From: rpandey@CS.ORST.EDU (Rajeev Pandey)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.college
Subject: Re: PAC-10: Oregon State Schedule
Date: 1 Oct 92 07:21:14 GMT
Article-I.D.: CS.1992Oct01.072114.13311
Organization: Computer Science Dept., Oregon State University

matthew@base.cs.ucla.edu (Matthew Merzbacher) writes:

>>rpandey@CS.ORST.EDU (Rajeev Pandey) writes:

>>Dec 29	BYU or Oregon

> Must be BYU.  If it's an Oregon holiday tourney (and it looks like it),
> then they'll just switch opponents for the second game rather than have a
> mini-tourney.  No way will the Beavs and Ducks play three times.

 Dec. 28-29 is the Thriftway Far West Classic, held in Portland, co-sponsered
 by Oregon and Oregon State. OSU plays OSU, Oregon plays BYU on Dec. 28. On
 Dec. 29, the winners and losers meet. Oregon and Oregon State have met 
 often in the past. I would not be surprised to see Oregon beat BYU.....I
 think Oregon will be the dark horse of the Pac-10, you heard it here first.

>> I don't think that anyone will be able to accuse OSU of having an easy
>> non-conference schedule.......

> Why not?  The only really good team on the list is Ohio State.  There
> are also some name schools that aren't that good these days.  It's no
> Georgetown, but it's not a schedule to crow about either.  More below.

 Well, OSU has not been that good the last two years......so to play the
 likes of OSU, James Madison, NCSU, Oklahoma instead of scheduling NAIA
 Div. II cupcakes a la Georgetown will be interesting........

>>Probable Starters:

>> G Brent Barry  6'5"-170  Soph
>> G Charles McKinney 6'2"-192 Sen
>> F Kareem Anderson 6'4"-205 Soph
>> F Chad Scott 6'7"-210 Sen
>> C Scott Haskin 6'11" Sen

>If OSU had a coach with a brain, they could go far.  

 That is a big IF. I'm not as of yet impressed. It is somewhat hard for any
 coach to fill the shoes of Ralph Miller though.

>Haskin is my pick for all-PAC-10 at Center.  

 I doubt that there is a dissenting vote to that anywhere. 

>Kareem Anderson has had fits of brilliance.

 He was a freshman, so his inconsistant play was to be expected. Let's see
 what one season does for him.

>And Barry can fill it up, even though he looks like a total goofball.

 I expect great things from Barry. The talent is definitely there. He should
 end up in the NBA, providing he tempers his flamboyant urges with some
 good sense.

>The rest of the team is plenty good.  

 Along with a recruiting class that filled a lot of the holes.

>Look for 'em in the NCAAs, possibly going to the round of 16 or so.

 Alas, come closer to March Madness I shall strive to post on the great
 OSU-NCAA tourney jinx. OK, fine, I'll do it now:

   1980: seeded #2 West, 1st round bye, second round loss to Lamar 81-77
   1981: seeded #1 West, 1st round bye, second round loss to Kansas St. 50-48
 
   1982: seeded #2 West, 1st round bye, second round win over Pepperdine 70-51,
         regional semifinal win over Idaho 60-42, regional final loss to
         Georgetown 69-45

   1984: seeded #6 Mideast, 1st round loss to West Virginia 64-62
   1985: seeded #10 Southeast, 1st round loss to Notre Dame 79-70
   1988: seeded #12 Southwest, 1st round loss to Louisville 70-61
   1989: seeded #6 West, 1st round loss to Evansville 90-94 (OT)
   1990: seeded #5 West, 1st round loss to Ball State 54-53

 Pretty grim charge sheet, eh? OK, so it still is a lot better than AZ's :-)
 Anyhow, I face March with a mixture of anticipation and trepidation.....

 (incidently, the above tales of woe were compiled with help from "The
  Encyclopedia of the NCAA Basketball Tournament" by Jim Savage, which
  cost all of $4 with $3 for S&H.........lemme know if you wanna know from
  where.......affordable even on my gradual student salary :-)

> Matthew Merzbacher	ARPA:	matthew@CS.UCLA.EDU


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