Post-Game Open Thread: Oregon 55 USC 44
by Joey Kaufman on Feb 25, 2010 10:12 PM PST
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PrintFortunately, I was covering the women's water polo game tonight for the Daily Trojan so I missed this one, and from the sound of things, that wasn't necessarily a bad thing.
'SC led 32-23 at halftime, but things fell apart in the second half as Oregon reverted to a zone defense that all but stopped the Trojans' offensive attack. The Trojans recored just 12 points in the second half, and when the final stats were calculated, their shooting percentage was just 32.8% from the field.
To make matters worse, 'SC also had 16 turnovers to go along with just 9 assists. Not exactly great numbers for a team that once had a chance to win the Pac-10 regular season title.
Coupling their defeat with Cal's victory over Arizona, USC is officially eliminated from the conference title race, which is just another reason to have a few extra drinks tonight.
But even still, Fight On!
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Meh...
Three in a row vs. the poodles. All things considered it’s been a great season.
Fight On Hoopsters!
STILL LOCO AFTER ALL THESE YEARS!
NOW CELEBRATING THE DAWN OF THE AGE OF AUGUSTUS
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Yeah, I know you guys swept us this year
so let’s just get that out of the way. But scoring 12 points in a half-against Oregon, not a defensive powerhouse in anyone’s estimation-is just awful. 16 turnovers against a 2-3 zone which is not a pressure defense? What happened?
I don’t get it. USC has a fairly good team this year and is playing well enough to beat (and has beaten) teams that are demonstrably better than Oregon on the road. What gives? I am genuinely interested in a non-flaming response from anyone who has some thoughts about what is going with USC basketball.
Easy to understand
The Trojans have no offense, if they can’t hit outside they die. It’s been that way all season long. They have no one who can break down a defense, no one who can create his own shot and keep a defense honest. Remember this is a team made up of left over parts, it’s amazing they won this many games. They have good athletic roll players, but the also lack speed. Did you see Oregon fast break them all second half? When you offense consists of throwing the ball around the outside and jacking up a bad shot as the clock runs out, you are just asking for bad losses. What I don’t get, and this really isn’t a dig, is how UCLA is so bad. They are made up of HS AAs, WTF!
Thanks everyone for the takes-ev
the big problem for UCLA this year is quite simply the PG play. Jerime Anderson has not come close to approaching his high school accolades and Malcolm Lee cannot play PG except in limited back-up minutes. The secondary problems are that the three seniors are the dregs of that class-Mike Roll is the only one who is a solid contributor. Keefe is a bust of Duke-level proportions and Dragovich has been at best underwhelming on offense and an absolute, total disaster on defense. there is no junior class-Love is playing in the NBA and Stanback transferred. So our roster is amde up of senior role players and underclassmen with sorely limited playing time from the year before (remember, UCLA lost four starters from last year, including the jewel of the freshman class, Jrue Holiday.) The sophomore class has been a bust in nearly every possible way and the freshmen, although solid in the form of Nelson and Honeycutt, are still freshmen.
Howland has made some curious coaching decisions this year, but he really merits more flak for the recruiting decisions he has made in the past three years. Still, it’s hard for me to call him out as a bad coach or even make the suggestion he should be on the hot seat-Roy Williams is having a horrible year, too. These guys didn’t forget how to coach-it’s just a combination of problems that are taking down the UCLA program this year. If we get adequate PG play next year we’ll be back in the NCAA tournament.
Let me say this recruits are like a box of chocolates, you never know what your going to get .
I understand this because I have been following USC for 40 years, but some ucla people are just spoiled. Yes if ucla sticks with Ben they will be fine, but don’t ever think they will have the success of early years.
LA Sports is what keep me off the streets and out of trouble, thanks to all the teams Rams, Dodgers, Lakers, USC sports and the Love of Tennis.
by so.cal.native1952 on Feb 26, 2010 3:45 PM PST up reply actions
But Dallas that could never happen at the University of Nestor and greek friends.s.
LA Sports is what keep me off the streets and out of trouble, thanks to all the teams Rams, Dodgers, Lakers, USC sports and the Love of Tennis.
by so.cal.native1952 on Feb 27, 2010 11:35 AM PST up reply actions
It's easy.
We have excellent athletes who play crazy good defense but we really don’t have a lot of great ballers. No real scorer. Dwight Lewis, who in a perfect world would be a 3rd option is the default number one option and struggles against zone defenses because he doesn’t get his shot off quickly and he doesn’t like to shoot with a hand in his face.
Garrity controls tempo like no one’s business but is not a scorer by any means. Nikola and Marcus need someone to get them the ball. No one on this team can drive and penetrate and score or kickout to kill the zone. No one can really create their own shot.
It’s late in the year. SC is really only six or seven deep. They are tired. They have nothing to play for except for pride. Unless they give 110% every game SC is always in danger of losing because of their offensive short comings. They can get up for the top teams and UCLA because of the pride factor, but it seems against the lesser teams they tend to lack energy. They summoned that energy in the first half but ran out of gas in the second. It happens, and O’Neil understands that.
USC has won 16 games this season and was in the race for the Pac-10 title until the last week of the season. Who would have thought that at the beginning of the season?
Hands? I thought so.
Agree with all and I said 20, but i feel sanctions killed that. If the PG or SG can't penetrate it's WHO'S GOT NEXT.
LA Sports is what keep me off the streets and out of trouble, thanks to all the teams Rams, Dodgers, Lakers, USC sports and the Love of Tennis.
by so.cal.native1952 on Feb 26, 2010 8:53 AM PST up reply actions
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