Former OSU Beavers score 2 goals to lead LA to tie AC Milan

Former OSU Soccer stars Alan Gordon and Bryan Jordan scored goals to help the LA Galaxy tie Italy powerhouse AC Milan 2-2. AC Milan is no joke and they had their stars in the game for most of the game. Ronaldinho, Inzaghi, Nesta, Di Gennaro, and Seedorf all played at least a half.

Former Men's Soccer Players Lead Way in Tie of AC Milan - OSU Beavers

Trailing 1-0, Gordon provided a goal from 12-yards out to tie the score at 1-1. After AC Milan scored a second half goal to make it 2-1, Jordan provided the final equalizer in the 66th minute with a goal off a pass from David Beckham.

Alan Gordon's Goal Video

Bryan Jordan's Goal Video

A look at the TCU Horned Frogs - The Beavers Next Opponent

TCU beat Wright St. tonight 6-3, and that will be the Beavs next opponent.

How do they stack up?

               avg  r   h   2b 3b hr rbi  slg%  bb  so  ob% sb-att  fld%
TCU           .310 385 565 124 19 61 344 .500  203 350 .388 56-81  .967

               AVG SLG%  OB%   AB   R   H 2B 3B HR  BB  SO SF SH SB-ATT FLD%
Oregon State  .275 .375 .390 1733 355 477 81 13 22 283 332 26 59 50-66  .976

TCU clearly has the advantage in hitting. Lots of doubles, home runs and runs. A team OPS of .988 is very good. Hopefully Tanner, Jorge or whomever starts for the Beavs tomorrow has some good stuff going. Add the home field advantage and it could be a tough road ahead.

               era  w-l  sv  ip    h   r   er  bb  so  2b 3b hr  ab  b/avg
TCU           4.25 36-16 13 465.2 470 255 220 170 369  86 17 30 1756  .268

               ERA  W-L  SV    IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO  2B 3B HR   AB B/Avg
Oregon State  3.69 35-17 13 464.0 404 217 190 182 401  71  9 30 1706  .237

The ERA looks better than the Aggies, but in this case it's deceiving. TCU allows more baserunners (1.37 WHIP), more runs (4.9/game), and a much higher batting average against (.268). However, they do have pretty good control and they do keep the extrabase hits down pretty well. Not sure who we will see, but it won't be their ace.


The Beavers are on for a 5pm first pitch. Perfect for background listening at a BBQ. Also, you can watch the game online for free through osubeavers.com.

Go Beavs!

Tale of the Tape - Texas A&M / OSU Comparison

Oregon State plays Texas A&M in the first game of the TCU Regional in the NCAA baseball tournament at 12 noon PST today. The Beavs have had good luck in Texas this year (Sun Bowl, CBI) and hopefully that continues.

Texas A&M was ranked #1 in one pre-season poll so you know that they have talent. Of course, being ranked in a pre-season poll isn't always the best thing or a great indicator of anything (OSU - SI - 2001). So how did the Aggies turn out in comparison to the Beavers?

Hitting

Team           AVG SLG%  OB%   AB   R   H 2B 3B HR  BB  SO SF SH SB-ATT FLD%
Texas A&M     .297 .487 .395 1954 404 581 94 18 80 236 435 19 43 74-106 .971
Oregon State  .275 .375 .390 1733 355 477 81 13 22 283 332 26 59 50-66  .976

Clearly Texas A&M has the edge on the long ball. The closest Pac-10 team to their HR total was ASU with 68. But they don't hit a ton of doubles or triples despite their decent SB numbers. Perhaps that, combined with the low walk totals and high strikeout numbers, is why they scored nearly the same amount of runs per game as the Beavs (6.97 to 6.83). So despite the slightly better numbers, they are effectively as good as the Beavers on offense.

Pitching

Team           ERA  W-L  SV    IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO  2B 3B HR   AB B/Avg
Texas A&M     4.34 36-22 13 511.2 499 289 247 160 544 123 16 41 1968  .254
Oregon State  3.69 35-17 13 464.0 404 217 190 182 401  71  9 30 1706  .237

Right off the bat, the Beavs are simply allowing less runs per game regardless of being earned or not (4.17 to 4.98). That may be due to the much high opponent slugging %, or just the batting average against in general. However, both teams have very similar WHIP with OSU at 1.26 and T&M at 1.29. That means that they allow roughly the same amount of people on base. Texas A&M appears to have much better control and K's a lot more people, but the control means that they are getting hit harder than the Beavs. If OSU's bats are hot, then the Aggies will be in trouble. Otherwise, it could be a long day.

OVERALL

These teams seem very evenly matched up. Perhaps that's generally what you'd expect from a 2 vs. 3 seed matchup at a regional. Looks like its going to take a full team effort either way. The pitching and hitting need to be on. The Beavs have the edge in pitching and the Aggies is hitting. But the edge either way isn't big so anything could happen. Prepare for a nailbiter. If I had to make a prediction, I'd guess 6-5 Beavs. But that's mostly because I'm an OSU fan. Could eaily go the other way.


I'll be on twitter during the game so follow me if you are on twitter too at http://twitter.com/JasonOSUBeavers and join the conversation!

Go Beavs!

Do the 2009 OSU Beavers Baseball Team Have What It Takes To Make It To The College World Series?

I ran a baseball postseason poll a few weeks ago and the overwhelming winning of the poll was that the Beavers would make it back to the College World Series. 62% of the poll takers believed that at the time. Wow, talk about confidence/expectations.

Lets take a look at some numbers to see where we compare with the rest of the Pac-10:

Pac-10 Baseball 2009 Stats (through May 17th)

Batting:

Team                   AVG SLG%  OB%  2B 3B HR RBI  BB HBP  SO SB-ATT
Arizona.............  .319 .494 .392 127 32 40 350 163  66 346 68-91 
Arizona State.......  .305 .508 .422 100 28 64 387 305  60 342 90-122
California..........  .299 .488 .375 111 17 63 305 182  46 376 61-91 
UCLA................  .289 .447 .388 103 12 51 294 229  68 396 52-87 
Stanford............  .284 .425 .368  92  7 48 295 206  43 382 45-64 
Oregon State........  .278 .380 .390  73 12 21 291 248  55 305 42-56 
Washington State....  .278 .422 .362  80 11 49 286 158  78 367 37-55 
USC.................  .274 .406 .361  80 17 38 250 202  45 382 54-90 
Washington..........  .268 .439 .361  80 15 63 262 210  52 463 42-72 
Oregon..............  .229 .305 .298  50 12 16 133 124  37 333 59-80 

Clearly not a great hitting year for the Beavs. If it wasn't for the Oregon Ducks, the Beavs would be last in the Pac-10 in HRs, doubles, and slugging %. However, there are some bright spots. OSU is efficient in the running game at a 75% steal rate. The Beavers are tough to strike out, they take a lot of walks, and they drive in a lot of runs despite their low power output. A .278 BA and .390 OBP is respectable.

Pitching:

Team                   ERA    IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO  2B  3B  HR B/Avg 
Arizona State.......  2.76 463.2 404 187 142 131 474  67   8  24  .235 
Oregon State........  3.81 420.0 374 204 178 173 356  67   5  30  .242 
USC.................  4.07 464.1 458 276 210 213 409  80  12  26  .260 
UCLA................  4.27 459.0 452 276 218 178 482 103  11  43  .261 
Washington State....  4.38 441.1 484 270 215 157 378  90  12  38  .282 
Washington..........  4.66 453.2 481 281 235 183 365  82  11  44  .273 
Oregon..............  4.98 439.0 455 292 243 214 321  94   7  40  .272 
Stanford............  5.07 456.0 455 278 257 193 358  74   6  45  .268 
Arizona.............  5.59 441.1 522 333 274 201 345 103  28  35  .297 
California..........  5.74 442.0 500 335 282 239 401  86  14  43  .286

The Beavers are 2nd in the Pac-10 in Pitching. For all the wrangling over lead-off walks and giving up early leads, the pitching is quite good. Remove the ERA portion and the Beavs compare nicely to ASU who has a very good staff. Their walks are high, but giving up way less than a hit an inning is great. Their WHIP (Walks + Hits / IP) is 1.302 whereas ASU's WHIP is 1.153. That's an OK number for the Beavs with the difference being in the extra walks given up. For comparison, the 3rd place pitching team, USC, has a 1.445 WHIP. So that's a baserunner and a half every inning. Tough to keep scores down when that gets that high.

The Beavs are 2nd in fielding (.976) and only have 44 errors on the season. That helps the pitching out a ton.


What about comparing the 2009 Beavers with the great teams of the past?

Batting

Team            AVG  G   AB   R   H  2B  3B  HR RBI  TB SLG%  BB  SO  OB% SB-ATT 
2009 (6th)...  .278 47 1572 323 437  73  12  21 291 597 .380 248 305 .390 42-56  
2008 (7th)...  .292 52 1828 352 534 103  15  37 320 778 .426 257 367 .391 46-57  
2007 (7th)...  .287 67 2297 456 659 128  14  46 404 953 .415 328 448 .387 76-98 
2006 (5th)...  .302 66 2264 463 684 125  31  36 412 979 .432 315 401 .399 79-104
2005 (2nd)...  .320 56 1936 418 619 106  11  39 389 864 .446 275 329 .417 82-113
2004 (6th)...  .293 53 1849 374 541  82  15  48 325 797 .431 270 361 .398 54-74

Pitching

Team            ERA  W-L   G    IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO  2B  3B  HR  B/Avg 
2009 (2nd)...  3.81 31-16 47 420.0 374 204 178 173 356  67   5  30   .242 
2008 (7th)...  5.29 28-24 52 460.2 467 327 271 241 397  96  13  38   .264 
2007 (1st)...  3.48 49-18 67 600.2 542 253 232 193 477  83  12  34   .243 
2006 (1st)...  3.41 50-16 66 585.1 509 261 222 237 461  99  12  35   .236 
2005 (1st)...  3.08 46-10 56 499.0 410 219 171 186 451  61   4  30   .223 
2004 (2nd)...  4.65 31-22 53 466.1 509 308 241 192 344  72   5  51   .281

Clearly our best seasons hinged on good to great pitching. We've never really needed to be a powerhouse hitting team to be successful (including National Championship years). My only concern hitting-wise is the lack of extra base hits period. Not just HRs, but look at the doubles. Not since 2004 have we have a double total this low. And this is the first time our slugging % has been below .400. I love the low strikeout total, but we will have to address the hitting in the coming years.

The pitching is clearly getting close to the level it was at from '05-'07. So last year's horrendous pitching appears to be an aberration. That good for the future, and very good for our chances this season.

Overall, our pitching will carry us as far as it can this season. Hopefully that can be to a super regional or maybe even as far as the College World Series like the fans want.

First things first though. We have to take care of business at Stanford and win that series. Baseball America writer Aaron Fitt has said that if we win that series we are a shoo-in. There's even talk of a regional (reserve that scaffolding now :) ).

Go Beavs!

Congrats to Coach Casey On His 500th Win!

Pat Casey earned his 500th win against Oregon on Tuesday.

OSUBeavers.com has a special Coach Casey area of their website to honor the accomplishment and take a look back at some of the highlights over his years with Oregon State. There's a photo gallery and a list of accomplishments, but my favorite part is all of the messages of congratulations from his former players and staff. The video they put together is fun too.

Here's to 500 more!

Beavers Baseball Off To A Great Pac-10 Start - Where Will They Finish?

With the sweep of Cal and a big series win over Arizona this weekend the Beavs are off to a 7-2 start to the Pac-10 season this year. Only ASU has a better record. Things are looking good again after last year and I think they are driven to make the NCAA Tournament this year. They won't let a committee determine their fate.

What do you think? How far will the Beavers go this year?

(Poll Closed, results below)

CBI Championship Gives Beavs A Champion Every Year Since 2006

The CBI Championship win is a big step for the Beavers basketball program. Next year is going to be the most anticipated season for men's hoops since 1990! I can't wait to see how the Freshman develop and integrate into this year's squad. The expectation has to be at least NIT.

The results from the poll I ran before the CBI started broke down like this:

When will Coach Robinson have the Beavers in the NCAA Tournament?

2010 (next year) 16% (14 votes)
2011 38% (33 votes)
2012 8% (7 votes)
2013+ 1% (1 votes)
Never 37% (32 votes)

I wonder how many people would change their vote now?


The CBI win gives OSU their 4th straight championship. Two baseball titles in '06 and '07. Last year an NCAA Champion swimmer. And this year a CBI championship. Not quite an NCAA title, but hey, we'll take it.

Robinson Wants To Stay

Not only did the Beavs beat Stanford last night to move on to the CBI finals against UTEP (first game at Gill on Monday), but according to Cliff Kirkpatrick's postgame blog post we got another win:

Robinson’s thanks fans again
Robinson thanked the fans again after the game. He was surprised that the crowd could be that loud. He said: “the fans are bringing basketball to Oregon State.”

For those worried about him leaving after one season, don’t. He not only said he doesn’t want to and his family doesn’t like moving around a lot, but he’s really enjoying this season.

I really hope Craig stays for a few years and builds a foundation that can carry us into a new era of OSU basketball!

For some schools the CBI is "Meh"...For Oregon State its just what they need

I can imagine for Stanford, Houston, or other schools who have been in the NCAA tournament recently that the CBI would be a downer. Its a 3rd or 4th rate tournament on the edges of the nations conscience. Does anyone get HDNet? Its the equivalent of the Seattle Bowl a few years ago.

However, for some teams its a taste of postseason play that they would never have even sniffed before. I truly think that the CBI experience will do nothing but good for the Oregon States of the world. The Beavs just need more practice, more experience, and more time to get ready for next season. That's what going to a lower bowl gives you in football. And the basketball team is getting the same thing now.

Can the Beavers beat Stanford at home again and avenge their Pac-10 Tournament loss a couple of weeks ago? What a great matchup for the Beavs in the Semis! And its Wednesday night, so great ready for another game quick!

CBI Schedule

Coach Robinson Isn't Afraid To Try Anything

After last night's win over Houston I noticed something that I've noticed before and has become something I really like about Coach Robinson. He isn't afraid to change things in game to shake things up and maybe strike lightning and get a win.

His strategy at the start of the game was clearly to go small. Three guards started with Ruland and Seth Tarver. Thats a small lineup. It worked defending the fastbreak, but we couldn't score. So we went bigger in the second half. For much of the second Omari, Ruland, Deane, and sometimes Hampton we in together. And that really worked. Sure, he couldn't predict Omari would hit 2 big threes, but all those big men caused problems for the smaller Houston players trying to score.

He went through multiple defenses, lineup combos, and offensive sets until something clicked, we went on a run, and won the game. Great job to Omari and Daniel to pull us to a victory!

Vermont on Monday! Let's get a bigger crowd this time people!


Go Beavs!

I Have My Tickets To The Game, Do You?

I picked up some tickets for the game Wed. night vs. the Houston Cougars. Unfortunately, I maybe one of the few. Based on the huge selection of great seats available in nearly every section, tickets aren't exactly flying off of the shelves.

Do you have a free Wednesday night? Come down to the game and make sure the players and Coach Robinson know that you support them! Consider it a sending off for a pretty good year.

>> Vote on when you think Coach Robinson will have the Beavers in the NCAA Tournament


In case you need a reason to root against Houston, here's the famous "face smash" of Chase Budinger.

Beavers Make the College Basketball Invitational (CBI)...First Game This Wednesday Night!

Oregon State will be playing Houston at Gill at 7pm Wednesday night! Can we fill Gill?!

Could this be the Hawaii Bowl for the hoops team? Will it give us a taste and propel the Beavers to greater things next year? Only time will tell, but for now you can get down to Corvallis and watch some postseason basketball!

Looking at the CBI bracket it appears the game will be televised on HDNet. Which I'm pretty sure I don't get...

Here are the teams:

East Regional
March 18th- 7:00 PM ET
St. John's (16-17) vs. Richmond (18-15)

March 18th- 8:00 PM ET
College of Charleston (26-8) vs. Troy (19-12)

West Regional
March 18th- 8:00 PM ET
Vermont (23-8) vs. Green Bay (22-10)

March 18th- 10:00 PM ET
Houston (21-11) vs. Oregon St. (13-17)

Midwest Regional
March 18th- 8:00 PM ET
Buffalo (21-11) vs. Wichita St. (16-16)

March 18th- 10:00 PM ET
Boise St. (19-12) vs. Stanford (18-13)

South Regional
March 17th- 9:00 PM ET
Northeastern (18-12) vs. Wyoming (19-13)

March 17th- 11:00 PM ET
UTEP (19-12) vs. Nevada (21-12)


If the Beavs can get past 21-11 Houston, then they play the winner of Green Bay vs. Vermont.

More information on purchasing tickets can be found in this official release: Men's Hoops to Host Houston in First Round of CBI - OSUBeavers.com

The postseason appearance will be the 21st in school history as the Beavers last earned a postseason bid with a berth in the National Invitation Tournament following the 2004-05 campaign.

Houston enters the contest with a record of 21-11 on the season as the Cougars fell to Memphis in the semi-finals of the Conference USA tournament this past week. The Cougars have four players in double figures, led by Aubrey Coleman at 19.7 points per game. Kelvin Lewis ranks second on the squad, averaging 18.0 points per contest.

The meeting with the Cougars will mark only the second in series history as Oregon State captured the first and only meeting with a 63-60 win during the 1965-66 season.

Tickets for the game against the Cougars will go on sale Monday, March 16 at 8:30 a.m. The price will be $25 for a chairback and $15 for a bench seat. Students will be admitted to the contest for free and can begin picking up tickets on Monday at 8:30 a.m.

When Will Coach Robinson Have The Beavs In The NCAA Tournament

The season is probably over (maybe a CBI bid), but the real question is when will we finally make it back to the tournament? What do you think?

Coach Robinson has me Beaver Believing

The Beavers first game of the Pac-10 tournament is tonight at 6pm on FSN. They have a chance to beat Stanford for the 3rd time this season. Wow. Think about that. Actually, just think about the crazy last few months since the season started.

I'll take you through my personal journey:

Season starts: Curious about the team, but since no major roster changes were made not very optimistic about their prospects. Would they win a Pac-10 game?

Mid-November: Beavers lose to Howard in D.C. 47-45. I caught the last 5 minutes or so on the radio and the Beavs sounded like they couldn't have gotten to "O" in a game of HORSE if they were playing some Junior High kids. At this point I almost wrote the team off.


End of November: Vaguely remember them losing to bad teams (Yale and Montana St.), not feeling good about the team.

End-December: OK, so maybe all they needed was Calvin Haynes. They are much better in December, but of course who did they play?

Jan. 2nd: Ouch. Killed by UCLA. This is going to be a looooong season.

Jan. 4th: WooHoo! We won a Pac-10 game!

Mid-Jan: Hmm, playing better but still no wins really to show for it. But the team is clearly improving. Cautiously optimistic. Trying to figure out what is going on.

End-Jan: What just happened? A four game win streak including a win over the Ducks! Awesome! Go Beavs! I was at the Civil War and I'm getting excited about Beaver Hoops now.

End-Feb: Three more wins! Top 25 Recruiting class! Robinson should be Coach of the Year! Maybe we can make the NIT!

Today: Three more losses and my enthusiasm for this season has tempered a bit. But now I'm looking forward to next year. I'm very excited. I haven't cared about Beaver hoops this much in 2 or 3 years!


I have an a card carrying Beaver Hoops supporter now. Have you drunk the kool-aid?

Go Beavs! Beat Stanford!

Hoops Civil War Tomorrow!

OK, I admit it. I'm bummed that I don't have the chance to write:

- 18

Congrats to the Ducks for avoiding the dubious distinction that the Beavs did last season. But...

Would going 1-17 this season be worse than 0-18 last season?

From my point of view, the Pac-10 is worse than last year. Last year may have been the best collection of teams in the Pac-10 ever. All of the elite teams from last season (UCLA, USC, U of A, WSU, Stanford, and Oregon) are all worse than last year. Some more than others, but still. Of the improved teams (UW, ASU?, OSU, Cal) only a couple will probably make the tournament.

So who had the harder schedule? Would this years Duck team beat anyone in conference other than the Beavs? Would the Beavs of last season have beat this years Ducks at least once?

I think if the 08-09 Ducks team was transported to last season, they would have tied the Beavs at 1-17.

Thoughts?

Beavs win #5

Nice comeback win against the Cougs last night. Man, our offense is like a good running game. Before you know it, there's no time on the clock and you don't have time to win the game. Assuming things are clicking of course. If Ruland and Haynes can get hot again down the stretch, we may have a good shot at winning a couple more games. Too bad we let that WSU game get away earlier in the year.

Anyone know what the deal was with Omari Johnson? Was he sick or hurt?

Pac-10 Football High School Recruiting Maps for 2009

The Beavers must have racked up some frequent flier miles over last year. Perhaps by necessity, but definitely by design the OSU coaches now recruit to the south, southwest, mountain west, california, and the northwest (of course). After seeing the wide area that Oregon State got their recruits, it got me thinking. What do other schools in the Pac-10 do? What is the Pac-10's effective recruiting area?

This is the conference as a whole (excluding JC guys who mostly come from somewhere else but go to school in Cali):

Data is coming from ESPN - Pacific-10 College Recruiting

Pac-10 Football High School Recruiting Map for 2009:

ST Total
CA 94
AZ 18
WA 13
TX 11
HI 8
OR 7
CO 5
UT 5
GA 3
NV 3
MT 2
IL 2
NJ 2
ID 2
FL 2
OK 2
NY 1
MD 1
WI 1
AK 1
AL 1
NE 1
VA 1
Canada 1
Tot 187

Clearly, if anything happens to California the Pac-10 is screwed. Every team recruited California heavy. Only Arizona St. had a state other than California at the top of their list.

Here's the Pac-10 broken down by school:

Oregon State Beavers:

ST Total
CA 8
OR 5
AZ 2
OK 2
WA 2
AK 1
HI 1
MT 1
TX 1
Tot 23

The Beavs had the only Alaskan. Its pretty clear the Beavs are casting a wide net looking for players. That said, they are really holding down Oregon as well. Seems like a pretty good formula to me. Dennis started it years ago and Mike and the staff has kept it going.

Oregon Ducks:

ST Total
CA 14
OR 1
HI 1
GA 1
NV 1
AL 1
NE 1
Tot 20

Wow. One player from Oregon? They are definitely going national too, but a different way. Going up against the SEC, huh? Curious that they got two top 10 kickers. Seems like that might artificially inflate their total "power ranking"...

Washington Huskies:

ST Total
CA 8
WA 2
HI 2
Tot 12

Oh how the mighty have fallen.

Washington State Cougars:

ST Total
CA 9
WA 7
HI 1
ID 1
UT 1
CO 1
CAN 1
Tot 21

This must be a pretty standard class for the Cougs. Good job getting those local players from the Huskies. Unfortunately, they only got one player in the top 50 at their position.

USC Trojans:

ST Total
CA 9
FL 2
AZ 1
HI 1
GA 1
NV 1
UT 1
Tot 18

Most schools barely have more than a few players in the top 50 at their position let alone the top ten. USC only has one player above the top 50 at their position. What? The dynasty continues...

UCLA Bruins:

ST Total
CA 17
HI 2
NV 1
UT 1
VA 1
Tot 22

Nice class for the Bruins. Keeping it local and with a lot of good players. UCLA could be on the rise under Slick Rick and Norm over the next few years.

Stanford Cardinal:

ST Total
CA 8
TX 4
AZ 2
GA 1
WA 1
ID 1
CO 1
NY 1
MD 1
NJ 1
WI 1
Tot 22

The pull of a Stanford education certainly must have done something because they went national and quite good. They need a lot to restock the cupboards, but if they keep getting classes like this then watch out. Next question: will anyone go to a game?

Cal Bears:

ST Total
CA 6
CO 2
UT 2
TX 1
WA 1
NJ 1
OR 1
Tot 14

Small class with some quality.

Arizona Wildcats:

ST Total
CA 7
TX 5
AZ 4
IL 2

Tot 20

Good quality at the top, but not spectacluar.

Arizona State Sun Devils:

ST Total
AZ 9
CA 8
CO 1
MT 1

Tot 19

Dennis is following a similar pattern to some of the OSU years. Getting the best local kids and going from there. Looks like a decent, if not spectacular, class.

Oregon State Football Signing Day!

Go to the official web site to get all of the signing day updates!

Beaver Basketball: What Exactly Do We Have Here?

After the first road sweep in 16 years and three wins in a row something feels like it might be happening. Its definitely an event you can't ignore. Even in the last winning season in '04-'05 we only won 1 road game. So what is going on? Is it the crazy 1-3-1 defense? The offense that leads to layups? The breakout of Ruland and Calvin? Yes.

I thought I'd take a look at StatSheet.com and see if I can figure out what were doing better and maybe that would help explain if this is a trend or just a hot streak.


Our FG % is pretty high compared to the last few seasons. 47.4% seems pretty good to me. Our opponents are at 44.9%. This is the highest FG% we have shot for the last 12 years. That's pretty awesome. Hopefully that's the extra layups and not just some hot shooting.

College Basketball Stats by StatSheet.com

Our 3 point FG% has gone back to respectable levels and 34.2%. Our opponents are shooting virtually the same. You can see why we we so good in '04-'05. We hit at an awesome level from 3. And apparently we defended the 3 very well.

College Basketball Stats by StatSheet.com

Our Offensive Efficiency rating (Points per 100 possessions) is 95.8 in Pac-10 play and 101 overall. That's ninth in the Pac-10. Squarely between the '05-'06 and '06-'07 seasons. In '04-'05 we were 6th in the league. Basically, this measures how well we are using the chances we get.

College Basketball Stats by StatSheet.com

We have actually lowered the number of turnovers per game in conference play. Down to 12.5 from 14. And we have marginally increased our steals.


Well, nothing in the numbers stands out a ton from previous mildly successful years. If we continue our recent trends and keep our efficiency, FG%, and 3PT% up then we should have a chance in nearly every game the rest of the way. Our rebounding, FT%, and Opponent's Efficiency will costs us a lot of games.


I like what I'm seeing and I'll be following intently the rest of the way. I'm bringing a big group to the Civil War game this weekend!

Go Beavs!

Beavs Make Huge Comeback, Beat Cal on the Road

Whoa. Big win! First road win in the Pac-10 in like forever. Imagine if we had beat WSU...

I started listening with 10 minutes left in the second half. That was the low point. Down 11. From that point Cal made one 30 footer. That's it. The defense, rebounding, and free throw shooting was really clutch.

Great job Beavs! Now go beat Stanford!