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Indirectly...UCONN beat Syracuse and we beat UCONN!!! Syracuse beats Duke!!
Blue Devils and Seminoles left it all out on the floor on Saturday. Not surprising that neither had anything left in the tank 2 days later.
Syracuse played Oregon, UConn, and OSU. That's the only thing I can think of and it's a stretch.
Maybe. But Syracuse has been on the line so far in the early bracketology. First four out / in. Iowa is safely in (early-on). At this point, Iowa needs any help possible with that out-of-conf SOS.
I see so Oregon and UConn both beat cuse
Now if Pitt can beat cuse
Iowa wins move up in quality
Plus Oregon could come back and win pac 10
Now if Pitt can beat cuse
Iowa wins move up in quality
Plus Oregon could come back and win pac 10
The ducks have not looked good in the few games that I have seen parts of.
They'll improve once Wooten returns. Probably took some adjustment running the team without Bol and King adjusting after his injury. Should be an 18+ win team at least.
USC suspended their best player before the game though, and it was at Oregon. Pac 12 is bad enough that Oregon may still get to .500 in conference though. What little I watched of it, we were much luckier facing Bol Bol than Louis King given the choice of the two, Iowa's size was able to handle Bol while King looked more like the kind of player, high energy slasher with a mid range jumper who crashes the boards, that gives Iowa fits.
I disagree. While King is a good player, Bol was a legit 21/9 center averaging almost 3 blocks.
Plus Oregon had Wooten, an elite defender, when they played Iowa.
Bol/Wooten >>>> King.
And when did Porter become USC's best player? He projects well as an NBA prospect but he only averaged 10 points. Boatwright is their MVP followed by Rakocevic.
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That's true but really irrelevant. Hopefully Oregon can just equate to a quad 1 win for Iowa, which is top 50 team for a neutral site game. Top 50 is achievable for them.
Not really irrelevant. While Oregon has highly rated young talent, I think they would finish in the bottom third of the B1G, unless they suddenly start pulling it together. In the PAC12, they should be one of the better teams, which should help them be successful, although it won't help their SOS.
I don't really see any path to them getting in the top 50 of the net to be honest.
They have talent and a pretty good coach. Playing in the PAC, I expect them to go on a run. But you’re probably right on top 50.
Not out of the picture. Pitt was sitting above 100 a few weeks ago and currently is ranked 52. King is starting to play well and Wooten should return soon. I could easily see them winning 20+ and finishing top 50.
That's true but Oregon will have opportunities with 4 games remaining against Arizona #51 and Washington #38, plus 4 games against top 100 teams, Oregon State, UCLA and Arizona State.
They likely need to win >75% of their remaining games but it's possible.
Oregon jumped to 65 after beating Arizona. Top 50 definitely in the sights.
