WEEK 3 | PAC-12 THURSDAY: You Freaking KIDDING Me?

PAC-12 has dropped to all-time LOW #8 Conference RPI

(After holding down #2 for significant segments of last several seasons

INCLUDING portions as recent as 2009-2010 at #2

 

TONIGHT was FILLED w/EXAMPLES OF WEAKER PLAY

 

#1.

 

6 for 26 FREE THROWS? 23.1% ??

 

UTAH & STANFORD COMBINED TONIGHT

Utah 1-9 FT

 

How on EARTH does Utah Cover by 20

After pulling down JUST 20 Boards (-9)

& CONVERTING 1 FREE THROW

& Losing BENCH Scoring Total 23-2

 

(10-24 From Deep helps)

 

Stanford & Utah FT%?

Teams entered Game Ranked #8 & #10 Conf FT%:

8. Stanford: 67.7%

10. Utah: 66.5%

 

#2.

 

TOP-2 SENIOR GUARDS, on #1 & #2 Conf Teams

COMBINED TO SHOOT 5-27 (18.5%)

 

Cal's Sr Gutierrez 2-17 FG (0-3 Deep) 1-4 FT's

Colo's Sr Brown 3-10 (1-5 Deep) FIVE T-Overs

 

CAL & COLO ENTERED GAME as

#1 & #2 Offensive Efficiency Teams

CAL 'BIG THREE' SHOT FG 20% (7-35)

COLO STARTERS SHOT 30% (13-43)

 

Cal

 

#3.

 

#4 PPG TEAM, OREGON STATE (84.4 PPG)

FINISHES OVERTIME w/ONE POINT

 

Leading Conference Scorer,

OSU Jr Jarred Cunningham

Has played 54 & 40 Minutes in 2 Successive Games

 

Tonight's bench-clearing, near-brawl & ejection(s) of

OSU's Joe Burton

AZ's Kyryl Natayazhko

&

OSU HC CRAIG ROBINSON's

Highly uncharacteristic blowup & subsequent tirade

 

Could indicators that the Beaver 'shell' is cracking a bit

 

OSU's BTB OT LOSSES

(5 OT PERIODS IN 5 DAYS; 0-2 Rec)

Is hardly a consolation for 1-4 Beavers

 

OSU is repeating a painful pattern

Falling behind by big double-digit margins

In PARTICULARLY HOSTILE ENVIRONMENTS

Scratching & clawing back into game(s)

To Tie or Take Late Lead...

Only to run out of gas in final minutes

 

THIS COULD BE A SIGNIFICANT CAPPING EDGE on SAT

Five OT Periods in 5 Days? w/0-2 Record to show for it?

 

....just sayin'

 

PAC-12 is a rough landscape this year...so far

1-Pt Loss w/CAL TEASER Really stings

As poorly as Bears shot (& waaaayyy behind early)

 

& ORE ST DROPPING A M-LINE PLAY in OT?

 

Getting right into Saturday's Match-Ups now...

Rant Over