Basketball is a game of runs, always has been and always will be. Nearly every game you ever watch is filled with runs. One team makes an adjustment and it takes time for the other team to sort it out. Or somebody gets a hot hand or someone gets in foul trouble, or whatever. Bottom line is that the good teams don’t panic and return with a run of their own. We did so and got up 28. It was dismaying to see that our second/third string couldn’t at least maintain the majority of that 28 point lead against a team as bad as Oregon State. But I guess the lesson is that even the worst team in the league gas players that are better than our bench, which means we need to look to build depth for next year.
A deep tournament run is not going to be possible until we are 2 to 3 deep at 4/5 and 2 to 3 deep at the 3/4. Right now we have Collette & Kuzma then it drops off precipitously. Any team with half a brain will just get them in foul trouble and we are f’d. Colorado apparently somehow managed to get Oregon in foul trouble, something we weren’t able to do in the Hunty and will be unlikely to be able to do in Eugene. I’m a bit annoyed because this just may be the best/deepest backcourt we’ve ever had, but I think we are limited by our front court. But alas, you can’t always have everything, we are still building towards that team that can make a run. I will say that I think this team has the talent to make the run, but they would just need too much help from he officials, and you can’t ever bank on that. I seriously hope we dont get screwed at Cal this week. They aren’t super deep in the front court either, so lets hope its called even whichever way it goes.
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