Holy hell, I almost had a heart attack down in the desert sitting on Uncle Ricky and Aunt Rose's couch but my ducks pulled through. St Joes matched up really well with us and we never looked comfortable. We did what a number 1 seed should do and we battled it and hung on for the W.
Next up are those assholes from Durham, North Carolina. I hate Duke, they're like Stanford but East Coast. Just a bunch rich private school kids, led by Grayson Allen, aka the Christian Laettner of our generation. Dude is a punk but its disgustingly talented. Lucky for us, his go to is a hard drive to the hole and we've got two of the best shot blockers in the nation sitting there in Chris Boucher and Jordan Bell just waiting for him.
Brandon Ingram on Duke is up there with Buddy Hield and Ben Simmons as one of the best players in the country and if anyone can match up physically and size wise its the Ducks. We're full of tremendous athletes who can guard just about anyone.
X factors:
Oregon: Who shows up? Against St Joes 43 of our 69 points were composed of Elgin Cook and Dillon Brooks. We're going to need to spread the ball a little more and have some more help offensively if we're going to beat this Duke team. Benson, Boucher, Cook and Benjamin were a combined 0-10 from 3PT Field goals and our offense relies so heavily on those guys making 1 or 2 to be successful.
Duke: 3PT Shooting. Statistically Oregon has one of the worst 3PT defenses in the country and in their last 3 losses, Stanford, Cal and Colorado all shot just over 60% from the 3 point line. If Duke gets hot from deep the Ducks could be in serious trouble.
Predictions:
Oregon hangs on in a tough battle :
Oregon 75 Duke 69
Next up are those assholes from Durham, North Carolina. I hate Duke, they're like Stanford but East Coast. Just a bunch rich private school kids, led by Grayson Allen, aka the Christian Laettner of our generation. Dude is a punk but its disgustingly talented. Lucky for us, his go to is a hard drive to the hole and we've got two of the best shot blockers in the nation sitting there in Chris Boucher and Jordan Bell just waiting for him.
Brandon Ingram on Duke is up there with Buddy Hield and Ben Simmons as one of the best players in the country and if anyone can match up physically and size wise its the Ducks. We're full of tremendous athletes who can guard just about anyone.
X factors:
Oregon: Who shows up? Against St Joes 43 of our 69 points were composed of Elgin Cook and Dillon Brooks. We're going to need to spread the ball a little more and have some more help offensively if we're going to beat this Duke team. Benson, Boucher, Cook and Benjamin were a combined 0-10 from 3PT Field goals and our offense relies so heavily on those guys making 1 or 2 to be successful.
Duke: 3PT Shooting. Statistically Oregon has one of the worst 3PT defenses in the country and in their last 3 losses, Stanford, Cal and Colorado all shot just over 60% from the 3 point line. If Duke gets hot from deep the Ducks could be in serious trouble.
Predictions:
Oregon hangs on in a tough battle :
Oregon 75 Duke 69