Oakland/Texas Thoughts

[olgplayer]

everyone looks at oakland and see Keith Benson and the scoring and the win over tenn.


Sun Nov 21 Purdue L, 82-67
Fri Nov 12 West Virginia L, 95-71
Wed Dec 8 Illinois L, 74-63
Sat Dec 18 Michigan L, 69-51
Thu Dec 23 Ohio St. L, 92-63



thats a 15, 24,11,18,29 point losses. not even close. I would put texas in the caliber in between purdue and ohio st.

[cornbread]

The losses to Purdue and Illinois were close till last couple mins and got away at the end from fts.
Mich Ohio St. and W Vir(all on the road) were the only games they werent in the game in the last 5 min.
Besides Benson looking like KG Jr
Oakland shoots just under 50% tied for 2nd with buckeyes from field Bader hits 46% 3ptfg and they are in top 15 in blocked shots and rebounds.
Kampe is a good coach and non conf schedule prepared them to play against the big conf.
Obviously i am biased and im Not guaranteeing a win but wouldnt surprise me. Oakland is weak on defense against the perimeter game and that could be their downfall.