Pilots @ San Francisco, Thursday 7:00 (WCC Digital)

by Guest Wed Feb 13, 2013 2:15 pm

Pilots got Dickersoned by these guys last time. PS, I'm assuming that other thread started by the one-post dude from USF hawking tickets doesn't count as the official game thread.

Pilots @ San Francisco
Thursday, Feb. 14 - 7:00
San Francisco, Calif.

Portland Radio - 800 AM
Internet Feed: WCC Digital

Rankings
NCAA RPI: Portland 236, San Francisco 132
Pomeroy: Portland 273, San Francisco 120
Sagarin: Portland 260, San Francisco 133

Projected Scores
Pomeroy: Portland 57, San Francisco 71 (9% chance of Pilots win)
RealTimeRPI: Portland 59, San Francisco 76 (20% chance of Pilots win)

All-Time Series
San Francisco leads 58-25

Portland (9-17 overall, 2-9 WCC) - Season Stats
WCC Wins - @LMU, LMU
WCC Losses - @USD, @PEP, GU, SMC, USF, BYU, @SCU, @SMC, PEP
Pilots record this year when Deaner makes the game thread: 2-2

San Francisco (11-13 overall, 4-7 WCC) - Season Stats
WCC Wins - LMU, @POR, @PEP, @BYU
WCC Losses - @SCU, BYU, USD, @SMC, SCU, @GON, SMC

Portland Info
(coming soon)

San Francisco Info
Game Preview
Full Game Notes

by DoubleDipper Wed Feb 13, 2013 2:30 pm

Seriously, you're 2-2 when starting the game thread?!

We should probably check with Basketball State, but I'm thinking if we were to divide your salary by your number of wins........ Razz

by Guest Wed Feb 13, 2013 2:39 pm

Yeah and I was 2-1 up until a couple weeks ago. Had the Bakersfield and PSU wins and they even played well-ish in my one game thread loss (New Mexico).

Then Santa Clara happened.

Assuming the Pilots can't pull off the upset tomorrow, I'll be holding off on game threads until the tourney...8/9 against LMU would be my best chance to pull back up to .500 for the year. Yes, I have seriously thought about this.

by DoubleDipper Wed Feb 13, 2013 3:01 pm

I recommend you head down the coast and watch the Jets play in North Carolina and Florida instead of staying home in the freezing temperatures concerning yourself with a W/L record…..

Love your determination, but it is hockey season after all…

by **PilotNut** Wed Feb 13, 2013 9:00 pm

Pilots Hit the Road to Face San Francisco, BYU

Portland Pilots (9-17, 2-9) at San Francisco Dons (11-13, 4-7)
Date: Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013
Tip-off: 7:00 p.m. (PST)
Location: San Francisco, Calif.
Arena: War Memorial Gymnasium
Video: WCCSports.com
Radio: 800 AM
Overall Series: 25-51
At UP: 17-19
At USF: 7-29
At Neutral: 1-3
Last: USF 75, POR 72 (Jan. 24, 2013 at Portland)

GAME INFORMATION
• Portland opens a two-game West Coast Conference road trip at San Francisco on Thursday at 7 p.m.
• The Pilots will then travel to BYU for a Saturday matchup with a 6 p.m. (PT) tip-off.

GAME COVERAGE
• A video broadcast of Thursday’s game will be available at WCCSports.com with George Devine and Jim Harrick providing the commentary.
• Saturday’s game will be televised live on BYUtv.
• All Portland basketball games will be on the radio live on True Talk 800 AM with Bill Johnson calling the play-by-play and a 30-minute pregame show.

ABOUT SAN FRANCISCO
• The Dons (11-13, 4-7 WCC) have won two in a row and four of the last six games following a 99-87 road win at BYU on Saturday.
• Sophomore G De’End Parker led all USF scorers with 23 points against BYU, while sophomore G Chris Adams and freshman G Avry Holmes had 17 each.
• Junior F Cole Dickerson posted his 10th double-double of the season with 14 points and 11 rebounds.
• The Dons are 28-of-47 (59.5) from beyond the arc in their last two games.
• USF posted non-conference wins against St. John’s (81-65) and Montana (78-68).
• Dickerson is nearly averaging a double-double with 14.5 points and 9.9 rebounds.
• Junior PG Cody Doolin averages 12.4 points and is third in the WCC at 5.8 assists per game.
• Head coach Rex Walters is in his fifth season with the Dons and is coming off of a 20-14 overall record and 8-8 mark in the WCC a year ago.

PORTLAND-SAN FRANCISCO SERIES NOTES
• The Dons lead the all-time series by a 51-25 margin and 29-7 edge at San Francisco.
• USF has won six consecutive meetings between the two teams.
• The Dons won at Portland on Jan. 24, 75-72, as Cole Dickerson hit a game-winning three-pointer with 0.1 seconds left to cap a 12-point second half comeback.
• USF swept the season series last year with a 104-70 home victory, 72-71 win at Portland and then an 87-66 triumph in the WCC Tournament.

by DTLegend Thu Feb 14, 2013 6:49 am

Despite the frustrating season, I'm stoked to be able to catch the next two games live. Maybe I won't be as excited come Sunday

by DoubleDipper Thu Feb 14, 2013 9:10 am

DTLegend wrote:Despite the frustrating season, I'm stoked to be able to catch the next two games live. Maybe I won't be as excited come Sunday

We'll look for you; will you be the one in PURPLE?

by Guest Thu Feb 14, 2013 8:54 pm

You bet!!! Great road win for these guys.

by Guest Thu Feb 14, 2013 8:55 pm

DTLegend wrote:Despite the frustrating season, I'm stoked to be able to catch the next two games live. Maybe I won't be as excited come Sunday

Wow, you should be excited, DTL. That gets one back.

Pilots win, 78-76. Yahoo!

by Guest Thu Feb 14, 2013 9:11 pm

I caught most of the 2nd half on the radio. Looking at the box score, Derrick Rodgers was 0-2 on 3pt tries! Yeah! VDM and Riley B combined for 22 points. Looks like the middle opened up some. Even though the 3 pt percentage was pretty low, 29% on 4-14, the overall percentage was 50%. USF got more 3's and more FTs, but only shot 41% overall. and that was enough to eek out a win.

by oh brody Thu Feb 14, 2013 9:59 pm

yeah baby! Yahoo!

forty in the first half. seventy-eight for the game. I'm just sorry I missed the offensive explosion and what sounds like a good overall performance. Way to go Pilots!

by oh brody Thu Feb 14, 2013 10:08 pm

"The Pilots raced to a 40-33 halftime lead as Bailey, playing without a facial mask for the first time since WCC play began, scored 13 first half points to lead the way."

Maybe that's all it was... the face mask was bad luck!

by oldtimer Thu Feb 14, 2013 10:09 pm

Payback!

USF over BYU
UP over USF
thus UP over BYU

by DoubleDipper Thu Feb 14, 2013 10:17 pm

Bryce passes the length of the court to Thomas…..and he scores, again….nice!

Watched the game on video at the Chiles Center while watching the women lose (again) to USF….just the reversal from last week when I was watching the men lose at home and the women win on the road. We need some home wins!

Good heads-up play tonight, it was obvious the Pilots had scouted the Dons’ tendencies very well and made them pay for overplaying the ball on a number of occasions. Rex was outcoached tonight!

Thomas had his third straight good game, and as we were promised, KB left his mask off before shoot-around yesterday, and it certainly was good to see him be the “old” KB without the mask tonight. I haven’t seen the stats yet, but must have killed USF in the paint.

by Guest Thu Feb 14, 2013 10:19 pm

oldtimer wrote:Payback!

USF over BYU
UP over USF
thus UP over BYU

I tried this logic in the Santa Clara game thread using the LMU win. No dice.

by NoPoNeighbor Thu Feb 14, 2013 10:46 pm

Great performance tonight! I wasn't feeling confident heading down the stretch, but they pulled it out. 13 turnovers... still too many, but headed in the right direction. And Rodgers... what a game! 8 assists and only 1 TO. Great leadership tonight.

I love the scoring balance. I think we are at our best when K. Bailey leads in scoring, as he did tonight. And then solid contributions on the inside from BOTH centers, and of course from Nicholas. And Tanner Riley provided some spark off of the bench, despite being a bit erratic from three-point range. He needs to continue to find ways to make a positive impact even when his long-range shots aren't falling. Great job in that regard tonight.

It was great to see Ehlers and Pressley make nice contributions. Any idea why Thieleke didn't get into the game at all?

by DoubleDipper Thu Feb 14, 2013 11:28 pm

DoubleDipper wrote:I haven’t seen the stats yet, but we must have killed USF in the paint.

Points in the paint: UP 38 USF 20

by Guest Thu Feb 14, 2013 11:34 pm

By the way, that turnover at the end where Pressley had the ball poked away off the inbounds was BS. Didn't have sound as per usual but I'm assuming the announcers were saying much the same.

Ehlers getting meaningful minutes down the stretch was interesting to see.

by oldtimer Thu Feb 14, 2013 11:45 pm

[quote="DeanMurdoch"]By the way, that turnover at the end where Pressley had the ball poked away off the inbounds was BS. Didn't have sound as per usual but I'm assuming the announcers were saying much the same.

Ehlers getting meaningful minutes down the stretch was interesting to see.[/quote]

Rev and his substitution pattern has been and always will be a head scratcher. Im sure there is a method in there somewhere but it isnt always evident during the games.
I couldnt see, was Korey in the gym? Another example of a head scratcher. How does Korey go from starter to zero minutes? I would have thought his defense would have been useful against Avery.

by DoubleDipper Thu Feb 14, 2013 11:49 pm

NoPoNeighbor wrote:Any idea why Thieleke didn't get into the game at all?

Hmm, that is strange considering how much energy Korey brings, and how he can go to the rim....there had to be some physical reason.

Bryce started tonight and basically played the entire game...no Korey and very little Oskars.

by DoubleDipper Fri Feb 15, 2013 1:02 am

Haha, from our friend, Rex:

"Portland played a good game and I thought they were a lot tougher than we were," said USF head coach Rex Walters. "As proud as I was after the BYU game, this is one of the most disappointing losses we've had since I've been here. There was no defensive intensity. Portland usually plays in the 60's and they scored 78 on us.

"We talked about agressiveness and toughness but we just didn't do it tonight."

by NoPoNeighbor Fri Feb 15, 2013 3:14 am

Not sure why the "Haha" in response to Walters' quote. Seems like a pretty fair assessment of what happened in the game. Honestly, teams should be embarrassed if UP scores 78 points on them. We had more points in the first half tonight than we did in the entire game against St. Mary's.

by Geezaldinho Fri Feb 15, 2013 8:24 am

DoubleDipper wrote:
NoPoNeighbor wrote:Any idea why Thieleke didn't get into the game at all?
Hmm, that is strange considering how much energy Korey brings, and how he can go to the rim....there had to be some physical reason.

Bryce started tonight and basically played the entire game...no Korey and very little Oskars.

Oskars is no mystery. We have been told he has plantar fasciitis - takes months to heal and can be very painful at times.

by Guest Fri Feb 15, 2013 9:09 am

Looking at the standings this morning, that OT loss to Pepperdine really stinks now.

If the Pilots beat BYU on Saturday we may have to pass around a hat to send DTLegend to Spokane in a couple weeks.

by Guest Fri Feb 15, 2013 9:20 am

I'd rather pay to bring DTL to Portland for next week's games.

BTW, after learning that we literally can't "buy" a win, I learned today from reading the ESPN commenters that the game was fixed. So, somebody bought a win. Oh, gamblers Rolling Eyes

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