Oregon men’s basketball heads to Colorado in need of resume building win

Oregon enters its first full Pac-12 street weekend of the season with an opportunity to earn resume-building wins.

The Geese (8-6, 2-1 Pac-12) open the brand new yr No. 72 in NET, properly past any bubble dialog for an NCAA Event at-large bid at this level. However wins at Colorado (9-6, 1-3) tonight (6 p.m., ESPN2) and/or Utah (11-4, 4-0) on Saturday would every function Quadrant 1 wins, UO’s first of the season, as of Thursday and a weekend sweep could be large heading into a house in opposition to in opposition to the Arizona colleges.

The CU Occasions Heart has been the positioning of many the Oregon loss, however UO snapped the 10-game skid in Boulder final season solely to lose to CU at dwelling and later within the Pac-12 event quarterfinals.

The Buffaloes are akin to the Geese in a wide range of statistics in addition to NET (74), however they’re coming off a devastating loss at Cal that alone may destroy their resume. Living proof, CU dropped 16 spots in NET instantly following that loss and in any other case has a greater resume than UO due to its win over Tennessee.

For as a lot as Oregon wants a win tonight Colorado, which is favored by 2.5 factors tonight, wants one to get again on observe and hold one horrible loss from snowballing with Oregon State additionally coming to city this weekend.

With Keeshawn Barthelemy (left foot), Jermaine Couisnard (knee) and Nate Bittle (foot) all anticipated to stay out the Geese will nonetheless be counting on Will Richardson (15.6 factors, 5.9 assists) and N’Faly Dante to supply on each ends.

KJ Simpson (18.7 factors, 4.3 rebounds) and Tristan da Silva (13.9 ppg., 5.0 rpg.) lead a Colorado staff that’s aggressive defensively, producing 8.3 steals per recreation, but additionally turning it over at a excessive charge (14.4 per recreation).

In a recreation of such worth to either side, that might show notably vital come Choice Sunday, possession could possibly be vitally vital.