Jay, here.
Actually, according to Sports Illustrated’s Luke Winn, the Ducks are the worst.
2008’s defensively challenged 1-8 seeds:
Team Off. Eff. Def. Eff.
(Seed) (Nat’l Rk.) (Nat’l Rk.)
Notre Dame (5) 118.9 (11) 93.9 (61)
Drake (5) 120.4 (6) 94.5 (67)
Miami Fla. (7) 113.5 (39) 95.0 (72)
Vanderbilt (4) 114.3 (33) 95.8 (77)While this quartet has some real offensive firepower, I didn’t pick any of them to go past the second round. It’s also worth noting that Oregon, which was handed a No. 9 seed, is the worst major-conference defensive team in the entire NCAA tournament. The Ducks rank 125th in ADE. I don’t recommend picking them against Mississippi State.
You can read his “Bracket Math: Part Two” entry here.
Thanks to Tad for the tip.
Tags: Basketball, Ducks, NCAA, oregon
DC Duck Says:
March 19th, 2008 at 2:43 pm
clearly this jack-hole has no clue what he is talking about - can’t wait until Friday when we knock out the bulldogs
jtlight Says:
March 19th, 2008 at 4:05 pm
Umm, the Ducks aren’t a good defensive team. They are, in fact, a bad defensive team. They couldn’t even bother to show up against Wazzu, does anyone forget that?
Also, while statistical models are rarely perfect, when a team is that low, it says something. In this case, that they are a bad defensive team. 125th is just awful.
Your comment was a total homer comment, DC.
RandyDuck Says:
March 20th, 2008 at 6:35 am
Gotta agree with JT. Not only did they not show up against Wazzu, I’m having trouble remembering a game when they really showed up at all before the 2nd.
Nice to get a 9 seed. It’s also nice to find 20 bucks under the couch cushions.