WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.359 Room for error is much slimmer in basketball. 00:00:02.379 --> 00:00:03.980 You lose one player and it changes your entire 00:00:03.980 --> 00:00:06.099 team. It's not like that in football. It's just 00:00:06.099 --> 00:00:08.800 not. It's not. Interesting guests. Kelly Graves, 00:00:08.939 --> 00:00:11.759 Mike Parker, Coach Mark Waszkowski, Noah Eagle, 00:00:12.000 --> 00:00:14.339 Melissa Lombardi, Kenyon Barnard, Jonathan Stewart. 00:00:14.660 --> 00:00:18.260 Sharp opinions. Dana Altman probably earned a 00:00:18.260 --> 00:00:23.839 pass for a down year after almost 20 years. of 00:00:23.839 --> 00:00:26.620 what he's done for Oregon basketball. And some 00:00:26.620 --> 00:00:28.940 smiles. Guys, I was stuck in a car wash. Sounds 00:00:28.940 --> 00:00:32.780 like an R. Kelly song. It's not an R. Kelly song. 00:00:33.159 --> 00:00:36.179 It's Danny Havel. I can't remember, and I've 00:00:36.179 --> 00:00:38.479 been doing this for longer than you've been alive. 00:00:38.859 --> 00:00:41.479 which is really horrible that I have to say that, 00:00:41.500 --> 00:00:45.100 but it's the truth. It's like the saying in Alaska 00:00:45.100 --> 00:00:47.240 that you don't have to be faster than the bear, 00:00:47.380 --> 00:00:48.619 you just have to be faster than your friend. 00:00:55.420 --> 00:01:08.170 Hello! Welcome high atop the Delta Tri at the 00:01:08.170 --> 00:01:10.890 Crystal Palace. Fox Sports Eugene, Fox Sports 00:01:10.890 --> 00:01:13.629 Newport, live from the Bigfoot Beverages Studios, 00:01:13.750 --> 00:01:16.069 the fastest 60 minutes of sports. Yes, my friends, 00:01:16.129 --> 00:01:19.609 you found us, yet again. It's the Danny and Justin 00:01:19.609 --> 00:01:24.030 radio program. Hi there, kids. 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I'm doc otherwise known 00:02:37.689 --> 00:02:40.810 as Danny That's the name I was given when I came 00:02:40.810 --> 00:02:43.610 out of my mom and over here to my right Justin 00:02:43.610 --> 00:02:47.330 Grosswiner We call him baby Jay lovingly Well, 00:02:47.710 --> 00:02:50.310 as you said it was not the coach that we expected 00:02:50.310 --> 00:02:53.629 first and as the great Ricky Bobby said if you 00:02:53.629 --> 00:02:56.810 ain't first you're last and Yeah, it happened 00:02:56.810 --> 00:03:00.430 Wayne Tinkle got flushed You've been he's literally 00:03:00.430 --> 00:03:08.789 he's been waiting. How many hours now? Oregon 00:03:08.789 --> 00:03:10.689 State men's basketball coach Wayne Tinkle is 00:03:10.689 --> 00:03:15.509 not gonna return next season and To me the biggest 00:03:15.509 --> 00:03:18.210 question is is he gonna finish out the year? 00:03:18.210 --> 00:03:21.189 It sounds like he is But there's been no official 00:03:21.189 --> 00:03:22.689 announcement that he's gonna finish out the year. 00:03:22.689 --> 00:03:27.069 I would think that Wayne Tinkle with his stature 00:03:27.069 --> 00:03:30.030 and status within the basketball community he 00:03:30.030 --> 00:03:31.969 won't quit on his team even though he knows he's 00:03:31.969 --> 00:03:35.509 not coming back and Oregon State won last night 00:03:35.509 --> 00:03:38.569 they had to come from behind against San Diego 00:03:38.569 --> 00:03:41.969 and then the announcement comes today Beeves 00:03:41.969 --> 00:03:43.629 had an eight -point lead within the final minute 00:03:43.629 --> 00:03:47.569 of regulation and the Toreros surged to force 00:03:47.569 --> 00:03:50.009 the overtime Isaiah Sy recorded a double -double 00:03:50.009 --> 00:03:53.449 with 16 and 12 Jorge Diaz -Graham on senior night 00:03:53.449 --> 00:03:55.669 had 17 points five of eight shooting in his final 00:03:55.669 --> 00:03:59.030 game at Gill Yohan Munch Love saying that name. 00:03:59.349 --> 00:04:02.349 19 points, eight boards. Josiah Lake had 15 points, 00:04:02.449 --> 00:04:04.990 nine assists. Beavers are 16 and 14 on the year, 00:04:05.009 --> 00:04:07.969 nine and eight in WCC play. They're now in fourth 00:04:07.969 --> 00:04:10.689 place in the conference. It is weird timing, 00:04:10.870 --> 00:04:13.969 isn't it? I think, yeah, Scott Barnes, the AD 00:04:13.969 --> 00:04:18.129 in Corvallis has been under a lot of heat for 00:04:18.129 --> 00:04:22.329 all the off the court, off the field stuff with 00:04:22.329 --> 00:04:24.670 the whole NIL thing that came up during the football 00:04:24.670 --> 00:04:28.790 season blueprint and the damn nation and the 00:04:28.790 --> 00:04:31.550 fundraising for niel and i don't know is this 00:04:31.550 --> 00:04:34.410 uh is this one of those hey let's look over here 00:04:34.410 --> 00:04:35.990 so we're not going to talk about this other stuff 00:04:35.990 --> 00:04:38.870 for a while i don't know again so here's the 00:04:38.870 --> 00:04:40.370 story on if he's gonna finish the season from 00:04:40.370 --> 00:04:43.850 pete thanell uh he has been asked by athletic 00:04:43.850 --> 00:04:46.290 director scott barnes To finish the season, but 00:04:46.290 --> 00:04:49.029 he has not made a decision on that. So that's 00:04:49.029 --> 00:04:50.870 a that's kind of an interesting conversation 00:04:50.870 --> 00:04:53.230 Hey, by the way, uh, we're gonna let you go, 00:04:53.230 --> 00:04:55.310 but please finish the season with us. So wouldn't 00:04:55.310 --> 00:04:59.069 you think though that if wayne tinkle Had decided 00:04:59.069 --> 00:05:01.269 he's gonna do it. He would have just said right 00:05:01.269 --> 00:05:03.610 away Yeah, i'm gonna go ahead and because the 00:05:03.610 --> 00:05:06.269 other phrase one game plus the tournament, right? 00:05:06.490 --> 00:05:08.290 Well, who knows how far they can go if they hold 00:05:08.290 --> 00:05:09.870 on to fourth place. They're gonna be at least 00:05:09.870 --> 00:05:13.160 into Friday of the tournament because they get 00:05:13.160 --> 00:05:15.660 the top four seed you get buys all the way up 00:05:15.660 --> 00:05:19.040 to the quarterfinals this is Three or four games 00:05:19.040 --> 00:05:21.920 at most could be and it's not like you're looking 00:05:21.920 --> 00:05:25.279 at half a season here. I mean interim coach I 00:05:25.279 --> 00:05:26.939 don't I just don't know why it's the end of the 00:05:26.939 --> 00:05:28.560 world if you have an interim coach the other 00:05:28.560 --> 00:05:31.040 question I would have on it is if this was quote 00:05:31.040 --> 00:05:34.459 -unquote and they're framing it as a mutual parting 00:05:34.459 --> 00:05:38.540 of the ways which I don't think Wayne Tickle 00:05:38.540 --> 00:05:41.000 said, yeah, I'd like to leave. Thanks. You know, 00:05:41.000 --> 00:05:43.459 I'm OK with it. I'm good with it. Hence again, 00:05:43.459 --> 00:05:45.959 why he hasn't made the immediate statement or 00:05:45.959 --> 00:05:47.759 they didn't release it to say he's going to finish 00:05:47.759 --> 00:05:50.620 the season. So he's debating whether or not, 00:05:50.620 --> 00:05:53.040 you know, he wants to hang out on the bench being 00:05:53.040 --> 00:05:56.319 a lame duck. And maybe he sees that as a distraction 00:05:56.319 --> 00:05:57.779 to his players. I don't know. Go ahead. I don't 00:05:57.779 --> 00:05:59.259 know. I mean, it's interesting, though, if you 00:05:59.259 --> 00:06:01.420 just look at what they've done, if you want to 00:06:01.420 --> 00:06:04.180 call it the second half of the season. So after 00:06:04.180 --> 00:06:05.779 they beat, I'm just looking after they beat Arizona 00:06:05.779 --> 00:06:08.500 State. The teams they've lost to are not teams 00:06:08.500 --> 00:06:09.980 that you would sit there and go wow like they 00:06:09.980 --> 00:06:12.120 have a really bad loss here I guess you could 00:06:12.120 --> 00:06:14.620 say Seattle you isn't like a great loss, but 00:06:14.620 --> 00:06:17.439 Santa Clara's are the top of the conference Pacific's 00:06:17.439 --> 00:06:20.699 right behind them in fifth place They be Gonzaga. 00:06:20.740 --> 00:06:22.980 They well they know they lost to Gonzaga. I thought 00:06:22.980 --> 00:06:24.959 they'd be Gonzaga one game didn't they no they 00:06:24.959 --> 00:06:27.579 lost That was because I guess just lost to that 00:06:27.579 --> 00:06:30.300 was the women the women. Yeah, okay So that's 00:06:30.300 --> 00:06:31.860 what I'm saying though that the teams that they're 00:06:31.860 --> 00:06:35.939 losing to are not like unexpectedly like bad 00:06:35.939 --> 00:06:39.540 losses. So it's been a bad season overall, I 00:06:39.540 --> 00:06:41.740 would say, like not horrible, but not a good 00:06:41.740 --> 00:06:43.600 season. Last year was definitely a better season 00:06:43.600 --> 00:06:47.180 for them, but it still seems like I almost can 00:06:47.180 --> 00:06:49.019 more believe that it's a mutual parting of the 00:06:49.019 --> 00:06:51.300 ways because of the more recent success that 00:06:51.300 --> 00:06:53.160 they've had, because it doesn't seem like one 00:06:53.160 --> 00:06:56.220 of those things where, you know, I don't know, 00:06:56.319 --> 00:06:58.199 maybe it maybe somebody said something behind 00:06:58.199 --> 00:06:59.699 the scenes like I just don't really it doesn't 00:06:59.699 --> 00:07:01.399 necessarily make sense based on what's happened 00:07:01.399 --> 00:07:04.240 recently. So, Wayne Tinkle will not make it to 00:07:04.240 --> 00:07:07.199 his 13th season. He had one year left on his 00:07:07.199 --> 00:07:10.839 contract. And he got a four -year contract extension 00:07:10.839 --> 00:07:15.100 after that magical run back in 2021 where they 00:07:15.100 --> 00:07:17.220 made the Elite Eight. It was right around the 00:07:17.220 --> 00:07:19.860 time that you were, you know, right in the groove 00:07:19.860 --> 00:07:22.480 with Oregon Athletics. The Beavers that year, 00:07:22.480 --> 00:07:24.860 if you remember, finished 14 -12, but then they 00:07:24.860 --> 00:07:26.980 won the Pac -12 tournament, upset Tennessee, 00:07:27.100 --> 00:07:30.540 Oklahoma State, and the Darlings, loyal of Chicago, 00:07:30.959 --> 00:07:34.259 And sent sister and packing on their way to the 00:07:34.259 --> 00:07:37.139 regional final as a number 12 seed and that got 00:07:37.139 --> 00:07:40.060 him that four -year extension Tinkles record 00:07:40.060 --> 00:07:44.519 after last night in his 12 seasons 176 and 204. 00:07:44.540 --> 00:07:46.939 It was never that was the high watermark There 00:07:46.939 --> 00:07:51.399 was never right after the success he had at montana 00:07:51.399 --> 00:07:53.939 With two big sky regular season titles three 00:07:53.939 --> 00:07:56.540 ncaa tournament appearance. He never matched 00:07:56.540 --> 00:08:01.339 that and The Pac -12 is going to be a legit basketball 00:08:01.339 --> 00:08:02.160 conference next year. It definitely is going 00:08:02.160 --> 00:08:04.459 to be better. It's Sister Jean, by the way. Sister 00:08:04.459 --> 00:08:07.180 Jean, not Sister Anne? No, not Sister Anne. Shout 00:08:07.180 --> 00:08:09.680 out to Sister Jean. Rest in peace. She passed 00:08:09.680 --> 00:08:11.459 away. I'm sure there was a Sister Anne as well. 00:08:11.699 --> 00:08:13.980 I'm sure there has been. I think something else 00:08:13.980 --> 00:08:16.899 that we have to keep in mind, too, for this specific 00:08:16.899 --> 00:08:19.220 team is that... Let's think about last year's 00:08:19.220 --> 00:08:21.779 team where you had a bunch of guys that were 00:08:21.779 --> 00:08:24.360 these international players They competed really 00:08:24.360 --> 00:08:26.439 really well with oregon in that game. They barely 00:08:26.439 --> 00:08:29.259 lost they had a lot of talent that went to other 00:08:29.259 --> 00:08:32.500 places Afterwards he had to remake the roster 00:08:32.500 --> 00:08:34.899 once again coming into this year after remaking 00:08:34.899 --> 00:08:37.379 the roster last year and having a pretty talented 00:08:37.379 --> 00:08:39.580 roster but then the situation obviously wasn't 00:08:39.580 --> 00:08:42.639 as good because You're in the new pack 12 versus 00:08:42.639 --> 00:08:45.940 in the old pack 12. So I definitely think that 00:08:45.940 --> 00:08:48.940 for Wayne Tinkle, he probably sees this as a 00:08:48.940 --> 00:08:51.120 situation where like he doesn't have to deal 00:08:51.120 --> 00:08:53.240 with that necessarily the next job he's at. And 00:08:53.240 --> 00:08:57.639 Coach Tinkle took a circular route when he was 00:08:57.639 --> 00:08:59.799 recruiting. There was a lot of foreign players. 00:09:00.159 --> 00:09:02.559 He was a little out of the curve on that. So 00:09:02.559 --> 00:09:04.500 you take a look at I think there's probably seven 00:09:04.500 --> 00:09:06.200 different countries represented on the current 00:09:06.200 --> 00:09:08.809 roster. if i'm correct on that and i might not 00:09:08.809 --> 00:09:11.590 be i might be off a country or two but he didn't 00:09:11.590 --> 00:09:14.690 dip into the transfer portal a lot he went outside 00:09:14.690 --> 00:09:18.049 of that and found players from europe and adjusted 00:09:18.049 --> 00:09:21.090 i think his style of coaching to some of those 00:09:21.090 --> 00:09:23.230 players and unfortunately it met with middling 00:09:23.230 --> 00:09:26.309 success and that's why he's shown the door right 00:09:26.309 --> 00:09:28.750 now this is listen let's make no mistake about 00:09:28.750 --> 00:09:32.309 it the football program in rebuild mode the basketball 00:09:32.309 --> 00:09:35.429 program now in rebuild mode and the pack 12 is 00:09:35.429 --> 00:09:41.289 looming the TV eyes will be on it and Especially 00:09:41.289 --> 00:09:43.970 for football they're gonna be fighting upward 00:09:43.970 --> 00:09:46.889 to try and get themselves to be legitimate in 00:09:46.889 --> 00:09:48.710 terms of the college football playoffs so Scott 00:09:48.710 --> 00:09:52.129 Barnes is rolling the dice and It'll be interesting 00:09:52.129 --> 00:09:53.649 and we'll talk about this more the next time 00:09:53.649 --> 00:09:55.690 we get some of our beaver beat reporters on is 00:09:55.690 --> 00:09:57.610 that who does Oregon State go out and get now 00:09:57.610 --> 00:10:02.070 who do you identify as a step up for Wayne Tinkle 00:10:02.070 --> 00:10:04.649 because you don't want to make Lateral moves 00:10:04.649 --> 00:10:06.929 are not the way to go. You've got to make sure 00:10:06.929 --> 00:10:10.509 that this is a Up -and -comer or a splash hire 00:10:10.509 --> 00:10:12.669 for somebody that's got a name and we've been 00:10:12.669 --> 00:10:14.809 talking about this with Dana Altman Which is 00:10:14.809 --> 00:10:16.710 you're not gonna fire somebody to have an equal 00:10:16.710 --> 00:10:19.470 you you always want to have a candidate that 00:10:19.470 --> 00:10:23.169 you see out there that's better and I think that 00:10:23.169 --> 00:10:24.789 the timing is interesting because we've been 00:10:24.789 --> 00:10:26.450 looking at it with Dana and saying well who's 00:10:26.450 --> 00:10:29.259 out there that You sit there and go well, that 00:10:29.259 --> 00:10:30.840 would be a perfect fit. I don't know if it's 00:10:30.840 --> 00:10:32.179 the same. It's the same thing with Oregon State 00:10:32.179 --> 00:10:33.940 I don't know who's out there that you really 00:10:33.940 --> 00:10:36.179 make sense. Yeah, you have to make the same comparison. 00:10:36.480 --> 00:10:39.700 I mean maybe Scott Barnes has somebody in mind 00:10:39.700 --> 00:10:42.980 that he thinks he can get and he must I've always 00:10:42.980 --> 00:10:45.259 said and it this goes into the business community 00:10:45.259 --> 00:10:47.740 as well You don't let somebody go unless you 00:10:47.740 --> 00:10:50.059 know who they're gonna be replaced with or at 00:10:50.059 --> 00:10:51.580 least the type of person You're gonna replace 00:10:51.580 --> 00:10:53.279 them with and you think you can get that person 00:10:53.279 --> 00:10:55.200 You just don't do it and especially at a high 00:10:55.200 --> 00:10:58.379 level high profile job Going into the new pack 00:10:58.379 --> 00:11:01.820 12. Yeah, you cannot miss on you cannot whiff 00:11:01.820 --> 00:11:04.740 on this hire on the football side Jamarca Shepherd 00:11:04.740 --> 00:11:08.519 comes from a Rock -solid program in the SEC as 00:11:08.519 --> 00:11:10.899 the co -offensive coordinator assistant head 00:11:10.899 --> 00:11:14.139 coach wide receivers coach Now does he have a 00:11:14.139 --> 00:11:17.000 personality for it, too? Does he have a head 00:11:17.000 --> 00:11:19.320 coaching resume? Absolutely not but neither did 00:11:19.320 --> 00:11:21.779 Dan Lanning. So I think Scott Barnes looked 35 00:11:21.779 --> 00:11:24.549 yards 35 miles south and went, you know what? 00:11:24.710 --> 00:11:26.590 If Oregon can do it, I might be able to do the 00:11:26.590 --> 00:11:29.429 same thing. Yeah, no, I like what he did with 00:11:29.429 --> 00:11:31.610 that high Earth to Marcus Shepherd. And we'll 00:11:31.610 --> 00:11:33.409 obviously have to see the proof in the pudding 00:11:33.409 --> 00:11:35.889 when that plays out. But I think you hit it right 00:11:35.889 --> 00:11:38.570 on the head. It's the first year of the new pack 00:11:38.570 --> 00:11:41.950 12 and I think it is vitally important on both 00:11:41.950 --> 00:11:45.049 the basketball and football side 100 because 00:11:45.049 --> 00:11:47.070 you are the one of the pillars you washington 00:11:47.070 --> 00:11:49.590 state and obviously you're traditionally like 00:11:49.590 --> 00:11:52.070 gonzaga is a better basketball program, but You 00:11:52.070 --> 00:11:54.049 got to be competitive. You're supposed to be 00:11:54.049 --> 00:11:57.070 one of the top revenue shareholders in the conference 00:11:57.070 --> 00:11:58.870 Like you're going to be in a financially better 00:11:58.870 --> 00:12:01.169 position than most of the teams and programs. 00:12:01.169 --> 00:12:04.830 So you've got to capitalize on that and so Don't 00:12:04.830 --> 00:12:06.210 know it's interesting though cuz Scott Barnes. 00:12:06.230 --> 00:12:07.929 I mean haven't we kind of talked about him being 00:12:07.929 --> 00:12:11.490 a little bit on the rocks The fan base is calling 00:12:11.490 --> 00:12:13.549 for his head. They don't want him around anymore 00:12:13.549 --> 00:12:15.750 for sure So and a lot of it's been some of the 00:12:15.750 --> 00:12:17.370 missteps that have been happening off the field 00:12:17.370 --> 00:12:19.750 that affect the programs I think for him it almost 00:12:19.750 --> 00:12:23.690 might be He has nothing to lose in terms of hiring 00:12:23.690 --> 00:12:25.929 somebody else and he's gonna get his probably 00:12:25.929 --> 00:12:28.870 one or two years in the new Pac -12 And then 00:12:28.870 --> 00:12:30.799 if it doesn't work out Proof is going to be in 00:12:30.799 --> 00:12:32.600 the results. I can't see Scott Barnes lasting 00:12:32.600 --> 00:12:35.299 two or three years more if they continue to downward 00:12:35.299 --> 00:12:37.460 trend like they have. We'll hear from Coach Dana 00:12:37.460 --> 00:12:39.779 Altman as we switch gears to University of Oregon 00:12:39.779 --> 00:12:42.779 basketball in a much rosier last couple of games 00:12:42.779 --> 00:12:45.919 for the Ducks. Although Dana Altman was squarely 00:12:45.919 --> 00:12:50.960 now in that look of, hey, you're going to hang 00:12:50.960 --> 00:12:53.899 around. You got two years left on a contract. 00:12:54.240 --> 00:12:56.740 And when we had Dana on last year, the rumors 00:12:56.740 --> 00:12:58.809 were talking about he was going to retire. He's 00:12:58.809 --> 00:13:00.549 like no, I like and he's still saying the same 00:13:00.549 --> 00:13:02.690 lines as he did last year. I still love coaching. 00:13:03.110 --> 00:13:05.470 I still think i'm viable You're gonna have to 00:13:05.470 --> 00:13:07.509 drag me out of here until oregon says they don't 00:13:07.509 --> 00:13:09.330 want me anymore. I'm gonna be here And that's 00:13:09.330 --> 00:13:10.990 the line we'll get to him in a second Well, and 00:13:10.990 --> 00:13:12.330 he doesn't like it because of the recruiting 00:13:12.330 --> 00:13:14.990 aspect because he told us that's exactly what 00:13:14.990 --> 00:13:17.110 he told us It affects players wanting to know 00:13:17.110 --> 00:13:18.750 if he's gonna be around or not before we get 00:13:18.750 --> 00:13:21.590 to that Cascade Collegiate Conference, Bushnell 00:13:21.590 --> 00:13:23.889 University, the Beacons are in the postseason 00:13:23.889 --> 00:13:26.330 in men's basketball, and they're playing their 00:13:26.330 --> 00:13:28.049 conference tournament right now to see who goes 00:13:28.049 --> 00:13:31.389 to the national championship round. And the number 00:13:31.389 --> 00:13:33.789 six seed, Bushnell University, Beacons went down 00:13:33.789 --> 00:13:36.190 to Ashland at Southern Oregon and knocked off 00:13:36.190 --> 00:13:37.929 the number three seed, Southern Oregon University, 00:13:38.090 --> 00:13:40.669 71 -70. By the way, there were four quarterfinal 00:13:40.669 --> 00:13:44.830 games, and only the top seed, Lewis Clark State, 00:13:45.509 --> 00:13:48.929 ended up winning. Out of the top four seeds, 00:13:49.240 --> 00:13:52.500 They were the only ones to survive. Two, three, 00:13:52.500 --> 00:13:56.799 and four are gone because Corbin beat the number 00:13:56.799 --> 00:13:59.159 two seed, Eastern Oregon. So now it's going to 00:13:59.159 --> 00:14:02.860 be Corbin and Bushnell in the semifinals at Dave 00:14:02.860 --> 00:14:05.840 Lipp Court in the Morris Event Center. And I 00:14:05.840 --> 00:14:08.840 believe that's going to be a Saturday game. So, 00:14:08.919 --> 00:14:12.809 but this is how they won it. Southern Oregon, 00:14:13.029 --> 00:14:15.509 with 1 .2 seconds left in the game, is at the 00:14:15.509 --> 00:14:18.129 free throw line up by two. They intentionally 00:14:18.129 --> 00:14:23.029 miss the free throw. A beacon collects the ball 00:14:23.029 --> 00:14:26.769 on the rebound, Corey Johnson, and he throws 00:14:26.769 --> 00:14:29.190 up a desperation heave from three -quarters court, 00:14:29.450 --> 00:14:33.649 and he's fouled with one -tenth of a second left 00:14:33.649 --> 00:14:36.029 in the game. Calmly steps to the line, swishes 00:14:36.029 --> 00:14:39.250 three free throws. Oregon, Southern Oregon, loses 00:14:39.250 --> 00:14:42.840 71 -70 to the Beacons. The you know how coaches 00:14:42.840 --> 00:14:45.840 always yell at you do not foul do not foul do 00:14:45.840 --> 00:14:47.879 not foul well somebody wasn't listening Yeah, 00:14:48.039 --> 00:14:49.460 and I'm not gonna call out the player by the 00:14:49.460 --> 00:14:51.000 way go ahead. It was the free throw shooter I'm 00:14:51.000 --> 00:14:52.539 not gonna say the name because I don't I don't 00:14:52.539 --> 00:14:54.980 necessarily know it but What I will say is that 00:14:54.980 --> 00:14:59.059 it really wasn't a super duper egregious foul. 00:14:59.159 --> 00:15:01.460 No, it was a little ticky -tacky I have to say 00:15:01.460 --> 00:15:04.559 and go nowhere near I totally get it even give 00:15:04.559 --> 00:15:08.240 the official 100 % 100 % I would say that if 00:15:08.240 --> 00:15:10.179 I was him I'd be a little upset that that was 00:15:10.179 --> 00:15:12.039 called but at the same like like you're saying 00:15:12.039 --> 00:15:15.240 you can't Do that and you can't lose a game like 00:15:15.240 --> 00:15:17.679 that. It's just That's got to hurt more than 00:15:17.679 --> 00:15:20.039 almost any kind of loss probably because you 00:15:20.039 --> 00:15:22.519 have no shot otherwise So by the way for Bush 00:15:22.519 --> 00:15:24.399 and now the only way they make the national tournament 00:15:24.399 --> 00:15:27.659 is if they win the conference tournament So so 00:15:27.659 --> 00:15:29.419 now in the Cascade collegiate conference back 00:15:29.419 --> 00:15:31.980 in the day when Luke Jackson was the head coach 00:15:31.980 --> 00:15:35.200 In the NEI and the CCC and then we're gonna get 00:15:35.200 --> 00:15:36.820 to Dana all in here in a second I promise you 00:15:36.820 --> 00:15:38.700 guys we will on the Danny and Justin radio program 00:15:38.700 --> 00:15:41.019 But I remember this because I was calling games 00:15:41.019 --> 00:15:44.799 for Bush now at the time is that the old rules 00:15:44.799 --> 00:15:49.549 were that if the conference champion also won 00:15:49.549 --> 00:15:54.269 the tournament, then it would go to the other 00:15:54.269 --> 00:15:57.129 team that made the tournament final, no matter 00:15:57.129 --> 00:16:01.830 what your seed was. And so the first year that 00:16:01.830 --> 00:16:05.269 then NCU made the national tournament under Luke 00:16:05.269 --> 00:16:09.220 Jackson, they were a sixth seed as well. And 00:16:09.220 --> 00:16:11.799 they end up going to the conference championship 00:16:11.799 --> 00:16:13.620 game against College of Idaho, who won the regular 00:16:13.620 --> 00:16:17.840 season title. And so the Beacons made their way 00:16:17.840 --> 00:16:20.240 to, at that time, Branson, Missouri, based on 00:16:20.240 --> 00:16:22.539 them just getting to the championship game. They 00:16:22.539 --> 00:16:26.700 have since changed that rule. If the number one 00:16:26.700 --> 00:16:29.039 seed wins the conference tournament, the number 00:16:29.039 --> 00:16:32.120 two seed, in this case, Eastern Oregon, gets 00:16:32.120 --> 00:16:35.679 the other automatic qualifier position. We call 00:16:35.679 --> 00:16:39.450 that the Luke Jackson rule. Just so you know 00:16:39.450 --> 00:16:41.789 Friend of the program friend of the program as 00:16:41.789 --> 00:16:43.509 the head coach of the beacons. All right, let's 00:16:43.509 --> 00:16:45.409 talk about a big win You were there last night. 00:16:45.409 --> 00:16:48.590 So were you Dom? I? Watched where were you? I 00:16:48.590 --> 00:16:50.350 was watching it at home because past my bedtime 00:16:50.350 --> 00:16:53.769 It was it was late when Nate Biddle was choosing 00:16:53.769 --> 00:16:56.789 and I'm reading this from the the write -up When 00:16:56.789 --> 00:16:58.490 Nate Biddle was choosing where to play college 00:16:58.490 --> 00:17:01.850 after growing up in? Medford, Oregon or actually 00:17:01.850 --> 00:17:03.610 probably Central Point because he played for 00:17:03.610 --> 00:17:05.690 Crater High School in Southern, Oregon He didn't 00:17:05.690 --> 00:17:07.589 take it for granted what it would be like to 00:17:07.589 --> 00:17:10.069 stay in state. There's only a few games left 00:17:10.069 --> 00:17:11.950 in his career with basketball, but he's not taking 00:17:11.950 --> 00:17:16.170 it for granted now. His senior season was probably 00:17:16.170 --> 00:17:18.890 highlighted with another big win for the Ducks, 00:17:19.029 --> 00:17:20.710 third time in the last four games now, and Nate 00:17:20.710 --> 00:17:24.210 Biddle had 20 points, six rebounds, three steals, 00:17:24.369 --> 00:17:27.970 five assists, and leads Oregon to a convincing 00:17:27.970 --> 00:17:32.630 85 -71 win over Wisconsin, holding the Badgers 00:17:32.630 --> 00:17:36.200 to a 33 % shooting from the field. He's just 00:17:36.200 --> 00:17:37.960 one of 41 players to score a thousand career 00:17:37.960 --> 00:17:39.680 points or more in the oregon men's program and 00:17:39.680 --> 00:17:42.380 you guys were there so Tell me what yeah. Well, 00:17:42.380 --> 00:17:45.599 I mean it didn't start off great It was I think 00:17:45.599 --> 00:17:49.160 21 to 13 wisconsin maybe six or seven minutes 00:17:49.160 --> 00:17:53.799 in but second half Oregon 55 points. I mean they 00:17:53.799 --> 00:17:56.480 just absolutely looked again Didn't start off 00:17:56.480 --> 00:17:58.259 super great the start of the second half either, 00:17:58.259 --> 00:18:01.680 but nate looked better He looked like himself 00:18:01.680 --> 00:18:05.220 again, and he was hitting threes They got some 00:18:05.220 --> 00:18:06.920 point guard production, which was really great 00:18:06.920 --> 00:18:09.559 to see out of way Lynn He was really really important 00:18:09.559 --> 00:18:11.839 off the bench. He had 13 points I still think 00:18:11.839 --> 00:18:13.460 that Dane Allman yells at him more than I've 00:18:13.460 --> 00:18:15.640 seen any other player and I did think that at 00:18:15.640 --> 00:18:17.359 one point Dane Allman was gonna get a technical 00:18:17.359 --> 00:18:19.559 foul I don't think he has gotten one this season, 00:18:19.680 --> 00:18:22.380 which would extend his record of never getting 00:18:22.380 --> 00:18:25.420 one basically a few games left but I do think 00:18:25.420 --> 00:18:27.259 exactly and I definitely thought he was gonna 00:18:27.259 --> 00:18:29.059 get one last night at one point when I don't 00:18:29.059 --> 00:18:30.779 remember what happened it was like an offensive 00:18:30.779 --> 00:18:33.380 foul or something that was maybe called but I 00:18:33.380 --> 00:18:36.579 I think that the team found something they clearly 00:18:36.579 --> 00:18:39.000 the the joke is online that Dana Albin aligns 00:18:39.000 --> 00:18:42.440 Rubik's cubes and I thought Rothstein John Rothstein 00:18:42.440 --> 00:18:44.759 yeah and you know it got to a certain point in 00:18:44.759 --> 00:18:46.119 this season where it's like I don't know if they're 00:18:46.119 --> 00:18:48.210 gonna figure it out I definitely think they figured 00:18:48.210 --> 00:18:50.750 something out at this point. Will they go on 00:18:50.750 --> 00:18:53.329 a run here? I'm not sure. But what they do have 00:18:53.329 --> 00:18:55.109 is they've got a guy, Nate Biddle, who hasn't 00:18:55.109 --> 00:18:57.730 been healthy for a lot of the season, who is 00:18:57.730 --> 00:19:00.349 playing really, really well again. The activity 00:19:00.349 --> 00:19:03.829 between Sean Stewart and Kwame Evans Jr. was 00:19:03.829 --> 00:19:07.289 awesome. They were affecting shots, getting tips. 00:19:07.289 --> 00:19:09.980 It led to. turnovers, which they didn't get a 00:19:09.980 --> 00:19:13.319 ton of turnovers, but those led to transition 00:19:13.319 --> 00:19:15.500 baskets, which they have not been getting. I 00:19:15.500 --> 00:19:17.000 don't think they're going to score 85 points 00:19:17.000 --> 00:19:19.859 every single game. But what I can see this team 00:19:19.859 --> 00:19:22.940 doing is being really active defensively, which 00:19:22.940 --> 00:19:25.119 they haven't done all season long. But for some 00:19:25.119 --> 00:19:27.380 reason, this was the game that they figured it 00:19:27.380 --> 00:19:29.420 out. And it really affected Wisconsin, who, by 00:19:29.420 --> 00:19:32.059 the way, and I know I'm ranting here, shot 45 00:19:32.059 --> 00:19:36.680 threes of their 66 total shots. That's amazing. 00:19:36.990 --> 00:19:40.470 And they held the Badgers well underneath their 00:19:40.470 --> 00:19:43.009 seat as an average in terms of points. You had 00:19:43.009 --> 00:19:45.170 identified it the other day that Wisconsin likes 00:19:45.170 --> 00:19:48.930 to score. And they only scored 71 points as the 00:19:48.930 --> 00:19:51.630 Ducks now 11 and 17 overall, 4 and 13 in the 00:19:51.630 --> 00:19:54.849 Big Ten. They allowed the lowest shooting percentage 00:19:54.849 --> 00:19:56.869 by a conference opponent since Maryland shot 00:19:56.869 --> 00:20:00.609 27 % against the Ducks on January 2nd. And Dana 00:20:00.609 --> 00:20:03.890 almost asked after. So the defense all of a sudden, 00:20:04.269 --> 00:20:08.519 like why now? I wish I could tell you. I don't 00:20:08.519 --> 00:20:11.920 know. You know, the guys had a little bounce 00:20:11.920 --> 00:20:16.200 in their step. Like I said, slow start to the 00:20:16.200 --> 00:20:18.880 game. You know, we gave up 21 points early. I 00:20:18.880 --> 00:20:21.039 didn't think we were bouncing around at all. 00:20:22.140 --> 00:20:25.200 And then the second half, we started out slow. 00:20:26.160 --> 00:20:29.740 But, you know, I thought Nate and Sean, you know, 00:20:29.759 --> 00:20:32.339 and then KJ the second half, just I thought our 00:20:32.339 --> 00:20:34.380 bigs did a good job. Our guards did a better 00:20:34.380 --> 00:20:36.990 job of getting through screens. because they 00:20:36.990 --> 00:20:40.130 set a lot of ball screens. Boyd and Blackwell 00:20:40.130 --> 00:20:43.109 probably as good at tandem in the backcourt as 00:20:43.109 --> 00:20:46.509 we have in our league. And thought our guys did 00:20:46.509 --> 00:20:48.529 a great job of getting through those screens 00:20:48.529 --> 00:20:57.529 and guarding. So it was a good effort. And like 00:20:57.529 --> 00:21:01.490 I said, we've been getting better defensively, 00:21:01.730 --> 00:21:05.690 but our activity never been like this. And I 00:21:05.690 --> 00:21:07.809 think, you know, they had a little success with 00:21:07.809 --> 00:21:10.009 a few breakaways with our activity. I thought, 00:21:10.130 --> 00:21:12.130 you know, then they got a little more aggressive 00:21:12.130 --> 00:21:16.509 and it was a physical game. So our guys could 00:21:16.509 --> 00:21:20.019 be a little aggressive and figure it out. We'll 00:21:20.019 --> 00:21:22.619 be hearing from Tyson Alger who was also I believe 00:21:22.619 --> 00:21:25.279 at the game from Lookout Eugene Springfield and 00:21:25.279 --> 00:21:27.940 the i -5 quarter podcast John Blackwell Nick 00:21:27.940 --> 00:21:30.779 Boyd as Coach just mentioned there were the only 00:21:30.779 --> 00:21:33.180 two players in double figures Blackwell has 22 00:21:33.180 --> 00:21:37.099 points on six of 14 shooting from three And those 00:21:37.099 --> 00:21:40.039 were all the makes he made. So all of his points 00:21:40.039 --> 00:21:42.859 out of the 18 shots he took, all of them were 00:21:42.859 --> 00:21:45.059 threes. Nick Boyd went four of 12 and scored 00:21:45.059 --> 00:21:48.200 11 points. But on the other side as well, Takai 00:21:48.200 --> 00:21:51.779 Simpkins had 17, Kwame Evans Jr. had 16, Weyland 00:21:51.779 --> 00:21:54.259 had 13. We'll talk about Weyland in just a moment 00:21:54.259 --> 00:21:57.200 with Dana. But it's that brittle energy that 00:21:57.200 --> 00:22:00.259 keeps showing its way in these last three of 00:22:00.259 --> 00:22:04.789 four wins for the Ducks that Dana likes. fighting 00:22:04.789 --> 00:22:09.509 his two sprained ankles and coming back. Tonight 00:22:09.509 --> 00:22:11.089 was, I thought the first night he kind of looked 00:22:11.089 --> 00:22:16.029 bouncy. He's played but he hasn't looked bouncy. 00:22:16.930 --> 00:22:21.990 Tonight he gets three steals, gets a block. I 00:22:21.990 --> 00:22:24.549 just thought his bounce was so much better tonight. 00:22:26.289 --> 00:22:30.009 His activity, knees bent, being an athlete rather 00:22:30.009 --> 00:22:33.180 than. you know, just standing straight up and 00:22:33.180 --> 00:22:36.039 down. So, again, you know, I don't know what 00:22:36.039 --> 00:22:39.920 his motivation is, but, you know, he, Sean, and 00:22:39.920 --> 00:22:44.799 KJ, you know, kept the team together. It's been 00:22:44.799 --> 00:22:47.940 a mixed bag for Waylon on the season. Much ballyhooed 00:22:47.940 --> 00:22:50.420 coming in, but he shot five of eight from the 00:22:50.420 --> 00:22:53.059 field, had 13 points, and with Jackson Shellstad 00:22:53.059 --> 00:22:55.160 out, we assume, for the rest of the season, he's 00:22:55.160 --> 00:22:56.440 going to have to carry more of the load, and 00:22:56.440 --> 00:22:59.099 it's been tough because... Dana Altman's got 00:22:59.099 --> 00:23:01.200 to have that trust in him. But it's not just... 00:23:01.200 --> 00:23:03.019 Defensively especially. Right. And that's what 00:23:03.019 --> 00:23:05.559 he talked about, Coach Altman, about Waylon on 00:23:05.559 --> 00:23:08.279 the defensive side of the ball. You know, he 00:23:08.279 --> 00:23:10.740 did a good job offensively in his 20 minutes. 00:23:11.000 --> 00:23:14.079 You know, if you look at the plus minus, he and 00:23:14.079 --> 00:23:19.319 KJ, you know, plus minus, you know, 16 in those 00:23:19.319 --> 00:23:22.779 minutes. You know, I thought he did a good job. 00:23:23.200 --> 00:23:26.059 But I was really impressed, you know, defensively. 00:23:26.240 --> 00:23:28.319 He has not done a good job of getting through 00:23:28.319 --> 00:23:31.640 screens and getting off into the ball. And I 00:23:31.640 --> 00:23:34.359 thought his defensive effort tonight was the 00:23:34.359 --> 00:23:37.079 best that he's shown. Three out of the last four, 00:23:37.180 --> 00:23:38.759 the Ducks have put it in the win column. They 00:23:38.759 --> 00:23:41.779 play Northwestern Saturday. They're on the road. 00:23:42.200 --> 00:23:44.720 in the Chicagoland area 11 a .m out here on the 00:23:44.720 --> 00:23:47.099 west coast on the Big 10 network and the Ducks 00:23:47.099 --> 00:23:49.279 are punching up right now 4 and 13 of the Big 00:23:49.279 --> 00:23:51.619 10 but still they want to get themselves out 00:23:51.619 --> 00:23:54.359 of that number 15 seed and get themselves up 00:23:54.359 --> 00:23:56.339 into a position where they can play in the Big 00:23:56.339 --> 00:23:58.740 10 tournament all right when we come back we'll 00:23:58.740 --> 00:24:01.960 have Tyson Alger the commish is going to join 00:24:01.960 --> 00:24:04.359 us we'll talk a lot more about this basketball 00:24:04.359 --> 00:24:06.220 team the basketball game i think he might have 00:24:06.220 --> 00:24:09.640 some thoughts as well possibly on baseball as 00:24:09.640 --> 00:24:12.259 the Ducks are going to head down to Vegas And 00:24:12.259 --> 00:24:14.460 a lot more to talk about with Oregon women's 00:24:14.460 --> 00:24:16.480 basketball. We've got all the tiebreakers figured 00:24:16.480 --> 00:24:20.099 out. Heading into senior day, we'll have a lot 00:24:20.099 --> 00:24:22.059 more about women's basketball tomorrow with coach 00:24:22.059 --> 00:24:23.539 Kelly Graves going to be on the program. But 00:24:23.539 --> 00:24:25.900 we'll talk about the big win on the road against 00:24:25.900 --> 00:24:28.700 Purdue for Oregon women. But next, Tyson Alger, 00:24:28.779 --> 00:24:30.940 the commish on the Danny and Justin radio program. 00:24:32.380 --> 00:24:34.140 Tomorrow on the program, we'll have the big kahuna, 00:24:34.140 --> 00:24:37.460 Kelly Graves, getting ready to talk about the 00:24:37.460 --> 00:24:39.859 windup of the regular season, the Big Ten tournament 00:24:39.859 --> 00:24:43.640 for women's basketball. One more at MKA and it'll 00:24:43.640 --> 00:24:47.660 be on Sunday for the seniors. Not many seniors. 00:24:48.140 --> 00:24:50.740 No, I'm killing a great squad. Quick announcements. 00:24:51.240 --> 00:24:52.940 Let's head out over the Oregon Man -Clinics Hotline 00:24:52.940 --> 00:24:56.099 at 541 -343 -5673 and welcome in our good friend. 00:24:56.099 --> 00:24:58.119 We call him the commish Tyson Alger from Lookout 00:24:58.119 --> 00:25:00.859 Eugene Springfield. And he covers the Timbers 00:25:00.859 --> 00:25:03.500 really well and podcasts on the I -5 quarter. 00:25:03.660 --> 00:25:05.779 And he joins us on the Oregon Man -Clinics Hotline 00:25:05.779 --> 00:25:10.680 at 541 -343 -5673. Are you a pond hockey aficionado 00:25:10.680 --> 00:25:15.740 as well? Tyson? Yeah, you know, the tough thing 00:25:15.740 --> 00:25:17.740 down here is, like, I feel like we only get a 00:25:17.740 --> 00:25:21.960 couple weekends that, like, the conditions are 00:25:21.960 --> 00:25:24.519 good enough to be able to pull it off. But yeah, 00:25:24.599 --> 00:25:27.000 like some of my favorite memories growing up 00:25:27.000 --> 00:25:29.099 in Alaska was just, you know, being able to go 00:25:29.099 --> 00:25:31.440 down to, like, any lake and never have to worry 00:25:31.440 --> 00:25:35.799 about the, you know, the falling through aspect 00:25:35.799 --> 00:25:38.160 up in Alaska isn't quite as threatening. Minimal. 00:25:38.859 --> 00:25:41.220 as down here. So you got all your chiclets still? 00:25:41.720 --> 00:25:43.779 That's teeth, by the way, for anybody who doesn't 00:25:43.779 --> 00:25:48.420 know hockey. I do with like an asterisk. When 00:25:48.420 --> 00:25:52.019 I was playing club hockey at Montana, I did get 00:25:52.019 --> 00:25:54.599 my top right canine tooth knocked out in a fight, 00:25:55.039 --> 00:25:58.799 but they just it was club hockey. So we didn't 00:25:58.799 --> 00:26:00.859 have doctors or like team dentists or anything. 00:26:00.859 --> 00:26:03.279 And so like I came off the ice and some guy ran 00:26:03.279 --> 00:26:05.900 down from the stands and it was like Hey, like 00:26:05.900 --> 00:26:07.779 you just want to like put that back in and I 00:26:07.779 --> 00:26:10.640 was like, okay So he ran it under a water water 00:26:10.640 --> 00:26:12.779 faucet and then just put it back into my mouth 00:26:12.779 --> 00:26:15.980 and uh Here like 18 years later. It's still working. 00:26:15.980 --> 00:26:18.079 So did it was the other guy more messed up than 00:26:18.079 --> 00:26:21.880 you though. Did you win? I um, I mean like I 00:26:21.880 --> 00:26:26.500 I don't want to exaggerate I I I held my own 00:26:26.500 --> 00:26:29.940 like, you know, i'm i'm sure my face really hurt 00:26:29.940 --> 00:26:33.279 his fist, you know Well, who started it? Yeah 00:26:34.759 --> 00:26:38.759 They did. A guy ran our goalie. I went to go 00:26:38.759 --> 00:26:41.779 pull him off the goalie and somebody jumped me 00:26:41.779 --> 00:26:44.680 from behind and then it just got kind of wild 00:26:44.680 --> 00:26:47.119 from there. No bueno. All right. So you can follow 00:26:47.119 --> 00:26:49.740 Tyson on the old Twitter at Tyson Alger, A -L 00:26:49.740 --> 00:26:52.319 -G -E -R. And what great coverage he's doing 00:26:52.319 --> 00:26:54.500 for Lookout Eugene Springfield. You can follow 00:26:54.500 --> 00:26:56.839 Lookout Eugene Springfield at Lookout underscore 00:26:56.839 --> 00:26:59.500 E -S as he covers the Ducks. We'll talk Timbers 00:26:59.500 --> 00:27:01.380 as well near the end of it because he does the 00:27:01.380 --> 00:27:03.599 great podcast on the I -5 quarter and covers 00:27:03.599 --> 00:27:06.119 the Timbers. up there in the Portland area. So, 00:27:06.279 --> 00:27:09.119 you know, where is this coming from now? Dana's 00:27:09.119 --> 00:27:11.559 team, Coach Altman's team has been under fire 00:27:11.559 --> 00:27:15.380 for most of the year, injury riddled, some dissension 00:27:15.380 --> 00:27:18.380 off the floor with the fan bases calling for 00:27:18.380 --> 00:27:20.279 Coach Altman's head. And then here we go, three 00:27:20.279 --> 00:27:22.599 out of four, including the one point win at USC 00:27:22.599 --> 00:27:26.839 and a convincing 14 point victory over Wisconsin. 00:27:26.980 --> 00:27:30.000 So where has this team been all season long, 00:27:30.160 --> 00:27:33.299 Tyson? Tell me. Yeah, you know what's funny is 00:27:33.299 --> 00:27:36.619 we kind of asked Dana that last night like why 00:27:36.619 --> 00:27:40.480 why now and He just shook his head and laughed 00:27:40.480 --> 00:27:43.160 and then was just like, you know, I I wish I 00:27:43.160 --> 00:27:46.519 could tell you but What's funny about it though 00:27:46.519 --> 00:27:49.440 is like in a vacuum like if you didn't know like 00:27:49.440 --> 00:27:52.119 how this season has gone and you had just shown 00:27:52.119 --> 00:27:54.420 up to Matthew night arena last night for what 00:27:54.420 --> 00:27:56.740 is it the Venmo rivalry series against Wisconsin? 00:27:59.060 --> 00:28:01.859 big, big natural rivals there on the basketball 00:28:01.859 --> 00:28:06.420 court. But if you just showed up and didn't know 00:28:06.420 --> 00:28:08.680 how the year went and you're like, hey, it's 00:28:08.680 --> 00:28:11.059 late February. Dana Altman's basketball team 00:28:11.059 --> 00:28:15.359 is playing great basketball. This is normal. 00:28:15.720 --> 00:28:18.480 This is how it's supposed to go. But of course, 00:28:18.539 --> 00:28:21.079 you can't just view it in the vacuum like that. 00:28:21.400 --> 00:28:23.500 They're three weeks removed from a 10 game losing 00:28:23.500 --> 00:28:27.529 streak. are at the very close to the bottom of 00:28:27.529 --> 00:28:30.670 the Big Ten. It's been such a frustrating season. 00:28:32.690 --> 00:28:35.410 I've heard the same chatter that you guys have 00:28:35.410 --> 00:28:37.329 online about the fan base and the dissension 00:28:37.329 --> 00:28:39.829 and whether or not it's time to move on. I'll 00:28:39.829 --> 00:28:41.849 even admit that there's times that this year 00:28:41.849 --> 00:28:45.690 where you've watched these games and seen the 00:28:45.690 --> 00:28:48.910 stagnation and then just wonder what's the plan? 00:28:49.529 --> 00:28:52.849 Can he still navigate this college basketball 00:28:52.849 --> 00:28:58.619 world? then to be able to kind of on the same 00:28:58.619 --> 00:29:00.539 day that there was a ESPN report that came out 00:29:00.539 --> 00:29:02.640 yesterday that the the university's fully committed 00:29:02.640 --> 00:29:04.799 to him for the next season and then to be able 00:29:04.799 --> 00:29:06.759 to like go and like back that up not only with 00:29:06.759 --> 00:29:08.720 my classmates win but it was like a convincing 00:29:08.720 --> 00:29:10.599 win and it was their third win in four games 00:29:10.599 --> 00:29:13.259 and that that includes like the the road win 00:29:13.259 --> 00:29:16.099 over USC like you still like you can see that 00:29:16.099 --> 00:29:18.319 this guy still has his fastball and like like 00:29:18.319 --> 00:29:21.230 he still knows how to coach and I think he takes 00:29:21.230 --> 00:29:23.509 a lot of pride in the fact that, like, Wei Lin 00:29:23.509 --> 00:29:25.529 was, like, making his way, like, around screens 00:29:25.529 --> 00:29:27.269 yesterday, something that, like, he hasn't done 00:29:27.269 --> 00:29:29.349 all season, but, like, you can see that development. 00:29:30.009 --> 00:29:31.750 And, you know, obviously we're not going to see 00:29:31.750 --> 00:29:33.569 this team develop to a point where they're going 00:29:33.569 --> 00:29:35.630 to make a deep NCAA tournament run this year. 00:29:35.670 --> 00:29:37.549 Like, it's going to be a prayer if they can even 00:29:37.549 --> 00:29:39.430 make that because you have to go win the Big 00:29:39.430 --> 00:29:42.289 Ten tournament. But I think what you just really 00:29:42.289 --> 00:29:44.230 needed to see with this year was just, like, 00:29:44.549 --> 00:29:47.329 improvement and progress and, like, a coach that 00:29:47.329 --> 00:29:50.309 can still... get his locker room to play behind 00:29:50.309 --> 00:29:52.089 him. And I think that's what you see in the last 00:29:52.089 --> 00:29:54.829 four games, because like these haven't been easy. 00:29:55.390 --> 00:29:58.809 That's not a bad Wisconsin team there. And yeah, 00:29:58.890 --> 00:30:01.650 it was a fun night of basketball. Like that's 00:30:01.650 --> 00:30:04.240 all it was. Yeah, it was it was enough to almost 00:30:04.240 --> 00:30:06.599 make you kind of believe a little bit based on 00:30:06.599 --> 00:30:08.519 the way that they were playing and I think you 00:30:08.519 --> 00:30:10.440 brought up a great point with wey -lin and the 00:30:10.440 --> 00:30:12.559 way he was playing defensively it's why he hasn't 00:30:12.559 --> 00:30:15.180 been on the court for very much and I've been 00:30:15.180 --> 00:30:17.420 saying this I think that I've seen coach allman 00:30:17.420 --> 00:30:18.960 yell at wey -lin more than I think any other 00:30:18.960 --> 00:30:21.539 player when I've watched this oregon basketball 00:30:21.539 --> 00:30:25.099 team in recent years, but Wei Lin clearly has 00:30:25.099 --> 00:30:27.980 something. There's something about that guy where 00:30:27.980 --> 00:30:30.819 he has this special quality to him, but there's 00:30:30.819 --> 00:30:32.640 all the fundamental stuff around that that I 00:30:32.640 --> 00:30:35.200 think is the reason why he doesn't play it many 00:30:35.200 --> 00:30:37.839 times. And when Jackson went down for the season, 00:30:38.319 --> 00:30:40.900 it was very clear that between Drew Carter and 00:30:40.900 --> 00:30:43.319 Wei that they needed to have somebody step up. 00:30:43.400 --> 00:30:44.900 And I think Drew Carter stepped up at times. 00:30:45.039 --> 00:30:47.500 I think Wei Lin stepped up at times. Do you think 00:30:47.500 --> 00:30:51.779 Wei? Has what it takes to be able to help this 00:30:51.779 --> 00:30:53.940 team down the stretch now that they've kind of 00:30:53.940 --> 00:30:55.599 gotten a little bit momentum Going in the next 00:30:55.599 --> 00:30:58.599 year to or in the next year to where that easy 00:30:58.599 --> 00:31:02.339 to make a significant impact Yeah, I I think 00:31:02.339 --> 00:31:04.740 there's potential there. I mean like we we've 00:31:04.740 --> 00:31:09.039 seen in bits and pieces how effect, I mean how 00:31:09.039 --> 00:31:11.480 exciting of an offensive player he can be. I 00:31:11.480 --> 00:31:13.299 was going to say efficient but like I don't think 00:31:13.299 --> 00:31:17.660 that's the word with him at all or effective 00:31:17.660 --> 00:31:21.299 but like you know he He didn't have his scoring 00:31:21.299 --> 00:31:23.119 touch at the start of the year. He couldn't hit 00:31:23.119 --> 00:31:25.259 a three, but I do think that it was just part 00:31:25.259 --> 00:31:27.539 of him getting into the rhythm of coming off 00:31:27.539 --> 00:31:29.599 the bench and not getting a ton of minutes, and 00:31:29.599 --> 00:31:31.660 a lot of that being because he was just a defensive 00:31:31.660 --> 00:31:34.559 liability out there. You can be the most talented 00:31:34.559 --> 00:31:36.980 player out there, but if Altman feels like he 00:31:36.980 --> 00:31:40.019 can't trust you in defensive situations, you're 00:31:40.019 --> 00:31:42.900 just not going to get run. I think it's been, 00:31:42.900 --> 00:31:44.779 you know, one of those things where it's like 00:31:44.779 --> 00:31:46.700 the defense needs to get better, but I think 00:31:46.700 --> 00:31:48.960 the offense kind of suffered because of that 00:31:48.960 --> 00:31:52.279 too. But like, yeah, I think over the last kind 00:31:52.279 --> 00:31:54.240 of like month or so, like you, you've really 00:31:54.240 --> 00:31:57.259 seen like a guy that there's, there's something 00:31:57.259 --> 00:31:59.420 and they're like, I don't know what, like, I 00:31:59.420 --> 00:32:02.720 don't know quite what it is, but I love watching 00:32:02.720 --> 00:32:04.299 him with the ball in his hands. Like it kind 00:32:04.299 --> 00:32:05.880 of feels like something's going to happen, even 00:32:05.880 --> 00:32:08.220 though like a lot of times it doesn't, but like 00:32:08.220 --> 00:32:10.799 he's He's definitely got you got some pep in 00:32:10.799 --> 00:32:13.819 this step and like I I feel like that if he can 00:32:13.819 --> 00:32:16.759 completely figure it out I We haven't been able 00:32:16.759 --> 00:32:18.559 to talk to him So we don't really know how like 00:32:18.559 --> 00:32:20.859 the adjustment from china to america has been 00:32:20.859 --> 00:32:22.880 but like I can't imagine like that's been easy 00:32:22.880 --> 00:32:24.720 Especially when you go from being a star player 00:32:24.720 --> 00:32:27.640 to a bench player But if it does click for him, 00:32:27.640 --> 00:32:30.079 like I I really do think he can be an effective 00:32:30.079 --> 00:32:32.640 player for this team Tyson alger look out eugene 00:32:32.640 --> 00:32:34.759 springfield with us here on the danny and justin 00:32:34.759 --> 00:32:37.740 radio program and Wait, he's the ultimate no. 00:32:37.759 --> 00:32:40.529 No. Yes type of player, I think at times where 00:32:40.529 --> 00:32:42.130 he'll make that shot that you're just like, man, 00:32:42.170 --> 00:32:44.069 like, where did that come from? But I think one 00:32:44.069 --> 00:32:46.190 of the things that came to my head last night 00:32:46.190 --> 00:32:48.710 watching this game and seeing what this team 00:32:48.710 --> 00:32:51.569 did defensively against Wisconsin, it felt like 00:32:51.569 --> 00:32:53.569 there was a legitimate identity that was formed. 00:32:53.630 --> 00:32:56.480 And maybe it was Nate Biddle. Coach all one called 00:32:56.480 --> 00:32:59.279 him more bouncy and his activity. He had three 00:32:59.279 --> 00:33:02.940 steals Kwame Evans and Sean Stewart I think were 00:33:02.940 --> 00:33:04.960 a big part of that as well each adding a steal 00:33:04.960 --> 00:33:08.400 four blocks for Kwame image junior as well Do 00:33:08.400 --> 00:33:10.279 you think that that's legitimate that they've 00:33:10.279 --> 00:33:12.519 created now? I know it's only been kind of this 00:33:12.519 --> 00:33:14.900 game and maybe that Penn State game that is there 00:33:14.900 --> 00:33:17.319 a potential legitimate defensive identity that 00:33:17.319 --> 00:33:21.420 this team has formed There's potential there 00:33:21.420 --> 00:33:25.099 and like like I I don't know, you know like Again 00:33:25.099 --> 00:33:26.579 because they like it's only it's only really 00:33:26.579 --> 00:33:29.299 started happening recently But I do think like 00:33:29.299 --> 00:33:31.059 Biddle getting back to like a hundred percent 00:33:31.059 --> 00:33:34.200 healthy like is a big factor in that like I I 00:33:34.200 --> 00:33:36.200 think just because he's been playing people kind 00:33:36.200 --> 00:33:40.079 of think that He's been at kind of full full 00:33:40.079 --> 00:33:42.039 tilt that like it's you know It's a seven foot 00:33:42.039 --> 00:33:45.099 dude coming coming out of like two pretty not 00:33:45.099 --> 00:33:47.579 great ankle injuries. Like he's been really gritting 00:33:47.579 --> 00:33:49.779 it out. And yeah, I noticed that last night too. 00:33:49.779 --> 00:33:52.160 Like I thought he was a little bounce here. And 00:33:52.160 --> 00:33:54.319 also he was like just pulling up for some threes 00:33:54.319 --> 00:33:56.720 too. And like I just thought that a lot of things 00:33:56.720 --> 00:33:58.920 ran through him. And when you're able to kind 00:33:58.920 --> 00:34:01.339 of see like that guy working that hard and impacting 00:34:01.339 --> 00:34:03.559 so many things, like I thought Kwame had a great 00:34:03.559 --> 00:34:06.460 game and boy when he's on, like he just kind 00:34:06.460 --> 00:34:09.139 of like his frame can be so effective with like 00:34:09.139 --> 00:34:14.639 his length. And yeah, like it's you don't necessarily 00:34:14.639 --> 00:34:17.300 have another guy to come in and twin towers it 00:34:17.300 --> 00:34:19.119 with Nate, but you do have some athletic guys 00:34:19.119 --> 00:34:21.480 around the perimeter, or kind of like, not necessarily 00:34:21.480 --> 00:34:25.579 the perimeter, but wing type of guys, and Dana 00:34:25.579 --> 00:34:27.440 does like winning with defense. I don't think 00:34:27.440 --> 00:34:29.059 this is going to suddenly be a great defense, 00:34:29.639 --> 00:34:32.400 but heck, limiting Wisconsin to, I think it was 00:34:32.400 --> 00:34:35.630 33 % shooting last night, that's not bad. I want 00:34:35.630 --> 00:34:37.289 to talk about the remaining part of the schedule 00:34:37.289 --> 00:34:39.969 and then the opportunity to get into the Big 00:34:39.969 --> 00:34:42.329 Ten tournament because it's not locked yet for 00:34:42.329 --> 00:34:44.349 Oregon to even make it to the Big Ten tournament 00:34:44.349 --> 00:34:47.130 right now because only top 15 teams get to play 00:34:47.130 --> 00:34:49.710 in that in Indianapolis. But I want to talk more 00:34:49.710 --> 00:34:52.469 about Nate Biddle a bit. And where, Tyson, do 00:34:52.469 --> 00:34:54.710 you think Nate will land when it's all said and 00:34:54.710 --> 00:34:57.190 done in his senior year here? Where people will 00:34:57.190 --> 00:35:01.170 go back and think and remember Nate Biddle in 00:35:01.170 --> 00:35:03.489 Oregon history because he eclipsed a thousand 00:35:03.489 --> 00:35:06.449 career point mark in this game and he's been 00:35:06.449 --> 00:35:09.369 you know the Oregon kid making good and there's 00:35:09.369 --> 00:35:11.510 been plenty of them but where do you think he's 00:35:11.510 --> 00:35:13.610 gonna land in the legacy of Oregon basketball 00:35:13.610 --> 00:35:18.710 when it's all said and done? Nate Biddle is a 00:35:18.710 --> 00:35:22.010 fantastic Oregon story and I hope it gets remembered 00:35:22.010 --> 00:35:25.030 and I only say that not because of like any of 00:35:25.030 --> 00:35:27.550 his effectiveness like Nate's been a fantastic 00:35:27.550 --> 00:35:31.030 center for you know, at least three full seasons 00:35:31.030 --> 00:35:33.389 and in the other sports when he was injured, 00:35:33.409 --> 00:35:36.869 like he's he has art. He's been kind of the fulcrum 00:35:36.869 --> 00:35:40.690 of this team for two, three seasons. Um, and 00:35:40.690 --> 00:35:42.409 I really think that, like, he's the one that's 00:35:42.409 --> 00:35:44.190 kind of like holding things together like right 00:35:44.190 --> 00:35:48.510 now, too. Um, but he plays at a university that, 00:35:48.610 --> 00:35:51.510 like, you know, on the football side of things 00:35:51.510 --> 00:35:56.960 like you, you remember like the the playoffs 00:35:56.960 --> 00:36:01.840 and the Heisman winners and the guys who have 00:36:01.840 --> 00:36:04.440 success on the highest level. Or for organ basketball, 00:36:04.559 --> 00:36:07.920 you think of Dylan Brooks and Tyler Dorsey and 00:36:07.920 --> 00:36:10.960 the guys that made the final four. I think Nate 00:36:10.960 --> 00:36:13.480 has the talent and the pedigree and the stats 00:36:13.480 --> 00:36:17.420 to be in that pantheon. I just hope that he doesn't 00:36:17.420 --> 00:36:21.019 get lost at all in the quote unquote downer years 00:36:21.019 --> 00:36:25.550 of the Altman era. the work he's put in to not 00:36:25.550 --> 00:36:28.789 only get to like the talent level that he's at, 00:36:28.929 --> 00:36:31.769 but also just kind of just being kind of like 00:36:31.769 --> 00:36:34.030 the guy that's held it together. I think it's 00:36:34.030 --> 00:36:36.449 been an incredibly important thing for Oregon. 00:36:37.289 --> 00:36:39.510 Couple more questions for you. We're with Tyson 00:36:39.510 --> 00:36:41.409 Alger from lookout Eugene Springfield and the 00:36:41.409 --> 00:36:44.989 i -5 quarter podcast as he joins us here on the 00:36:44.989 --> 00:36:47.449 Danny Justin radio program for a Thursday three 00:36:47.449 --> 00:36:49.349 games left in the regular season and again as 00:36:49.349 --> 00:36:51.690 I just mentioned Not a lot to make the Big Ten 00:36:51.690 --> 00:36:54.389 tournament. So I would just throw it out and 00:36:54.389 --> 00:36:56.829 in your estimation Is anybody gonna want to bet 00:36:56.829 --> 00:36:58.929 against Dana Altman and his team now these last 00:36:58.929 --> 00:37:01.030 three games? They've got Illinois number 10 in 00:37:01.030 --> 00:37:04.570 the country after Northwestern and before Washington 00:37:05.070 --> 00:37:07.590 Would you, would it be out of the ramble possibility? 00:37:07.730 --> 00:37:10.710 You think Oregon goes on a six of seven to end 00:37:10.710 --> 00:37:13.389 the season and pushes themselves into the top 00:37:13.389 --> 00:37:18.010 12 going into the big 10 tournament? I don't 00:37:18.010 --> 00:37:22.630 know. Your voice got really high there, Tyson. 00:37:23.250 --> 00:37:27.010 I would take them to beat Northwestern and I 00:37:27.010 --> 00:37:31.190 would take them to beat Washington. You know 00:37:31.190 --> 00:37:34.110 the other ones a different conversation. That's 00:37:34.110 --> 00:37:37.050 that's a really good basketball team, but You 00:37:37.050 --> 00:37:40.369 know that the one thing like that and it's a 00:37:40.369 --> 00:37:44.010 bit of a cliche but like at the very least like 00:37:44.280 --> 00:37:46.239 I think that. Dana has gotten this Oregon basketball 00:37:46.239 --> 00:37:48.760 team into the form that it always is at this 00:37:48.760 --> 00:37:51.179 time of the year in that it's a team you don't 00:37:51.179 --> 00:37:54.059 want to play, right? Like I don't I don't think. 00:37:54.460 --> 00:37:56.639 I don't think Oregon can go on a run and win 00:37:56.639 --> 00:37:59.739 the what four games that you need to win the 00:37:59.739 --> 00:38:01.860 big 10 tournament, but I guarantee you anything 00:38:01.860 --> 00:38:03.639 that's playing them in there is going like, Oh, 00:38:03.679 --> 00:38:05.340 man, I don't want to play Altman in this thing. 00:38:05.360 --> 00:38:12.949 So right. Um If somehow miraculously they could 00:38:12.949 --> 00:38:14.829 pull this whole thing off, it would be like the 00:38:14.829 --> 00:38:19.969 greatest... Yeah, I'm not even going to get ahead 00:38:19.969 --> 00:38:21.750 of ourselves. No, you would not have enough column 00:38:21.750 --> 00:38:23.789 inches to fill it. Let's put it that way. Yeah, 00:38:23.909 --> 00:38:27.610 exactly. But thankfully, we're on one publication. 00:38:30.099 --> 00:38:33.159 Well, we'll be watching along with you and the 00:38:33.159 --> 00:38:35.239 rest of the Oregon fan base one more quick question 00:38:35.239 --> 00:38:37.079 for you and I know that the Timbers the Portland 00:38:37.079 --> 00:38:39.280 Timbers near and dear to your heart as the season 00:38:39.280 --> 00:38:43.460 gets underway and I I think that's been an interesting 00:38:43.460 --> 00:38:45.119 story the last couple of years with the Timbers 00:38:45.119 --> 00:38:47.320 and the moves off the field and some of the players 00:38:47.320 --> 00:38:50.320 that they've brought on and Had a really good 00:38:50.320 --> 00:38:53.179 opening match. So talk about the your estimation 00:38:53.179 --> 00:38:55.300 of where this timber team can land this season 00:38:56.320 --> 00:38:58.579 Yeah, it's it's fascinating especially kind of 00:38:58.579 --> 00:39:01.739 like in the current landscape of MLS where you 00:39:01.739 --> 00:39:03.880 do have teams like Miami that are able to pull 00:39:03.880 --> 00:39:08.099 in, you know Messy's and you know spend all this 00:39:08.099 --> 00:39:10.219 amount of money but like the Timbers are kind 00:39:10.219 --> 00:39:12.519 of one of those mid -range financial teams in 00:39:12.519 --> 00:39:14.260 the league and so they kind of have to get crafty 00:39:14.260 --> 00:39:17.840 and they have to kind of have a plan and processes 00:39:17.840 --> 00:39:19.960 and so they're they're in field medals third 00:39:19.960 --> 00:39:22.739 season now and they've been basically a 500 level 00:39:22.739 --> 00:39:25.079 club the last two years they they made the MLS 00:39:25.079 --> 00:39:27.460 play in in his first year they made the first 00:39:27.460 --> 00:39:29.500 round last year but then they just got stumped 00:39:29.500 --> 00:39:32.300 in the deciding game uh against San Diego so 00:39:32.300 --> 00:39:34.340 it's this is kind of like a make or break year 00:39:34.340 --> 00:39:38.179 for them and it wasn't necessarily like a a transformative 00:39:38.179 --> 00:39:40.780 off season in terms of like big signings or big 00:39:40.780 --> 00:39:43.019 stars like lost like it was last year when the 00:39:43.019 --> 00:39:45.599 Vander went to Cincinnati, but they were able 00:39:45.599 --> 00:39:48.219 to flip essentially flip David Ayala for Cole 00:39:48.219 --> 00:39:51.420 Bassett, who's a 24 year old American midfielder. 00:39:51.420 --> 00:39:53.300 He came over from Colorado. He's been in the 00:39:53.300 --> 00:39:57.820 league since he's 17 and in Portland's season 00:39:57.820 --> 00:40:00.780 opening win on Saturday, like I just thought 00:40:00.780 --> 00:40:02.420 he was the best player on the pitch and it was 00:40:02.420 --> 00:40:06.210 really fun to watch like he he. It just kind 00:40:06.210 --> 00:40:08.469 of attacked the game and dominated it from the 00:40:08.469 --> 00:40:11.690 start. And so I don't, you know, it's a really 00:40:11.690 --> 00:40:13.670 long soccer season and this one's really funky 00:40:13.670 --> 00:40:15.989 too because they play 14 games before taking 00:40:15.989 --> 00:40:17.849 essentially a two month break for the World's 00:40:17.849 --> 00:40:20.389 Cup. And then it's like a two month sprint to 00:40:20.389 --> 00:40:22.610 the finish after that. So, you know, teams are 00:40:22.610 --> 00:40:24.429 going to look a lot different in this first half 00:40:24.429 --> 00:40:26.289 part of the season than the second part, but. 00:40:26.559 --> 00:40:28.719 Out of all the years I've covered the Timbers, 00:40:28.860 --> 00:40:31.679 I feel like this is the most stable team, and 00:40:31.679 --> 00:40:33.300 it's a team that kind of knows who they are, 00:40:33.400 --> 00:40:35.659 and players know their place on the roster and 00:40:35.659 --> 00:40:40.340 their responsibilities. So if they've been just 00:40:40.340 --> 00:40:42.159 barely getting into the playoffs the last two 00:40:42.159 --> 00:40:45.280 years, I think that puts them in position to 00:40:45.280 --> 00:40:49.480 maybe fight for a four or five seat this year. 00:40:51.000 --> 00:40:53.559 The soccer season's too long, guys. Like, that's 00:40:53.559 --> 00:40:55.440 all the way out in November is when you're talking 00:40:55.440 --> 00:40:58.119 about postseason. It's crazy. It is nuts. But, 00:40:58.199 --> 00:41:00.780 you know, your expertise comes through in your 00:41:00.780 --> 00:41:02.900 quill, and so thanks for covering the Timbers 00:41:02.900 --> 00:41:05.599 for all the folks that follow soccer out here, 00:41:05.599 --> 00:41:07.860 or the beautiful game of football, as we call 00:41:07.860 --> 00:41:10.539 it in Europe. So, Tyson, we appreciate you, as 00:41:10.539 --> 00:41:12.800 always, Kamish. Enjoy your writings on Lookout, 00:41:12.800 --> 00:41:14.780 Eugene Springfield. Keep doing what you do, brother. 00:41:15.739 --> 00:41:17.480 Hey, absolutely. Thanks, guys. All right, there 00:41:17.480 --> 00:41:18.820 he goes, the great Tyson Aldger. Follow him on 00:41:18.820 --> 00:41:22.650 Twitter, at Tyson. All right, so we have figured 00:41:22.650 --> 00:41:25.969 out what Oregon women's basketball can and cannot 00:41:25.969 --> 00:41:28.809 do in terms of the standings heading into the 00:41:28.809 --> 00:41:32.449 Big Ten tournament. We will reveal all and talk 00:41:32.449 --> 00:41:35.590 about the win over Purdue and then senior afternoon 00:41:35.590 --> 00:41:40.710 on Sunday for the Ducks at MKA on the women's 00:41:40.710 --> 00:41:43.949 side as we round out the program here on a weekend 00:41:43.949 --> 00:41:47.829 Eve, Danny and Justin. Alright, immediate correction 00:41:47.829 --> 00:41:50.730 and fact checking. I was incorrect in that last 00:41:50.730 --> 00:41:53.070 interview with Tyson Allger by saying that only 00:41:53.070 --> 00:41:57.570 the top 15 teams make it to the Big Ten tournament 00:41:57.570 --> 00:41:59.989 on the men's side. That's only on the women's 00:41:59.989 --> 00:42:03.610 side, and that will end after this season. The 00:42:03.610 --> 00:42:07.130 men, all 18 teams make it. Tyson did not want 00:42:07.130 --> 00:42:09.710 to correct me on the air, but he texted Baby 00:42:09.710 --> 00:42:12.570 J right after the program, and so I will stand 00:42:12.570 --> 00:42:14.750 corrected in that. I will stand in my shame. 00:42:15.070 --> 00:42:17.170 So the ducks are heading to indianapolis no matter 00:42:17.170 --> 00:42:19.510 what but then it's all about seeding as well. 00:42:19.510 --> 00:42:22.130 So that that one still remains the same Which 00:42:22.130 --> 00:42:24.650 is goodness and the ducks though no matter what 00:42:24.650 --> 00:42:26.530 that I don't think they can get up to like the 00:42:26.530 --> 00:42:29.630 number Nine 13. Well, did you say they could 00:42:29.630 --> 00:42:32.650 get to 14? They can get to 14 I think is the 00:42:32.650 --> 00:42:33.929 highest they can go which means they'd still 00:42:33.929 --> 00:42:36.349 have to win four games in four days Right to 00:42:36.349 --> 00:42:38.429 win the big 10 championship, which is it's a 00:42:38.429 --> 00:42:40.369 pipe dream. Let's be honest very much But hey, 00:42:40.489 --> 00:42:43.389 I think that going game to game. I think they 00:42:43.389 --> 00:42:45.679 can win any given game Does that make sense? 00:42:45.840 --> 00:42:47.440 I think what Tyson said is absolutely accurate. 00:42:47.440 --> 00:42:49.719 I think that's 100 % true. I think there are 00:42:49.719 --> 00:42:52.679 teams now that Oregon's going to face the rest 00:42:52.679 --> 00:42:54.900 of the way, including Northwestern, Illinois 00:42:54.900 --> 00:42:57.480 and Washington, and those that they'll face in 00:42:57.480 --> 00:42:59.139 the Big Ten tournament if it's a couple of games 00:42:59.139 --> 00:43:00.659 that they don't want to play Oregon right now. 00:43:01.099 --> 00:43:03.679 No, they don't. If Oregon wins a couple games, 00:43:03.860 --> 00:43:05.400 then I think we might start to believe that they 00:43:05.400 --> 00:43:07.659 can win a couple more. For the second straight 00:43:07.659 --> 00:43:10.000 year, 9 -time under coach Kelly Graves, who will 00:43:10.000 --> 00:43:12.340 be on this program tomorrow, Oregon is a 20 -game 00:43:12.340 --> 00:43:15.019 winner in women's basketball. Ducks got 19 points 00:43:15.019 --> 00:43:17.420 from Katie Fiso, 17 points, eight rebounds from 00:43:17.420 --> 00:43:20.460 Ahisa Tutte. They converted 21 turnovers into 00:43:20.460 --> 00:43:24.739 31 points, a 71 -65 road win at Purdue and Mackey 00:43:24.739 --> 00:43:29.079 Arena. They come back home for the senior afternoon 00:43:29.079 --> 00:43:33.719 at MKA Sunday against Washington. Oregon is now 00:43:33.719 --> 00:43:37.619 8 -9 in the Big Ten. Purdue falls to 4 -13. Oregon 00:43:37.619 --> 00:43:41.099 was in control of this game with a 22 -point 00:43:41.099 --> 00:43:44.130 outburst in the second quarter. outscoring actually 00:43:44.130 --> 00:43:45.889 doubling up Purdue in that quarter, but then 00:43:45.889 --> 00:43:48.070 they had to kind of hold them off down the stretch 00:43:48.070 --> 00:43:51.090 again. This team, I swear, I would just love 00:43:51.090 --> 00:43:54.050 them to see you have a 20 -point blowout in one 00:43:54.050 --> 00:43:57.050 of these games. You know, make sure Kelly kind 00:43:57.050 --> 00:43:59.510 of can relax a little bit, but that wasn't the 00:43:59.510 --> 00:44:01.929 case. So they come back home. We do have the 00:44:01.929 --> 00:44:04.239 tiebreaker scenarios figured out. Can I run them 00:44:04.239 --> 00:44:06.079 down for it? I want to give you credit for this. 00:44:06.219 --> 00:44:08.719 All right. So here's the deal with this as we 00:44:08.719 --> 00:44:10.440 take a look at the standing. So I was correct 00:44:10.440 --> 00:44:13.400 yesterday and I did double verify this on the 00:44:13.400 --> 00:44:16.480 Big Ten website is the tiebreakers fall because 00:44:16.480 --> 00:44:18.880 there is a ton of different tiebreaker scenarios. 00:44:19.400 --> 00:44:22.500 So there are teams right now. Illinois is in 00:44:22.500 --> 00:44:26.539 the eight position and they're nine and seven 00:44:26.539 --> 00:44:29.920 in conference play. But they have left Iowa and 00:44:29.920 --> 00:44:32.500 Minnesota, who I think are third and fourth in 00:44:32.500 --> 00:44:34.340 the conference. So those are going to be two 00:44:34.340 --> 00:44:36.760 tough games for Illinois to play. They lose both 00:44:36.760 --> 00:44:39.659 those games. They finish nine and nine. If Oregon 00:44:39.659 --> 00:44:42.599 can beat Washington, Oregon and Washington would 00:44:42.599 --> 00:44:46.960 finish nine and nine. USC plays UCLA, who is 00:44:46.960 --> 00:44:49.480 the top team in the conference. 27 and one overall. 00:44:50.239 --> 00:44:52.760 They would finish nine and nine. Oregon owns 00:44:52.760 --> 00:44:57.159 the tiebreaker over Illinois and USC. They do 00:44:57.159 --> 00:45:00.760 not own the tiebreaker. over Washington so the 00:45:00.760 --> 00:45:03.500 best case scenario is Oregon finishes as a nine 00:45:03.500 --> 00:45:07.639 seed and they would take on Washington again 00:45:07.639 --> 00:45:11.659 oh boy as the eight nine matchup that'd be fun 00:45:11.659 --> 00:45:13.920 i'm down in the big 10 tournament set me up for 00:45:13.920 --> 00:45:18.480 that okay so by virtue of the tiebreaker since 00:45:18.480 --> 00:45:20.940 if Oregon beats Washington they will both have 00:45:20.940 --> 00:45:23.260 won one game so then the next one is who did 00:45:23.260 --> 00:45:26.820 you beat that was the highest seed or the highest 00:45:26.989 --> 00:45:29.730 Team in the in the conference and washington 00:45:29.730 --> 00:45:32.369 beat michigan on january 1st And I think michigan's 00:45:32.369 --> 00:45:33.949 now number two in the conference. Yeah, they're 00:45:33.949 --> 00:45:37.349 14 and three in conference 64 52 and so that's 00:45:37.349 --> 00:45:40.710 oregon's best win is against minnesota So that's 00:45:40.710 --> 00:45:42.929 that's where that lands. So we'll talk a lot 00:45:42.929 --> 00:45:44.730 more about that with coach kelly graves tomorrow 00:45:44.730 --> 00:45:47.190 Who's not going to worry about conference seatings 00:45:47.190 --> 00:45:49.349 or anything else. He is going to have his mind 00:45:49.349 --> 00:45:52.349 Fairly focused a correction. It is not minnesota. 00:45:52.369 --> 00:45:55.869 They lost in minnesota They did beat maryland 00:45:55.869 --> 00:45:58.239 though Oh, Maryland. I'm sorry, I got the M's 00:45:58.239 --> 00:46:00.440 mixed up there. Yes. So, yeah. All right, so 00:46:00.440 --> 00:46:01.980 that's three times I've been corrected on the 00:46:01.980 --> 00:46:04.360 program. It's all right. No, it's fine. I don't 00:46:04.360 --> 00:46:06.480 mind being corrected. First, it was Sister Anne 00:46:06.480 --> 00:46:09.500 and Sister Jean. Right. Then it was the... The 00:46:09.500 --> 00:46:10.920 18 teams make the Big Ten tournament. And the 00:46:10.920 --> 00:46:13.460 18 teams make the Big Ten tournament. And now, 00:46:13.460 --> 00:46:14.960 Minnesota, Maryland, I got messed up. Who are 00:46:14.960 --> 00:46:15.960 you working with when the basketball is beaten? 00:46:16.519 --> 00:46:18.039 Well, you know what? Listen, if I roll out of 00:46:18.039 --> 00:46:19.800 bed every morning... Maryland, Minnesota. And 00:46:19.800 --> 00:46:21.579 if I don't make a mistake, you know, something's 00:46:21.579 --> 00:46:23.340 wrong. I'm not trying hard enough. That's all 00:46:23.340 --> 00:46:25.340 there is to it. So tomorrow on the program, Kelly 00:46:25.340 --> 00:46:26.800 Graves, the Big Kahuna will join us. We'll talk 00:46:26.800 --> 00:46:28.820 a lot of Oregon women's basketball senior day. 00:46:29.420 --> 00:46:32.840 The women's the women's they finish their season 00:46:32.840 --> 00:46:34.840 a week early. They'll play their Big Ten tournament. 00:46:35.300 --> 00:46:38.139 They will only have 15 teams. I think this is 00:46:38.139 --> 00:46:40.099 the last year for that. It started last year, 00:46:40.440 --> 00:46:43.659 this year, and then they'll go to adopt the men's 00:46:43.659 --> 00:46:45.500 side of it with all teams participating. Do you 00:46:45.500 --> 00:46:47.800 want to know why? Tell me. It's because it's 00:46:47.800 --> 00:46:52.460 the Big Ten too many. Ten too many teams. There 00:46:52.460 --> 00:46:54.599 are 18 teams in the Big Ten. They just need to 00:46:54.599 --> 00:46:55.599 add two more. They can't call it the Big 18. 00:46:55.780 --> 00:46:57.599 They need to just call it the Big 20 and add 00:46:57.599 --> 00:47:00.940 two more teams. Would that work though? You don't 00:47:00.940 --> 00:47:02.840 like that alliteration either because there's 00:47:02.840 --> 00:47:04.960 no real alliteration there. No there isn't. Big 00:47:04.960 --> 00:47:06.699 10, Big 12. So how many teams are in the Big 00:47:06.699 --> 00:47:10.699 12? Real quick. Isn't it 14? Very, very good. 00:47:11.019 --> 00:47:14.440 There are no... and the Pac -12 actually had 00:47:14.440 --> 00:47:17.460 12 teams. Yes. The Pac -10 had 10 teams, the 00:47:17.460 --> 00:47:19.659 Pac -8 had 8 teams. The Big 10 had 10 teams for 00:47:19.659 --> 00:47:21.079 a long time. My favorite was when they had the 00:47:21.079 --> 00:47:23.199 logo that was the Big 10, but then it was like 00:47:23.199 --> 00:47:26.280 an 11 in the silhouette. That was always a really 00:47:26.280 --> 00:47:28.079 good logo. I like that. Every time I hear 11, 00:47:28.340 --> 00:47:31.219 all I can think of is Spinal Tap. Not Stranger 00:47:31.219 --> 00:47:33.400 Things, that's interesting. No, you need to turn 00:47:33.400 --> 00:47:35.539 it to 11. That was one of the best lines Christopher 00:47:35.539 --> 00:47:38.739 Guest ever had with the amplifier. Oh, a joke! 00:47:39.800 --> 00:47:41.760 I got a fire from the bank today. A woman asked 00:47:41.760 --> 00:47:43.880 me to check her balance, so I pushed her. Dad 00:47:43.880 --> 00:47:48.579 jokes! How many psychiatrists does it take to 00:47:48.579 --> 00:47:52.619 change a light bulb? Psychiatrists that take 00:47:52.619 --> 00:47:56.300 to change a light bulb Well only one but the 00:47:56.300 --> 00:47:59.739 light bulb really has to want to change That's 00:47:59.739 --> 00:48:01.440 a good one. I like that. You like that one. I 00:48:01.440 --> 00:48:03.599 like that one I kind of like that one too. I 00:48:03.599 --> 00:48:05.000 have to tell that one of my daughter torture 00:48:05.000 --> 00:48:06.679 her for a little bit alright, so if you missed 00:48:06.679 --> 00:48:10.079 any of Tyson Alger from Lookout Eugene Springfield 00:48:10.079 --> 00:48:13.719 and the i -5 corridor or any of our program You 00:48:13.719 --> 00:48:16.780 can go back to the podcast, which is going to 00:48:16.780 --> 00:48:19.739 be up shortly, wherever you consume your quantities 00:48:19.739 --> 00:48:24.940 of music, podcasting the murder mysteries. Do 00:48:24.940 --> 00:48:27.000 you listen to any of the murder mystery podcast, 00:48:27.079 --> 00:48:30.059 the real true crime stuff? I'm more of a YouTube 00:48:30.059 --> 00:48:33.800 guy with that stuff. All right. But I don't hate 00:48:33.800 --> 00:48:36.699 it. I can see the podcasting being good. Especially 00:48:36.699 --> 00:48:39.000 on long drives. Yeah. So tomorrow on the program, 00:48:39.059 --> 00:48:40.980 Kelly Graves, Big Kahuna, we wind out the week. 00:48:41.039 --> 00:48:43.380 Big Betz, Goose will be in the studio. We're 00:48:43.380 --> 00:48:45.059 gonna have to set up like an alternate studio 00:48:45.059 --> 00:48:46.880 because I don't know how we're gonna fit five 00:48:46.880 --> 00:48:50.300 people in this closet that we have We only have 00:48:50.300 --> 00:48:53.400 three microphones So we're gonna we'll set up 00:48:53.400 --> 00:48:55.139 the remote gear in another room and two people 00:48:55.139 --> 00:48:57.039 can sit back over there when we do big bets So 00:48:57.039 --> 00:49:00.659 you can join us tomorrow as well for that for 00:49:00.659 --> 00:49:03.320 Intern producer dom right over here for baby. 00:49:03.460 --> 00:49:05.159 J. I'm dot. Thanks for tuning in put a smile 00:49:05.159 --> 00:49:07.219 on your face someone else's they deserve it So 00:49:07.219 --> 00:49:08.860 do you be safe out there be careful?