Basketball Recruiting Visits Head coach Dana Altman is at it again. The fourth-year coach has secured heavy interest from one of, if not, the top big man transfer in that of Tarik Black. The 6-foot-9, 262-pound center will transfer from Memphis this spring and will be eligible to play next season due to academic graduation. Black recently visited Altman and …
(Duck) Stepping Forward
Each year some players graduate and move on, while new players step onto the court at Matthew Knight Arena for the first time. The people that are leaving have our gratitude for the year(s) they spent in the Oregon green and yellow, and our best wishes for the future. Those returning or joining the team for the first time feel the weight …
Thanks for the Dance, Good Things Ahead
For the Oregon men’s basketball team, the dance ended on Friday with a 77-69 loss to Louisville. The Ducks played a good game but they were playing the number one overall seed in the tournament and simply could not keep up. The Cardinal’s Kevin Ware was explosive and their defense was able to keep the ball away from Oregon for …
From Hardwood To Hard Hits, Armstead’s Development Continues
As the final seconds of Oregon’s Sweet 16 loss to Louisville ticked off the clock Friday night, one member of the Ducks squad knew that while the basketball season may have come to an end, the real work was about to begin. Arik Armstead gets no rest. Back in Eugene, football is in the air once again, and the big …
Louisville too much for the Ducks in Sweet 16 win
It was a hard fought battle for the Oregon Ducks, who lost to the Louisville Cardinals 77-69 in the Sweet 16 Friday night. Many analysts had Oregon as being extremely overmatched in this contest; while they were overmatched in some facets of the game, they managed to put up a valiant effort against arguably the best team in NCAA basketball …
Surprising Things I Learned from the Oregon/Louisville Game
I learned last night that our Ducks can stay with a very good Louisville team. Nine times out or ten we’re going to go down to defeat to them, but we played them tough, won the game over the last 37 minutes, and comported ourselves well in a Sweet 16 game. We also covered the spread, which did me no …
Baker’s Dozen: A Duck-Centric Ranking of the Remaining Teams
Everyone’s got some formula for solving The Bracket: Always pencil the 1s and 2s in the first round. Pick at least one 12 over a 5. You have to choose a few upsets, because even though going chalk will land you in the top third of your pool, no one will respect you for how you got there. Every year …
Oregon Unknowns: Ducks the odds-on favorite to advance in the Sweet Sixteen
When Oregon and Louisville tip it off tonight at 4:15 on CBS, the Ducks are matched up against arguably the hottest team in the country. But you should also know that this “Return of the Firs” team has been bending their knees and breaking all kinds of records this year. Also, Oregon has some distinct historical and statistical advantages in this game. …
Oh So Sweet, Do We Dare Hope for More?
For the first time since 2007, the Ducks are dancing in the Sweet 16. Last weekend it was the Damien Dotson show, right? Or was it the Arsalan Kazemi show? Actually, it was Dotson, Kazemi, Singler, Emory, Loyd and every other Duck-player-on-the-team; at least that’s what it felt like. Watching the Ducks simply overpower Oklahoma State was nice to see because it …
Singler Legacy Getting A Wonderful Sendoff
For the better part of the last four years, Oregon senior E.J. Singler has been toiling around the University of Oregon program, steadily going about his business as if he were working a boring 9-5 job. The last remaining holdover from the Ernie Kent-era, Singler has quietly put together one of the best careers in Duck history, and continues to be …
Oregon Was In The Zone … Defense
The 12th seeded Oregon Ducks took down 4th seed St. Louis Billikens Saturday in San Jose, 74-57. It should be blatantly obvious to everyone after this game that Oregon got no seeding respect from the selection committee. However, it seems to have worked out in the Ducks’ favor, as Oklahoma State and St. Louis were seeded high, and probably not deserving of …
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 higher-ranked Cowboys from the Big-12 Conference. On Thursday, the Ducks were simply the quicker and …