Ducks Perform Elegant First Step at the Big Dance

Ducks Perform Elegant First Step at the Big Dance

SAN JOSE, Calif. – The NCAA tournament game was technically an upset: No. 12 seed Oregon topples No. 5 seed Oklahoma State 68-55. It felt like anything but. Oregon, now 27-8, was the aggressor from the opening tip and took the game physically to the …
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Loyd’s ‘Outstanding’ Homecoming Leads Ducks to Pac-12 Championship

LAS VEGAS, Nev. – You couldn’t write a better script. The local high school star comes back to his hometown and comes off the bench to lead his college team to a major conference championship, and along the way, picks up the tournament Most Outstanding …
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Ducks Pay Back Utah and Gain Another Chance to Claim a Pac-12 Title

LAS VEGAS, Nev. – Utah ended Oregon’s goal of winning the regular season conference championship a week ago in the final Pac-12 game in Salt Lake City with a stifling performance against a flat and uninspired Duck effort. Last night in semifinal action from the …
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Loyd’s FT’s Force OT and Kazemi Wakes Up to Help Ducks Advance to Pac-12 Semifinals

LAS VEGAS, Nev. – First, Johnny Loyd made two critical free throws to tie the score and send the game into overtime. Then, Arsalan Kazemi awakened from a two-and a-half-game funk in time to score 11 points and grab three rebounds in the extra period …
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Oregon Basketball Analysis: What a Difference One Rocky Road Trip Makes

LAS VEGAS– Who was that team disguised in Oregon basketball uniforms playing at Colorado and Utah in the last round of Pac-12 regular season games? Certainly not the team Duck fans have learned to know this season and definitely not the same team that piled …
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Utah Seniors Wash Away Oregon’s Pac-12 Title Hopes

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – Jason Washburn threw the first punch. His 15 first-half points left the Ducks shaken, dazed, and behind 44-30 at the break. Then Jarred DuBois knocked the Ducks out. His late, clutch shooting display helped the lowly Utes maintain their wire-to-wire …
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Ice-Cold Ducks Buried in the Rockies

BOULDER, Colo. – It’s not the time of year to lay an egg, but that’s just what the No. 19 Oregon Ducks did at Coors Events Center in Boulder on Thursday night. In a game that would have given Oregon a share of the Pac-12 …
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Seniors Rally Ducks Past Beavers, Reclaim Pac-12 Lead

After freshman Dominic Artis bounced in a three-pointer to break a 52-52 tie with 11:31 left in Thursday’s Civil War at Matthew Knight Arena, Oregon’s four seniors scored 29 of the final 30 points of the game as the Ducks roared past Oregon State, 85-75, …
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Oregon Basketball Analysis: Down-and-Dirty Defense Allows Ducks to Run Free

Until Oregon’s recent payback win over Stanford, when the Ducks shot 48% from the field, its outside shooting woes and stagnant offensive production have been well-chronicled, especially in the nine-game absence of point guard Dominic Artis. The offensive scouting report on Oregon? “Pay close attention …
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Artis Cleared to Play Limited Minutes Against Beavers

Oregon coach Dana Altman announced today that Dominic Artis has been medically cleared to play limited minutes in Thursday’s Civil War game against Oregon State. Artis took part in Monday’s team practice for the first time since January 23; the Ducks have gone 5-4 in …
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