8pm. This will be the third straight game on ESPNU. So far that channel hasn’t treated the Beavs well.

What I see is a team that’s young and somewhat clueless what it takes to win vs good opponents. They got by Oregon on adrenaline, and I think Cal was an instance of feeding off the home crowd and taking out some of that bad Stanford loss. But I don’t see a team bringing their own emotions and energy to a game, night in/night out, and that’s the problem. They’re also a bad road team, just like last year.

Tinkle showed some major warts on that road trip, especially with his lineup/rotation at the end of the game. Olaf out there, and Olaf taking key shots? That just can’t happen under any circumstance (i.e. even if he makes the shots). As a coach, you don’t want and can’t have your worst players taking key shots at the end of games.

5:30 on ESPNU

Simply put, they have to make up for the bad loss with a good win. If the Beavs want to make the tourney, they have to starting winning some tough games when the adrenaline just isn’t there like it was for Oregon.

Eubanks seems to have confidence issues now (only 6 points per game in conference play, and his game is getting worse). His body language has changed, so I think it’s a confidence problem. Tinkle and Thompson have to start getting starter minutes. They’re in the mid 20s, but Olaf and Morris-Walker still average more. Less Olaf, more Tinkle. Less Langston, more Thompson.

Go Beavs.

8pm on ESPNU.

Big game, need to split the trip.

Go Beavs.