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Kind of discerning for Oregon is the fact that it is shooting 57.7% right now and its still down 2. If the Ducks cool off, Florida is going to run away with this thing.

 

Florida is at 50% from outside the arc though... they've been shooting really well too. Oregon needs to rebound the ball better at the defensive end, though.

 

It's no surprise that Florida is getting a ton of offensive rebounds and I doubt that changes at all in the second half.

 

As for the 3-point shooting, Humphrey has shot 45% the last two years which is what he's at right now. Green is shooting better (75% today and 40% for the year) but Humphrey is the big 3-point shooter. Florida will probably drop off a bit, but not too much. Plus Noah and Horford have a combined 8 points on 1-7 shooting. I'm willing to bet that changes in the second half as well.

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Kind of discerning for Oregon is the fact that it is shooting 57.7% right now and its still down 2. If the Ducks cool off, Florida is going to run away with this thing.

 

Florida is at 50% from outside the arc though... they've been shooting really well too. Oregon needs to rebound the ball better at the defensive end, though.

 

It's no surprise that Florida is getting a ton of offensive rebounds and I doubt that changes at all in the second half.

 

As for the 3-point shooting, Humphrey has shot 45% the last two years which is what he's at right now. Green is shooting better (75% today and 40% for the year) but Humphrey is the big 3-point shooter. Florida will probably drop off a bit, but not too much. Plus Noah and Horford have a combined 8 points on 1-7 shooting. I'm willing to bet that changes in the second half as well.

 

A few of Humphrey and Green's 3s have come from open looks after an offensive rebound where their defender collapsed in an attempt to get the board.

soccer10k Cooperstown

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Kind of discerning for Oregon is the fact that it is shooting 57.7% right now and its still down 2. If the Ducks cool off, Florida is going to run away with this thing.

 

Florida is at 50% from outside the arc though... they've been shooting really well too. Oregon needs to rebound the ball better at the defensive end, though.

 

It's no surprise that Florida is getting a ton of offensive rebounds and I doubt that changes at all in the second half.

 

As for the 3-point shooting, Humphrey has shot 45% the last two years which is what he's at right now. Green is shooting better (75% today and 40% for the year) but Humphrey is the big 3-point shooter. Florida will probably drop off a bit, but not too much. Plus Noah and Horford have a combined 8 points on 1-7 shooting. I'm willing to bet that changes in the second half as well.

 

A few of Humphrey and Green's 3s have come from open looks after an offensive rebound where their defender collapsed in an attempt to get the board.

 

Unless the guards don't go for the offensive boards, which Florida is going to continue to get anyway, those open looks will be there in the second half also. Oregon's downfall is going to be giving Florida too many second chances.

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Kind of discerning for Oregon is the fact that it is shooting 57.7% right now and its still down 2. If the Ducks cool off, Florida is going to run away with this thing.

 

Florida is at 50% from outside the arc though... they've been shooting really well too. Oregon needs to rebound the ball better at the defensive end, though.

 

It's no surprise that Florida is getting a ton of offensive rebounds and I doubt that changes at all in the second half.

 

As for the 3-point shooting, Humphrey has shot 45% the last two years which is what he's at right now. Green is shooting better (75% today and 40% for the year) but Humphrey is the big 3-point shooter. Florida will probably drop off a bit, but not too much. Plus Noah and Horford have a combined 8 points on 1-7 shooting. I'm willing to bet that changes in the second half as well.

 

A few of Humphrey and Green's 3s have come from open looks after an offensive rebound where their defender collapsed in an attempt to get the board.

 

Unless the guards don't go for the offensive boards, which Florida is going to continue to get anyway, those open looks will be there in the second half also. Oregon's downfall is going to be giving Florida too many second chances.

 

Agreed.

 

Oregon has come back and tied it up here - but Hariston and Leunen each have 3 fouls.

TruffleShuffle Cooperstown

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God-awful defense. Lee Humphrey has absolutely no offensive game other than the spot-up three, and they're still giving him looks. Oregon doesn't deserve to win if they can't stop a player that one-dimensional.
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Oregon's defense has reverted to midseason form (obviously this has a lot to do with how good and big and athletic Florida is). And their shooting has been horrid. Not a good combo against a team as good as Florida.
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Memo to UCLA. Lee Humphrey has attempted 586 field goals in the past two years, and 477 of them have been for three. Bottom line - you know what he's doing, and you find someone to stay in his face the entire game.
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Memo to UCLA. Lee Humphrey has attempted 586 field goals in the past two years, and 477 of them have been for three. Bottom line - you know what he's doing, and you find someone to stay in his face the entire game.

 

Didn't Humphrey have a big game against UCLA in the title game last year?

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Memo to UCLA. Lee Humphrey has attempted 586 field goals in the past two years, and 477 of them have been for three. Bottom line - you know what he's doing, and you find someone to stay in his face the entire game.

 

Didn't Humphrey have a big game against UCLA in the title game last year?

 

15 points, 4-8 from three. Seriously though, I fail to understand how teams can't stop a player like this. Stay in his face when he has the ball because he can't drive by you. Be smart on screens and either switch or run through them. When we played good shooters in rec league I'd just run with them and keep my hand in their face, and they'd do nothing.

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Memo to UCLA. Lee Humphrey has attempted 586 field goals in the past two years, and 477 of them have been for three. Bottom line - you know what he's doing, and you find someone to stay in his face the entire game.

 

Didn't Humphrey have a big game against UCLA in the title game last year?

 

15 points, 4-8 from three. Seriously though, I fail to understand how teams can't stop a player like this. Stay in his face when he has the ball because he can't drive by you. Be smart on screens and either switch or run through them. When we played good shooters in rec league I'd just run with them and keep my hand in their face, and they'd do nothing.

 

It's a bit tougher when you can't handle Noah and Horford inside. It's not like they only have one good big man.*

 

*Never got to see the NC game so I can't specifically comment about the UCLA-Florida game.

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Here's the good news about Humphrey, from his wikipedia entry:

 

 

Lee Humphrey is the biggest tool on the face of the earth. He needs to be destroyed. Besides Kevin Jewell, there is no person on the face of the earth that needs to be destroyed more desperately than does he.

 

unfortunately this has since been deleted... figured it wouldn't survive too long on that page

TruffleShuffle Cooperstown

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In other news, Al Horford is scary good.

 

Being as the Sixers have probably played their way out of Durant/Oden territory, I'd be happy if they got Horford. He's a beast down low and unlike a lot of big guys, he KNOWS that his game is all down on the post. You won't see him go soft and start settling for mid-range jumpers in the NBA.

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I hate Joakim Noah like I hate the plague. And I hate the plague.

 

I hate him more than the plague.

 

I cannot believe that backcourt violation call.

 

Noah did touch the ball, but when they showed the replay it was clear that the Oregon player touched the ball last before he stepped over the line.

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