cut and pasted some of what i've been reading about th col/ ore nit game:
Even if it didn't mask the disappointment of the loss to Stanford in the semifinals of the Pac-10 tournament, there seemed to be a desire among the Ducks to extend this season with an NIT bid.
"I don't think there's any question about getting mentally ready for that, if you get a game at home, and you're still playing and your season is still going on," Kent said. "For this team and especially these young guys, the more we can play in these one-and-done environments, the more growth we can have for next season.
"I told them if we're going to get an NIT bid, let's go in with the mindset that we want to win the NIT and not just to play one more game at home."
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Colorado was led in scoring this season by David Harrison, a 7-foot junior who averaged 16.8 points and 8.6 rebounds. Michel Morandais, a 6-5 senior from the French West Indies, added 16.1 points and 6-6 senior Blair Wilson added 12.7 points.
"We watched about five minutes of film on them," Oregon freshman Mitch Platt said after the Ducks came out of a brief meeting Sunday night. "They're Washington with a big guy, and the big guy's a beast."
Harrison shot .626 from the field, almost half of his rebounds were at the offensive end and he also blocked 82 shots, 30 more than the Ducks had as a team.
It was also Harrison who was the most outspoken about Colorado's desire to be in the NCAA Tournament, even after the Buffaloes lost to Texas Tech in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 tournament. It was that defeat that apparently led the NCAA selection committee to choose the Red Raiders over Colorado.
"We finished fourth in our conference," Harrison said after that game. "If we're not selected in the (NCAA) tournament, I think it'll be a travesty. Just because we're the University of Colorado, it's like we're on the bubble. With the same record, if your last name happened to be Kansas or Missouri, it wouldn't even be a question."
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Colorado was led in scoring this season by David Harrison, a 7-foot junior who averaged 16.8 points and 8.6 rebounds. Michel Morandais, a 6-5 senior from the French West Indies, added 16.1 points and 6-6 senior Blair Wilson added 12.7 points.
"We watched about five minutes of film on them," Oregon freshman Mitch Platt said after the Ducks came out of a brief meeting Sunday night. "They're Washington with a big guy, and the big guy's a beast."
Harrison shot .626 from the field, almost half of his rebounds were at the offensive end and he also blocked 82 shots, 30 more than the Ducks had as a team.
It was also Harrison who was the most outspoken about Colorado's desire to be in the NCAA Tournament, even after the Buffaloes lost to Texas Tech in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 tournament. It was that defeat that apparently led the NCAA selection committee to choose the Red Raiders over Colorado.
"We finished fourth in our conference," Harrison said after that game. "If we're not selected in the (NCAA) tournament, I think it'll be a travesty. Just because we're the University of Colorado, it's like we're on the bubble. With the same record, if your last name happened to be Kansas or Missouri, it wouldn't even be a questiion.
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BOULDER, Colo. (U-WIRE) -- No one could accuse Colorado head coach Ricardo Patton of being arrogant, let alone cocky.
Yet, as his ninth Colorado squad prepares for this season's Big 12 Conference Tournament, opening with a quarterfinal round game against Texas Tech on Friday, Patton is left defending his team's credibility.
"How can you finish fourth in the Big 12 Conference and have there could still be a question about us getting into the NCAA Tournament?" Patton said during Wednesday's Big 12 coaches' teleconference call. "I guess the NCAA Selection Committee will take the No. 5 [Texas Tech] and No. 6 [Missouri] teams and skip over us. I think it's unfortunate that that's even a question for this program at this point."
Just like last year, some "bracketologists" insist CU needs at least one victory in the conference tournament to nail down an NCAA bid. Colorado got that tourney win last year, a thrilling 77-76 buzzer-beater over Kansas State, that earned the Buffs a No. 10 seed in the Big Dance.
In this year's tournament Colorado seems to be once again playing to earn an NCAA spot and hopefully a better seed. The latest ESPN.com bracket doesn't list the Buffaloes among its 64-team field, and Sports Illustrated projects CU as a No. 12 seed.
In other words, the Buffs' conference tournament margin of error is slight.
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Apparently the Buffs as a team voted to bypass the N.I.T. but rumor has it they changed their minds when they realized how poorly it'd reflect on the school. (Like their athletic department needs that right about now huh?) The Buffs are clearly a team that thought they should be in the Big Dance.
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Colorado also lost twice to the same Kansas team that beat Oregon earlier this year. But the biggest thing Oregon will have going for them? The crowd at the Pit. We all know how much better Oregon plays..i mean...shoots, at home. The good news for the Buffs is that they have a sr. guard in Morandais who can minimize the impact of a road crowd going nuts. The bad news? Colorado is 6-7 on the road this year. With losses to Pepperdine, Missouri, and Iowa St. So this is a group that can be had at Mac Court. Get out there and make some noise.
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The Ducks have all day today (and a good bit of the night) to think about them, and this:
For four players, this could be their last college game.
Kent already is talking about how much this experience will help players such as Platt, and freshman Aaron Brooks and the rest of the group that will play a huge role next season.
But for Jackson, Davis, Jay Anderson and Andre Joseph, lose and their days at Oregon are done
Even if it didn't mask the disappointment of the loss to Stanford in the semifinals of the Pac-10 tournament, there seemed to be a desire among the Ducks to extend this season with an NIT bid.
"I don't think there's any question about getting mentally ready for that, if you get a game at home, and you're still playing and your season is still going on," Kent said. "For this team and especially these young guys, the more we can play in these one-and-done environments, the more growth we can have for next season.
"I told them if we're going to get an NIT bid, let's go in with the mindset that we want to win the NIT and not just to play one more game at home."
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Colorado was led in scoring this season by David Harrison, a 7-foot junior who averaged 16.8 points and 8.6 rebounds. Michel Morandais, a 6-5 senior from the French West Indies, added 16.1 points and 6-6 senior Blair Wilson added 12.7 points.
"We watched about five minutes of film on them," Oregon freshman Mitch Platt said after the Ducks came out of a brief meeting Sunday night. "They're Washington with a big guy, and the big guy's a beast."
Harrison shot .626 from the field, almost half of his rebounds were at the offensive end and he also blocked 82 shots, 30 more than the Ducks had as a team.
It was also Harrison who was the most outspoken about Colorado's desire to be in the NCAA Tournament, even after the Buffaloes lost to Texas Tech in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 tournament. It was that defeat that apparently led the NCAA selection committee to choose the Red Raiders over Colorado.
"We finished fourth in our conference," Harrison said after that game. "If we're not selected in the (NCAA) tournament, I think it'll be a travesty. Just because we're the University of Colorado, it's like we're on the bubble. With the same record, if your last name happened to be Kansas or Missouri, it wouldn't even be a question."
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Colorado was led in scoring this season by David Harrison, a 7-foot junior who averaged 16.8 points and 8.6 rebounds. Michel Morandais, a 6-5 senior from the French West Indies, added 16.1 points and 6-6 senior Blair Wilson added 12.7 points.
"We watched about five minutes of film on them," Oregon freshman Mitch Platt said after the Ducks came out of a brief meeting Sunday night. "They're Washington with a big guy, and the big guy's a beast."
Harrison shot .626 from the field, almost half of his rebounds were at the offensive end and he also blocked 82 shots, 30 more than the Ducks had as a team.
It was also Harrison who was the most outspoken about Colorado's desire to be in the NCAA Tournament, even after the Buffaloes lost to Texas Tech in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 tournament. It was that defeat that apparently led the NCAA selection committee to choose the Red Raiders over Colorado.
"We finished fourth in our conference," Harrison said after that game. "If we're not selected in the (NCAA) tournament, I think it'll be a travesty. Just because we're the University of Colorado, it's like we're on the bubble. With the same record, if your last name happened to be Kansas or Missouri, it wouldn't even be a questiion.
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BOULDER, Colo. (U-WIRE) -- No one could accuse Colorado head coach Ricardo Patton of being arrogant, let alone cocky.
Yet, as his ninth Colorado squad prepares for this season's Big 12 Conference Tournament, opening with a quarterfinal round game against Texas Tech on Friday, Patton is left defending his team's credibility.
"How can you finish fourth in the Big 12 Conference and have there could still be a question about us getting into the NCAA Tournament?" Patton said during Wednesday's Big 12 coaches' teleconference call. "I guess the NCAA Selection Committee will take the No. 5 [Texas Tech] and No. 6 [Missouri] teams and skip over us. I think it's unfortunate that that's even a question for this program at this point."
Just like last year, some "bracketologists" insist CU needs at least one victory in the conference tournament to nail down an NCAA bid. Colorado got that tourney win last year, a thrilling 77-76 buzzer-beater over Kansas State, that earned the Buffs a No. 10 seed in the Big Dance.
In this year's tournament Colorado seems to be once again playing to earn an NCAA spot and hopefully a better seed. The latest ESPN.com bracket doesn't list the Buffaloes among its 64-team field, and Sports Illustrated projects CU as a No. 12 seed.
In other words, the Buffs' conference tournament margin of error is slight.
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Apparently the Buffs as a team voted to bypass the N.I.T. but rumor has it they changed their minds when they realized how poorly it'd reflect on the school. (Like their athletic department needs that right about now huh?) The Buffs are clearly a team that thought they should be in the Big Dance.
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Colorado also lost twice to the same Kansas team that beat Oregon earlier this year. But the biggest thing Oregon will have going for them? The crowd at the Pit. We all know how much better Oregon plays..i mean...shoots, at home. The good news for the Buffs is that they have a sr. guard in Morandais who can minimize the impact of a road crowd going nuts. The bad news? Colorado is 6-7 on the road this year. With losses to Pepperdine, Missouri, and Iowa St. So this is a group that can be had at Mac Court. Get out there and make some noise.
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The Ducks have all day today (and a good bit of the night) to think about them, and this:
For four players, this could be their last college game.
Kent already is talking about how much this experience will help players such as Platt, and freshman Aaron Brooks and the rest of the group that will play a huge role next season.
But for Jackson, Davis, Jay Anderson and Andre Joseph, lose and their days at Oregon are done
