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Final Four: Baylor vs. Oregon Preview and Game Thread

April 3, 2019
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And then there were four teams remaining with a chance to win a national championship. The Baylor Lady Bears will need to get by a sharp shooting Oregon Ducks team led by a unanimous All-American, Sabrina Ionescu, to face the winner of Notre Dame and UConn. The Oregon Ducks are 33-4 on the season and on a four game winning streak. Baylor is 35-1 and currently on a 27 game winning streak.

How To Watch:

6 p.m. Friday, April 5

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Keys To The Game:

Defend the three point line

Make Sabrina Ionescu work on both ends

Feed Brown and Cox

Keep Oregon off the FT line

Protect the ball

TEAM PTS REB AST STL BLK FG% OPP FG% 3PT% FT%
BAYLOR 81.5 47.6 22.5 7.7 7.2 50.3 31.4 37.8 68.2
OREGON 85.4 37.9 19.0 7.0 2.8 50.5 39.5 41.7 76.6

Fun Facts:

Oregon’s bench is as deep as a thin crust at Shorty’s

Oregon will be 3108 miles from home

Baylor will be 1160 miles from home

COMMON OPPONENTS BAYLOR OREGON
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 72-66 (W) 87-79 (W), 63-53 (W)
ARIZONA STATE 65-59 (W) 77-71 (W), 66-59 (W)
STANFORD 63-68 (L) 88-48 (W), 57-64 (L)
CAL 102-63 (W) 105-82 (W)

Oregon hasn’t travelled outside of the state in almost four weeks since the Pac 12 tournament, while Baylor travelled to Greensboro, North Carolina for their Regional.

PATH TO FINAL FOUR BAYLOR OREGON
1st Round Abilene Christian 95-38 Portland State 78-40
2nd Round Cal 102-63 Indiana 91-68
Sweet 16 #15 South Carolina 93-68 South Dakota State 63-53
Elite 8 #8 Iowa 85-53 Mississippi State 88-84

 

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Final Four: Baylor vs. Oregon Preview and Game Thread

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In reply to Osodecentx • 9:48p, 4/5/19
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I was impressed with Oregon's ball movement and rebounding....very good team
no denying that... Oregon is an impressive team
Flop U

Refs let'em flopalot
i agree they flopped several times after contact...
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In reply to SmallVol1 • 2:43a, 4/6/19
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Those Oregon moving screens hadn't been called all night ...
they were doing moving screens (not set) and a fair amount of flopping tonight.

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Anyone know where the video message from Trace Adkins was posted?


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Dang, did we have fans there? Lolol The tv camera just thought Oregon was there
Keep in mind that 3 of the 4 teams playing in Tampa have GREEN as a primary school color!
Yes I noticed that too. And yesterday, they were both green & gold! It was the same in December when the Ducks came to Waco to play MBB.


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Dang, did we have fans there? Lolol The tv camera just thought Oregon was there
I heard the Baylor fans more than I saw them. But I was not paying much attention to the fans--except when the camera focused on the families of players.


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I'd like to take a moment and congratulate six people who deserve a lot of credit for where this team is toady - and that is the parents of Kalani Brown, Lauren Cox, and Chloe Jackson. In reality EVERY single parent who has driven one of these girls to practice, played hoops with them in the driveway, taken off work to make sure they got to a Friday evening game at an AAU tournament and welcomed Coach Mulkey and her staff into their home for an in-home visit deserve a HUGE congrats from all the fans - this game and run has been just as much a result of their dedication and long nights as anything else.
So true! I just hope the players all appreciated what their families sacrificed to help them get where they are today. No doubt the more mature among them did.


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Oregon went 12-32 from three. We were 0-3. A lot of other fans thought our lack of three point shooting would hurt us but we just don't need it. Not when we shoot 57% from inside the arc. Theee-pointers certainly kept it close for Oregon but not close enough. They only shot 36% from inside the arc which didn't help either. We're good at what works for us.
Which is exactly what Mulkey said. That's her coaching style and it makes sense. It seems almost obvious: coach to the players' strengths. I think we had a football coach recently who did that with great success. (Cue the trolls & BOR members or robe-sniffers/boot-lickers).

I also noticed some predictions on the first page of this thread that were accurate: slimecap linked an article by Chad Corine in which his final score prediction was off by only 2 for each team and eball said we would win if we could hold them to 10 3s and would lose if they got 13 or more. They had 12 and we squeaked by without scoring any!
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Dang, did we have fans there? Lolol The tv camera just thought Oregon was there
Keep in mind that 3 of the 4 teams playing in Tampa have GREEN as a primary school color!
Yes I noticed that too. And yesterday, they were both green & gold! It was the same in December when the Ducks came to Waco to play MBB.


Quote:
Dang, did we have fans there? Lolol The tv camera just thought Oregon was there
I heard the Baylor fans more than I saw them. But I was not paying much attention to the fans--except when the camera focused on the families of players.


Quote:
I'd like to take a moment and congratulate six people who deserve a lot of credit for where this team is toady - and that is the parents of Kalani Brown, Lauren Cox, and Chloe Jackson. In reality EVERY single parent who has driven one of these girls to practice, played hoops with them in the driveway, taken off work to make sure they got to a Friday evening game at an AAU tournament and welcomed Coach Mulkey and her staff into their home for an in-home visit deserve a HUGE congrats from all the fans - this game and run has been just as much a result of their dedication and long nights as anything else.
So true! I just hope the players all appreciated what their families sacrificed to help them get where they are today. No doubt the more mature among them did.


Quote:
Oregon went 12-32 from three. We were 0-3. A lot of other fans thought our lack of three point shooting would hurt us but we just don't need it. Not when we shoot 57% from inside the arc. Theee-pointers certainly kept it close for Oregon but not close enough. They only shot 36% from inside the arc which didn't help either. We're good at what works for us.
Which is exactly what Mulkey said. That's her coaching style and it makes sense. It seems almost obvious: coach to the players' strengths. I think we had a football coach recently who did that with great success. (Cue the trolls & BOR members or robe-sniffers/boot-lickers).

I also noticed some predictions on the first page of this thread that were accurate: slimecap linked an article by Chad Corine in which his final score prediction was off by only 2 for each team and statman said we would win if we could hold them to 10 3s and would lose if they got 13 or more. They had 12 and we squeaked by without scoring any!
Hey...I said that!
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In reply to Eball • 12:13p, 4/6/19
Eball said:
historian said:

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Dang, did we have fans there? Lolol The tv camera just thought Oregon was there
Keep in mind that 3 of the 4 teams playing in Tampa have GREEN as a primary school color!
Yes I noticed that too. And yesterday, they were both green & gold! It was the same in December when the Ducks came to Waco to play MBB.


Quote:
Dang, did we have fans there? Lolol The tv camera just thought Oregon was there
I heard the Baylor fans more than I saw them. But I was not paying much attention to the fans--except when the camera focused on the families of players.


Quote:
I'd like to take a moment and congratulate six people who deserve a lot of credit for where this team is toady - and that is the parents of Kalani Brown, Lauren Cox, and Chloe Jackson. In reality EVERY single parent who has driven one of these girls to practice, played hoops with them in the driveway, taken off work to make sure they got to a Friday evening game at an AAU tournament and welcomed Coach Mulkey and her staff into their home for an in-home visit deserve a HUGE congrats from all the fans - this game and run has been just as much a result of their dedication and long nights as anything else.
So true! I just hope the players all appreciated what their families sacrificed to help them get where they are today. No doubt the more mature among them did.


Quote:
Oregon went 12-32 from three. We were 0-3. A lot of other fans thought our lack of three point shooting would hurt us but we just don't need it. Not when we shoot 57% from inside the arc. Theee-pointers certainly kept it close for Oregon but not close enough. They only shot 36% from inside the arc which didn't help either. We're good at what works for us.
Which is exactly what Mulkey said. That's her coaching style and it makes sense. It seems almost obvious: coach to the players' strengths. I think we had a football coach recently who did that with great success. (Cue the trolls & BOR members or robe-sniffers/boot-lickers).

I also noticed some predictions on the first page of this thread that were accurate: slimecap linked an article by Chad Corine in which his final score prediction was off by only 2 for each team and statman said we would win if we could hold them to 10 3s and would lose if they got 13 or more. They had 12 and we squeaked by without scoring any!
Hey...I said that!
My apologies. Maybe statman came close in predicting the score. Kudos for your accurate statement.
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Notice I corrected the original!
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I'm rewatching the game now. We are down 11-4 in the early going.
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Dee Brown & daughter Kalani


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