Future Opponents' Results

oldtimer wrote:

DoubleDipper wrote:

DeanMurdoch wrote:It's likely that the guys will put up the three upcoming games on the Stretch site in the next couple of days.

The Portland Bible and CSU Bakersfield games ARE on the board.....rest easy, video stream for all.

DD I cant seem to find them. Can you tell me where you saw them listed on the Stretch site?

My apologies, OT, they are NOT yet on Stretch Game Central.....but I think Dean is correct; I'm confident they'll be up shortly.

Mumble, mumble....two errors in two days....time for break....but I hate writing Christmas cards....mumble, mumble....I'm getting as bad as Geez....mumble....who's beginning to talk like more like Yoda every day....

not even possible, i think

Was at NDSU/Minnesota tonight. Both good teams - was surprised to see one of NDSU's better players, Taylor Braun - a 6-7 guard - was from Oregon (Newberg).

Doesn't really fit in the Future Opponents thread but whatever!

DeanMurdoch wrote:Was at NDSU/Minnesota tonight. Both good teams - was surprised to see one of NDSU's better players, Taylor Braun - a 6-7 guard - was from Oregon (Newberg).

It would have to been a good game considering the proximity of the schools, but Minnesota will rarely lose this year......and may not lose at home all season.

NDSU has played Indiana, so I'm sure they weren't intimidated, but I bet those boys from Fargo were wide-eyed in the big city...

DeanMurdoch wrote:Doesn't really fit in the Future Opponents thread but whatever!

It's a past opponents' result, but OSU beat PSU in the Stott Center tonight 79-74. OSU's trap killed the Vikings' offense, the Beavers ended up using their size advantage on offense (the PSU front line is one big defensive liability), and the Vikings were fixated on outside shots instead of going to Renado Parker, who was having some success in the post.

With their home-and-home with PSU concluded I'm sure OSU will put the Pilots on the schedule next. Right?

oldtimer wrote:DD I cant seem to find them. Can you tell me where you saw them listed on the Stretch site?

All up now.

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Looking forward to a North Florida scouting report from Pilotram tonight!

DeanMurdoch wrote:Looking forward to a North Florida scouting report from Pilotram tonight!

Haha well I bailed at halftime, but I'd say they got a couple white boy three ball shooters and not much else. A familiar story for Portland fans no doubt. Sorry I don't have a better take, bball isn't my strong suit.

Blizzard warning for Peoria. Wonder if that'll affect Bradley's travel plans....

Conferences that have every team at .500 or better -

Big East
ACC
WCC

That is all.

Portland and San Diego are 4-6 against Division 1 teams...which is what counts in the RPI that matters come tournament time. It's nice to see nobody doing terribly outside conference this year though.

I thought I'd take a stab at our conference brethren's schedules to date, looking for best wins and worst losses.
LMU 5-5: best win, CS Bakersfield; worst loss, Alaska Anchorage
BYU 8-3: best win, Utah; worst loss, Florida St.
SMC 8-2: best win, Utah St; worst loss, Pacific
SCU 9-2: best win, St. Louis; worst loss, UC Santa Barbara
USF 5-4: best win, St. John's; worst loss, Holy Cross
PEP 7-5: best win, Wash. St; worst loss, Utah Valley
USD 6-6: best win, Tulane; worst loss, Montana
GU 11-1: best win, Oklahoma; "worst" loss, Illinois

For comparison, I'd say the Pilots best win is CS Bakersfield, and the worst loss is Montana St.

GU and BYU have played challenging schedules, and USF has played a decent schedule. The rest are not rated so high. It is a shame that Kentucky is dragging down the Pilot's strength of schedule rating.

up7587 wrote:SMC 8-2: best win, Utah St; worst loss, Pacific

SMC avenged their earlier loss to Pacific on Wednesday night in Moraga, detroying the Tigers 74-46...maybe that was their best win....

DoubleDipper wrote:

up7587 wrote:SMC 8-2: best win, Utah St; worst loss, Pacific

SMC avenged their earlier loss to Pacific on Wednesday night in Moraga, detroying the Tigers 74-46...maybe that was their best win....

Haha, yeah, I saw that, and thought about putting Pacific on both sides.

Hmm, this is highly unusual; WCC teams played 4 games today, and the Pilots were the only team to win.

Northern Iowa beat St. Mary's 82-75 in a game delayed a day due to ice and snow in Cedar Falls, Iowa.
Mississippi beat USF 85-78 in Honolulu.
James Madison beat San Diego 62-59 in Las Vegas at the MGM Grand.
PORTLAND PILOTS beat Bradley 57-55 in Las Vegas at the Orleans Arena.

Hope you had the opportunity to watch the ultimate gym rat, Kevin Pangos, score 31 at home tonight as #14 GU beat #31 Baylor (the team that beat Kentucky in Lexington earlier this year) by 7 points.

Pangos, only a sophmore, is wonderful to watch...even if it is for GU.

GU is now 4-0 against the Big 12 this year.

Gonzaga looks better than any team we've faced thus far - UNLV, New Mexico, and Kentucky notwithstanding.

I hope everyone is watching the Santa Clara-Duke game right now. Kevin Foster has 18 points at halftime and Santa Clara is down by 2!

NoPoNeighbor wrote:I hope everyone is watching the Santa Clara-Duke game right now. Kevin Foster has 18 points at halftime and Santa Clara is down by 2!

Yep, I'm all over it. Duke by 8 at the moment, but one helluva improvement for a SCU team the Pilots beat three times last year.

Duke's pulled away, in part due to Santa Clara stealing some of the Pilots' go-to moves: fouls, turnovers, and missed layups. Also, Santa Clara's defense has really fallen apart.

BYU is putting a beatdown on Virginia Tech right now, same Va Tech that went to OT to beat Bradley.

#13 Gonzaga is at #22 Oklahoma St. on Monday afternoon at 3 PST on ESPN2. This should be a terrific matchup….if GU clears this hurdle, they could go into March with just the lone loss to Illinois tarnishing their record. The game is rated even by most observers with a slight edge to OSU playing at home. I don’t think the 136 o/u is nearly high enough.

If you stay tuned to ESPN2 after GU vs. OSU you can watch St. Mary’s take on Harvard at home after beating Yale in Moraga this afternoon. I would love to see those two schools send their teams to the Chiles Center. Moraga?

Those are the last two WCC preseason games; the rest of the teams wait until Wednesday or Thursday to play again.

BTW, if you want to see Texas Pan-Am again, they are in Corvallis tomorrow afternoon at 2 PST on the Pac-12 network.

Yale did play at Portland in 2008. The Pilots had four guys in double figures, shot 60%, and won by 14.

I was already planning on going down to OSU tomorrow because I am free and I am that insane.

PurplePrideTrumpet wrote:Yale did play at Portland in 2008. The Pilots had four guys in double figures, shot 60%, and won by 14.

Yea, I remember the game well. My boss at the time was a Yale grad and our wager resulted in a case of French wine in my celler....and I kept my job.

SMC gets a 70-69 win over Harvard. Trailed the entire game until they hit a couple FTs with 1.1 secs left.