EUGENE — Like Oregon, VCU enters the NCAA Tournament coming off a loss in its conference tournament. The No. 10 seed Rams (19-5) lost to St. Bonaventure, 74-65, in the Atlantic 10 finals on Sunday, hardly an embarrassing defeat, but some of the statistics didn’t sit well. One of the best defensive teams in the country, VCU allowed the Bonnies to shoot 8 of 19 (42.1%) from three-point range, ...
Ben is at his Beaverton home on Jan. 14 watching Oregon State lose a men’s basketball game by a 98-64 score. An Oregon State graduate and lifelong fan, he’s disappointed. It was the latest in a series of punishing setbacks for the Beavers, including an overtime loss to woeful Portland. A few days later, Ben heads to the sports book at Spirit Mountain Casino. Ben thumbs through some futures ...
The Portland Trail Blazers, just starting a challenging second half of the season, on Sunday night lost to the team with the worst record in the NBA. But that didn’t seem to faze coach Terry Stotts or star Damian Lillard all that much. “It’s the NBA, just because a team has a bad record, they’re not going to lay down and let you beat them,” Lillard said. This is true. And it was a back-to-back ...
