Bruins Survive An (Expected) Scare In Eugene
by Nestor on Jan 4, 2009 2:59 PM PST
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Updated with video highlights of Josh Shipp's 5 of 6 3-point shooting. (see page two)
As I mentioned this am I don't know what it is about Oregon and the Mac Court but somehow Bruins always manage to get themselves into a tense situation in that place.
Ben Ball warriors survive a MAJOR scare against Ernie Kent's Ducks, but thanks to JS's clutch shots (and best game of the season) manage to pull out a nail biting win to pull out a road sweep in Oregon:
Photo Credit: AP Photo/Don Ryan (via ESPN)
The final score was 83-74. Here is the early box score.
Bruins once again came out strong and took 40-29 lead at the half time. Bruins were clicking from the outside early on as 7 different Ben Ball warriors connected from the 3 point line early on. However, it was the Ducks who looked like[Note by Telemachus, 01/04/09 3:28 PM PST ] Ben Ball warriors after the half time with inspired effort around the boards and showing a little more hustle and intensity in the second half.
Thanks to JS's one clutch shot after another Bruins finally took control of the game very late in the second half and cemented it with DC's clutch shooting from the FT line. DC replicated last year's effort in Eugene with 22 pts and 9 assists. JS finished with 17 pts going 5 for 6 from the 3 pt line. AA2 despite being plagued by foul trouble (due to some horrible officiating by the typical SPTRs) finished with 12 pts and 4 boards. Our seniors came through in a big way down the stretch.
Otherwise, Bruins will have lot of issues to work on heading into their next game against Southern Cal. They will need to figure out how to get their intensity around the boards and work on tightening up their defense which was leaky both around the perimeter and the interior.
Anyway all in all still a clutch win for a team featuring so many freshmen. Bruins run up their record to 12-2 and 2-0 in the conference. I will take it and open up the post game thread for all your takes.
GO BRUINS.
Josh Shipp makes 5 of 6 3-pointers over the Oregon Ducks.
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Road Games, Especially in this GYM Are always hard
I’ve gotta run to a party we’re throwing for Jen, who is turning 17, and will write more later.
But, this is what we have to expect.
And, freshmen (other than KL) will have a bit of trouble in games like this in the first part of the season.
Seniors step up, like they are supposed to.
And, SPTR’s will suck so bad that they will have almost as much impact on the final score as the players do.
sjh
Good way to start
with 2 road wins in the conference. We looked a little sloppy there at times, but I love the outside shooting. Also, I think that picture was the first pos. of the game where Shipp steps out of bounds right after that. Good to see he finally found his range and got hot when we needed him too.
Challenges at Mac Court
I’m not surprised to see our Bruins struggling once again at Mac Court. Without taking away anything from Oregon’s desire to win, I attribute our challenges there each year to three things:
1) The Fans: UO’s fans are loud (and obnoxious as we know) and they are right on the court. I believe this influences the SPTRs.
2) The Refs: I don’t think they are anti-UCLA, they just don’t know when to swallow the whistle and when to blow it. I think their bad calls and non-calls had a major role in keeping Oregon in the game today (and helped them pull off the upset a couple of years ago).
3) The Ducks’ intensity: With the fans screaming and the refs missing calls, Oregon keeps the intensity up on both ends of the court and generally gets away with a lot of reach-ins and push-offs, while forcing the action and getting calls on the Bruins, especially on the hedge.
Taken together, the results are that we make more turnovers and rush our play on offense while letting up a bit on defense so as not to draw fouls. We also have had starters in foul trouble early in every game we’ve played there for the past few years IIRC.
I think CBH was amazing today as always. How he keeps level-headed with these SPTRs is unfathomable to me. I also love the time outs to reset when it counts (before we lose the lead) and his decision to keep Shipp and Aboya in with 4 fouls. Somehow, after that the whistles started going our way and Josh and DC took over.
Bruins Forever
Oregon State giving the trojans a game
Beavers only behind by 6, at the 8-minute media TO.
Boston College leading the unbeatable Tar Heels, 56-52, early in the 2nd half.
5 point USC lead
about a minute and a half to go
by SuperBruinMan on Jan 4, 2009 4:14 PM PST up reply actions
Oregon State ties the game
0.8 seconds remaining in regulation
by SuperBruinMan on Jan 4, 2009 4:21 PM PST up reply actions
It looks like
They’re going with a 6 man rotation. Without more depth they’ll have trouble this year.
by SuperBruinMan on Jan 4, 2009 4:29 PM PST up reply actions
JUST LIKE FOOTBALL!
LOVE IT!
storm the court, you dozen of fans in attendance.
by insomniacslounge on Jan 4, 2009 4:37 PM PST up reply actions
Nice away series
This is what we want — to sweep two tough teams (we all have a lot of respect for the Ducks and Beavers and their fans) and have each of the other three teams in the conference leave the weekend with one in the loss column.
Congrats to the Beavers on a hard fought win!
I would be curious to see
What justsc’s record is on Thursdays as opposed to Saturdays. It seems they catch teams looking ahead to us.
We are, yes
But it always seems that justsc catches teams looking ahead to us.
by bruinbabe2000 on Jan 4, 2009 4:43 PM PST up reply actions
Congrats to OSU
Their 20+ game conference losing streak comes to an end.
BC is still leading UNC by 7 with 83 seconds to play.
Zone
The Beavers’ zone seemed to work well against the Trojans. We seemed to be able to penetrate a bit better, even with with not a very tall inside game.
BC is starting to fall apart
By the way, if the officials from the UCLA/Oregon game were calling this UNC-BC match, then this would have ended up being Roy Williams vs Al Skinner playing each other one after every eligible player fouled out.
by insomniacslounge on Jan 4, 2009 4:42 PM PST reply actions
Honestly,
I thought UNC had a real shot at going undefeated. They just looked so much more complete than every other team this year. This makes me happy that come March, it will be so much more wide open
by SmrtGuy82 on Jan 4, 2009 4:51 PM PST reply actions
Heh
Watching the USC post-game and while the reporters were talking the USC banner behind them fell down.
LOL
Really!? Damn, how could I have missed that! The Beavers are all over the trojans! Anyone want to continue with the play on words? The best in all of sports. heheee!
Beavers blunt trojan penetration (in the lane).
Beavers resist Trojan pressure…
Absolutely right, these things write themselves!
I never thought I'd see a worse Oregon uni than their football gear.....
Those were the worst uniforms I’ve ever seen. They look like pick-up game jerseys. The super small vertical “Oregon” over the arm doesn’t count and what’s with the white letters on the back of a white jersey? Give me the classic Bruins unis every time.
Nice win and SC & UNC lost…It’s a good day!
I may work with the Waves, but I'm still a Bruin!
Agree
those uniforms of the Ducks were so bad they should have been given a technical foul to open the game.
New Jerseys
Um, you think their uniform designer is auditioning to do the costume design for the next Star Trek film?
Very ugly uni's
even my wife agreed.
Bob O. (Signholder #3)
FYI
HS Under Armour game just started on ESPN. Brehaut, Hasiak, Toma and Pressley are in this game. GO BRUINS!!!
I wonder
If there will be drive by posts on UNC Blogs/Message boards about how Roy Williams need to make some changes in this defense?
Cal beats ASU
After the first week of Pac-10 play, UCLA and Cal will be tied for first at 2-0, with UW at 1-0.
Regardless
Cal beats ASU and the standard. They couldnt do that last year. Montgomery is a good head coach. The Bears make me nervous.
Montgomery is a solid coach
But with Howland in charge there is no reason for UCLA fans to be confident (while respecting the opponent) ever game. I don’t see why we have to be “nervous” about any team. Kind of silly for a UCLA basketball fan to be “nervous” about another conference opponent with a coach like Howland. I will leave it at that and keep the focus on next game.
Sorry I mean
With Howland in charge there is no reason for UCLA fans not to be confident (while respecting the opponent) ever game.
Again no disrespect to Monty. He is a good coach but when UCLA has a great one there is no reason for anyone to really care who is coached by whom. After all even Harrick kind of owned Monty (ran up a 9 game winning streak against the Cards) towards the end of this UCLA career when he got it going with his run of Pac-10 titles. All right that’s my last thought on Monty till the Cal game. Gotta run and get up early for my am post. Cheers.
Our motto
is Respect Everyone but Fear no one
by lil eg not cs on Jan 5, 2009 12:11 AM PST up reply actions
They were 9th last year
They could beat some teams, but even with Montgomery they’re not a threat to win the Pac-10.
by SuperBruinMan on Jan 4, 2009 7:21 PM PST up reply actions
From this morning's Fishwrap: "USC Coach Tim Floyd doesn't want team to overlook Oregon State"
Timmah could not quite get his team fired up for “…the only road "gimme” on their schedule."
“I’ve told our players [Oregon State] is going to win three or four games, minimum, at home,” Floyd said. “They are going to win games in conference and you don’t want it to be against you.”
Looking ahead to next Sunday’s game against UCLA @ the Costco Center:
“We have a big opportunity at home,” guard Daniel Hackett said. “I don’t see why we can’t go on a streak.”
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