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Beavers Men's Basketball Starts Conference Play on the Road

1/3/2007

The PAC-10 conference season starts tonight with the Beavers in Arizona and ASU on Saturday. The Beavers are currently last in the conference with a 6-6 record and rank last in 6 of the statistical categories listed below.

The Beavers are going to have to find the desire to win among themselves or this will once again be a season to forget. In fact, there have been so many seasons to forget in the last 17 years I find it easier to remember going to games 30 and 40 years ago then going to games last year.

BY THE NUMBERS

 

Key	STATISTIC	OSU	ARIZONA	ASU
L	Scoring Offense	63.8(10th)	74.5(6th)	72.2(7th)
.	Scoring Defense	60.0(6th)	65.2(7th)	57.0(4th)
L	Scoring Margin	+3.8(10th)	+9.2(8th)	+15.2(4th)
.	Free Throw %	.636(9th)	.734(4th)	.758(2nd)
L	Field Goal %	.403(10th)	.491(5th)	.509(1st)
.	Field Goal % Defense	.415(7th)	.418(8th)	.387(3rd)
L	3-Point Field Goal %	.305(10th)	.387(6th)	.410(2nd)
.	3-Point Field Goal % Defense	.317(3rd)	.349(8th)	.353(9th)
.	Rebounding Offense - RPG	38.9(3rd)	34.8(8th)	32.3(10th)
L	Rebounding Defense	34.5(10th)	30.8(6th)	27.3(3rd)
.	Rebounding Margin	+4.4(8th)	+3.9(9th)	+5.0(7th)
.	Blocked Shots	3.42(8th)	3.75(3rd)	3.08(9th)
L	Assists	12.92(10th)	17.33(1st)	15.33(7th)
.	Steals	5.83(6th)	5.42(8th)	7.42(1st)
.	Turnover Margin	+.83(5th)	-.33(9th)	+2.42(3rd)
.	Assist/Turnover Ratio	.92(9th)	1.22(3rd)	1.27(2nd)
.	Offensive Rebounds	14.17(2nd)	9.25(9th)	9.33(8th)
.	Defensive Rebounds	24.75(6th)	25.50(5th)	23.00(9th)
.	3-Point Field Goals Made	5.58(8th)	6.42(5TH)	7.75(2ND)

THE BOTTOM LINE

The Beavers need a new coach. Jay John has had 5 years and has not gotten the job done. He has a solid group of players who just will not play in a manner that will win games and that is the coaches fault. This is not youth summer ball. We are not playing over our heads. We are a PAC-10 conference team with talented young men on the roster who are not getting the job done.

It will be a miracle if the Beavers win a game this weekend. But I will watch just the same and probably turn the game off sometime in the second half when they are shooting 50% from the line 35% from the field and have just gone 7 minutes without scoring.

Good Luck Beavs, you'll need it.

GO BEAVERS!

BFS