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Portions of this show are recorded. Strap in

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and be prepared. Room for error is much slimmer

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in basketball. You lose one player and it changes

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your entire team. It's not like that in football.

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It's just not. It's not. Interesting guests.

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Kelly Graves, Mike Parker, Coach Mark Waskowski,

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Noah Eagle, Melissa Lombardi, Kenyon Barnard,

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Jonathan Stewart. Sharp opinions. Dana Altman

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probably earned a pass for a down year after

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almost 20 years. of what he's done for Oregon

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basketball. And some smiles. Guys, I was stuck

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in a car wash. Sounds like an R. Kelly song.

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It's not an R. Kelly song. It's Danny Havill.

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I can't remember, and I've been doing this for

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longer than you've been alive, which is really

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horrible that I have to say that, but it's the

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truth. Justin Grossweiner. It's like the saying

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in Alaska, that you don't have to be faster than

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the bear, you just have to be faster than your

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friend. Danny and Justin starts now on Fox Sports

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Eugene and Fox Sports Newport. Hello, neighbors,

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and welcome. High top the Delta Tri and the Crystal

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Palace. The Bigfoot Beverages Studios for Fox

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Sports Eugene, Fox Sports Newport. You are locked

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into the fastest 60 minutes in sports. Why do

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we call it that? because we do more with an hour

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than most do with three. This is the Danny and

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Justin Radio Program. Thanks, friends, wherever

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and however you're listening to us, either on

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60 minutes. We will upload the program right

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after we're done, man. Another packed Monday,

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man. I have so many pieces of pay. I should probably

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take a picture of all of the papers. I have lined

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out in front of me. My prep that I did starting

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at six 30 this morning. It started in the weekend,

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but we have a lot to go over. So Oregon men's

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and women's basketball. Oregon baseball, Oregon

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softball, Oregon State men's and women's basketball,

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track and field, big bets, which is important

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to me. The Combine, good, bad, and the ugly.

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Eric Skopel, the great Skopel Damas from 24 -7

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is going to be right here to talk Oregon women's

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basketball and duck territory right around 220.

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But let's get the introductions done. The producer's

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chair is occupied by... Intern Blaze, who's smarting

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after this weekend. We'll talk about that in

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a moment. I am Doc, right over there to my right,

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is your good friend. You welcome him into your

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living rooms every single day. Justin Grossweiner,

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we call him Baby J. Well, we do have a lot to

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talk about today, but I'm going to start with

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an interesting question for you, Danny. We passed

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each other before the show, just moments before

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we got on the air, and you gave me a little ope,

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which you know what it reminded me of? We're

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both from the Midwest. That being said, we both

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have been a lot of other places. Yeah. Do you

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feel like you identify with your Midwest roots

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more than you do with your West Coast roots?

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Okay. Absolutely. Because I was totally Midwest

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of you. Well, thanks. That's a Midwest thing.

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We're coming around the corner, just like you

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call it pop instead of soda. Yeah, exactly. That's

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what you do. And I have my water. I don't have

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pop right now. But we do have a lot to go over

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today. Yeah, Blaze, make sure your microphone's

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ready to go, dude. You've got to be ready. Athletic

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position. Okay. Blaze, what did you do this weekend?

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Well, Justin and I actually grabbed a beer along

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with other interns. We call it beverage on this.

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We call it beverage on the show. Sorry, beverage.

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I'm sorry. I'm just busting on you a little bit.

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I'm glad you know what that is. I'm glad you're

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ready with that. You guys hung out for a little

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bit. We did. We had a good time. I was invited,

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did not attend. You were invited. You did not

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attend. We watched the blowout of Michigan, Illinois.

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So I heard that you brought a friend along as

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well. He was part of watching the game, yes.

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Okay. Who is a huge Dodger fan? Huge L .A. fan,

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yes. All L .A. So did Baby J contain himself,

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or was he cracking on him a little bit? No, I

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mean. He contained himself to an extent. He was

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cracking a little bit. No, but the thing is,

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the Dodgers fan, Lakers fan, Rams fan has heard

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a lot worse from me. Oh, so Baby J was timid.

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or tame concern to you i definitely live in comparison

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when he said i'm a dodger fan i said i'm sorry

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he's like why sorry i'm like i'm sorry i just

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hate the dodgers were you wearing any cubs gear

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like you are you have got your cubs hat on what

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was i wearing this no i was wearing my emerald

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hat yeah i was wearing my emerald hat so no no

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cubs gear i didn't make it clear there were exploding

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whales hat yeah yeah my favorite hat right now

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but in comparison he was he was tamed okay I'm

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glad you think so. I legitimately afterwards

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felt bad. I was like, man, I really gave it to

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him. Justin was a little concerned. It was one

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of the first things he said to me when we had

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our pre -production meeting, the pre -pre -production

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meeting. No, no, no, no. Trust me. He's heard

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worse. Yeah, shout out to Drew. He's heard worse

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from me. He's heard worse from others. All right,

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so shout out to Drew. He was pretty good. He

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was good about it. We put a name to him as well.

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That's awesome. Yeah. All right, kids, we got

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to run through a lot of stuff here. So I'm going

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to take care of a couple of things. Nothing more

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important than big bets. Oh, yeah. From Coke.

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Hey, listen. Hey, you didn't hear me doing this

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last week when I came in 4 -1. Did I prop you

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up when you went 4 -1? You did. I'm just joking.

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I'm going to let you have your moment now. Well,

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thank you. You know, I almost feel like we need

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some celebratory music, although I know we don't

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have any. So, Cokewell Casino and Resort sponsors

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our Big Bet segments, which you guys love. on

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Fridays where we pick games, you guys pick games

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against us. If you beat us, you win a two -night

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stay with $100 on your player's card at Cokewell,

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get entered in a drawing for the big March Madness

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championship game suite, the Cokewell suite.

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But then if one of the hosts wins, and we've

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got pretty good odds because there's normally

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four of us that are, you know, you, me, Goose,

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and then either Blaze or Dom, and sometimes both

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of them are doing it. So the odds are in our

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favor a little bit, but, you know. The hosts

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have been pretty good in the basketball thing.

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There's some sort of Hunger Games reference here,

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but go on. You'll find it. I have belief in you.

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So for the first time in the second half of the

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season, because I won the first half by a game.

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It was only by a game. I eked it out over Baby

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J, who made a rocket, a miraculous, rising like

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a phoenix, a Lazarus rise at the end of the season.

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to get himself out of the last place. But see,

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now you punched down on me because you trapped

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the badger in the corner. And so now I went 3

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-2 this week. Baby J, you went 2 -3. Goose went

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1 -4. So much for that good start. Blaze, dude,

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what happened? Don't follow Goose into the—don't

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trust him that much. You went 1 -4. The best

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the fans went were 2 -3. So the hosts win, which

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means $100 to South Coast Special Olympics, courtesy

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of Coquille Casino Resort. We love that. So there

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we go. Put that to bed. We'll do it again on

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Friday. I will not be here live on Friday. I

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will be up in Pendleton, but I will Memorex my

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picks in. Okay? You good with that? Yeah, always.

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It'll be just like with Goose. So I am still,

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though— I think this would be our first Big Bets

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without you. This segment, this side of it, yeah.

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So, by the way, I say all that, I'm still eight

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games behind Goose. There's the other side of

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that. What's his record now? He is 22 -13. That's

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still pretty good. It is. I'm 11 -21. You are

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16 -19. So I only picked up a game on you. I

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picked up two games on Goose. which is good.

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I'm going to chip away at it. I'm just going

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to be that wave crashing against the rocks. I'm

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going to make you guys into sand. All right,

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so here we go. Indianapolis, Indiana, for the

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second consecutive year, Oregon track and field

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swept the team titles at the Big Ten Indoor Championships.

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The men of Oregon scored in 12 of the 18 events

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on the way to 114 points. Way ahead of Penn State,

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who finished in second, 96 points. On the women's

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side, Ducks tallied 101 points to hold off Illinois,

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who had 93. USC had 81. With this result, Oregon

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has won eight of the ten available titles in

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cross country and track and field since joining

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the conference two years ago. Each team has won

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four Big Ten team titles, including three sweeps.

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Good on you. And that's why we wanted to lead

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off the program with it. Yeah. Great job. Champions.

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I mean, it's honestly just mark them in every

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year. The trophies. That's why it's Tractown

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USA. And by the way, Thursday, you and Goose,

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while I'm gone, are going to be down at the Tractown

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USA offices. You're going to have big interviews

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on media day. I'm fired up about it. It'll be

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on YouTube as well. So we'll preview that more

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as we get down there. So good on them. Good on

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them. Good on them. So. You want to talk baseball?

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Softball? Actually, we'll talk baseball, and

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then we'll get into basketball. Okay? Yes. Baseball

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first? Yeah. Actually, or do you want to do good,

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bad, and ugly? Yeah, we need to do that. Yeah,

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we need to do that. Let's do good, bad, and ugly

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first. Sorry? It's one of our segments. The good,

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the bad, the ugly from the weekend. So this is

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our little deal where we kind of take stories

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that happen from over the weekend or, you know,

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from like Friday midday until, you know. 1 o

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'clock. So let's start with the good. And for

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me, it's tie at the top. We'll be talking about

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it in the first segment, which we're doing right

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now, and the last segment. Oregon baseball went

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2 -1 at the Live Like Lou baseball tournament

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down in Vegas. They win the tournament. They

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have 8 of 11 players on the all -tournament team.

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They literally could have fielded an entire team

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with the all -tournament team. And they beat...

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They beat Vandy. That was a great win. Yeah.

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And softball came back and swept the Oregon Classic.

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They've won now six in a row. So that's my good

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for the weekend. Baby Chase. A lot of good on

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the diamond for Oregon sports. My good from the

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weekend, we can't forget, it's the World Baseball

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Classic this year. We have the Olympics, but

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we're also going to have the World Cup. So I'm

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going to talk about one of the main fixtures

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of the World Cup. He was last year, or last time,

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I guess. Lionel Messi, who played in his second

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MLS game of the season yesterday. And, of course,

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he's 38 years old. Doesn't matter. He has two

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goals, incredible goals. I mean, he's still unbelievable.

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So we can't forget about this guy. World Cup

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coming up this summer. I'm stoked about that.

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So my good friend this weekend was Lionel Messi

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coming in again and still being the best. All

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right. See, we can't have the same good, bad,

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and the ugly, just so you know. So it's not that,

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you know, Baby J is not. including Oregon sports.

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I'm the senior member of this program, so I get

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to steal some of the headlines that I want. So

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why don't you jump into your bad? I'll do my

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bad. My bad from over the weekend, and my bad

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and the ugly are going to be both USC -themed.

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Oh, I didn't know the other one. Okay, go. So,

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Makai Lemon did not have a great combine, didn't

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do any of the testing, and had a viral video

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of him. Talking to the media, which people just

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were like, what is this guy? This is your bad.

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This is my bad. And there's something uglier

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than this for sure. But not only that, apparently,

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and this is word for word, he bombed his interviews.

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Absolutely bombed his interviews with these NFL

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teams. I think he's still going to be a first

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-round pick. Ultimately, I'm not sure how much

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this will affect him. It'll cost him a few million

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dollars, exactly. The talent's still there. But

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it was not a great combine for Makai Lemon. It

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was good for Oregon, though. Great. All right.

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The Danny and Justin Radio Program for a Monday.

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Thanks for tuning in. Fox Sports, Eugene. Fox

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Sports, Newport. Eric Skopel, the great Skopel

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Namas, will join us from 24 -7 sports and duck

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territory at about 20 after the hour. My bad.

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And it's sad. 23 years old, 23 years forever,

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Dominique Ponder, who was a quarterback for University

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of Colorado, or Colorado University, I guess

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is the way we should say that, the Buffaloes,

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unfortunately lost his life this weekend. And

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the reason I say bad is, kids, take care of yourselves.

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Speed kills. He was in a 2023 Tesla, lost control.

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Not going to have anything else to say about,

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you know, whether there was anything else involved

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except it's just, it's bad. It's tragic. Somebody

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who could have had an impact on other people's

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lives passes away. So, hate to see it, but that's

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the bad from the weekend. All right, so my ugly

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is social media. Surprise, surprise, surprise.

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So I've been on this rant about posts for people

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who have passed away, right? Jerrion, John Consano,

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death outs. Huh? Fake deaths. Fake deaths. Jim

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Herrick was a victim of it this past weekend,

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and a lot of people bought in. Folks, I'm just

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telling you on social media, do not click. Just

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do not click, because that's all they're looking

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for. Check your sources. They're looking for

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traffic to their websites. Jim Herrick alive

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and well, thank goodness. Social media. Boo.

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That's the ugly. All right. My ugly from the

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weekend is Chad Baker Mazzara, who may be the

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poster child for everything that is wrong with

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college basketball at this point. You might remember

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him from being on that great Auburn team last

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year, but he was a member of USC's basketball

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program this season until very recently when

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he said that he's done. So he's going to be gone.

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The school actually did not announce a reason

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for his departure. But he just said that he couldn't

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go, and he's done. So I guess he's going to still

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try to go to another school after this. Like,

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he's not going to the draft. He'll be 27 years

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old next year. I mean, who's going to take a

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chance on him? He's a talented college player

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who, you know, seems like he—my mom was telling

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me about this. She thinks it's hilarious, all

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these college players at this point who just

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want to stay in college for, like, 10 years.

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And he seems to be one of those guys. Because

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now they're getting paid. I mean, seriously,

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if he went to school at 18 years old and he will

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leave at 27, that's almost 10 years. And I did

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that, but I'm not an athlete. That's a third

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grader. That's a third grader. All right. The

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Danny and Justin Radio Program, that's your good,

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bad, and the ugly for this past weekend. All

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right. So Oregon baseball, really nice weekend,

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as we talked about, down in the Live Like Lou

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baseball classic that they were awarded tournament

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champions going 2 -1. They beat Arizona. Bullpen

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kind of fell apart a little bit against UC Irvine.

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The Blaze. And Teeters. Attaboy. I could have

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done that to Justin. Would you have remembered

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that, Justin? I would have never remembered it,

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no. Okay, see? I would have turned to Blaze.

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That's why I went to you. And then came back

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with a gutty win against Vanderbilt. They had

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four home runs against Vanderbilt. We're up 4

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-0. And then we're up 6 -2, and then they kind

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of let the bullpen get in, another little issue,

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but then closed it out. And so they go 2 -1.

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They got Oregon State tomorrow in the first of

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three games against the Beavs that are spread

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out. There are no back -to -back games against

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Oregon State. 3 p .m. at PK Park. Fill the place

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up. It's going to be loud. It's going to be raucous.

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The weather's going to be pretty good. for Mark

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Waszkowski's team, who are now 10 -1 on the season.

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Yeah, and Cal Scolari, six innings pitched against

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Vandy, eight strikeouts, only two walks. And

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Coach Waszkowski talks about his performance

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against Vanderbilt. I just felt like Cal really

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answered the bell. I mean, he was dominant. He

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threw, you know. He had four pitches for strikes

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today. The loss, he was really good. You know,

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basically sat in the mid -90s, you know, touched

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a little bit higher, a little bit lower from

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time to time. But, I mean, basically low to mid

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-90s the entire time and with command of the

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ball. I thought he was a real competitor today,

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and he looked good. Cal Sclari, he's a guy that

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I talked to Berkeley Mabeus at the Diamond Dinner,

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or was it the first pitch dinner? I don't remember

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the names. Yeah, first pitch. The first pitch

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dinner, and he was the guy that he said to me,

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hey. This is the most talented pitcher we have

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on the staff. So a great performance from him.

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Interesting that he did pitch on the Sunday with

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the Beavers coming up on Tuesday. So don't think

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he's going to get a look there. Also, Dominic

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Hellman, two home runs this weekend. Mayo. Yeah,

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or Hellboy, either one. The other one. We're

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going to see which one sticks. We're going to

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ask him. Okay. Well, you know, he's a guy that

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last year. The power, it's always been there.

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It's funny, he was more of a hitter last year.

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He hit .320, but didn't have that raw power to

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translate. Got it this year, baby. Starting this

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year, and he's a guy that just reminds me physically

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of a Jayden Carlos stand. That guy, something

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that Mark Walsh can talk about. Great comparison.

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Both of these teams, Vanderbilt and Oregon, and

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we saw this when we saw them, was that last weekend

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against Youngstown State? Yeah. physically look

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like a mature ball club. I mean, they don't look

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like high schoolers at all. This is a team that

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certainly has the bodies to be a team that gets

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to the College World Series. By the way, Maddox

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Maloney, after this weekend, moved into sole

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possession of fourth. Get this. The kid's just

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a sophomore. He's fourth on Oregon's career home

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run list. 28. He needs just two more to tie Tom

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Dodd for third. Oregon's last back -to -back

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home runs came at Texas A &M on June 3, 2024.

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And by the way, you mentioned Mayo or Hellboy.

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Helm is homers in consecutive games. Marked the

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first time a Ducks hitter homered in consecutive

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games since Anson Arrows did it in 2014 at Texas

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A &M. You think Maddox might be a first -run

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pick? Definitely. I mean, why not? Let's be real

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about this. He probably turned down a ton of

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money. from somebody from the SEC to stay here

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at Oregon. He's got his family here. But good

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on Coach Woz and his staff to keep players like

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that here. You know, Drew Smith is torching it,

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5 '15", 17 hits, four home runs, 20 RBIs. You

00:19:08.000 --> 00:19:12.259
got Ryan Cooney, six stolen bases. Toby Twist,

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who's starting it, pitching and out of the bullpen.

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And you mentioned Cal Scolari. And then we haven't

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even talked about Angel Lyon. I was about to

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say, he's still playing really well. Angel Laya,

00:19:21.970 --> 00:19:23.809
who's a National Player of the Week and Freshman

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Player of the Week in the Big Ten. So all of

00:19:26.789 --> 00:19:29.069
that. It's a deep lineup. It's going to be fun

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to watch this year. It is. It's a lineup that

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not only is it deep, it has what I like in a

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lineup. It has a lot of different parts. It has

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a lot of different pieces that can do a lot of

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different things, and that's what I like about

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it. All right, so tough weekend on the hardwoods

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for Oregon men's and women's. So let's start

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with the men on the road in Evanston, Illinois.

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They built a double -digit lead in the second

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half but couldn't hold off a late surge. and

00:19:51.240 --> 00:19:54.839
a ball that just laid on the rim forever and

00:19:54.839 --> 00:19:57.599
finally fell through. Ducks lose to Northwestern

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63 -62. They drop to 11 -18, 4 -14 overall. They

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had a 12 -point lead early in the second half,

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but Northwestern shoots 61 % from the field after

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the break. Nate Biddle led the Ducks with 19

00:20:12.680 --> 00:20:17.099
points, 8 of 13. Kwame Evans, 15 points, 15 rebounds.

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He went 15 -15. His fourth double -double of

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the season. Takai Simpkins added 11 points. Oregon

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shot 48 % of the field. That's going to win you

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a lot of ballgames. And they shot 57 % from three

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before cooling to 31 % shooting after halftime.

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So you got Illinois tomorrow, 6 p .m., and then

00:20:39.799 --> 00:20:41.680
you come back against Washington to finish out

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the season. The regular season. And then you

00:20:44.579 --> 00:20:46.200
go to the Big Ten tournament. It was tough. And

00:20:46.200 --> 00:20:49.170
they had a big lead. in this game as well. They

00:20:49.170 --> 00:20:52.710
were up 36 -29 at the break, but then they get

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outscored, and that one was just heart -breaking.

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Yeah, they had a 12 -point lead in the second

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half. It was just gut -wrenching is what it was.

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It sucks. It's a bit surprising as well. I mean,

00:21:03.029 --> 00:21:06.049
you feel like they're finally getting some momentum,

00:21:06.190 --> 00:21:07.529
and then all of a sudden you have a loss like

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this on a buzzer beater, basically. It's really

00:21:09.230 --> 00:21:10.730
bad. All right, so let's take our break. When

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we come back, we'll have Eric Skopel, the great

00:21:13.809 --> 00:21:16.130
Skopel Donis, is going to join us. He was at...

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for the Sunday senior afternoon game, which was,

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you want to talk about disappointment and getting

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your heart ripped out against the dreaded Huskies.

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Talk from Eric Skopel with his viewpoint. We'll

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also hear from Kelly Graves in the last part

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of the program as well. We still have a lot to

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talk about with softball, with Oregon State men's

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and women's basketball, baseball, all of that

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on the Danny and Justin radio program. We're

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going to hear from Women's basketball coach Kelly

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Graves and Oregon women's softball coach Melissa

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Lombardi after the weekend events. One a little

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bit more positive than the other. But, you know,

00:21:54.480 --> 00:21:56.720
Coach Graves is always going to spin it positive,

00:21:56.819 --> 00:21:59.559
which is why we love him. We'll talk about that

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in the last part of the program. But we're going

00:22:00.680 --> 00:22:02.339
to talk a lot of Oregon women's basketball right

00:22:02.339 --> 00:22:04.519
now as we welcome in our good friend, our dear

00:22:04.519 --> 00:22:07.160
friend, Eric Skopel. You can follow him, Eric

00:22:07.160 --> 00:22:10.220
underscore Skopel, on the Twitter. Do you have

00:22:10.220 --> 00:22:14.000
a Blue Sky account, Eric? I do, and I was hoping

00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:15.359
you wouldn't ask because I couldn't tell you

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exactly what I do, but my name is involved in

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some way. I do. I do have both. Do that research,

00:22:20.759 --> 00:22:22.720
and you can promote it at the end of the broadcast,

00:22:22.759 --> 00:22:24.799
but you can follow him, DuckTerritory247Sports.

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He joins us, the great Scopal Damas, who covers

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football and women's basketball very well, and

00:22:30.059 --> 00:22:34.670
we're always happy to have him on. The cathartic

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kids or the cardiac kids, whatever you want to

00:22:36.369 --> 00:22:39.589
call them, Oregon women's basketball, they just

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had it right there in their grasp and they just

00:22:41.470 --> 00:22:44.829
let it slip away against Washington, losing 70

00:22:44.829 --> 00:22:47.930
-69 in the regular season finale at MKA. Katie

00:22:47.930 --> 00:22:52.750
Fiso has 27 points. Ahisa Tute has 21. As Oregon

00:22:52.750 --> 00:22:55.529
women drop to 20 -11, 8 -10 the Big Ten, so now

00:22:55.529 --> 00:22:56.930
they know they're seeding. They're going to be

00:22:56.930 --> 00:23:00.789
taking on Purdue in the last game of day one,

00:23:00.890 --> 00:23:04.640
unfortunately. in the Big Ten basketball tournament

00:23:04.640 --> 00:23:07.460
in Indianapolis. So your immediate takeaways

00:23:07.460 --> 00:23:11.200
from this, Eric, because from my viewpoint is

00:23:11.200 --> 00:23:14.900
that sometimes Oregon does not stay as patient

00:23:14.900 --> 00:23:18.440
as they should, especially when they're turning

00:23:18.440 --> 00:23:21.400
over their opponents. So can we start there?

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Am I seeing this correctly? Yeah, well, I think.

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So much of this is matchup related for them.

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It's funny. I know it was a slip of the tongue,

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but they're definitely not the cathartic kids

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because I think anybody watching this team regularly

00:23:36.789 --> 00:23:40.609
very rarely feels a sense of catharsis because

00:23:40.609 --> 00:23:43.369
they're in every game and it just goes one way

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or the other. And to your point, oftentimes it

00:23:45.210 --> 00:23:48.450
comes down to, you know, getting sped up a little

00:23:48.450 --> 00:23:53.219
bit. And I think because they get down by. They

00:23:53.219 --> 00:23:55.980
dig holes. They dig holes. They have to fight

00:23:55.980 --> 00:23:58.480
all the way back, and they expend a bunch of

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energy. This was such a weird one on Sunday where

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I don't know how many times out of 100 you're

00:24:05.500 --> 00:24:07.279
going to lose a game in regulation when you have

00:24:07.279 --> 00:24:09.559
possession with 12 seconds to go in a tie game.

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It's hard to do. The circumstances were a bummer.

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I think Coach Graves called it a fluke postgame

00:24:15.839 --> 00:24:18.319
when we spoke with him, and I think that's what

00:24:18.319 --> 00:24:21.509
it was. She's trying to drive to the rim to win

00:24:21.509 --> 00:24:23.349
the game with the go -ahead basket. Ball gets

00:24:23.349 --> 00:24:26.150
kind of knocked out of her arms. Katie Fiso,

00:24:26.250 --> 00:24:28.730
right. Katie Fiso, correct. Ball gets knocked

00:24:28.730 --> 00:24:30.650
out of her arms. I know some people suggest foul,

00:24:30.769 --> 00:24:33.029
foul or not. Ball pops out. She's just trying

00:24:33.029 --> 00:24:36.630
to track the thing down and runs into a Washington

00:24:36.630 --> 00:24:38.430
player who's just standing in the corner and

00:24:38.430 --> 00:24:40.509
plows her over. You have to call something. Unfortunately,

00:24:40.589 --> 00:24:43.670
that's her fifth foul. She goes to the line and

00:24:43.670 --> 00:24:46.329
hits one of two free throws to ice the game.

00:24:47.720 --> 00:24:50.299
another way to lose a really close basketball

00:24:50.299 --> 00:24:52.160
game. And, you know, I think you can kind of

00:24:52.160 --> 00:24:55.099
look at it a variety of different ways. And I

00:24:55.099 --> 00:24:58.160
do agree with your overall point about just like

00:24:58.160 --> 00:25:01.859
in these clutch situations, it seems like the

00:25:01.859 --> 00:25:04.759
pace or the tempo that they're playing at is

00:25:04.759 --> 00:25:07.240
either, you know, I've seen Fiso at times where

00:25:07.240 --> 00:25:09.099
she doesn't get the game winning shot attempt

00:25:09.099 --> 00:25:11.500
off. I think that was the case against Wisconsin

00:25:11.500 --> 00:25:14.289
in one of those overtimes where. she just kind

00:25:14.289 --> 00:25:16.009
of mistimed it this time. She kind of maybe goes

00:25:16.009 --> 00:25:17.910
a little too fast. That was what her explanation

00:25:17.910 --> 00:25:21.130
was. And this is the ball bounces out and Washington

00:25:21.130 --> 00:25:22.990
kind of gets, I would say kind of fortunate that

00:25:22.990 --> 00:25:24.609
they went in regulation, maybe not fortunate

00:25:24.609 --> 00:25:26.569
that they win the game. Cause it was a very well

00:25:26.569 --> 00:25:28.369
played game. I thought by both teams and the

00:25:28.369 --> 00:25:32.009
Huskies were deserving victors, but at the end

00:25:32.009 --> 00:25:33.490
of the day, it's hard not to get frustrated,

00:25:33.589 --> 00:25:35.329
but it's also, you had to put in perspective.

00:25:35.549 --> 00:25:37.930
These are, they're two best players by a country

00:25:37.930 --> 00:25:39.990
mile or sophomores in their first year starting.

00:25:40.029 --> 00:25:44.069
And they're only competitive. Unfortunately,

00:25:44.069 --> 00:25:46.950
you get into crunch time, and the execution is

00:25:46.950 --> 00:25:49.190
just kind of up and down. And sometimes it works,

00:25:49.309 --> 00:25:50.609
and sometimes it doesn't. And unfortunately,

00:25:51.009 --> 00:25:53.829
for their resume, it hasn't more times than not

00:25:53.829 --> 00:25:55.509
recently in conference play. Now, fortunately,

00:25:55.789 --> 00:25:59.549
they're also 8 -10 in conference, 20 -11 overall.

00:25:59.769 --> 00:26:01.650
That doesn't scream NCAA tournament berth for

00:26:01.650 --> 00:26:03.250
sure, but when you dive deeper into the numbers,

00:26:03.369 --> 00:26:05.930
I think they're pretty safely in. Even if they

00:26:05.930 --> 00:26:08.630
lost to Purdue on Wednesday, they'd be in, I

00:26:08.630 --> 00:26:11.549
think. And obviously they'd be pretty clear if

00:26:11.549 --> 00:26:13.849
they win that game, kind of locking that up.

00:26:13.950 --> 00:26:16.029
So it's going to be a tournament team, but it's

00:26:16.029 --> 00:26:17.289
going to be a tournament team that you look back

00:26:17.289 --> 00:26:20.109
and go, gosh, they won 20 regular season games,

00:26:20.230 --> 00:26:21.829
but I think we could even sit here. And if you

00:26:21.829 --> 00:26:24.730
wanted to pick it through and say, gosh, 24 or

00:26:24.730 --> 00:26:27.170
25 regular season games pretty easily with just.

00:26:27.720 --> 00:26:30.059
a ball bouncing here better or a little better

00:26:30.059 --> 00:26:32.559
execution when it mattered most yeah totally

00:26:32.559 --> 00:26:35.039
and i would say that one of the biggest things

00:26:35.039 --> 00:26:36.819
has been those slow starts which we talked about

00:26:36.819 --> 00:26:38.920
and it was funny you tweeted out during the game

00:26:38.920 --> 00:26:41.240
that it was a very similar start to the previous

00:26:41.240 --> 00:26:43.180
washington game which you were i think absolutely

00:26:43.180 --> 00:26:45.680
correct oregon only scores nine points in the

00:26:45.680 --> 00:26:47.759
first quarter washington scores 15 it just sort

00:26:47.759 --> 00:26:49.480
of feels like one of those games where oregon

00:26:49.480 --> 00:26:51.079
just like doesn't have it together all of a sudden

00:26:51.079 --> 00:26:52.779
in the beginning and then they figure it out

00:26:52.779 --> 00:26:54.220
the second half completely feels differently

00:26:54.220 --> 00:26:56.700
so you know you've watched this team as much

00:26:56.700 --> 00:26:59.359
as anybody what have you seen in these starts

00:26:59.359 --> 00:27:01.259
of games that have led to the slow starts? Because

00:27:01.259 --> 00:27:04.859
clearly they've got the punch at times, but it's

00:27:04.859 --> 00:27:06.759
just those first quarters at times. It's just

00:27:06.759 --> 00:27:09.440
that they don't have it. Well, and Sunday was

00:27:09.440 --> 00:27:11.799
a weird case too, where they did start three

00:27:11.799 --> 00:27:13.740
seniors, two of which had not started the game

00:27:13.740 --> 00:27:15.900
all season to do the whole senior day thing,

00:27:15.920 --> 00:27:17.960
which I'm on board with, you know, like celebrate

00:27:17.960 --> 00:27:20.769
your seniors. But they played them for four minutes,

00:27:20.809 --> 00:27:22.430
and they were down one after those four minutes,

00:27:22.490 --> 00:27:24.089
and they only scored three points in that four

00:27:24.089 --> 00:27:26.329
-minute span. So, you know, some of that is just

00:27:26.329 --> 00:27:28.589
you didn't have – I mean, Atute didn't play the

00:27:28.589 --> 00:27:30.269
first four minutes of the game. She plays 34

00:27:30.269 --> 00:27:32.849
minutes total. So I'm not arguing, like, play

00:27:32.849 --> 00:27:34.750
her those four minutes and they win the game

00:27:34.750 --> 00:27:36.710
because then you're asking her to play basically

00:27:36.710 --> 00:27:39.990
marathon basketball. That's unfair on her. But

00:27:39.990 --> 00:27:43.789
that contributed there. But in general, the execution

00:27:43.789 --> 00:27:45.829
offensively just doesn't seem like it's quite

00:27:45.829 --> 00:27:49.170
firing the way it needs to. And I think – it's

00:27:49.170 --> 00:27:52.029
unfair probably, but Fiso is the one initiating

00:27:52.029 --> 00:27:54.470
the offense. And I think she's, she's so deliberate

00:27:54.470 --> 00:27:57.430
at times early, but when she's at her best, and

00:27:57.430 --> 00:27:59.190
this is what I think we observed really clearly,

00:27:59.190 --> 00:28:01.230
I think Sunday might've been her best overall

00:28:01.230 --> 00:28:03.609
game. There's a career high in scoring and kind

00:28:03.609 --> 00:28:05.809
of considering the circumstances, but that second

00:28:05.809 --> 00:28:07.509
half and really kind of midway through that second

00:28:07.509 --> 00:28:09.250
quarter, she just decided I'm going to get to

00:28:09.250 --> 00:28:11.609
the rim whenever I want. And when she's aggressive,

00:28:11.769 --> 00:28:16.559
this offense is so much better. And I think that's

00:28:16.559 --> 00:28:19.440
the difficulty for Graves and the staff because

00:28:19.440 --> 00:28:23.640
she also has a tendency to force it, and that

00:28:23.640 --> 00:28:26.200
has hurt them at times too. it's kind of this

00:28:26.200 --> 00:28:28.220
unique balance of, like, you want her to be aggressive

00:28:28.220 --> 00:28:29.839
getting to the rim, but you also want her to

00:28:29.839 --> 00:28:31.980
be looking for everybody else and initiating

00:28:31.980 --> 00:28:34.940
offense. And at times, I think she resorts maybe

00:28:34.940 --> 00:28:37.200
a little bit too much to, hey, I'm going to kind

00:28:37.200 --> 00:28:39.759
of be the facilitator here when maybe to start

00:28:39.759 --> 00:28:41.299
the games, they kind of need that punch from

00:28:41.299 --> 00:28:42.920
her, that aggression, to kind of get the momentum

00:28:42.920 --> 00:28:44.799
rolling and put the other team on their heels

00:28:44.799 --> 00:28:47.180
because I think you see over the course of games

00:28:47.180 --> 00:28:50.009
when... I mean, a ton of credit to this group

00:28:50.009 --> 00:28:51.890
because they are resilient and they fight to

00:28:51.890 --> 00:28:53.670
the end of every game. And that's why they're

00:28:53.670 --> 00:28:55.009
in all these games. And they're usually down

00:28:55.009 --> 00:28:56.809
10 to 12 points at some point in the third or

00:28:56.809 --> 00:28:58.589
fourth quarter. And then you look up and they're

00:28:58.589 --> 00:29:00.430
in a position to win late. And again, whether

00:29:00.430 --> 00:29:02.650
or not they do comes down to a couple of bounces

00:29:02.650 --> 00:29:06.849
here and there. But I would rather see Katie

00:29:06.849 --> 00:29:09.470
look for her shot early in the game and look

00:29:09.470 --> 00:29:11.930
to be a little more facilitator as opposed to

00:29:11.930 --> 00:29:13.210
the opposite, where I think you see her come

00:29:13.210 --> 00:29:14.450
into a lot of games being kind of like, hey,

00:29:14.470 --> 00:29:16.109
let's get everybody else involved a little bit.

00:29:17.029 --> 00:29:19.190
She's the one who can really take over a game

00:29:19.190 --> 00:29:22.329
creating her own shot at least unlike everybody

00:29:22.329 --> 00:29:24.710
else and I think you kind of need to lean into

00:29:24.710 --> 00:29:26.309
that and especially this part of the season and

00:29:26.309 --> 00:29:28.130
she certainly is playing her best basketball,

00:29:28.289 --> 00:29:30.640
but maybe kind of just nudging her a little bit

00:29:30.640 --> 00:29:32.299
and saying, hey, let's get you going a little

00:29:32.299 --> 00:29:33.980
bit here on this first quarter to get some momentum.

00:29:34.400 --> 00:29:36.279
Yeah, and you can maybe make the argument that

00:29:36.279 --> 00:29:38.759
by getting herself going, then there's going

00:29:38.759 --> 00:29:40.259
to be more attention on her. That's going to

00:29:40.259 --> 00:29:42.180
be able to open up other players, kick outs,

00:29:42.240 --> 00:29:44.380
stuff like that. But totally agree. I think that,

00:29:44.400 --> 00:29:45.839
you know, at some point in this game, she just

00:29:45.839 --> 00:29:47.460
decided, like, I'm just going to get to the rim.

00:29:47.599 --> 00:29:49.339
And Washington couldn't really stop her for a

00:29:49.339 --> 00:29:51.220
long time. I think maybe by the end of the game,

00:29:51.279 --> 00:29:52.640
they started packing the paint a little bit more.

00:29:53.460 --> 00:29:55.160
I just want to do a little projection here real

00:29:55.160 --> 00:29:58.000
quick. Okay, so say Oregon gets to the NCAA tournament.

00:29:58.250 --> 00:30:00.549
They get to that 8 -9 spot. It seems like that's

00:30:00.549 --> 00:30:02.829
likely what they're going to do unless they maybe

00:30:02.829 --> 00:30:05.450
get to the semifinals or the final of the Big

00:30:05.450 --> 00:30:07.630
Ten tournament. That's pretty much what they

00:30:07.630 --> 00:30:09.269
did last year. They get to the second round.

00:30:09.430 --> 00:30:12.529
They lose against the number one seed. If that's

00:30:12.529 --> 00:30:14.789
what happens this season, and again, that's a

00:30:14.789 --> 00:30:18.470
lot of projecting here, is that reaching the

00:30:18.470 --> 00:30:21.339
expectation of this season? Because they're young.

00:30:21.420 --> 00:30:23.200
Because they're young, you know, and it sort

00:30:23.200 --> 00:30:25.119
of feels like this is a totally different team

00:30:25.119 --> 00:30:26.920
almost than last year, and it's sort of the beginning

00:30:26.920 --> 00:30:29.220
of it rather than last year was almost kind of

00:30:29.220 --> 00:30:32.140
the peak of whatever last year's squad was. But

00:30:32.140 --> 00:30:35.039
how would you feel, I guess, if that's what happened,

00:30:35.079 --> 00:30:36.819
if they get to the second round of the NCAA tournament

00:30:36.819 --> 00:30:38.119
and they lose to that number one seed, which

00:30:38.119 --> 00:30:40.660
kind of seems like that's the track that we're

00:30:40.660 --> 00:30:43.799
going on right now? That's a good question. I

00:30:43.799 --> 00:30:45.839
think a lot of it comes down to perspective and

00:30:45.839 --> 00:30:49.680
expectation and patience almost. I think I'm

00:30:49.680 --> 00:30:53.619
pretty comfortable saying, and one of you said

00:30:53.619 --> 00:30:55.519
a second ago they're young. That's kind of what

00:30:55.519 --> 00:30:58.299
I was going to say, which is after they had the

00:30:58.299 --> 00:31:00.859
disaster three seasons ago where they win two

00:31:00.859 --> 00:31:02.640
conference games, I think they lost their last

00:31:02.640 --> 00:31:04.880
14 or 15 games of the season. It was a mess.

00:31:05.059 --> 00:31:07.519
And people were calling for Kelly's head, by

00:31:07.519 --> 00:31:10.289
the way. Absolutely right. Yep. They needed a

00:31:10.289 --> 00:31:12.950
year like last year to solidify everything. They

00:31:12.950 --> 00:31:15.390
brought in a bunch of veterans. Their four leading

00:31:15.390 --> 00:31:16.990
scorers were seniors last year. They brought

00:31:16.990 --> 00:31:20.509
in a senior -laden team, and they won a lot of

00:31:20.509 --> 00:31:21.829
these kind of close games, by the way, if you

00:31:21.829 --> 00:31:23.210
go back and look at it last year. They finished

00:31:23.210 --> 00:31:24.670
with a similar record, but the difference was

00:31:24.670 --> 00:31:27.650
the games that they were in late, they primarily

00:31:27.650 --> 00:31:30.789
won those games. This year, much younger team,

00:31:31.109 --> 00:31:34.240
maybe they're at the same record, but... this

00:31:34.240 --> 00:31:36.059
year's team isn't winning those close games and

00:31:36.059 --> 00:31:37.759
i don't have the splits in front of me i apologize

00:31:37.759 --> 00:31:39.480
and that's something i'll probably kind of parse

00:31:39.480 --> 00:31:41.299
out this week as we get into the big 10 tournament

00:31:41.299 --> 00:31:43.359
but you know they're they're you know they're

00:31:43.359 --> 00:31:45.079
in just as many games if not more games this

00:31:45.079 --> 00:31:46.880
year there's not final you know finishing them

00:31:46.880 --> 00:31:49.849
and so um You know, it's one thing, I think,

00:31:49.910 --> 00:31:52.009
to take again, to take us back to say, hey, two

00:31:52.009 --> 00:31:53.869
years ago, this was a mess. Last year's team

00:31:53.869 --> 00:31:55.230
goes to the tournament. They're all veteran.

00:31:55.430 --> 00:31:57.470
This year's team is pretty much all homegrown

00:31:57.470 --> 00:31:59.970
in terms of they're building around sophomores

00:31:59.970 --> 00:32:02.490
and juniors and players that have been here two

00:32:02.490 --> 00:32:05.490
to three multiple seasons. Now they put themselves

00:32:05.490 --> 00:32:08.089
in a spot where maybe it is not a step above

00:32:08.089 --> 00:32:10.609
last season, but it's a different group and it

00:32:10.609 --> 00:32:13.690
lays the foundation. And you can argue that foundation

00:32:13.690 --> 00:32:16.190
really could pay off next season and the season

00:32:16.190 --> 00:32:18.279
after where. Again, you kind of got to knock

00:32:18.279 --> 00:32:20.160
on wood and you have to speak in hypotheticals

00:32:20.160 --> 00:32:21.500
at this point because of the transfer portal

00:32:21.500 --> 00:32:23.299
and just kind of the nature of college sports.

00:32:23.559 --> 00:32:26.579
But if, again, now we're doing more projecting

00:32:26.579 --> 00:32:28.660
into this projection, I guess, but if we're to

00:32:28.660 --> 00:32:32.380
project that next year's team has Ahis and Katie

00:32:32.380 --> 00:32:35.680
and Sophia and Ari and at least Amoebius comes

00:32:35.680 --> 00:32:39.559
back and they keep all the key pieces here, that's

00:32:39.559 --> 00:32:42.299
where it would be a disappointment to me. where

00:32:42.299 --> 00:32:43.920
they don't take that step and they can't get

00:32:43.920 --> 00:32:45.680
out of that first weekend. Because next year's

00:32:45.680 --> 00:32:47.779
team should be a team that is winning these close

00:32:47.779 --> 00:32:50.779
games, that is taking a step up. So I think that's

00:32:50.779 --> 00:32:53.940
where I'm at. I'm also understanding of the fan

00:32:53.940 --> 00:32:56.819
that says, I'm used to Oregon women's basketball

00:32:56.819 --> 00:32:59.500
being in competition for conference championships

00:32:59.500 --> 00:33:02.319
and to make deep runs into tournaments. They

00:33:02.319 --> 00:33:04.779
were a disaster two years ago. Now they're going

00:33:04.779 --> 00:33:06.240
to make the tournament and be a first weekend

00:33:06.240 --> 00:33:08.140
exit back -to -back years. I'm kind of disappointed.

00:33:08.460 --> 00:33:10.799
I wanted more results. I'm used to this program

00:33:10.799 --> 00:33:13.700
delivering a little bit more. I think that's

00:33:13.700 --> 00:33:16.500
a reasonable expectation or a reasonable point

00:33:16.500 --> 00:33:18.380
of view to have. It's not the one I have, but

00:33:18.380 --> 00:33:20.359
I can see where someone can say, hey, they're

00:33:20.359 --> 00:33:23.799
going to be 2021 -2022 win team back -to -back

00:33:23.799 --> 00:33:27.099
years. This program should aspire for more. And

00:33:27.099 --> 00:33:29.180
obviously no one's suggesting Kelly Graves is

00:33:29.180 --> 00:33:30.799
going to get fired. He'll have his job, I think,

00:33:30.799 --> 00:33:33.119
as long as he wants. But I think I would be more

00:33:33.119 --> 00:33:35.980
open to agreeing with that sentiment next year

00:33:35.980 --> 00:33:38.240
when these core players are in their third and

00:33:38.240 --> 00:33:40.220
fourth season as opposed to being kind of – this

00:33:40.220 --> 00:33:42.160
is the first run through for KD and Ahis who

00:33:42.160 --> 00:33:43.720
are clearly the two best players on the team.

00:33:44.079 --> 00:33:45.920
And it makes sense when those players are kind

00:33:45.920 --> 00:33:48.160
of having some growing pains. And frankly, a

00:33:48.160 --> 00:33:49.599
lot of the losses they've had have been because

00:33:49.599 --> 00:33:51.480
of plays that they have or haven't made at the

00:33:51.480 --> 00:33:53.980
end of games. And I don't think that makes them

00:33:53.980 --> 00:33:55.740
bad players by any means, but it's just the reality

00:33:55.740 --> 00:33:57.440
of kind of going through those growing pains.

00:33:57.480 --> 00:33:59.960
And you hope in 2026, 2027 that those aren't

00:33:59.960 --> 00:34:01.539
the same mistakes they're making. Give them a

00:34:01.539 --> 00:34:04.940
follow at DuckTerritory, at 247Sports, at Eric

00:34:04.940 --> 00:34:10.300
underscore Skopel with a S -K -O -P -I -L. The

00:34:10.300 --> 00:34:12.739
Danny Justin Radio Program, always happy to talk

00:34:12.739 --> 00:34:15.739
to the great Skopel Damas, Eric Skopel, on a

00:34:15.739 --> 00:34:19.179
Monday as we look back towards the weekend. And

00:34:19.179 --> 00:34:21.320
I'll take a couple of your comments, and this

00:34:21.320 --> 00:34:23.000
will be the last one for you, Eric, as we'll

00:34:23.000 --> 00:34:26.519
send you off in that good afternoon. We talk

00:34:26.519 --> 00:34:29.559
about the youth, and we talk about how this program

00:34:29.559 --> 00:34:32.739
is upward -pointing and now back -to -back, and

00:34:32.739 --> 00:34:34.619
I think they're already into the NCAA tournament.

00:34:34.639 --> 00:34:36.699
I think the Big Ten tournament for them is going

00:34:36.699 --> 00:34:38.139
to be about seeding, whether they're going to

00:34:38.139 --> 00:34:39.280
be on the 10 line, whether they're going to be

00:34:39.280 --> 00:34:43.099
on the 8 line. If they get to the semifinals,

00:34:43.159 --> 00:34:45.400
I think they could be on the 7 line because that

00:34:45.400 --> 00:34:48.760
would be 23 wins. So I think there's a way you

00:34:48.760 --> 00:34:50.719
can parse that. But, I mean, next year, what

00:34:50.719 --> 00:34:52.679
you've got coming, although there are no zeros

00:34:52.679 --> 00:34:54.679
on the clock yet for this season. I'll put this

00:34:54.679 --> 00:34:57.159
season aside yet. But you've got Brooklyn Haywood

00:34:57.159 --> 00:34:59.539
coming in. You've got a couple of freshmen coming

00:34:59.539 --> 00:35:01.179
in. And that's not even saying what you're going

00:35:01.179 --> 00:35:02.940
to maybe get in the portal for Kelly Graves.

00:35:03.059 --> 00:35:05.400
And I think there's help coming for this program

00:35:05.400 --> 00:35:07.039
as well. And with the core that's coming back,

00:35:07.139 --> 00:35:08.739
because again, I'll just emphasize, this is a

00:35:08.739 --> 00:35:12.059
very young team. People don't realize how young

00:35:12.059 --> 00:35:14.420
this team is. Yes, you're going to lose Mia Jacobs.

00:35:14.619 --> 00:35:16.380
Yes, you're going to lose a couple of other players

00:35:16.380 --> 00:35:18.219
that have played some interesting roles this

00:35:18.219 --> 00:35:20.480
season. However, what you've got coming back,

00:35:20.539 --> 00:35:24.739
this is almost a Sabs type of feel to a season.

00:35:24.780 --> 00:35:27.260
next season when they're still not done. So what

00:35:27.260 --> 00:35:29.079
I want to ask you is this. What is the ceiling

00:35:29.079 --> 00:35:35.960
for this team in 2025 -26? For next season? No,

00:35:35.980 --> 00:35:38.320
for this season still. I said all that. Yeah,

00:35:38.360 --> 00:35:40.079
I want to know what you're – I mean, you said

00:35:40.079 --> 00:35:41.960
you kind of walked around it, but if they get

00:35:41.960 --> 00:35:45.480
to the semifinals and get into a seven slot,

00:35:45.739 --> 00:35:48.320
I mean, is there an opportunity for this team

00:35:48.320 --> 00:35:50.360
to learn from what they've done this season and

00:35:50.360 --> 00:35:52.360
take that into the tournament and do better?

00:35:52.480 --> 00:35:54.219
Rather than next year. Rather than next year.

00:35:54.639 --> 00:35:57.760
I see what you're saying. Yeah, no, I think that's

00:35:57.760 --> 00:36:00.019
– I mean, here's how I would just kind of approach

00:36:00.019 --> 00:36:02.780
this Oregon team against tournament teams. Okay.

00:36:04.159 --> 00:36:06.760
They've been in the game in the final minutes

00:36:06.760 --> 00:36:10.179
against everybody besides UCLA, besides Ohio

00:36:10.179 --> 00:36:13.460
State, and besides Iowa. And those are all teams

00:36:13.460 --> 00:36:14.579
that are going to be – UCLA is going to be a

00:36:14.579 --> 00:36:16.659
one seed. I think Iowa is a two seed right now

00:36:16.659 --> 00:36:18.940
on the ESPN projection. Ohio State, I think,

00:36:18.940 --> 00:36:21.860
is a three or a four. So I think those one through

00:36:21.860 --> 00:36:24.000
four kind of range teams, and they played Michigan,

00:36:24.099 --> 00:36:25.619
by the way, who's going to be a two seed. They

00:36:25.619 --> 00:36:27.320
lost that game in double overtime, and they were

00:36:27.320 --> 00:36:29.440
in that thing. Michigan State, another team that's

00:36:29.440 --> 00:36:31.320
kind of around that range. Mitt Merriman, they

00:36:31.320 --> 00:36:33.460
beat, who I think is a projected four seed right

00:36:33.460 --> 00:36:38.400
now. So I don't feel super confident seven seed.

00:36:38.909 --> 00:36:40.369
through 10 seed that they're going to beat a

00:36:40.369 --> 00:36:42.190
one or a two seed just because those teams have

00:36:42.190 --> 00:36:43.949
so far, at least this season, it's all matchup

00:36:43.949 --> 00:36:45.369
related, right? Maybe they find a team that's

00:36:45.369 --> 00:36:47.050
a little smaller. They frankly need it to be

00:36:47.050 --> 00:36:50.690
a smaller team. They're lacking interior size

00:36:50.690 --> 00:36:54.050
to compete with a Lauren Betts at center and

00:36:54.050 --> 00:36:55.969
a bunch of other players that are, not that there

00:36:55.969 --> 00:36:58.570
are many Lauren Betts' six foot seven freakazoids

00:36:58.570 --> 00:37:00.929
running around. Thank goodness. Yeah. Thank goodness

00:37:00.929 --> 00:37:02.789
for Oregon and the rest of the country, or maybe

00:37:02.789 --> 00:37:04.050
it would make the sport more interesting if there

00:37:04.050 --> 00:37:06.510
were a dozen of them. But my point is like, My

00:37:06.510 --> 00:37:08.130
point is that basically you look around and you

00:37:08.130 --> 00:37:09.909
go, like, those matchups I think are really tough.

00:37:10.070 --> 00:37:13.030
But they've been, again, they can beat anybody

00:37:13.030 --> 00:37:16.949
else that's on that 7, 8, 9, 10 line. I think

00:37:16.949 --> 00:37:19.769
they'll be certainly competitive. I don't think

00:37:19.769 --> 00:37:21.110
they're going to get blown off the court against

00:37:21.110 --> 00:37:23.090
any of those teams. And so maybe you get some

00:37:23.090 --> 00:37:25.530
momentum and get to that first game. I don't

00:37:25.530 --> 00:37:27.030
think it's unreasonable at all to expect that

00:37:27.030 --> 00:37:30.329
they can beat a 7, 8, 9, 10 team. I'm a little

00:37:30.329 --> 00:37:32.969
wary of beating a 1 or a 2 seed. I just don't

00:37:32.969 --> 00:37:36.050
know if I've seen that from them yet. If they

00:37:36.050 --> 00:37:37.869
get to the second weekend of the NCAA tournament,

00:37:38.130 --> 00:37:40.989
that's going to be a huge story. And I think

00:37:40.989 --> 00:37:43.489
it would be a really, really exciting way to

00:37:43.489 --> 00:37:45.769
kind of, I hate to bring it back to next year

00:37:45.769 --> 00:37:47.630
again, but nobody's expecting this year's team

00:37:47.630 --> 00:37:49.469
to compete for a real national, like to be an

00:37:49.469 --> 00:37:50.989
actual championship contender, I don't think.

00:37:51.170 --> 00:37:53.650
So, you know, it can get some momentum to close

00:37:53.650 --> 00:37:55.070
the season. Maybe they pull an upset and they

00:37:55.070 --> 00:37:56.650
beat one of those teams. And the hard thing with

00:37:56.650 --> 00:37:58.849
women's basketball, unfortunately, is... These

00:37:58.849 --> 00:38:00.690
one and two seeds are playing in their home court.

00:38:02.150 --> 00:38:05.210
It's ridiculous. Go to Columbia, South Carolina

00:38:05.210 --> 00:38:09.210
and beat the Gamecocks. Didn't even think that's

00:38:09.210 --> 00:38:10.969
that realistic. And that's one of the projections.

00:38:11.150 --> 00:38:13.190
At least ESPN this morning had that as kind of

00:38:13.190 --> 00:38:17.730
the setup for the opening round. So I don't know.

00:38:17.769 --> 00:38:21.090
I think winning a game feels very doable. I would

00:38:21.090 --> 00:38:22.610
be really surprised if they get through a one

00:38:22.610 --> 00:38:23.969
or a two. And if they get through a one or a

00:38:23.969 --> 00:38:25.469
two, now you just kind of open the door to like,

00:38:25.550 --> 00:38:28.039
oh, maybe they get really hot. shoot this that

00:38:28.039 --> 00:38:29.920
kind of that seed line is where that Sabrina

00:38:29.920 --> 00:38:32.179
team was her freshman season where they did get

00:38:32.179 --> 00:38:35.239
hot and made a bit of a run but um I I would

00:38:35.239 --> 00:38:37.139
be really surprised and I think if we're talking

00:38:37.139 --> 00:38:40.039
ceiling for this year it would be win a game

00:38:40.039 --> 00:38:43.280
maybe two or three in the Big Ten and the fortunate

00:38:43.280 --> 00:38:45.000
thing with losing to Washington which of course

00:38:45.000 --> 00:38:47.119
you didn't really want to do is you do end up

00:38:47.119 --> 00:38:49.219
on the other side of the bracket from from UCLA

00:38:49.219 --> 00:38:50.840
and otherwise you would have had to run into

00:38:50.840 --> 00:38:52.719
them pretty quickly and that probably ends the

00:38:53.179 --> 00:38:54.920
the run there, but maybe you win a game or two

00:38:54.920 --> 00:38:56.480
there and you win a game in the, in the, in the

00:38:56.480 --> 00:38:58.159
NCAAs. And I think if you look up and you say,

00:38:58.239 --> 00:39:01.079
Hey, you went 23 and 13 on the season or something

00:39:01.079 --> 00:39:03.460
like that, I think you'd feel pretty decent going

00:39:03.460 --> 00:39:05.559
into next year. That would feel maybe if they

00:39:05.559 --> 00:39:06.780
didn't, even if they don't go further in the

00:39:06.780 --> 00:39:09.059
NCAAs, there'd feel like some growth there, especially

00:39:09.059 --> 00:39:11.139
because as we've established your, you're relying

00:39:11.139 --> 00:39:13.460
on your two best players are first year starters

00:39:13.460 --> 00:39:15.360
who really should only get better and better

00:39:15.360 --> 00:39:17.300
as, as the years go on. You heading to Indy?

00:39:18.239 --> 00:39:20.519
I am not. Okay. Well, you can watch it on the

00:39:20.519 --> 00:39:22.380
couch with us. That's all right. We love their

00:39:22.380 --> 00:39:23.760
reporting anyway. You don't need to necessarily

00:39:23.760 --> 00:39:26.579
be there on purpose. You know what? Eating breakfast

00:39:26.579 --> 00:39:28.579
buffets and stuff like that in hotels is way

00:39:28.579 --> 00:39:30.059
overrated. I'm just saying that right now. It's

00:39:30.059 --> 00:39:32.599
called not found for a reason. Absolutely. All

00:39:32.599 --> 00:39:33.820
right, buddy. Well, we'll look forward to your

00:39:33.820 --> 00:39:37.840
insights and your comments on as this team moves

00:39:37.840 --> 00:39:40.619
forward Big Ten tournament -wise and then into

00:39:40.619 --> 00:39:42.659
the NCAA tournament. Thanks for all the coverage,

00:39:42.739 --> 00:39:45.210
man. We appreciate you. Yeah, anytime. Talk to

00:39:45.210 --> 00:39:46.510
you later, guys. Have a great day. There he goes,

00:39:46.650 --> 00:39:48.730
the great Eric Skopel, Skopel Damas, joining

00:39:48.730 --> 00:39:51.449
us live on the old teleophone, the Oregon Man

00:39:51.449 --> 00:39:54.829
Clinics Hotline at 541 -343 -5673. Hey, let's

00:39:54.829 --> 00:39:59.409
listen to Coach Lombardi as Version 8 has now

00:39:59.409 --> 00:40:03.489
won six in a row. And they swept through the

00:40:03.489 --> 00:40:07.969
Oregon Classic. They've got their... Civil War

00:40:07.969 --> 00:40:10.630
game on Wednesday against the Beavs. We'll talk

00:40:10.630 --> 00:40:12.329
about that. We'll hear from the coach when we

00:40:12.329 --> 00:40:14.130
return on the Danny and Justin Radio program.

00:40:17.150 --> 00:40:19.030
Thanks again to the great Scopal Damas, Eric

00:40:19.030 --> 00:40:21.789
Scopal, for joining us to talk Oregon women's

00:40:21.789 --> 00:40:23.210
basketball as they get ready for the Big Ten

00:40:23.210 --> 00:40:25.289
tournament, which begins on Wednesday. Oregon

00:40:25.289 --> 00:40:29.289
State men's baseball comes down to PK Park. Bob

00:40:29.289 --> 00:40:33.349
Kilkenny field. Tomorrow, 305 first pitch. It's

00:40:33.349 --> 00:40:36.429
an early game, but you need to flood the stadium.

00:40:36.889 --> 00:40:39.309
as this is the first of three between these two

00:40:39.309 --> 00:40:43.090
teams in the Civil War on the diamond, as Oregon

00:40:43.090 --> 00:40:45.929
State set down the Hawkeyes of Iowa at Riders

00:40:45.929 --> 00:40:51.929
Field in Frisco, Texas, 4 -3. And they are now,

00:40:51.969 --> 00:40:55.449
I think they improved to 6 -4 on the season,

00:40:55.510 --> 00:40:58.750
as Iowa drops to 7 -4. Oregon State men's and

00:40:58.750 --> 00:41:01.329
women's basketball have concluded the WCC regular

00:41:01.329 --> 00:41:04.110
season. Oregon State men dropped a game to Santa

00:41:04.110 --> 00:41:08.739
Clara, 73. Pardon me, 93 -72. They will start

00:41:08.739 --> 00:41:11.539
in the WCC tournament Sunday at 5 .30. They're

00:41:11.539 --> 00:41:14.760
already into the quarterfinals as the number

00:41:14.760 --> 00:41:17.420
four seed. The WCC tournament, by the way, for

00:41:17.420 --> 00:41:21.800
the men, starts on Thursday. It ends on Tuesday.

00:41:21.960 --> 00:41:24.840
It is literally almost a week -long tournament.

00:41:26.239 --> 00:41:32.239
And you get down the top 12 go, and it's Portland

00:41:32.239 --> 00:41:35.460
taking on Pepperdine, the Waves. At 6 p .m. on

00:41:35.460 --> 00:41:38.820
Thursday, they're down at Vegas. Gonzaga got

00:41:38.820 --> 00:41:41.139
the number one seed in the men's side. So the

00:41:41.139 --> 00:41:45.199
women's side, LMU beat Oregon State in overtime.

00:41:45.400 --> 00:41:49.920
Tough loss, but Oregon State is now the number

00:41:49.920 --> 00:41:53.159
four seed. They will start March the 8th on Sunday

00:41:53.159 --> 00:41:57.960
at 11 .30 a .m. as the number four seed. They

00:41:57.960 --> 00:41:59.639
are automatically into quarterfinals. They'll

00:41:59.639 --> 00:42:02.480
play either Seattle U, Washington State, Pacific,

00:42:02.760 --> 00:42:05.929
or Portland. They went 6 -1 against those teams.

00:42:05.969 --> 00:42:09.429
Pretty easy to say. Oregon State women probably

00:42:09.429 --> 00:42:12.130
into the semifinals. Oregon State men under lame

00:42:12.130 --> 00:42:15.929
duck head coach Wayne Tinkle. Who knows? They

00:42:15.929 --> 00:42:17.929
have been Jekyll and Hyde all season long. All

00:42:17.929 --> 00:42:19.289
right, let's talk about something more positive.

00:42:19.809 --> 00:42:22.789
After falling behind 2 -0, number 20 Oregon scored

00:42:22.789 --> 00:42:25.309
18 straight runs, pulling away from Sanford 18

00:42:25.309 --> 00:42:27.789
-2 Sunday in the final game of the Oregon Classic

00:42:27.789 --> 00:42:30.309
at the Jane. We'll talk about Riley McCoy in

00:42:30.309 --> 00:42:32.889
just a second. We'll hear from Coach. Lombardi

00:42:32.889 --> 00:42:35.030
about that we'll hear from Nails in a moment.

00:42:35.130 --> 00:42:37.710
But Oregon's now won six in a row. They're 13

00:42:37.710 --> 00:42:41.309
-6 overall as they go undefeated at the Jane.

00:42:41.489 --> 00:42:43.889
They started out on the 27th with a couple of

00:42:43.889 --> 00:42:47.309
wins over Stetson 10 -1, Idaho State 4 -3. Come

00:42:47.309 --> 00:42:51.469
back on Saturday, 4 -1 win over Stetson, 8 -0

00:42:51.469 --> 00:42:53.909
win over Samford, and then the 18 -2 win over

00:42:53.909 --> 00:42:55.769
Samford to end the tournament. They've got Oregon

00:42:55.769 --> 00:42:58.769
State on Wednesday, 6 p .m., up in Corvallis.

00:43:00.440 --> 00:43:03.340
Things are starting to come together. And I want

00:43:03.340 --> 00:43:05.820
to say come together, but at the same time, Oregon

00:43:05.820 --> 00:43:10.579
has played a murderer's row of competition in

00:43:10.579 --> 00:43:13.800
the first 10 games of the season. Actually, you

00:43:13.800 --> 00:43:15.639
could probably go in the first 12 games of the

00:43:15.639 --> 00:43:18.760
season. Right? Oh, no, absolutely. I think that

00:43:18.760 --> 00:43:20.760
they're... I don't even think this is just a

00:43:20.760 --> 00:43:22.920
local. I think they're one of the more confusing

00:43:22.920 --> 00:43:25.019
teams that people are looking at. They don't

00:43:25.019 --> 00:43:27.039
really, looking at them, know how good they are.

00:43:27.199 --> 00:43:29.179
Because you're playing these teams early on in

00:43:29.179 --> 00:43:31.159
the season. They're playing so competitive with

00:43:31.159 --> 00:43:33.559
good teams. They didn't win them, though. And

00:43:33.559 --> 00:43:35.480
then they have the weekend where they beat all

00:43:35.480 --> 00:43:38.159
the ranked teams and they lose to the unranked

00:43:38.159 --> 00:43:41.019
teams. So it was really nice, I have to say,

00:43:41.079 --> 00:43:42.820
to have a weekend, first of all. Back of the

00:43:42.820 --> 00:43:45.639
Jane. And then just to clean up a couple days.

00:43:45.840 --> 00:43:47.639
I mean, Idaho State was a little bit closer,

00:43:47.760 --> 00:43:52.880
but Stetson and then the Sanford game. Yeah,

00:43:52.880 --> 00:43:55.719
I mean, you wanted to see those games. And they've

00:43:55.719 --> 00:43:57.099
got Oregon State as well, and Oregon State's

00:43:57.099 --> 00:43:58.639
been pretty competitive. They have been. We heard

00:43:58.639 --> 00:44:00.500
from Coach Lombardi in the postgame, right, Justin?

00:44:00.659 --> 00:44:01.980
Yeah, we did. And talking about Elon Butler,

00:44:02.139 --> 00:44:04.179
she's had a really, really nice season so far.

00:44:04.219 --> 00:44:06.380
Ten -game hitting streak. One shy of her career

00:44:06.380 --> 00:44:09.179
best. And she talked about how... her leadership

00:44:09.179 --> 00:44:11.380
it wasn't just on the field and the offense but

00:44:11.380 --> 00:44:14.460
also things that us and we we can't see that

00:44:14.460 --> 00:44:19.099
i what i would say first and foremost is just

00:44:19.099 --> 00:44:21.920
i'm really really proud of her leadership like

00:44:21.920 --> 00:44:24.880
the leadership that she is providing us offensively

00:44:24.880 --> 00:44:27.320
i love what she's doing that's the things that

00:44:27.320 --> 00:44:29.099
you all don't get to see her do you just get

00:44:29.099 --> 00:44:32.389
to see the outcomes at the plate but From there

00:44:32.389 --> 00:44:34.590
at the plate, she just knows and expects that

00:44:34.590 --> 00:44:36.809
she's going to get a hit, and I love that mindset.

00:44:37.110 --> 00:44:39.949
This is a tough game, and I just love the mindset.

00:44:40.170 --> 00:44:43.769
I love how aggressive she is. Again, she's very

00:44:43.769 --> 00:44:46.989
calculated, and I appreciate what she's doing.

00:44:47.570 --> 00:44:50.530
11 of 17 at the dish, five doubles, two home

00:44:50.530 --> 00:44:53.690
runs, 12 RBIs, had a slugging percentage of 1

00:44:53.690 --> 00:44:58.929
.294 and a .684 on -base percentage. By the way,

00:44:58.989 --> 00:45:02.860
our girl K -Dub, Kaylin Jones. 3 -64, 4 of 11,

00:45:03.019 --> 00:45:05.320
got a home run, second home run of her career,

00:45:05.440 --> 00:45:08.019
six RBIs over the five -game Oregon Classic,

00:45:08.199 --> 00:45:11.400
meaning she hit .350 or better in all four tournaments

00:45:11.400 --> 00:45:13.889
this season. that they've played to open the

00:45:13.889 --> 00:45:16.429
season. Taryn Ho, 5 for 10, two doubles and a

00:45:16.429 --> 00:45:18.889
triple. Riley McCoy. You want to talk about Riley

00:45:18.889 --> 00:45:20.630
McCoy? Because you and I have been talking about

00:45:20.630 --> 00:45:23.349
this on the air in the upstart of this season.

00:45:23.550 --> 00:45:27.469
All right, so now Riley is 4 for 36, but she

00:45:27.469 --> 00:45:29.889
was 2 for 3 in that last game. She hit a big

00:45:29.889 --> 00:45:31.429
home run in that first inning. She was a monster.

00:45:31.710 --> 00:45:34.610
She pulled one to the left before the previous

00:45:34.610 --> 00:45:36.730
pitch, and then she just cranks one out. And

00:45:36.730 --> 00:45:39.659
so, man. Huge, huge, huge for this team. And

00:45:39.659 --> 00:45:42.000
Coach Lombardi says, how good did it feel to

00:45:42.000 --> 00:45:44.139
see Riley hit one over the fence? Riley's so

00:45:44.139 --> 00:45:46.340
talented, really good. You know, sometimes you

00:45:46.340 --> 00:45:48.119
just have to work through some things. Each year

00:45:48.119 --> 00:45:50.679
it's going to be a little different. And I think

00:45:50.679 --> 00:45:52.860
she's been great at just being patient and know

00:45:52.860 --> 00:45:54.679
that it's going to come and just give it time

00:45:54.679 --> 00:45:58.019
to come. So just loved it. I mean, the ball that

00:45:58.019 --> 00:46:01.139
she hit before that, she, like, hooked over the

00:46:01.139 --> 00:46:04.469
dugout. And, I mean. You know, like she hooked

00:46:04.469 --> 00:46:06.530
it. It's not about the hook, but it was the power

00:46:06.530 --> 00:46:08.730
that came behind it that I'm like, wow, this

00:46:08.730 --> 00:46:11.570
next pitch is going to be scary. So I just love

00:46:11.570 --> 00:46:13.530
it. Like she's just so good at what she does.

00:46:13.690 --> 00:46:16.130
And I just really like how she's just continued

00:46:16.130 --> 00:46:19.170
to stay patient and go after it. This is a player

00:46:19.170 --> 00:46:21.769
that was all Big Ten first team last year, not

00:46:21.769 --> 00:46:23.969
just all Big Ten freshman first team, all Big

00:46:23.969 --> 00:46:26.969
Ten first team as a freshman. And it's been a

00:46:26.969 --> 00:46:29.289
really slow start. And coming into the year.

00:46:29.849 --> 00:46:31.469
I thought she might be their best hitter this

00:46:31.469 --> 00:46:33.630
season, and it just hasn't been going that way.

00:46:33.769 --> 00:46:36.230
But it's so good to see her turn it around, and

00:46:36.230 --> 00:46:37.969
it's kind of the exact type of series you want

00:46:37.969 --> 00:46:40.610
to see it. But it just lengthens the lineup.

00:46:40.710 --> 00:46:43.650
You get to see how much more variety and versatility

00:46:43.650 --> 00:46:46.989
this lineup has with her hitting well. So I just

00:46:46.989 --> 00:46:49.190
can't understate how big I think it is that she's

00:46:49.190 --> 00:46:51.210
starting to hit again. Ayanna Shaw also went

00:46:51.210 --> 00:46:54.050
6 of 16, 375 for the tournament, two triples.

00:46:54.130 --> 00:46:57.460
And by the way, our girl, Remington Hewitt. Got

00:46:57.460 --> 00:47:00.500
our first two RBIs of 2026 with a double as well.

00:47:00.559 --> 00:47:03.059
Very nice. You've got players, and I love the

00:47:03.059 --> 00:47:04.980
way you said that, is the contributions. And

00:47:04.980 --> 00:47:07.320
this is what's going to take if you want to build

00:47:07.320 --> 00:47:11.230
a potential national championship team. You can't

00:47:11.230 --> 00:47:13.610
just rely on two or three people, two or three

00:47:13.610 --> 00:47:16.969
stars, or Lindsey Grind taking a majority of

00:47:16.969 --> 00:47:18.889
the innings in the circle. You need to have Elise

00:47:18.889 --> 00:47:21.610
Sokolski. You need to have Taylor Spencer and

00:47:21.610 --> 00:47:23.750
Rowan Thompson and Maddie Millhorn in the middle

00:47:23.750 --> 00:47:26.269
doing that work. And you need to have Taryn Ho

00:47:26.269 --> 00:47:28.949
and Kalen Jones up the middle playing tough defense.

00:47:29.050 --> 00:47:31.429
You need contributions from a lot of people in

00:47:31.429 --> 00:47:33.289
a lot of ways. Stephanie Mahake, we haven't really

00:47:33.289 --> 00:47:35.789
talked about her that much. I know, and she's

00:47:35.789 --> 00:47:37.710
had a slow start too. Bracey Rosa is another

00:47:37.710 --> 00:47:39.949
player that, it's tough. You have these two catchers.

00:47:40.110 --> 00:47:42.349
It's not going to last all season. Well, and

00:47:42.349 --> 00:47:44.710
injuries are a thing. You know, there's so many

00:47:44.710 --> 00:47:45.949
things that can happen throughout a season, and

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this team, top to bottom, is incredibly talented.

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They can fill a nine -person lineup every single

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day that you feel confident that every player

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can contribute. Absolutely. So we'll talk a little

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bit more about this team tomorrow because we'll

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look and dissect the matchup between Oregon and

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Oregon State, and also tomorrow on the program,

00:48:04.349 --> 00:48:06.190
obviously, we're going to talk about Oregon and

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Oregon State men's baseball, which is going to

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be... On the diamond at PK Park tomorrow at 3

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.05. All right, let's do dad joke. Oh, a joke.

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I got fired from the bank today. A woman asked

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me to check her balance, so I pushed her. Dad

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jokes. What did one hat say to the other? What

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did one hat say to the other? Stay right here.

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I don't know. I'm going on ahead. All right.

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All right. All right. That's awesome. Yeah. All

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right, so Monday night. What are you boys doing

00:48:43.699 --> 00:48:46.360
tonight? Tonight? I'm going to play basketball,

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actually. Don't strain anything. I'm going to

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try my best. I'm going to try my best. But I'm

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excited. Yeah, I don't know. I have an intramural

00:48:54.860 --> 00:48:58.179
game, actually. Intramural basketball. Third

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round of the playoffs. For our listeners, Blaze

00:49:00.739 --> 00:49:02.940
is 6 '4", so he's going to be doing much better

00:49:02.940 --> 00:49:04.820
than I will. Yeah, we're going to try to win

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today. I'm going to go home. Very nice. You're

00:49:08.289 --> 00:49:11.070
not going to go hoop? I'm not hooping unless

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I can shoot from three. Be back tomorrow with

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the program. Thanks for tuning in for Blaze for

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Baby J. I'm Doc. God bless. Be well. Put a smile

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on your face. Someone else says they deserve

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it. So do you. Peace.