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 …
Big Win for Ducks over Illinois 77-70
Oregon played extremely well to pull off a tough 77-70 win in Chicago at the United Center, home floor to the Chicago Bulls Saturday. Joseph Young, suffering through a shooting slump recently, did not start but was the second leading scorer for Oregon with 15 points. Emerging freshman star Dillon Brooks scored 24 points and Dwayne Benjamin added 13 to …
Ole Miss outlasts Oregon at MKA
Oregon Basketball Correspondent Jason Selby reporting for FishDuck.com from the Matt Knight Arena in Eugene, Oregon. The stage was set. The Ole Miss rebels were in town for what many people considered to be the Ducks’ toughest home test to date. With Dwayne Benjamin firmly back in the starting lineup and a decently filled Matthew Knight Arena, the Ducks seemed …
Impressive Rebounding Pushes Oregon Past Concordia
The Ducks of Oregon took on the Cavaliers of Concordia, in a battle in which many people had the term ‘blowout’ on the forefront of their minds. A game not labeled as crucial, but one that served more purposes than most people realize. With key matchups looming in the Ducks’ future, playing against Concordia helped the Ducks showcase many of …
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 …
Holy Toledo! Ducks Edge Out Rockets 78-68
Eugene, Ore. – From Media Row at Matt Knight Arena, Dean Davis, Basketball Correspondent for FishDuck.com reporting. Rainy Friday night, what’s a better way to spend your evening than watching your Duck basketball squad? The Ducks have been improving little by little over the past couple of games, but this game definitely was their most difficult match up since the beginning …
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 …
Ducks Trample Motor City’s Detroit Titans
After a dominating win against Coppin State, the Oregon Ducks kept the winning streak alive against Juwuan Howard Jr. and the Detroit Titans. With eight minutes left in the first half the Ducks and Titans were in a slug fest going at each other’s throats with a flare of 3-points shots and easy lays ups. Toward the end of the …
The Ice-Breaker: Who Are Your Ducks? (Big Boys Edition)
A lot has changed over the offseason for the Oregon Ducks Basketball team, but the biggest change that occurred is the brand spanking new roster! Let’s be honest, without knowing our roster inside and out, we’re never going to be able to analyze ANYTHING about the team throughout the season. This will be a two-part segment on the Oregon roster. …