Yes, Oregon is known as a football school: the longest string of double-digit winning seasons in I-A, a logo everybody recognizes, incredible facilities …and in our corner as a major donor we even have Nike CEO Phil Knight, more commonly known around campus as “Uncle Phil.” When it comes to athletics, the toughest thing for major universities across the country …
Ducks Avoid Getting Stung, Beat Hornets 83-70
While everyone is on break, the Ducks are working harder than ever to make sure that they’ll be ready for conference play coming up soon. Their most recent challenge was this past Saturday against the Delaware State Hornets. You would have thought that Oregon would take down this team easily after its 21-hour travel period across the country, but the …
Michael Chandler: Oregon’s Potential Savior
The Oregon Ducks have started off strong this season with a 7-3 record. But records can be deceiving, especially at the beginning of a season when teams are playing lesser talent in non-conference play. Don’t get me wrong, the Ducks have solid, young talent to go up against the opponents they’ve been facing –and as such a big PAC-12 sports …
Men’s Basketball Team Shows Promise
The Ducks have an incredible football team, and everyone knows it. But what about the basketball team? Through 10 games this season, the Oregon Men’s Basketball Team has amassed a record of 7-3. All three losses came against very good teams, in Michigan, VCU and Ole Miss. After last night’s 79-56 trouncing of Cal State Northridge, the Ducks seems to be improving. Last night, 6’10 highly-touted …
Michael Chandler Makes Memorable Debut Against Cal State University Northridge
With all the hype surrounding our Oregon football team right now, our men’s basketball team is more or less out of the spotlight. It’s understandable that there’s such a heavy focus on our football team, as they are leading one of the best seasons in university football history; however, let’s not forget about the rest of our Ducks! Last night our men’s basketball …
Men’s Basketball: Ducks Leap To Solid Start
Coming into this season, Oregon had so many questions about its basketball team that not even the Riddler could have solved them. The only thing that we could do was wait it out and analyze each game as its own entity. Oregon has started this season off with a promising record of 4-2 with surprisingly a lot of good things …
Ducks Destroy The Vikings 81-59
Eugene, Ore. – From Media Row at Matt Knight Arena, Dean Davis, Basketball Correspondent for FishDuck.com reporting. The Ducks took on the Portland State Vikings on Sunday afternoon in what many of us believed would be a blow out. And in fact, it was. After losing two heartbreaking games on the East Coast this past week to Michigan and VCU, …
Ducks Can’t Quite Hang with VCU, 77-63
Oregon fought hard, but could not prevail over 14th ranked Virginia Commonwealth Tuesday night in Brooklyn at the Legends Classic Basketball Tournament. The Rams tried to turn the game into a rout, but the Ducks continued to stay close despite some fans chanting, “Just Give Up!” Dillon Brooks had 15 points and Elgin Cook posted 11 points for Oregon as …
Altman’s Dimes
The Oregon Ducks men’s basketball team muscled out a win Monday night against Detroit — a win they had to grind out and earn. For a young Ducks team, every game is an opportunity to gain experience individually and collectively. Ultimately, the success of this team will come down to whether or not it responds quickly to adversity, and makes the appropriate adjustments throughout …
Oregon’s Freshmen Fantastic Four
Shake off those uncertainties about the off-season and confusion about the identity of our Oregon men’s basketball team. It’s time to meet your 2014 Oregon Ducks freshman class. This year has ushered in four new freshmen: Jordan Bell, Casey Benson, Ahmaad Rorie and Dillon Brooks – all rookie standouts seeking to help seniors Joseph Young and Elgin Cook accomplish big things. And while they may be young, these fabulous four …
The Ice Breaker: Who Are Your Ducks? (Speedsters Edition)
Last time we met, we discussed how important it would be for the Ducks to have energetic big men in order for this to be a successful season. But, how can those big guys even have a chance of executing offensively — or getting back defensively — if the guards aren’t living up to their promising potential? This week we …
Dana Altman: Crafting a Team
The rumors of Dana Altman’s position on the coaching hot seat may be premature. After the Ducks’ demolition of Coppin State Friday night, it appears that Altman has yet again cobbled together a good team out of returning players, transfers and freshmen. Upperclassmen Joseph Young and Elgin Cook anchor the team. Both are NBA prospects and are very, very good. …