Arizona Wildcats

A Look at PAC-12 Returning Starters

With a maximum four-year career in NCAAF, player turnover year-to-year creates questions under the best of circumstances. It gets even tougher when players have stellar seasons and then bolt for the NFL as soon as they are draft-eligible. The NCAA defines a returning starter as a player who started a minimum …
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Baseball Analysis: Brett Thomas Makes Pitchers Work

Brett Thomas is a fantastic lead-off hitter. This might seem hard to believe, given that his batting average is a good but not great .291, and he only has five stolen bases in 34 games, but he possesses one trait that is vital in the …
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Ducks Hold Off Arizona To Complete First Conference Sweep

© 2013 Gary Breedlove Photography In the competitive Pac-12 conference, any win is a good win. The Ducks seemed to bury the Arizona Wildcats early with a 6-1 lead, but a late Zona rally nearly cost Oregon a clean slate weekend. Luckily, the Ducks …
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Thorpe, Healy Power Oregon To Another Conference Win

Let me tell you, it is much easier to watch this Oregon team when coach Horton’s small ball is working like it has been over the past few games. Just like in game one, Oregon’s starting pitcher was dominant for six innings, and the bullpen …
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Duck Aces Dominate Arizona

For the second straight week, the Oregon pitching staff totally dominated their opposition. Last week, it was USC that whiffed throughout their at bats against Jake Reed, Christian Jones, and Jimmie Sherfy. This week, it was Arizona that fell to the Oregon staff, 2-1. #12 …
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PAC-12 Basketball: Simply Ducky

It is good to be a Duck right now! The University of Oregon football program has been in the Top 10 for a few years now, and because of that people all over the country think of football when they think of Oregon. Now it seems like Oregon’s …
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The Ducks with Anthony Bennett

Imagine a front-court that featured the developing Tony Woods, Waverly Austin and the rebounding machine that is Kazemi, and also included the best freshman in the country in Anthony Bennett. It wasn’t too long ago that Bennett (the #7 rated player in the country according to …
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Ducks Basketball on the Rise, Down Fourth-Ranked Arizona Wildcats

Arizona should have received their first loss of the season last week versus Colorado. The Ducks wanted to make sure this game wasn’t a should-have-been they could look back on for the rest of the season like the Buffaloes will. Drowned in a sea of …
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High Flying Ducks Shoot Down #4 Arizona

The crowd was buzzing. The yellow-clad Pit Crew was filled up long before normal, and the students were hyped. The pep band was rocking. ESPN2 with Bill Walton was in the house. A stirring rendition of the national anthem helped create the kind of electricity …
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Oregon Vs Arizona Preview

The Oregon Ducks take on the No. 4 Arizona Wildcats tonight in Matthew Knight Arena. The Ducks will have their toughest test of the season to date as they look to maintain their perfect 10-0 record at home. Oregon once again has 5 players scoring …
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