On Friday evening, at Matt Knight Arena, the men’s and women’s basketball teams came out for the annual Matt Knight Madness event. Both team’s were introduced to Oregon fans as well as ran drills and scrimmages. The event’s signature piece, a dunk contest between various players on the men’s team, was won by Senior Tyrone Nared
The University mascot, the Duck, sits on an attendee of the Matt Knight Madness event held in the Matthew Knight Arena. (Nate Barrett/Oregon Daily Emerald)
Sophomore Chynna Miley of the women’s basketball program jogs out and prepares to throw a t-shirt to an Matt Knight Madness attendee. (Nate Barrett/Oregon Daily Emerald)
The Oregon Ducks women’s basketball team come together after introductions at the University’s annual Matt Knight Madness event. (Nate Barrett/Oregon Daily Emerald)
The Oregon Ducks men’s basketball team huddles together after being introduced one-by-one during Matt Knight Madness. (Nate Barrett/Oregon Daily Emerald)
Junior college transfer Carlos Emory goes up for a vicious one-handed dunk during Oregon’s first basketball practice of the year dubbed Matt Knight Madness. (Alex McDougall/Oregon Daily Emerald)
Fellow freshman Jabari Brown (with ball) and Brett Kingma guard each other during Oregon’s first basketball practice of the year dubbed Matt Knight Madness. (Alex McDougall/Oregon Daily Emerald)
Senior Forward Olu Ashaolu successfully pulls off a windmill dunk during Matt Knight Madness as a part the annual dunk contest used to help promote the Ducks men’s and women’s basketball programs. (Nate Barrett/Oregon Daily Emerald)
Senior Gaurd Garrett slim attempts an alley-oop windmill dunk as part of the finals for the Matt Knight Madness dunk contest. (Nate Barrett/Oregon Daily Emerald)
Johnathan Loyd, a sophomore guard, encourages the Matt Knight Madness crowd to cheer during Tyrone Nared’s attempt to win the night’s dunk contest. (Nate Barrett/Oregon Daily Emerald)
Senior Tyrone Nared takes the Matt Knight Madness dunk contest title with this through-the-legs one-handed jam. The annual event meant to help promote the Ducks men’s and women’s basketball programs. (Nate Barrett/Oregon Daily Emerald)
Tyrone Nared and highly-touted Freshman Jabari Brown celebrate after Nared hits a game-winning dunk as part of the Matt Knight Madness dunk contest. (Nate Barrett/Oregon Daily Emerald)
