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BleacherReport Team Summaries and March Madness Updates
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If Oregon wins in Sweet 16:
Record: 28-6, 14-4 in Pac-12
Why They're Here: While the East Coast slept, Oregon took care of business for the majority of the past four months and clearly emerged as the best team in a well-rounded conference (of champions). The Ducks finished off their conference campaign with an emphatic 88-57 victory over Utah in the Pac-12 tournament final.
Reason to Believe: What a team is able to bring in off the bench is a strong indication of just how deep and talented its rotation is, and Jordan Bell and Dwayne Benjamin make up one heck of a bench duo. This team is loaded with frontcourt studs, most of whom shoot better than 30 percent from three-point range and aren't afraid to stretch the defense with that part of their games.
Reason to Worry: Though they have plenty of capable shooters, the Ducks don't have many particularly good ones. Tyler Dorsey is the only one shooting better than 36.7 percent and the only one who has made at least 45 triples. Moreover, their perimeter defense is so porous that their opponents are shooting better from three-point range (36.0 percent) than the Ducks are (34.4 percent).
March Madness Ceiling: That three-point disparity is slightly alarming, but this is a great shot-blocking team that rarely commits turnovers. They almost certainly won't be a popular pick, but the Ducks have the balance, depth and talent to win it all.
Record: 28-6, 14-4 in Pac-12
Why They're Here: While the East Coast slept, Oregon took care of business for the majority of the past four months and clearly emerged as the best team in a well-rounded conference (of champions). The Ducks finished off their conference campaign with an emphatic 88-57 victory over Utah in the Pac-12 tournament final.
Reason to Believe: What a team is able to bring in off the bench is a strong indication of just how deep and talented its rotation is, and Jordan Bell and Dwayne Benjamin make up one heck of a bench duo. This team is loaded with frontcourt studs, most of whom shoot better than 30 percent from three-point range and aren't afraid to stretch the defense with that part of their games.
Reason to Worry: Though they have plenty of capable shooters, the Ducks don't have many particularly good ones. Tyler Dorsey is the only one shooting better than 36.7 percent and the only one who has made at least 45 triples. Moreover, their perimeter defense is so porous that their opponents are shooting better from three-point range (36.0 percent) than the Ducks are (34.4 percent).
March Madness Ceiling: That three-point disparity is slightly alarming, but this is a great shot-blocking team that rarely commits turnovers. They almost certainly won't be a popular pick, but the Ducks have the balance, depth and talent to win it all.
In my opinion, a "cinderella" isn't a 6 or 5 seed. It is a 10 or a 15 seed making a run.
"Underdog" may be more pedestrian, but it fits.
"Underdog" may be more pedestrian, but it fits.
I agree, but it's just nomenclature. The point being that these are the teams that would expect to be in the Sweet 16 given ranking, and these are the teams not expected. I started out with only Syracuse and Gonzaga and decided the information was more pertinent with all of the teams.
No report necessary past Oregon. It's either Kansas or Villanova which we've played both.
Destroyed Nova on Dec 7, 2015 by 78-55.
Triple overtime loss to Kansas on Jan 4, 2016 109-106.
Loss to Kansas on Feb 13, 2016 76-72 during our 7 game slide in February.
Destroyed Nova on Dec 7, 2015 by 78-55.
Triple overtime loss to Kansas on Jan 4, 2016 109-106.
Loss to Kansas on Feb 13, 2016 76-72 during our 7 game slide in February.