Game 18 Recap: Stanford 59, Oregon State 35
by Jake Bertalotto on Jan 21, 2010 9:27 PM PST
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PrintFinal Score: Stanford 59, Oregon State 35
In an arena where the Beavers pulled off one of their most impressive victories of the 2008-2009 season, the Beavers suffered a miserable defeat at the hands of the Stanford Cardinal Thursday night at Maples Pavilion.
It was a puzzling loss for the Beavers, and perhaps an even more mind-boggling win for Johnny Dawkins and Stanford, who lost to Oregon State a total of three times last season, including the semifinal CBI tournament matchup.
The Beavers were only down six at halftime, but the game quickly got out of hand in the second half. The Beavers opened the half with three missed layups and the shooting woes persisted throughout the half. The Beavers went a stretch of nine minutes without scoring in the second half, a stretch in which the Beavers completely self-destructed while Stanford ran away with their third Pac-10 win.
The 35 points the Beavers scored were the least amount of points a Craig Robinson-coached Oregon State team has scored. Last year, the only team to hold Oregon State in the 30's was Arizona State in the first meeting between the two teams in Tempe.
The numbers were lopsided, there's no doubt about that. Here's a quick list of some more lopsided-ness:
- The Beavers were out-rebounded 38-22
- The Beavers were outscored in the second half 31-13
- Stanford had 14 offensive rebounds in the game, 12 of them in the second half.
- Stanford had 0 second chance points in the first half, and 14 in the second half.
- And again, the Beavers went 9 minutes without scoring in the second half
--Jake | (jake.buildingthedam@gmail.com)
Head Coach Craig Robinson
Thoughts on the game:
It was just a horrible game from an effort standpoint. Normally I come out here and I'm pretty diplomatic and I try to keep my cool, but I have a locker room in there that I'm sorely disappointed in, and they know it. And they'll know it until we play on Saturday. To my staff's credit, they put a lot of work into absolutely everything they do, and this was disrespectful to my staff, the fans, and Oregon State. Normally, I'm trying to keep my cool, but as you can tell I'm hot right now.
On the ups and downs of this season...
I'm not taking myself off the hook either. I'm going to have to really examine the way we're doing things. They seem like they're afraid to be good. Being good is a function of hard work. It's easy for guys to think that last year they capped out on how hard they work and don't realize that they have to work even harder this year. We're going to have to make some changes, we're going to have to put some energy guys in there. From a tactical standpoint, I thought we came out and ran the first three or four plays we wanted to run and had shots around the baskets and missed every one of them. That means they're not ready to play. When you're not ready to play, that means I have to take a look at what I'm doing, then a look at what they're doing.
All the loose balls that went Stanford's way...
There's no secret in this game that rebounding is a good indicator of effort, and we were just not there tonight. You cannot win games in this league with marginal effort.
On Jared Cunningham's energy, and the veterans...
He's just getting better and better, and I'm going to have to find a way to get him in-- I may even have to start him on Saturday. I look at Jared and Kevin and the guys who are ready to play at the shoot-around. It's interesting-- I'm hoping that our veteran guys aren't just content with what they accomplished last year,and are looking to ride into the sunset. That;ll have to be something we examine over the next week or two. We have a lot of basketball left to play, and to have such sweet memories of last year torn down so quickly... I don't think we as a team understand how demoralizing it can be.
--Jake | (jake.buildingthedam@gmail.com)
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Overall, not all that surprised
Except for it being so quiet around here! Actually not really because I’ve been busy this week so know how it is.
As for the game I was pretty worried because of how the Beavs took it to the Cardinal last year in the series (going 3 and 1 overall) and especially the game at Stanford last year which OSU just dominated really. You knew it had to give and that Stanford would be ready this time around and they were.
I do like that Robinson is trying to get the team fired up but will also say there seem to be some distractions on his part this year and I think that is also taking away from the effort. I hate to say it Coach Robinsion but you totally got out adjusted at halftime. And now from what it sounds like from what Parker said on the radio he has some speaking engagement? And that the team is going to have to practice very early morning before the early big CBS broadcast Cal game? Not saying all the blame goes on the coach here, but not all the blame can go on the players either. That said Schaftenaar has done really nothing this season and has seemed overwhelmed by the opposing team adjustments (playing him more physical with double teams and such), and no one else is stepping up as leader. The entire basketball program is not clicking together very well this season.
So all in all I’m not too excited about the Cal game for I think it could well be a repeat of last night’s game. I think the Beavs can play with Cal and at the least give them a battle even if Cal wins, but not sure this time around it will pan out that way. I’m glad Cal got out some of their bad game vibes against UW last night against the Ducks, but on the road the Beavs are going to have to pick it up for we aren’t going to sneak up and surprise Cal this time around either.
Not trying to be an incredible Debbie-Downer here but just feeling a bit overly pragmatic/realistic about this road trip. And as always I do enjoy when the team proves me wrong and they have the potential to do so. And yes why not start Cunningham for I totally agree with the coach and he just is getting better and better and is getting more comfortable playing at this level with every game.
Go Beavs!
-RVM
schaftenaar has had his moments
like the 22 points against arizona, but he has been a big disapointment. his inconsistencies seem to mirror the teams. i love coach rob, but when you’re in charge of a team that has home losses to sacramento state and seattle university as well as some embarassing neutral court non conference losses a lot of responsibility falls on you to figure out why this team can’t play with the same basic effort every night. its honestly like two different teams. (or three or four).
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by staceyaugmon4HOF on Jan 22, 2010 3:19 PM PST up reply actions
Totally agree with both points, and “nothing this season” was too harsh because he was the key to winning that UA game. But at the same he has seemed more a detriment than an asset most of the season so far and this surprises me. I didn’t expect him to rip the Pac-10 apart or anything, but figured he would be playing with more confidence this year.
Yep on Coach Rob.
-RVM
I was super busy earlier in the week
And then my computer got a virus on Wednesday. But I’m back now, ready for the huge National TV game tomorrow.
Cal didn't have DJaxFIRST
Not to pile on too much...
but I am starting to think last season the Beavs snuck up on people and that it was a bit of a fluke.
I am starting to wonder if it is time to give more minutes to the frosh for the sake of development.
This was the lowedt scoring game by the Beavers...
in the shot clock era. The last game with a lower point total was in 1984, pre-shot clock, against Oregon. And that was a) due to the way the Ducks chose to play, not the Beavers, and b) was still a win!
Andy Wooldridge, andy_wooldridge@yahoo.com
Go Beavs!
Damn, going to show some of my age here (I was young going to this game though so I’m not that old…yet), but I’ pretty sure I was at the ‘84 game you mentioned, and not to argue too much but I remember it was more the way the Beavers chose to play and it was one of those famous Ralph Miller pass and be patient games. I’m pretty sure this was the AC Green and Charlie Sitton era CW, and yes it was low 30s for the Beavs as I remember and yes it was very much a win (was kind-of a fun game, at least a good memory glow from going with my dad to that one during the glory days of Beavers basketball).
-RVM
I was there too
In fact, UO was not the only opponent that season who tried that tactic. For teams in which it was clear they were no way going to keep up, sometimes they would try a re-e-e-al slowdown type of game. Didn’t work, mainly because OSU played excellent defense and often because the Beavs would collect every rebound after a missed shot (then fast break and score.)
That season I attended an OSU/Stanford game at Maples (in fact the entire OSU Construction Engineering Management senior class was at that game since it coincided with a required one-week field trip to the SF area. Yeah, you read that right.) The crowd was subdued (except for us!) and the Beavs were killin’ em. As we usually did when the Beavs were up by 24, we started yelling for Coach Ralph to put in Brett Starr. Brett was our buddy from the dorm freshman year who walked on and played 5 years but rarely got PT. Ralph turned and looked up to see who was yelling, sort of grimaced (duh) and put Brett in about ten minutes later. We went berserk.
It’s possible alcohol and stuff was involved.
Yep, and I guess I was just remembering that people did this against OSU because Miller would get so deliberate with the ball control. Been a long time ago though! I do remember it went something like this:
Pass – Pass – Pass – Pass – Pass – Pass – Pass – Pass – Pass – Pass – Pass – Pass – Pass – Pass Pass – Pass – Pass – Pass – Pass – Pass – Pass – Pass – Pass – Pass – Pass – Pass – Pass – Pass Pass – Pass – Pass – Pass – Pass – Pass – Pass – Pass – Pass – Pass – Pass – Pass – Pass – Pass Pass – Pass – Pass – Pass – Pass – Pass – Pass – Pass – Pass – Pass – Pass – Pass – Pass – Pass – UO miss
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-RVM
Exactly
I recall USC and WSU tried the same thing. Not the most interesting games.
Interviews of the irascible Coach Miller were real entertaining. There were certain things that would get you benched in a heartbeat, like a bounce pass. Coach could not abide bounce passes.
The reason for the ball control offense was so those backdoor cut plays would look so awesome. And they did indeed.
Horrible game
But like RVM said above, I’m not all that surprised. The best thing we can do is just move on. After all our bad losses this year (TAMU-CC, Sac St, ICU, SU) we have followed them with wins. Let’s hope that trend continues tomorrow.
Cal didn't have DJaxFIRST
I will add
That we need to keep supporting this team. We’ve made it through all of the losses I posted above, so we can make it through this one. I’ll be purchasing my tickets for Thursday’s game this weekend, and I am still excited for it. We just can’t get too down on them.
Cal didn't have DJaxFIRST
Agreed
Will be going to the Saturday UCLA game and excited.
Again, this Stanford lost actually isn’t really that surprising to me even going into the season, other losses this year hell yes, but this is the type of game (even with the expectations) is one (or even a few) that I felt the team could have this year. So totally agree with you above just need to move on. And indeed I hope for a good bounce back, but alas a bit worried about this Cal game too.
But also have to think about three winnable home games coming up after this Bay area trip. So yes need to get out and have some fun and support the team!
-RVM
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