GameDay Hoops Blog: Oregon at UCLA

Matt Prehm
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Saturday's road game at No. 24 UCLA (15-3, 5-0) might be Oregon's (15-2, 4-0) biggest game yet in Dana Altman's three-year run as head coach. The Ducks and Bruins will fight for a share of the Pac-12 lead and will play in front of a nationally televised audience by CBS.

Dominic Artis and the Ducks hope to get a huge win Saturday.

The Bruins have won 10 straight games while Oregon is currently on a six game winning streak.

Damyean Dotson scored 16 points and Oregon was able to escape with a 76-74 victory at USC on Thursday. Senior E.J. Singler added 14 points, seven assists, and six rebounds.

UCLA beat Oregon State Thursday night 74-64. Shabazz Muhammad scored 21 points, while Kyle Anderson and Travis Wear each added 17 points.

Follow the game action here and get your post game reactions here as well.

Projected Starters

UCLA

G - Larry Drew II SR 6-foot-2 5.7 ppg 4.2 rpg 8.1 apg
G - Jordan Adams FR 6-foot-5 15.6 ppg 3.9 rpg
G - Shabazz Muhammad FR 6-foot-6 18.4 ppg 5 rpg
G - Kyle Anderson FR 6-foot-9 9.9 ppg 3.9 rpg
C - Travis Wear JR 6-foot-10 12.3 ppg 6.2 rpg

Oregon

G - Dominic Artis FR 6-foot-1 10.1 ppg 2.4 rpg 3.7 apg
G - Damyean Dotson FR 6-foot-5 12 ppg 3.6 rpg
F - E.J. Singler SR 6-foot-6 10.5 ppg 5.2 rpg 3.1 apg
F - Carlos Emory SR 6-foot-6 10.5 ppg 4.5 rpg
C - Tony Woods SR 6-foot-11 10.9 ppg 3.8 rpg

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5 months ago

http://oregon.247sports.com/Article/GameDay-Hoops-Blog-No-21-Oregon-at-No-24-UCLA-112153
Follow along as the No. 21 Oregon Ducks play at No. 24 UCLA in college basketball.
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Call it now Matt... what does your gut say?
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I think we can win, but vegas has ucla heavily favored
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rspeas32 said...
I think we can win, but vegas has ucla heavily favored

How heavily are they favored?
I think it will be close and while a win wouldn't surprise me, my gut says that UCLA pulls out the squeaker.
Hope its just indigestion.
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5 months ago via 247Sports Mobile

5.5 point favorite. Money line -240 on ucla
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Canaduck said...
How heavily are they favored?
I think it will be close and while a win wouldn't surprise me, my gut says that UCLA pulls out the squeaker.
Hope its just indigestion.

I think so too but depending on how effective Woods can be. Being reported on Twitter he's sick b
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dagoj08 said...
I think so too but depending on how effective Woods can be. Being reported on Twitter he's sick b

If woods is ineffective, we will most likely struggle.
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Oregon has to play a very good game to win tonight. Anything like the last two and we lose by double digits. That being said the Oregon seems to step up and I think are due for a good game. My homer approach calls it 71-69 Ducks.
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Duck Nasty said...
Oregon has to play a very good game to win tonight. Anything like the last two and we lose by double digits. That being said the Oregon seems to step up and I think are due for a good game. My homer approach calls it 71-69 Ducks.

I like it nasty.
I think if it is a low scoring grinder, we win, but I expect both teams over 70.
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Canaduck said...
Call it now Matt... what does your gut say?

76-75 Oregon.
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MattPrehm said...
76-75 Oregon.

Bold move young skywalker... the force is strong in you.
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The Bruins have struggled plenty this season too. They play undisciplined basketball and have a tendency to turn the ball over at times.
This is an absolutely winnable game for us. The key is to not beat ourselves.
I hope we're aggressive on defense by pressing and forcing turnovers to create fast break points.

This post was edited by LetMeSeeYourO on 1/19/2013 at 3:06 PM
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This KU vs Texas game is going over the 1pm PST time slot. We'll likely miss the beginning of this game.
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I can never get firstrow to start these game until about 5 after. When did punctuality die? So frustrating.
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UCLA frosh Shabazz Muhammad won't start vs. UO. Late to a Friday practice. He leads Bruins in scoring at 18.4. Bet he's in early
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Oregon's going to have their best Game yet, on live TV, and the only thing that is going to annoy me is if Bill studering Walton calls the Game, I wish that guy would just shut up, cause the only thing I wan't him to say is in reference to our big men especially Wood's is Throw down Big Man throw down!
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Still waiting.
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5 after and still waiting.
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Has the game started yet... still waiting.
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After reports of Tony Woods being ill and questionable he will indeed give it a go tonight. Oregon needs production from him.
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MattPrehm said...
After reports of Tony Woods being ill and questionable he will indeed give it a go tonight. Oregon needs production from him.

So true.
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Has the game started yet... still waiting.

Still hasn't started...yet...
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Game still hasn't started...waiting for Texas and KU to finish. Sounds like you won't miss the tip though.
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10 after... still waiting... I'm starting to annoy myself now. Dang.
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Artis hits an early three and then Emory hits another three and Oregon up early 6-5 over the Bruins just a minute into the game.
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