Center Court: UCLA Basketball (v. Oregon State) Open Thread
by Nestor on Feb 25, 2010 7:30 PM PST
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PrintOregon St. Beavers at UCLA Bruins, Feb 25, 2010 8:00 PM PST
Well rejoice everyone. Just two more regular season games left in which Nikola Ragovic will be dressing up in UCLA home unis. How about that for a positive note to start a game thread. In about half an hour Bruins (12-14, 7-7) will tip off against the Oregon State Beavers (12-14, 6-8) for their final home weekend of the Pac-10 conference season.
As detailed throughout the Bruin our guys are bruised and battered and pretty severely shorthanded against a well coached Oregon State team, which has had some decent victories in recent weeks. Still Bruins at least schematically match up pretty well and if they play with focus and effort for entire 40 minutes, they will have a shot to regain a little momentum heading into last regular season home game at Pauley. The Bruins have won the last 10 meetings and have an over all record of 86-33 (.723) against the Beavers.
The tip off is scheduled for 8:07 PST on FSN and Prime Ticket. Donnie Mac is going to be in the house providing color so that should be fun. You can read up on all of our musings leading up to this game here. If you want to follow the game online you can do so via our official site. As always, we will be here in the game threads with our rapid fire takes and commentary. So let's get this party started. Fire away.
GO BRUINS.
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Playing small to start
Drago at the 5 and TH at the 4. Jerime, Lee and Roll in the back court
formerly bruinhoo
Following on a phone in San Salvador...
… so commentary on how our center position is going is especially appreciated. Go Bruins!
by britishbruin on Feb 25, 2010 8:10 PM PST via mobile reply actions
San Salvador
strong memories from a trip their, many years ago — the guest of the priests who were killed by a death squad.
Loved the country, and people — and Liberation Theology.
sjh
+1
Hilarious. Not the best officiating but we’ll take it.
by 75NatChamps on Feb 25, 2010 11:09 PM PST up reply actions
just went to atdhe.net and watching the game again!!!
Phew. I was beginning to have a panic attack… we’re actually playing well.
We are looking all right
As suspected schematically we seem to have the advantage. But we can’t get comfortable.
What is it called when
A matador gets hit by the bull?
by britishbruin on Feb 25, 2010 8:31 PM PST up reply actions
we want to keep the game close -- more exciting that way
pounding it inside just wins games — no style points
sjh
Personnel
We have MAH, JA, ND, MR and TH on floor. But your right we should drive on these guys AND make sure TH touches the ball every possession.
ML is back which will make a difference
He is our only real point
We were doing just fine passing it around
and driving inside early on. That wasn’t an issue early. Even Hamid drove on them.
Yeah but none of those guys think that way Natually
ML makes a difference. I am not saying he is a true point but he is going down low and MOVING without the ball opening up for other guys.
MAH, JA, MR are all content to stay outside and look three first, then maybe drive.
They know that a bunch of old guys are watching
and they want to make sure that our hearts keep pumping
OSU has no answer for TH
He needs to touch the ball every possession.
Pac-10 update
ASU holds a 64-60 lead over Stanford with 11 seconds remaining @ Maples
the OJ’s lead Oregon 36-31 early in the 2nd half @ Costco
Cal beat the hell out of The Standard @ Haas earlier tonight (95-71)
formerly bruinhoo
Yeah but notice our PG has 0
It is kind of strange because he is having a good game. Maybe it is a good sign for next year if he can go to 2. And this game he is playing more like a 2.
But, we are getting beat on the boards 15-10
probably because we’ve played small for lack of big guys
sjh
Rebounding and Our Second Best Player Tonight
We are losing 15 to 10 but CBH keeping TH at the weakside of the zone has really worked. TH has 5 rebounds, half our total. ND and Bobo have 1 rebound at 5 (but 3 Blocks). ML is our second leading rebounder.
Actually it seems like ML has more than 1 TO and he has his usual stupid frustration foul but he has played well, been a force on defense and second leading scorer. He is having the second best game, distant second, to TH.
Our inside weakness is showing
Burton for OSU is going to get his career high tonight.
Bobo Please
OSU is going keep pounding inside otherwise. Bobo at least can block and affect shots
MAH and Bobo please
MAH’s lack of speed won’t hurt this game and Bobo can block shots and take up space.
ND can't play 5 on D
I know Nestor is shocked by this
Like MAH effort
He is a step slow but he does everything else right, including being scrappy.
OSU Center
Plays up high, the guards spread wide. He has to go up and cover as OSU Center can pass and score from there. ND has done the same. The bigger Q is we seem to be playing a 4 corner offense with ML at the FT line. It is ridiculous to see Bobo in the corner. We went away from that now but it was strange.
Why are our guards stopping before they get to the half court line?
Even when there are no defenders.
Ha
D-Mac is right, that in and out was ridiculous.
Oh UCLA you sweet bitch, you've BRUINed me for anything else.
Yeah we did
I had already let out a full GROAN by the time that ball had found its way out.
Oh UCLA you sweet bitch, you've BRUINed me for anything else.
Ice skating off and game on in Tampa
I can’t figure out why we are ahead. They look much more alive and animated. They work the ball against the zone almost at will, and they get the ball to their scorer who manages to make those pesky two foot shots. We seem to be looking for the pass that will give us an extra-long three pointer, usually fired up by the Brickmeister.
And when we get a lead, we turn the ball over.
This team is just about unwatchable. And since I have to have the sound off, it makes it difficult to be a fan.
Must be a lot of people at the concession stands
I say that because half the seats look empty.
TH
thank goodness he came to play tonight.
Oh UCLA you sweet bitch, you've BRUINed me for anything else.
that was some good no D by Rago, followed by som good no O for Rag.
Get him the heck out of there. Just grab someone from the stands.
It seems like we've never seen a defense like this before.
We seem content to make it past the mid-court line. But somehow we can’t seem to figure out how to get the ball inside. This shouldn’t be such a complicated issue.
We are winning b/c of TH; it is close because
MR only has 3 points and ML is playing badly in the 2nd half
Yep
with those long arms, TH can become the new glue, a la LRMAM, but with a decidedly better offensive game.
Oh UCLA you sweet bitch, you've BRUINed me for anything else.
Thanks for the scores tonight, BN
Watching the thread from work. TH “looked” great!
greg in denver - UCLA guy for life
Considering all the injuries
I’ll take the W.
by Give me a B... on Feb 25, 2010 10:00 PM PST reply actions
Agree
played with energy and intensity
sjh
by Class of 66 on Feb 25, 2010 10:01 PM PST up reply actions
ML was not really point tonight
And he had a better game. MR brought the ball up a lot. It was a response to the 1-3-1 but still a good sign for next year when ML hopefully won’t be our point.
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