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Just because you make a run in the NCAA Tournament doesn’t mean your team is chalk-full of NBA talent. The Oregon Ducks basketball squad was an illustration of this, as UO was a team, in the fullest sense of the word, which relied on the sum of its parts, as each Duck hoopster filled a [...]

From CBI to NIT to Sweet Sixteen, head coach Dana Altman has engineered a meteoric rise for Oregon men’s basketball. On Saturday, Altman’s hard work was recognized when the Crete, Neb., native was named the 2013 Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year during an end-of-the-year awards banquet during Atlanta’s Final Four festivities. The Ducks [...]

DuckTerritory is reporting that freshman point guard Willie Moore will leave the Oregon basketball program. The freshman from Cincinnati saw limited minutes this year, appearing in 26 games and starting two, but he played just two minutes in the Ducks’ last nine games of the season. Moore was third on the depth chart at point guard behind Dominic [...]

Several Ducks enjoyed an extended bath in the media spotlight during Oregon’s run to the Sweet 16. But one Duck’s past hung over him, just as he was playing on the biggest stage in his life. Arsalan Kazemi entered what was ultimately the last game of his college career averaging 9.3 points and 9.9 rebounds [...]

Sports journalists don’t often admit when they’re wrong. In fact, by the time many sports media “experts” are proven incorrect, the narrative has shifted so much that many fans don’t even remember their predictions in the first place. But twice last year — once in September and again in October — I declared Dana Altman [...]

No first-year jitters here. Oregon’s frosh playoff hero Damyean Dotson was honored Monday by being named to the 2013 Kyle Macy Freshman All-America team after averaging 16.0 points in the Ducks’ postseason run to the Sweet Sixteen. The Houston native finished second on the team behind senior E.J. Singler in both minutes played (27.9) and [...]

Oregon lost to Louisville in the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA Championship Tournament Friday night. On Saturday morning, the next season began for everyone but the seniors. “It starts right now — we got to keep this feeling in the back of our heads and push forward from here,” freshman Ben Carter added. While [...]

In Louisville’s Elite Eight win over Duke, guard Kevin Ware suffered arguably the most gruesome injury in the history of televised sports. We won’t link to it, and if you insist on seeing it, google it at your own risk. What we will share is this photo of Ware holding the team’s Regional championship trophy after his [...]

INDIANAPOLIS — The wall partitions are thin in Lucas Oil Stadium. Upsettingly thin if you are the Oregon Ducks. Minutes after their season had ended at the hands of Louisville, the Oregon players sat on foldable chairs in their locker room with dazed looks on their faces. Through the skimpy walls, the victorious Cardinals could be [...]

The odds were not in Oregon’s favor. Louisville, after all, was the tournament’s number one overall seed, led it’s first two tournament games wire-to-wire and runs a pressure defense that has given coaches across the country night terrors. But it wasn’t the press that doomed Oregon in the Ducks Sweet 16 loss to Louisville. Oregon was [...]

Oregon had a nice run. A surprising, program profile-raising and exciting five-game streak for the Ducks had UO fans excited. An unlikely Pac-12 Tournament championship and two “upsets” in two tries in the NCAA Tournament will be looked back on as a success. But on Thursday night when the 12-seeded Ducks met March Madness’ top [...]

INDIANAPOLIS – It is finally here. Oregon Ducks’ basketball fans have been waiting for this since 2007 – the return to relevancy. Tonight’s game against overall one-seed Louisville marks the first Sweet 16 game played in six years for the Ducks. A 12-seed, UO is projected as a 10-point underdog, but legendary Louisville coach Rick [...]

Home sweet home for Louisville. OK, so Indianapolis isn’t really in the state of Kentucky where the University of Louisville is actually located but Lucas Oil Stadium will feel pretty much like home for the Cardinals in tonight’s game with Oregon in the Sweet 16. Less than a two hour drive north from Louisville, Indianapolis [...]

Arsalan Kazemi stands near center court inside Matthew Knight Arena. With a framed No. 14 jersey behind him and a flower bouquet in hand, Kazemi is one of the four Oregon Ducks being honored on senior night. He has just put together one of his best performances of the season, an all-out 17 points and [...]

These tidbits are a mix of interesting facts and musings, short analysis and things to watch out for in the Sweet 16 matchup between the Oregon Ducks and Louisville Cardinals. **Louisville is known for its unyielding full-court press, spearheaded by veteran guards Peyton Siva and Russ Smith. During the regular season the Cardinals were second [...]