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Flash back to the Sweet 16, Oregon and Houston looked like polar-opposite teams. Head coach Dana Altman, had some upper-classman, but his roster was mostly comprised of young, maturing players. On the other side of the court, Houston’s shot caller, Kelvin Sampson’s roster was comprised of grizzled vets. Fast-forward to November and the teams couldn’t be more opposite.
Altman has is savvy veterans, accompanied by young, talented underclassman and Sampson is well, back to square one. In all honesty Oregon’s mistakes kept the game close in the first half. Sloppy play early, leading to an iregularly high amount of turnovers allowed the poor-shooting Cougars to remain close.