NCAA Tournament Round 4: Oregon vs. Florida (-6.5)

[jwinslow]

The funny part is that as badly as Porter's played, as much foul trouble as Oregon's been in, and as many turnovers as they've committed, they're still only down 6 with 1:53 to play. If they can just get a few defensive stops and hit a few buckets, they can win.

Florida should send a handsome check to the selection committee for their cupcake row to the FF. With the way they've played the past few months, I really think that Tenn, UNC, GTown, UCLA would have downed them, possibly SIU. With how easily UF surrendered 3's to Butler, a number of teams could have jumped them in the first half (ie Memphis, Tenn, ND, etc).

 

[CCI]

The funny part is that as badly as Porter's played, as much foul trouble as Oregon's been in, and as many turnovers as they've committed, they're still only down 6 with 1:53 to play. If they can just get a few defensive stops and hit a few buckets, they can win.

down by 2~3's nothing would pleas me more to see FLA go Down!

 

[OregonBuckeye]

This is almost exactly like the Memphis game yesterday.

 

[buckeyeboy]

Florida should send a handsome check to the selection committee for their cupcake row to the FF. With the way they've played the past few months, I really think that Tenn, UNC, GTown, UCLA would have downed them, possibly SIU. With how easily UF surrendered 3's to Butler, a number of teams could have jumped them in the first half (ie Memphis, Tenn, ND, etc).

Good point. They definitely had the easiest schedule in terms of who they had to face this weekend.

 

[OregonBuckeye]

Good point. They definitely had the easiest schedule in terms of who they had to face this weekend.

Yep, but that's the benefit of getting the #1 overall seed.

 

[buckeyeboy]

This is almost exactly like the Memphis game yesterday.

How so?

 

[SanAntonioBuck]

UF really sucks from the line.

 

[OregonBuckeye]

How so?

One superior team struggling for most of the game before finally getting the other team in foul trouble and sealing the game on free throws. The only difference is Florida can't make free throws.

 

[SanAntonioBuck]

This is almost exactly like the Memphis game yesterday.

tOSU made all their free throws down the stretch.

 

[OregonBuckeye]

tOSU made all their free throws down the stretch.

ALMOST

 

[buckeyeboy]

One superior team struggling for most of the game before finally getting the other team in foul trouble and sealing the game on free throws. The only difference is Florida can't make free throws.

I disagree. Oregon's not having a good day shooting, whereas Memphis shot lights out from three point land for most of the game (and still shot 46% for the game). Also, Oregon's turning the ball over quite a bit today, whereas Memphis only turned the ball over 11 times yesterday.

In short, Memphis played about as well as they could have against us yesterday and still lost by a lot. So I think we would beat Memphis 8 or 9 times out of 10. However, Oregon had a pretty bad day, and they are going to lose by about 8 or 9. So I think if they played 10 times against UF, Oregon would win more than 1 or 2.

 

[OregonBuckeye]

So, um, I hate Noah. Cheers.

 

[buckeyeboy]

At least the UF-Oregon game lasted long enough so that the UNC-G'Town game was ready to start. The last thing I want to do is watch Noah dance around like an uncoordinated jackass after the win.

 

[OregonBuckeye]

On the bright side, Oregon returns Porter, Taylor, Hairston, Leunen, Catron, and Oguchi. They should return to the NCAA tourney next year and be a top 25 ballclub. Losing Brooks is a HUGE loss though.