The Answer to All of Oregon’s Basketball Woes: Manther
Posted on 15. Feb, 2010 by Keith Becker in Oregon Ducks
TP is 2-21 from beyond the arc in February. It's no coincidence his initials are "TP".
At this point, I’m just about out of words on how bad the basketball team is. The team is playing lazy, Ernie Kent needs to be replaced, blah blah blah.
And although you might disagree, Saturday was no different.
Sure, Oregon was up most of the first half and tied going into halftime, but that doesn’t mean they were playing any better. Arizona State looked awful. They looked like the Ducks, except they actually made a few more shots. Possibly ASU’s worst half of the season.
I was so confident Oregon would blow it that with the Ducks up three and just under five minutes left in the half, I offered my friend a five dollar bet Oregon would lose by 10. He said no. I offered 15. He tentatively agreed.
And then what happened?
Shockingly, the wheels came off, ASU stopped playing down to Oregon’s level, and ran away with it.
Seriously, when was the last time you sat through an entire game without wondering once when the typical Ernie Kent-collapse would happen? 2007?
It’s like clockwork. Early second half, every game. If that’s not on Ernie, I don’t know what is.
Unfortunately for me, the Ducks found a little pride when ASU got up 15, and then Drew Wiley (the same guy who brought a puppy to campus last week to pick up girls, seriously), led the standard attempted comeback that would undoubtedly fall short. And it did.
But I have a solution.
Forget Tajuan Porter and his 39% shooting (16% in February), forget Michael Dunigan and his pathetic excuse for a free throw and forget Ernie Kent’s .188 winning percentage (6-26) against Pac-10 teams since the 2007-08 Pac-10 tourney.
Instead, sign up the guys from Manther.
What’s Manther, you might ask?
Manther is a hip-hop group, a la Supwitchugirl, composed of three 20-something-year-old Oregon alums who can straight up ball.
If you haven’t seen this video, you’ve been missing out.
They can sing, drop beats, and most importantly, make Tajuan Porter’s range look less than Josh Crittle’s. Seriously.
Prepare to be amazed.
And if that wasn’t enough, there’s another one:
While you’re at it, be sure to watch their other videos on YouTube and follow them on the Twitter machine as well.
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James
15. Feb, 2010
hey is there anywhere to download that ducktales song? Its pretty much AMAZING!
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Stanley
16. Feb, 2010
love that song Duck Tales. nice trick shots. ohhh what u can do on a weekend in the summer.
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Hiroshi
17. Feb, 2010
I saw these guys on the news in Tacoma with the supersonics song. Do they play shows at all? I need to see them live. They look like they are pretty funny.
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Bret
17. Feb, 2010
These guys have actually been around for a few years now. They have a lot of good hits. Check out their stuff on you tube. I could most likely call a friend of a friend and get a show together if anyone is interested. But ya, they are real legit and have sick beats. Check out the “Sweat It” video…that one is really awesome
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Garret
17. Feb, 2010
These guys are better than Supwitchugirl. Thats for sure.
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Lamar
20. Feb, 2010
One word: ORIGINAL.
Everything I’ve seen from these guys is fresh.
Most garbage comin’ out right now has been done over and over again. However, I don’t know about repping Oregon right now. Them boys are a bunch of jailbirds.
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