The Oregon men’s basketball team continued to barrel down the stretch with another big win at Stanford last night, and with a second or third place finish in the Pac-12 now secured, March Madness is all but upon us. The victory all but locked the Ducks in as a middling seed for the Dance, and ensured Oregon would at least be competing on …
Ducks’ Biggest Basketball Battle is on the Road
Last night the Oregon Ducks walked away with a W after beating USC 80-75. Now the Ducks are preparing to face UCLA this Saturday in California. This season hasn’t been bad for Oregon; their offense is full of ridiculous amounts of talent and although their defense needs some improvement, they are a well-rounded team. There are only six games left …
Heart Over Talent
Speechless. That’s the best word that describes how most of us feel about the Ducks’ success this season. Prior to the season beginning, Oregon had only four players on its roster, and they were all guys returning from the year before. Two of them, Joseph Young and Elgin Cook, were legitimate threats, and the other two ( Jalil Abdul-Bassit and Theo Friedman) …
Oregon Baseball Ranks 2nd in Pac- 12 Preseason Coaches Poll
The 2015 Oregon baseball regular season is just 12 days away from opening day at PK Park against New Mexico State on February 19th. And the Ducks have garnered a lot of attention in the preseason. According to the recently released Pac-12 Coaches Poll, Oregon is picked to finish conference play in second place, just behind UCLA. Ducks second in Preseason …
Ducks Declare Fifth Straight Winning Season With Washington State Victory
Yesterday the Oregon Ducks stomped Washington State with a 95-72 win at Matthew Knight Arena. Joseph Young and Dwayne Benjamin were the MVPs of the game with a combined 54 points. Young had 29 and Benjamin followed closely behind with a career-high of 25. According to GoDucks.com, Young was just a couple assists away from a triple double (29 points, …
Oregon Must Rise Through the Pac-12 to Get an Invite to the Dance
The Ducks finished their most recent road trip to Arizona by sliding past Arizona State 68-67 in overtime to stay above .500 in the Pac-12. This week Oregon will welcome Washington and Washington State into Matthew Knight Arena where the Ducks should build some momentum heading into the home stretch of the season. Pac-12 analyst Mike Montgomery told Tyson Alger …
Blood Red to Neon Green: Vernon Adams Jr.
Now that the Braxton Miller to Oregon rumors have died down there is another graduate QB who is reportedly eyeing Oregon as a landing spot. This QB is of course Eastern Washington’s Vernon Adams Jr.; he who trods on turf the color of blood and leaves his opponents feeling like their blood is what colored it. While not the biggest …
Former Duck Will Tukuafu on the NW Flavor to the Super Bowl, Stretching the Truth, Ballet and Recruiting at Oregon
FishDuck.com Feature Writer Mike Ostrom sits down with Former Duck Will Tukuafu of the Seattle Seahawks at Super Bowl Media Day: It’s a good thing Oregon Duck Will Tukuafu played so much fullback at Oregon. Look at him now, a key blocking back on sports’ biggest stage trying to bring the Seattle Seahawks another Super Bowl title. You remember Tukuafu blocking …
Joseph “Buckets” Young
The Oregon Ducks basketball squad was a question mark coming into the season. Did they have enough to compete with the rest of the PAC-12, or was this going to be a bust year with the loss of all the great talent that took the court a season ago? So far, the Ducks are 4-3 in league play, good for 5th …
Ducks Starting Strong
The Ducks have begun their conference play, and are off to a fantastic start. Oregon is now 2-1 in PAC-12 play, and will looking to continue their strong play against Washington State on Thursday. Our Mighty Ducks have been proving us wrong the entire season, and at this point I’ve bought into their style of play. The biggest surprise this …
It’s Time: Oregon Ducks Basketball
Coming into the season, no one knew how our beloved Ducks’ basketball program would perform. Many questions, with no answers. To be fair, the Ducks have played their hearts out with the talent that they’ve procured for the season, and their success is unquestionable with their dominant record. Coach Dana Altman has once again taken a difficult situation for the …
How The Mighty Have Fallen: SEC, Pac-12 and Ranked Bowl Games Review
Oh how the mighty have fallen. West Coast football fans have been saying it for years, but finally the SEC took an undeniable turn and it wasn’t in an upward direction. The storied “powerhouse” conference saw it’s least successful bowl season in years among ranked teams, of which it led the nation with seven. When the final bowl game with a …