MBB Game 19 Preview and Open Thread: USC Trojans at Oregon Ducks
by David Piper on Jan 19, 2012 10:31 AM PST
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PrintUSC Trojans (5-13, 0-5) at Oregon Ducks 13-5 (4-2)
5:30 PM :: Matthew Knight Arena
TV: Comcast Sportsnet Northwest
Our roundball warriors return from their sweep in the desert to Matthew Knight Arena to take on the Trojans of Southern California. USC stands at 5-13, and the only winless team in the conference. USC is is about as one dimensional as a team can get. Defensively, they are elite. They rank 31st in the nation in defensive efficiency, giving up only 94 points per 100 possessions. They are sixth in the country in opponents' turnover percentage, at over 26%. They have height. They will play an in-your-face man to man defense and pressure you. They haven't gi ven up more than 66 points all season.
The problem with SC is that they just cannot score. At all. They rank 299th in offensive efficiency. 322nd in effective field goal percentage. 303rd in three point percentage. 277th in getting to the foul line, and when they do get there, they rank 335th in percentage. I've never seen a team throw up so many bricks, and USC has built entire subdivisions at this point. They may be the worst shooting team in Pac-10 history.
5'7" guard Maurice Jones is the Trojans' leading scorer at 14.2 ppg, but he does so on only 34% shooting. He actually shoots better from the three point line, so while I would expect Oregon to play mostly zone against such a poor shooting team, Jones is the one guy they really need to make sure to get out on. 6'6" post Aaron Fuller is their most efficient player, getting his 10.6 points on 51% shooting, but he has no range whatsoever, and I would think that an Ashaolu/Nared combination would be pretty effective defensively at limiting his offense. Nobody else on the roster scares you from a scoring standpoint: DeWayne Dedmon is a seven footer averaging seven points and a high FG%, but doesn't have any games where he's put up more than ten or eleven points. And everyone else shoot abysmally: G Byron Wesley (37%), G Alexis Moore (31%), F Garrett Jackson (41% for a forward), and guard Greg Allen (31%) round out their rotation. Oregon doesn't need to get complicated defensively. They need to play a solid zone, keep the ball from Fuller, and force USC's guards to make plays. Most likely, the guards will not be able to do that.
FOUR FACTORS PREVIEW
eFG%: Oregon 51.8 (77), USC 43.4 (322)
I don't even need to say more on this subject. ADVANTAGE: OREGON
TURNOVER %: Oregon 20.3 (144), USC 19.9 (127)
Both of these teams have pretty pedestrian numbers offensively, but SC is sixth in the country at creating turnovers defensively. They don't do a whole lot with them, but they still create them. ADVANTAGE: USC
OFFENSIVE REBOUNDING %: Oregon 29.6 (266), USC 30.7 (231)
Again, really bad offensive rebounding stats. Here's the key, though. SC ranks over a hundred spots lower in how many offensive rebounds they give up. Oregon has really improved in this area, and has done pretty well rebounding on the offensive end in their own right the last few games. ADVANTAGE: OREGON
FTA/FGA: Oregon 42.4 (58), USC 32.0 (277)
Given a hundred field goal attempts, you would expect Oregon to have ten more free throws (and shoot ten percentage points higher on those free throws). ADVANTAGE: OREGON
KEYS TO THE GAME
SOLID, FUNDAMENTAL DEFENSE: Oregon doesn't need to do anything fancy or take any chances. They just need to play solid defense, force USC into difficult shots by players not named Aaron Fuller, and watch the Trojans shoot themselves out of the game.
LIMIT TURNOVERS: SC forces a lot of turnovers. The Ducks need to take care of the basketball and not let SC get any easy opportunities offensively.
SET THE TEMPO: SC ranks 337th in the nation in tempo. The Ducks are at home. They need to run them.
This is a game that Oregon should win, especially at home. GO DUCKS!
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These are 2 games Oregon has to win
15-5 win still no bad losses on their schedule starts to look really good to the RPI and NCAA selection committee. 13-7 or 14-6 not so much. Gotta get a sweep this weekend.
Go Ducks
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So would a shoulder injury.
Aaron Fuller is their most efficient player, getting his 10.6 points on 51% shooting, but he has no range whatsoever, and I would think that an Ashaolu/Nared combination would be pretty effective defensively at limiting his offense
@PedroMoura 1h
USC F Aaron Fuller is done for the season. Will undergo surgery on shoulder next Thursday.
"Forget it. If 21 gets behind you, you can play the fight song." --Scott Van Pelt
. I’ve never seen a team throw up so many bricks, and USC has built entire subdivisions at this point.
Watch them come out tonight and hit 70% in the first half. Just wait. It happens every fucking time.
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FYI
The pit crew has some special things planned for tonight, so stay tuned.
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by axemen23 on Jan 19, 2012 5:16 PM PST via mobile reply actions
I hate Comcast.
Unless I’m at a place that has Comcast. Can’t find any stream either.
So I turn on the game and the first thing I see is a made 3 by a guy in a red uniform.
Then a duck miss and a layup by a guy in a red uniform.
Then a duck turnover. Ten another duck turnover.
I blame myself.
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Then another duck turnover.
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Then another 3 by a guy in a red uniform.
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This is me every time I ever try to follow a basketball game.
Somewhere, somehow, a Duck is watching you.
"own the knight"
PELICAN!
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I met Luke once, was nervous as hell
@LindsayRae19
Lindsay Schnell
Luke Jackson in the house at MKA, gets a big cheer.
The Legend
Why would Luke Jackson be nervous meeting you?
"You could almost imagine Ducks coach Chip Kelly walking to midfield among the bloodied Bruins and shouting in his best gladiator voice, 'Are you not entertained?'" - Ted Miller
My daughter used to babysit Luke Jackson in Creswell
They are still friends although haven’t seen each other in years.
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Luke's chronic back trouble killed his chances
Too bad, I was hoping he could be the next Larry Bird
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Luke's one of my really good friends
We grew up together. No need to be nervous around him, he’s a great guy who loves his fans.
Dammit! I can't find my driving moccasins! - Schmidt
Awesome, would you tell him I still have a serious crush on him in a sports hero kind of way?
Luke was the best…
Oregon loves you, Chip Kelly!
by gamedaytribe on Jan 20, 2012 3:35 PM PST up reply actions
When did USC hire Paul Giamatti?
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Well Devoe Joseph finally gets involved but not until after the half ends.
Sloppy, sloppy half. We’re lucky we’re playing a crappy team and get to be leading.
Things like that.
AtQ can no longer allow links to illegal streams
Its hard for us to talk about how we oppose SOPA if we’re contributing to the problem. Sorry.
--Dave
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makes sense.
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Not even in the comments?
Feds shut down megavideo just fine without SOPA
"Forget it. If 21 gets behind you, you can play the fight song." --Scott Van Pelt
by axemen23 on Jan 19, 2012 6:26 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Sounds like Megavideo went down along with Megaupload.
Not a site I really use, but it still seems a bit weird in a what-took-them-so-long kind of way.
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That really doesn’t sound like a good argument for allowing users to share illegal streams on ATQ.
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I guess my view is that it’s not great practice to use them, but if they’re up and you can’t get it because of Tom Hansen, then it’s not like users will be scared straight
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by axemen23 on Jan 19, 2012 6:31 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
its availiable
you are free to buy ozone
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With some people, "support your team" only goes so far.
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If Ozone wasn't overpriced and shitty quality, more people would be inclined to use it.
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by CougarDuck on Jan 19, 2012 6:44 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Have to think
that the economics of internet piracy are undergirding a huge number of graduate economics theses and dissertations. And efficiency issues concerning a market that basically says “the only price I’m willing to pay is $0. Either I get it for free, or I go without, and the content providers don’t see a single extra dime from me either way.”
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I get a kick out of the statistics that show that illegal file sharing is costing the industry a zillion dollars a year, based on the cost of a cd times all the downloads. With the assumption being the illegal downloader would have purchased everything she pirated. Which is absurd. But it makes their losses look that much worse and gets idiot congressmen on the side of the industry (along with all those political donations).
I’d like to see a chart showing the music industry revenues over the last ten years, along with what the revenue would have been if every downloaded file had been purchased legitimately. Mostly because I want to see record company executives crying.
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I used to buy a cd every 2 weeks or so
While in HS in the 90s, much less income than I have now. Once Napster came out, and its successors I literally have not bought 1 CD in maybe 12 years. I go to movies, occasional concert, Netflix streaming, but not a single CD. At 25 CDs per year I would have bought, 20 bucks each for 12 years that is 6000 bucks I would have spent on music. I know I’m using my own piracy as an argument about how piracy us bad, but that is exactly why it is bad. It is so ubiquitous and easy and accepted that I can’t find motivation not do it even though I am totally law abiding in all other ways. If reasonable laws, which SOPA doesn’t seem to be one, are passed to remove this ease of piracy access I fully support them
by OregonNYC on Jan 19, 2012 9:33 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
hate Ozone
Bought it twice just for 1 or 2 games. Quality is worse than many free streams, only has a couple games on, and whenever I tried to cancel they always kept the service going, I’d discover it on my bank statement a few months later still taking 10 bucks.
by OregonNYC on Jan 19, 2012 9:36 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Soon, my Duck brother.
Soon.
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by DuckUntilDeath on Jan 20, 2012 9:27 AM PST up reply actions
And if sopa passes, and you provide a link to an illegal stream, ATQ could be taken offline.
Theoretically.
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what a terrible first half
we are trying our best to turn this game over. 2 point halftime lead against these guys is pathetic, especially with a 12 rebound advantage.
--Dave
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Odd stat line tonight
10 turnovers to 4 for usc
+13 on the boards
7/7 from the line
Olu has 9 and 4, joseph 4 points 2 assists 3 boards. Loyd 1 assist 3turnovers
"Forget it. If 21 gets behind you, you can play the fight song." --Scott Van Pelt
by axemen23 on Jan 19, 2012 6:24 PM PST via mobile reply actions
I just came in whats the news?
"I thought we were going to see an @ESPN highlight where (DT) was gonna rip the knee brace off...like Forrest Gump running down the field." Chip Kelly
Some pac 12 scores
Ath-Cal 35 Uw 25
ATH- colorado 31 asu 15
3:00 in the first: arizona 31 utah 18
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by axemen23 on Jan 19, 2012 6:29 PM PST via mobile reply actions
btw david,
the link on the main page scoreboard thingy takes you to the quack fix.
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anyone miss the glare off the court from the first few games last year?
Sure glad they worked that out.
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Also, Notice they figured out how to put a stripe at half court?
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There was no stripe through the trident in the sparky arena.
My initials have an invisible umlaut.
by DuckUntilDeath on Jan 19, 2012 7:35 PM PST up reply actions
O'neil is close to a tech with these refs
Also per prehm, we’ve got another fight with arizona, this time with utah. Punches and ejections.
"Forget it. If 21 gets behind you, you can play the fight song." --Scott Van Pelt
by axemen23 on Jan 19, 2012 6:47 PM PST via mobile reply actions
I don't care what people say.
I really like that kid. I’m happy he’s on our team.
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by Quack Addict on Jan 19, 2012 6:53 PM PST up reply actions
Sim on fucking fire
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Sim appears to be tonights designated driver
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by axemen23 on Jan 19, 2012 6:58 PM PST via mobile reply actions
Score?
"I thought we were going to see an @ESPN highlight where (DT) was gonna rip the knee brace off...like Forrest Gump running down the field." Chip Kelly
Most recent I have is 47-43 Ducks, with 9:43 to go.
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53-45 Ducks 7:53 left
Joseph just hit a deep 3
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such a frustrating game
we can’t get out of our own way.
--Dave
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Is there a way to get the score ticker at the top of this page?
"I thought we were going to see an @ESPN highlight where (DT) was gonna rip the knee brace off...like Forrest Gump running down the field." Chip Kelly
53-49 Ducks, 6:30
We can’t shoot and Olu keeps getting called for mugging his defender down low.
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They are, as usual, an abomination.
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Woods is a project, that is one takeaway from this season.
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Still 53-49, 5:07
That kind of game
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Same score 3:10
Ugly game.
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HOW IS THAT A CHARGE ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?
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Slowed it down and watched again on the DVR, looked like a good call
Defender had his feet down and was outside the circle and vertical.
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Good call on the charge
I blame Singler’s hair band
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Waaay inside the arc
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by axemen23 on Jan 19, 2012 7:18 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Joseph with the big 3
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IS HE NOT MAN?
HE IS DEVOE
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Big 3 by joseph.
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defense, time to do what coach taught u
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Sim taking over in the clutch
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59-56 ducks 1:40. With Sim shooting 2
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I don't like this, everyone stand around for 15 seconds end of game offense altman runs.
Almost lost @Zona because we had sim going iso at the end rather than running our offense and getting a good shot.
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It's because we don't have anybody that can score on their own
We don’t have a guy that can just take his man at the end and put games away. Sim and Singler are way too inconsistent to be that guy.
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If everyone goes for a block
nobody is there for a rebound… ugh
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fucking fuck sim.
I go all <3 on you and you throw it away… .
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It's called regressing to the mean
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This is frustrating to watch.
Has to be for Altman too
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3pt game :40 to go USC w/the ball ducks in the lead.
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1pt game now
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fouled sim
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sim hits both to get back in my good graces 3pt game with 28 secs
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STOP FOULING!!!
I get that you want to be agressive, BUT DON’T FREAKING FOUL
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lloyd fouls with 24 secs left
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63-62 24 seconds left
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hits both 1 pt game oregon ball
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After a time out for icing
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Joseph is fouled with 17 to go, freethrows coming
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Joseph hits both
SC no time outs left, Oregon has 2
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ballgame
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Not pretty, but a win is a win
Talk to you guys at 9:00
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WINNER WINNER TOFU DINNER
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we made that so much more difficult than we needed to
all that matters is the W, though
--Dave
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Cal got a small amount of revenge
by beating Uw on the road tonight 69-66. Good win by the Bears
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I saw the replay on Comcast and it was fun. I am greatly encouraged by the way they finished.
Oregon loves you, Chip Kelly!
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