MBB Game 18 Preview and Open Thread: Oregon Ducks at Arizona Wildcats
by David Piper on Jan 14, 2012 9:00 AM PST
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FOUR FACTORS PREVIEW:
eFG%: This is basically a wash at 51.4 for Oregon and 51.7 for Arizona. The difference is that the Wildcats are an elite defense, and opponents only have an eFG% of 44% (and 26.5% from three). Oregon is very average defensively at 48%. (ADVANTAGE: ARIZONA)
Turnover %: Oregon has improved by leaps and bounds in this category, and with a turnover percentage of 20.2% of possessions is threatening to break into the top-100 in that stat with a few more good performances. What an amazing turnaround. Arizona's stats are very similar at 19.8. Both teams are very poor at forcing turnovers, so we should see a clean game. (TOSS-UP)
Offensive Rebounding %: Neither team does a whole lot of offensive rebounding, both ranking in the low 200s. The amazing thing is that Oregon is also threatening to break into the top-100 as far as not giving up offensive rebounds (Arizona is comfortably there). Like the turnover %, we see major improvement in a problem area. Altman's teams definitely get better as the season goes on. (TOSS UP)
FTA/FGA: Oregon shoots 44 free throws for every 100 field goal attempts, ranking 43rd in the nation and something that has been their biggest advantage all season. Increasingly, they don't foul at all, and the fact that they only give up 27 free throws per 100 field goal attempts makes them 19th in the country in that statistic. Arizona is also above average at getting to the line, ranking 76th with 40 FTs per FGA, but they'll also foul a bit defensively you defensively, giving up 34 FTs 100 FTA. The metrics say Oregon should have the free throw advantage. (ADVANTAGE: OREGON)
KEYS TO THE GAME:
- Use the posts -- Arizona plays tough defense, and makes it especially tough to get open looks at three. Oregon's posts have the size advantage, and if one can have a big game, it could get UA's bigs in foul trouble, but also start to open up some outside shots for Oregon's guards.
- Win the free throw battle -- The metrics say that the Ducks should do this. Oregon needs to get some easy ones to make up for Arizona's defense.
- Set the tempo -- Run these guys. Getting the pace up should again help neutralize Arizona's defensive advantage.
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I just got off work, did I miss anything?
/recaptures meme
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I'm going to be working DURING the 2nd half of the game.
beat that old man.
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Not working during a game beats working during a game.
Q.E.D.
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I'll be refereeing basketball during a basketball game
Irony sucks.
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i actually get to watch this game. I’m kinda excited.
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by jtlight on Jan 14, 2012 12:32 PM PST via Android app reply actions
I've got Oregon 77 Arizona 71
Key to the game: rebounding for 40 minutes. We can out duel them with big guys that can shoot AND play the power game, but we cannot give their crew of 3 point snipers extra chances to knock down rally shots.
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GODDAMMIT FIRST ROW SPORTS GET YOUR STREAM WORKING
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I don't have cable
Don’t have a TV, soooo yeah.
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Hey, at least I pay for my entertainment.
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Throwing dollar bills onto a stage is not paying for entertainment
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I don't throw.
I tuck.
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Ducks up 7-2 after hitting their first three shots.
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by jtlight on Jan 14, 2012 12:39 PM PST via Android app reply actions
Who had 1:45 in the "first turnover" pool?
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Woods has made two defensive mistakes to allow two tough lay ins. ducks still up 1, 7-6
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by jtlight on Jan 14, 2012 12:41 PM PST via Android app reply actions
Wood probably should not be defending out past the arc.
Just sayin
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He ran out at guys driving twice. not a great idea for him. He’s really, really raw.
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by jtlight on Jan 14, 2012 12:42 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
Free 100% legal steam
http://www.cbssports.com/video/player/cbk-live?ttag=CBKL12_on_cspt_sky1
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Yup, just found it.
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CBS: enabling moochers since 2011
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Their MMOD app is the greatest thing invented
Tangent-ly responsible for no work being done in March
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Tangent-ly?
Whatever will you do with those two characters you saved there?
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THERE YOU GO KEEP DOING THAT
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Why do all of our posts take the ball below their chests before going up with it
leads to a lot of turnovers.
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It's hard not to do that.
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Smoother shooting motion
You have no lift through the ball if you start high.
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by Heaven's Calamity on Jan 14, 2012 12:49 PM PST up reply actions
I understand that
but in my own experiences, its better to go out and away from the defender to load up with the ball than to bring it within strip/swat range.
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It's almost impossible to teach that to a player.
Low-post is such an instinctive position.
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by Heaven's Calamity on Jan 14, 2012 12:51 PM PST up reply actions
That's the way we were taught in junior high
Takes longer to get the shot off if the ball is down below your waist. Get it high, keep it high unless you have to dribble
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...did OLU just hit a three?
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Yep, he is kicking some ass.
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by jtlight on Jan 14, 2012 12:49 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
Granted, he's made a few in pre-game warm ups this year
never thought he’d get a green light
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Singler also playing well.
Ducks are moving the ball well and hitting their shots. Up 16-8 with 12 min. left in the half.
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by jtlight on Jan 14, 2012 12:51 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
Oh Hai Sean Miller
did you not expect a game today?
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Oregon State took them to OT
They should expect one…
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Let's boatrace Zona like FSU is doing to North Carolina
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Olu Ashalou 1/1 from 3
Johnny Loyd 0/1.
Yup, world’s ending in 2012.
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That's the worst version of Black Magic Woman I've ever heard.
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Oregon doing a great job boxing out for once
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I'm really liking how this game is going...
Ducks are doing well on both ends of the court. Gotta keep it up.
Also, I like that these refs are letting it get a little physical. Looks like the Ducks are dealing well with that, and Arizona is not.
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Have to keep playing smart
Limit them to one shot, hold down turnovers, etc.
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If they are typical PAC refs, they'll change it up in the 2nd half
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One of these days Ashaolu is going to make one of those dunks
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I don’t know how Woods is starting over him. Olu needs to be touching the ball every possession.
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How did Olu just fall down?
Derp.
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by Heaven's Calamity on Jan 14, 2012 1:09 PM PST reply actions
That's offensive interference, can't touch the ball on the rim
Except in Euro play.
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He's playing hurt, cut him some slack
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Man, this is street ball at its finest
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DAMMIT WOODS
Plant your ass down low and stay there.
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Well...
It was only a matter of time before Pac-12 refs remembered who they were.
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by jtlight on Jan 14, 2012 1:18 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
Tony Woods needs to stay inside the FT line.
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What's the score?
At the Oakland airport headed to Vegas for a week. All Tv’s are showing is pre game for the niners.
by BayAreaDuck on Jan 14, 2012 1:20 PM PST via mobile reply actions
34-22 Oregon. Ducks should get the last shot of the half
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Joseph is a little out of control the last few minutes
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Jesus Christ guys
stop trying to throw the ball away, it’s a 1-shot clock at this point
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Alright gents, make sure these guys don't let up in the 2nd half
I’ll be busy making sure 2nd graders don’t poke their eyes out
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Great first half though
Up 12 on the road in Tucson=awesome.
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Link
http://www.justin.tv/sportzzworld31#/w/2434538784/2
CBS has a legal stream up.
http://www.cbssports.com/video/player/cbk-live?ttag=CBKL12_on_cspt_sky1
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by Quack Addict on Jan 14, 2012 1:37 PM PST up reply actions
good start to the second half
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Woods makin big plays on defense
Singler with the great save on the other end
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Sim with the pretty 3
Love it when that kid is on fire.
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Some great hustle right now.
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by Heaven's Calamity on Jan 14, 2012 1:42 PM PST reply actions
Loving the defensive intensity
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by Quack Addict on Jan 14, 2012 1:43 PM PST up reply actions
Fuck. Shots aren't falling
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sim sez
Shut up Benzduck!
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by Quack Addict on Jan 14, 2012 1:48 PM PST up reply actions
Joseph sez
gET OFF MAH CasE!
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by Quack Addict on Jan 14, 2012 1:49 PM PST up reply actions
Nared has to finish that with authority
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by Heaven's Calamity on Jan 14, 2012 1:50 PM PST reply actions
agreed, I thought dunk for sure.
Suprised he went for a layup.
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by Quack Addict on Jan 14, 2012 1:51 PM PST up reply actions
WE need to figure out where Hill is ffs.
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Fuck. They aren't listening to their coaches
Didnt miller say at halftime he only wanted to see wide open 3s? Oh wait.
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Sim is clutch right now
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Sim has really stepped up this year. I like it.
by FromAutzenWithLove on Jan 14, 2012 1:55 PM PST reply actions
And right as you say that...
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Maybe I shouldn't have said that.
That was a stupid foul too. Don’t compound a mistake with a mistake.
by FromAutzenWithLove on Jan 14, 2012 1:58 PM PST up reply actions
Not going to blame you for that one
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bad foul by sim
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Idiotic turnover, followed by an idiotic foul. Not a great sequence for him.
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
Did you see the look Joseph gave Sim after that basket
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Good offensive rebounding
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It looks like Fogg is riding Devoe off those screens.
That being said, Arizona’s playing great on the ball defense.
by FromAutzenWithLove on Jan 14, 2012 2:06 PM PST reply actions
I don't like the way this is going
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I was just about to say
Oregon needs more dribble penetration and fewer outside shots.
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The Arizona crowd is going nuts about the officiating in this game. I love it.
Honestly, it’s not that bad, just very physical on both ends with a few ticky-tacky ones thrown in.
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it’s very inconsistent, which is incredibly frustrating for players especially.
by TheDallesDuck on Jan 14, 2012 2:10 PM PST up reply actions
We're talking about Pac-12 refs here,
they’re always consistently inconsistent.
Winners of the Platypus trophy!
Jacob can't make a shot
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I guess so
That’s a stupid rule
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by Quack Addict on Jan 14, 2012 2:10 PM PST up reply actions
It was going to be a backcourt violation so either way it was going to be a turnover.
I’m guessing he was jogging so he could shield Parrom away from getting the ball on a fastbreak.
by FromAutzenWithLove on Jan 14, 2012 2:12 PM PST up reply actions
And trying to create the turnover. He almost had it too.
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
In other news Niners lead NO 14-0
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NO doesn't play well away from home.
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by Quack Addict on Jan 14, 2012 2:13 PM PST up reply actions
Come on Sim, get your head out of your ass
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offense is flat.
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Joseph is trying to do too much
though considering how everyone else is playing, cant blame him.
Dana is leaving him in
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Great lob by singler!
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Yes yes yes keep pounding it inside
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how the fuck was that a foul?
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he just stood there hands straight up...
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by Quack Addict on Jan 14, 2012 2:17 PM PST up reply actions
nice D sim
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Niners up 17-0 early 2nd
Beaucoups turnovers for NOLa
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Fuck
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by Quack Addict on Jan 14, 2012 2:23 PM PST up reply actions
IT'S FUCKING PANIC TIME
Everybody fucking panic right now
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Doesn't help when your best player hands the ball to the other team.
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ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME!
No foul when Sim goes up, but on the other end. Fuck this shit.
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Told you eventually the refs would remember where they were.
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It’s been happening for about the last 10 minutes. Oregon’s guards are getting molested every time down the court, but Arizona’s can roam with impunity.
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new game, time to start over and get this thing rolling
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There we go
Get it inside.1
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YES
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I take back most of those things I said about him.
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I'd settle for a stop
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Time to play some freaking defense. Last time down they did a great job. Keep it up guys.
GO DUCKS!
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DEEEEEEEEEEEEFEEEEEEEEEEEENSE
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That was a foul. Riiiiiiiiight
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They got a stop, but the refs bailed out Arizona, again.
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He made the 3, he made the 3, he made the 3, he made the 3…..
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Not Sim's best game, overall.
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Why is Sim going isolation?
What the fuck happened to driving, penetrating and playing to your shot?
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My favorite part of that sequence, how he waves off his screen with less than 10 seconds left on the clock to then go isolation. Nice work.
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Wow, that was a ginormous miss.
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k... Free thows now. #Leggo
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FUCK SIM GODDAMMIT FUCKING MAKE YOUR GODDAM FUCKING FREE THROWS
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Hit the guy on the hand too, no call. About fucking time
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We Win
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YES YES YES YE YES YES YES
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holy fuck
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that was insane
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4-2 in conference play! 3 wins on the road! GO DUCKS!
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Wow.
Watching Sim this game has made me feel so very bipolar.
Thankfully we held on, there is no way we should have lost after the first half performance.
Winners of the Platypus trophy!
Ad no way we should have won after that 2nd half performance (by the refs and us)
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ARIZONA SWEEP
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Hell yeahs, how long since we pulled that one off?
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not in a benzduck age
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by Quack Addict on Jan 14, 2012 2:42 PM PST up reply actions
All I can say is I'm so happy we have Devoe Joseph
by FromAutzenWithLove on Jan 14, 2012 2:43 PM PST reply actions
We have apparently never beaten both of the ASU schools on the road. Never.
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are you for real right now?
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by Quack Addict on Jan 14, 2012 2:46 PM PST up reply actions
This is not true.. We did it in 2007.
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I’m sad I missed this one. I assume it went well?
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by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Jan 14, 2012 2:45 PM PST reply actions
If the game were three seconds longer,
it probably would have gone horribly.
It was far too exciting to watch.
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amazing for a half
amazingly bad for a second half. We won it when Zona missed 3 consecutive sots in the last 20 seconds
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by Quack Addict on Jan 14, 2012 2:46 PM PST up reply actions
Oh. Well, a win’s a win.
"I don't do well with pain medicine."
by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Jan 14, 2012 2:47 PM PST up reply actions
I'm thinking Singler should be all Pac-12.
He does all the little stuff so well.
by FromAutzenWithLove on Jan 14, 2012 2:47 PM PST reply actions
he was stone cold in the second half though :(
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by Quack Addict on Jan 14, 2012 2:48 PM PST up reply actions
He still found ways to help us win.
The assist to Olu and he had at least 6 assists. Plus he’s a great defender
by FromAutzenWithLove on Jan 14, 2012 2:49 PM PST up reply actions
in other news 14-17 NO - SF
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