[Yellowlab]

Stanford was getting extremely good looks, sometimes wide open ones, but they just stopped making them.  I didn't think Oregon could keep hitting theirs, but they did.  That was it in a nutshell.

Oregon made me think of all those years when we could throw the ball into Jayne, Nekka or Chiney and get a lay-up, foul, or a kick back outside for an open look.  Of course, we had Wiggins or Pohlen making those open looks.  This time it was our turn to feel helpless as Oregon tossed it inside, something good would happen, or the ball would rotate back out for an open look that they kept making.

Defensively our posts could not guard one on one and they needed a help defender.  Oregon was very good at moving the ball to the open shooter and then making their shots before the defense could rotate back.  You have to give them credit.

There were hardly any fouls called in the first half.  Sometimes this stat gets skewed, because the team that is behind towards the end has to resort to desperation fouling.  This also happened in the second Cal game.

We have a weakness in the post.  (Bird is not going to grow 2 inches overnight, and Johnson is not going to gain 15 pounds of muscle.)  Some games this weakness gets masked, and some games it gets exposed.  You cannot expect a team with this sort of flaw to make a deep run.  They can lose against almost anyone.  They have also proven, however, that they can beat just about anyone.  They have exceeded my expectations.

[Yellowlab]

Stanford was getting extremely good looks, sometimes wide open ones, but they just stopped making them.  I didn't think Oregon could keep hitting theirs, but they did.  That was it in a nutshell.

Oregon made me think of all those years when we could throw the ball into Jayne, Nekka or Chiney and get a lay-up, foul, or a kick back outside for an open look.  Of course, we had Wiggins or Pohlen making those open looks.  This time it was our turn to feel helpless as Oregon tossed it inside, something good would happen, or the ball would rotate back out for an open look that they kept making.

Defensively our posts could not guard one on one and they needed a help defender.  Oregon was very good at moving the ball to the open shooter and then making their shots before the defense could rotate back.  You have to give them credit.

There were hardly any fouls called in the first half.  Sometimes this stat gets skewed, because the team that is behind towards the end has to resort to desperation fouling.  This also happened in the second Cal game.

We have a weakness in the post.  (Bird is not going to grow 2 inches overnight, and Johnson is not going to gain 15 pounds of muscle.)  Some games this weakness gets masked, and some games it gets exposed.  You cannot expect a team with this sort of flaw to make a deep run.  They can lose against almost anyone.  They have also proven, however, that they can beat just about anyone.  They have exceeded my expectations.