Were the Conference of Champions’ schedule makers GOOD to us here in Corvallis this week?
Oregon State Team Alumnus, Fans & were awarded THE Marquee Game of “our” Home Slate for a Sunday AM?
Oregon State & UCLA taking Center Stage before Super Sunday
Must say, Heck Yes….
Great opportunity for this 4-4 Beaver Team to end first half of 2013-14 PAC-12 Season above .500
Should be a very good, captivating game
Sun Feb 2, 2014 | 2:35 PM, EST | ESPN-U
Gill Coliseum | Corvallis, Oregon
UCLA BRUINS 17-4 (6-2 Conf | 13-7 ATS)
OREGON STATE BEAVERS 12-8 (4-4 Conf | 8-9 ATS)
Bruins Projected Starting Lineup
UCLA 6-04 | 215 Jr Norman Powell
UCLA 6-05 | 220 So Jordan Adams
UCLA 6-09 | 230 So Kyle Anderson
UCLA 6-10 | 230 Sr David Wear
UCLA 6-10 | 230 Sr Travis Wear
Bruins Bench Contributors
UCLA 6-03 | 180 Fr Bryce Alford
UCLA 6-05 | 180 Fr Zach LaVine
UCLA 6-09 | 255 So Tony Parker
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Beavers Projected Starting Lineup
ORST 6-03 | 186 Fr Hallice Cooke
ORST 6-05 | 217 So Langston Morris-Walker
ORST 6-04 | 201 Sr Roberto Nelson
ORST 6-10 | 246 Sr Angus Brandt
ORST 6-10 | 213 So Eric Moreland
Beavers Bench Contributors
ORST 6-03 | 200 Jr Challe Barton
ORST 6-02 | 205 Fr Malcolm Duvivier
ORST 6-07 | 200 So Victor Robbins
ORST 6-07 | 230 So Jarmal Reid
ORST 6-08 | 216 Sr Devon Collier
ORST 6-10 | 226 So Olaf Schaftenaar
UCLA somehow outlasted Oregon in a Eugene Thursday Night
In an unimaginable, out of the ordinary final 6:14
The Bruins seemed to be ready to coast home, up 65-54
Until Oregon crashed the UCLA lead with a 14-0 run to take a 68-65 Oregon lead at 1:02 left
UCLA then climbed out of the Eugene quicksand to score the games’ final 5 points
Travis Wear snapped the 15-Foot string at 0:05 left, followed by Ore J Loyd missed long J at Buzzer
OSU played one of their poorest Conference Games of the Year
YET, BEAT SC by 1 in OT on Thursday
It is becoming increasingly evident that OSU’s Roberto Nelson is drawing enormous attention
Nelson was doubled & tripled; hedged & shaded at every turn
Nelson’s scoring is remaining steady at 22.2 PPG (#10 NCAA | #1 PAC-12)
Yet, he is being beaten down; and shooting % is trending down (39% last 4 Games)
OSU’s HC Robinson refuses to pare down his 10-Man Rotation
Nelson is STILL the only Beaver Player to AVG OVER 30 MPG
Despite the #2 most proficient starting 5 in the PAC-12
UCLA is well suited to face OSU
UCLA held FIVE significant ORE contributors scoreless Thu
If any team is well-suited to contain Nelson,
It is a LONG Gaggle of UCLA Swing Players
UCLA 6-05 | 180 Fr Zach LaVine
UCLA 6-05 | 220 So Jordan Adams
UCLA 6-09 | 255 So Tony Parker &
UCLA 6-09 | 230 So Kyle Anderson
Really like Bruins & Under here
As Bruins showed they can & will draw teams down to run Alford’s Spread 2-1-2
Even w/Beavers throwing their 1-3-1 Zone Defense at SC
(For the first time in 3½ Games)
w/sparkling success
I suspect the Beavers will do the same vs. UCLA
(Just as they predictably ran MTM at Bears after success w/it vs. Stanford)
UCLA is the MOST disciplined Team in PAC-12
OSU is now the MOST Turnover-Prone in Conference
We may have presumed UCLA would have been MORE than 2 Possessions Favorite
After Bruins again covered on Thursday & on 5-1 ATS Run
Nevertheless, seeing Bruins running out to methodical double-digit win
1½ UNIT
UCLA -5 (-110 | sportsbook.ag)
OREGON STATE
1 UNIT
UCLA
OREGON STATE | UNDER 152½ (-110 | Bookmaker)
All the best, Guys
(Oh, and Misty & I will have plenty of live Tweets from Gill Coliseum floor; our customary post at the Old Barn on Ralph Miller)