODORE, SIR, KING OF ALL THAT IS GLORIOUS" in Tako's sig yet?
They once showed a clip of the Oregon offense to the French. The French decided to surrender, just to be on the safe side.
by QuackQuackAttack on Jan 27, 2011 4:54 PM PST reply actions
Oh, is this obvious comments day?
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I had no idea I was previously that obvious in my judgement of Takimoto.
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by Bill Musgrave on Jan 27, 2011 6:42 PM PST up reply actions
Sure
My only outlet to the game is Stanford college radio. And I don’t think I can listen to a whole game of two Stanford undergrads call a college basketball game.
It's spelled "A-R-R-O-G-A-N-T"
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5-2 Ducks on Nared 3
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Ducks have committed 3 fouls and 3 turnovers so far.
Catron 2 of them
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9-2 Ducks after a strowbridge jumper and JJ lay in.
Timeout Stanford!
and only radio is through OZONE or your local Ducks affiliate as far as i know
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If you want to listen to what would happen if you gave me and axemen radio waves,
you can listen to Stanford University radio. Please note, the men’s game is on KZSU-2, since the women’s game gets top billing.
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It was a general add-on to your radio comment.
It's spelled "A-R-R-O-G-A-N-T"
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Catron for 3!
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Tyrone na-REED and joe-VON ca-TRON.
It's spelled "A-R-R-O-G-A-N-T"
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Oregon shooting 61.5%
3-4 from three to start the game.
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you know that's not going to last
Ducks and Steelers in the Championship. 2011 has turned out to be a good year.
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sigh, missed layin Strowbridge
Ducks and Steelers in the Championship. 2011 has turned out to be a good year.
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Sim is heating up!!
back to back 3’s
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29-22 good guys
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HE'LL NEVER BE A D-1 PLAYER! NEVEEEER!!
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I don't know why you would say that
he’s been playing like one lately.
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He's short, white, and not John Stockton.
I don’t make the rules of basketball.
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You gonna be at Haas on Saturday?
War Mallard.
by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Jan 27, 2011 7:58 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Maybe for a bit, if I can get free tix.
I have tickets to see George Clinton and the P-Funk All Stars that night, so I can’t stay for the whole game.
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Well, that should be...an experience.
War Mallard.
by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Jan 27, 2011 8:09 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
3:44 in the first half
29-22 Ducks
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29-29 Halftime stats
Catron 3-3 from the field and 7 points 4 boards and only 2 fouls
Sim with 6 points
Nared and Strowbridge 5 points each
Singler with the goose egg but 3 assists and 2 steals
Oregon shooting 43% and 55% from 3
Furd shooting 44% and 40% from 3
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very frustrating end to the half
we could never get any distance, and Stanford ended on a run.
--Dave
Addicted to Quack, your friendly, neighborhood Oregon Ducks blog
Someone comment when the 2nd half starts
I’m watching the Blazer – Celtics game which is already getting testy.
I can’t stand Garnett
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Not really a Blazer fan, but that dunk that Batum just threw down was nice.
War Mallard.
by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Jan 27, 2011 8:00 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
oh, looks like the game started... thank's guys
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I had dinner
Ducks just gave up 3 offensive rebounds and 2 fouls on one Furd posession. And Loyd just threw it away for a Furd layup. 36-32 Furd timeout Oregon
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Turnovers killing Oregon early in the 2nd
36-32 Bad guys
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tie game 38-38
JR for 3
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Wow, Jerry Allen is not happy with these refs at all
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This, of all years, could be the year that this steak ends.
War Mallard.
by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Jan 27, 2011 8:26 PM PST via mobile reply actions
Farking turnovers
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Halfway through the half.
Fuckin’ ridiculous.
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Lulz, Beavs. From ConnorOSU during an interview with CGB about the Cal-OSU game.
I don’t really hate anyone THAT much, but Cliff Harris and LaMichael James pisses me off for the obvious reasons. Starting with Cliff, I just hate every single thing about him. The way he calls the National Championship the “Natty”, the way he calls Oregon State his “little brother”, his arrogance, and the way he talks. And the fact that he is a Duck. As far as LaMichael goes, strangling women is just never a good idea.
War Mallard.
by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Jan 27, 2011 8:31 PM PST via mobile reply actions
And I thought you just wanted me to pull your finger
"What the hell was that?"
"Spaceball One, they've gone to plaid!"
psh, little brother
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The Strangulation thing just pisses me off
It gets so old always directing the haters to the sentencing memorandum
"What the hell was that?"
"Spaceball One, they've gone to plaid!"
Yeah, that’s pathetic. Beav fans know what’s coming…a string of losses to big brother and it has ’em all depressed and bitter. Whatever will they do without Quizz?
Cal Bears football... Doing less with more since 2002.
Whatever will they do without Quizz?
Lose again?
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Jacquizz Rodgers and Jake Locker went 0 for 6 against Oregon.
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Jan 27, 2011 8:41 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
It's just pathetic for people to say that, really.
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Jan 27, 2011 8:38 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
8 minutes
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How long since a win in the Bay Area?
Knock Wood
We've lost our last 24 at Maples Pavillion.
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Only 3 points for EJ
Worst of the season for him, and the Ducks could still win?
He isn't our best scorer, not this year.
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LOYD!!!!
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Ferd hits a 3 and the girl doing color on the student radio show says…“Stanford needed that.”
Cal Bears football... Doing less with more since 2002.
Eh, she's probably an undergrad working at the Stanford radio station with a passion for sports.
More power to her, the WNBA needs more good color commentators.
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Good TO by Altman.
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Jan 27, 2011 8:43 PM PST via mobile reply actions
Tense orgasm?
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Is this gonna be a thing m
War Mallard.
by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Jan 27, 2011 8:45 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Is this gonna be a thing?*
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Jan 27, 2011 8:45 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
I think it's been a thing for a while.
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I thought so.
War Mallard.
by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Jan 27, 2011 8:47 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Takimoto Oatmeal?
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Ouch. Why would he do that? Not sportsmanlike, Joevan.
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Jan 27, 2011 8:46 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
3:28 to go
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Hanging on late for the win in Corvallis last week should give the team the confidence they’ll need to finish cutting down this tree.
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Stanford time out
2:55 to go 60-54
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unless change of possession, no
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1:35 to go TV Timeout
4 seconds left on the shot clock. Oregon ball
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Repetition is awesome!!
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shit
foul on singler
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Armstead was having a decent game until the last minute of play
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this can't be the real radio broadcast can it?
is this just a student project or something?
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SINGLER!!!!
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Just when I'm ready to give up on you
YOU PULL ME BACK IN!!!!
Way to go Singler
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tick tick tick tree
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THIS STREAK ENDS TONIGHT!!!!!
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SIM WITH THE REBOUND! JERRY WON’T SAY IT YET, BUT I’M STARTING TO SMELL A STREAK-BUSTER
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If your streak smells maybe you should ask your mom to do your laundry.
by JonathanPDX on Jan 27, 2011 8:58 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
This.
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back to back road wins!
Way to go Ducks!!!
Time to go troll the tree
/just kidding
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Blow me, Juju. We do this shit WITHOUT YOU!
War Mallard.
by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Jan 27, 2011 8:57 PM PST via mobile reply actions
Ballgame boys.
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We're .500!
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Jan 27, 2011 8:58 PM PST via mobile reply actions
I am feeing really good about Ducks Basketball again
And it feels really good.
Straight from the department of redundancy department.
"What the hell was that?"
"Spaceball One, they've gone to plaid!"
WHERE?! DO I NEED TO MAKE A WALMART RUN FOR SHAMPOO?
War Mallard.
by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Jan 27, 2011 9:01 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
What I can’t believe is that I joined the thread late with the Ducks up and didn’t jinx it.
Cal Bears football... Doing less with more since 2002.
its cause I told you to
and I believe in Juju. Therefore Juju exists cause he/she/it protects the believers.
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Flagged for use of Juju.
It's spelled "A-R-R-O-G-A-N-T"
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Flagged for flagging Tako.
"It's not about style. It's about winning the game. That's it." - Chip Kelly
by Duckfanatic10 on Jan 27, 2011 9:02 PM PST up reply actions
Flagged because it’s the hip and cool thing to do.
It’s spelled "J-A-Y-S-H-O-E-F-E-L-T-J-S-H-U-F-E-L-T"
Flagged for giving in to peer pressure.
Dear Pit Crew,
If my ears aren't ringing, YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG.
by Brass-billed on Jan 28, 2011 5:03 PM PST up reply actions
Is JuJu Dead?
Because I am getting tired of JuJu.
"What the hell was that?"
"Spaceball One, they've gone to plaid!"
No, he’s not dead. He just didn’t play, because, well, Tyrod Taylor.
by AllSaintsDay on Jan 27, 2011 9:07 PM PST up reply actions
4th definition down.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=jiji
Dear Pit Crew,
If my ears aren't ringing, YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG.
by Brass-billed on Jan 28, 2011 5:02 PM PST up reply actions
when I started listening to the game, Stanford immediately hit two 3 pointers. I kept it on anyway because damn it, if we were going to be this close, I wanted to be there
--Dominic, Addicted to Quack
Autzen Stadium is where great teams go to die." - J. Brady McCullough, The Michigan Daily.
huge huge huge
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I think I'm gonna end up liking this Altman character.
He coaches them boys pretty darn well.
"It's not about style. It's about winning the game. That's it." - Chip Kelly
that damn streak is finally over
--Dave
Addicted to Quack, your friendly, neighborhood Oregon Ducks blog
We just wanted to see progress this year. Safe to say so far so good? Anyone disagree that the team has made important strides on both offense and defense?
Cal Bears football... Doing less with more since 2002.
can’t wait for Jabari Brown. i hope he has a Jimmer-like green light from Altman.
Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they're 21 years old. - Bill Walton
80% from the field and 60% from 3
I know what Brown can do for me… shoot.
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just…like….football! :clap…clap….clap clap clap:
Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they're 21 years old. - Bill Walton
Yep.
It's spelled "A-R-R-O-G-A-N-T"
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by Takimoto on Jan 27, 2011 9:08 PM PST reply actions 16 recs
on a side note, how long till the Pac 12 is relevant in hoops again? next year?
Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they're 21 years old. - Bill Walton
yes. as in, having a team or two capable of getting the Final Four.
Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they're 21 years old. - Bill Walton
I was commenting on the fact that it is still the Pac 10
And before that it was the Pac 8, and won’t be the Pac 12 until next year, but then again I am kind of a smart ass.
"What the hell was that?"
"Spaceball One, they've gone to plaid!"
Kind of?
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25 years ago
Oregon hadn’t been to a bowl game in 23 years.
How’s that for perspective?
Oregon Ducks. Undefeated during regular season vs SEC since 1977.
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