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I have Florida over Duke in the Championship, but I have no confidence in that pick at all now. Some might like a Cinderella finish, but for me, this is the perfect ending. These are the 4 best teams, congrats to the basketball committee! All No. 1 seeds? All for it! Why this men's Final Four will be great - ESPN WWW.ESPN.COM No low seeds? No problem. We get to watch four of the most efficient teams of all time match up -- and that's a good thing.

No. 5 Oregon softball edges past Michigan 3-2 - Daily Emerald DAILYEMERALD.COM On a night of imperfection in most facets of its game, No. 5 Oregon (33-3, 7-1 Big Ten) found a way to win again anyway. A ball...

Makhi Hughes will bring a sense of violence to the RB room, according to Noah WhittIngton. I always taught my running backs it's better to give than receive (take the hits). A perfect example is the hit Noah delivered last year that made all the highlight videos. That was like a Mac truck hitting a motor scooter! ROTA- Run Over Their A$$e$! Oregon Ducks Transfer Portal Star Makhi Hughes Bringing 'Violence' to Big Ten WWW.SI.COM As the 2025 season gets closer for the Oregon Ducks, the hype surrounding transfer running back Makhi Hughes continues to grow. Hughes, a transfer from Tulane, The RB room is talented and deep!

Cornerback Rodrick Pleasant showing some speed! Oregon football cornerback Rodrick Pleasant finishes 4th in 100 meters at Battle at the Beach WWW.OREGONLIVE.COM Pleasant ran the 100 in a wind-aided 10.26 seconds and he was the second leg of Oregon'x 4x100 relay team

Meanwhile Oregon State and Washington State are winning.......... Pity party articles?

The fractional share applies only to media contract revenue, and only to UW and UO. It also has a calendar end date, with annual escalation until that date in 2030. The West Coast Four, all four, receive Full shares of NCAA Basketball Tournament shares, and College Football Playoff shares, as well as from some other more negligible sources. In addition, the conference allows expense allocations from the conference for certain activities. And, keep in mind the CFP payouts for each member of the SEC and B1G will go up by a sizable chunk in 2026 in comparison to the Big12, ACC, or Group of 6. The partial/fractional share issue is a misrepresentation when fans make the assumption it applies to all annual revenue from the B1G. It does not. More details here: Washington’s budget forecast provides clues to Big Ten revenue distributions as an 18-team conference SPORTS360AZ.COM The West Coast quartet will join the Big Ten in 44 days. Thanks to a public presentation by one member of the group, we can sketch the financial benefits accompanying the move. Washington...

It is all a matter perspective. It is over twice the revenue we would have received at the old PAC 12, and there is going to be enormous upside. The bottom line, is that we add a lot to the conference, and they add a lot to us. Works for all!

I cannot take credit, as it was the press release. But I do add the pictures, and I do add the formatting in italics and bolding.

Thanks, Charles, for the thorough article!

So the ex-PAC-12 schools are outperforming the B1G ole guard but receiving only a fractional share of the conference payout. Yep., that's fair, lol.

Nothing like a little home cooking to get things back on track.

All Phases Shine in Bounceback Win EUGENE, Ore. — It took into April for the 2025 Oregon baseball team to swallow defeat on consecutive gamedays. The Ducks didn’t let the losing streak linger long. No. 15 Oregon (21-8, 9-4 Big Ten) bounced back in a big way Friday, opening a three-game series with visiting Michigan by dominating, 15-2, in a game shortened to seven innings by run rule. The Ducks returned to conference play for the first time since suffering a doubleheader sweep at Ohio State the previous Saturday — Oregon’s first consecutive losses of the season — and after dropping a midweek game at Portland on Wednesday. “Hungry,” UO starting pitcher Grayson Grinsell (5-1) said of the team’s mindset, after allowing two runs across six innings Friday. “Practice yesterday was great. Showed up today, same thing pregame — BP, infield-outfield, everything, guys were hungry. We wanted to get out there and play again.” Along with Grinsell’s superb start, the Ducks played defense behind him that was at times spectacular. And the offense bashed five home runs, including Anson Aroz homering in his fifth straight game and Dominic Hellman hitting his UO record third grand slam of the season. “I'm especially proud of the guys in the mental aspect,” Aroz said. “Obviously the performance is great; the bats were there, the pitching was there. But just how we're spending time at the field, the smiles, the fun — guys aren't stressed. We know we're a good club and what we're capable of when we act the way we need to act.” Grayson Grinsell Mason Neville also homered as part of a 3-for-5 day with three RBIs. He and Hellman each had a homer and a double, with Hellman knocking in five runs on the day. At the bottom of the order, Carter Garate reached base in four straight innings beginning with the third, and came around to score all four times. How It Happened: Oregon’s ace Grinsell took the ball looking to end his team’s losing streak, allowing only a two-run fifth inning that included a solo homer and the only two walks he surrendered. By that point the Ducks had an 8-0 lead already, thanks to Grinsell and his defense. “I mean, he's tremendous,” UO coach Mark Wasikowski said. “He's a great competitor. That's why he gets the accolades, and he pitched well again tonight — Friday night win. Grayson's been a rock for us.” The Ducks managed only Hellman’s first-inning double through two innings. Then, the dam broke. Ryan Cooney led off the third with a home run, Garate walked and advanced to third on a Neville single, and Hellman made it 2-0 with a sacrifice fly. Jacob Walsh then doubled in Neville, the 158th RBI of Walsh’s career to tie Tanner Smith for the UO record. Smith saw another of his records matched moments later, when Aroz homered in his fifth straight game to make it a five-run inning. “It's definitely enjoyable, the fun of that kind of stuff,” Aroz said of his streak. “Celebrating with the team is one of the best feelings in the world. But a lot of the focus on the day leading up is just like, how can I stay in a grove? Once you're in it and you find it, you’ve got to keep doing what you're doing before a game, and kind of priming a swing, just so you can kind of maintain that.” Grinsell nearly found trouble in the fourth after allowing consecutive one-out singles. But the next batter hit a ball to third that Garate fielded before diving to tag the runner from second just before he reached third – which survived a replay challenge. Grinsell got the next hitter, and the threat was ended. “That was an absolute critical play in the game,” Wasikowski said. Oregon continued to bash the baseball in the bottom of the fourth. Parker Stinson led off with his first homer as a member of the program, Garate hit a one-out single and Neville followed with a high fly ball that hit the foul pole in right field to make it 8-0. Dominic Hellman's Grand Slam... The UO offense had Grinsell’s back after Michigan scored twice in the fifth. The first five batters of the inning reached, with Cooney walking to force in one run and Garate taking a pitch off his back side to force in another. Then, with the bases still loaded, Hellman hit a one-out grand slam, Oregon’s fifth of this spring to tie the UO single-season record. Hellman not only now holds the UO single-season record with three himself, that also matches the school’s career record. “If I'm ever in the box and thinking too much about a situation and thinking too much about a swing I want to put on a ball, I just want to make sure I go back to my training,” Hellman said. “Kind of fall back to my training, not rising to the occasion type of thing. Just put a good swing on the ball and free myself up.” The grand slam made it 14-2 through five, and Neville doubled in Garate in the sixth. That gave the Ducks a big enough lead that the conference’s run rule was enforced after Michigan couldn’t score off UO reliever Kellan Knox in the top of the seventh. The Ducks secured their bounceback win after a three-game skid. Now, they’re looking to start a different kind of streak. “You can't get ahead of yourself, think that you're out of it just because you won a game,” Grinsell said. “Gotta come out tomorrow with the same intensity and focus.” On Deck: The Ducks host the Wolverines again Saturday (2 p.m., B1G+).

Ducks were up 2-0, but Michigan tied it in the 5th. But, like the great Oregon teams did, it didn't take long for the Ducks to get back on top. Paige Sinicki led off the 6th with a double, that would have been a single for most hitters, then came around with what would be the winning run.

15-2 Oregon, is the final, as the Run-Rule comes into play after Michigan batted the seventh inning--to no runs with freshman Kellan Knox pitching for Our Beloved Ducks.

15-2 Ducks after six innings, and Grayson Grinsell should be proud of a superb six innings of work. I am a HAPPY CAT Again!

14-2 Oregon after five innings! Grinsell gave up two runs to Michigan, so Our Beloved Ducks come out and score six in the inning. Dominic Hellman hits a GRAND SLAM that clears the visiting team bullpen area and goes into the parking lot! Whew!

Rodent fans can believe whatever they want. An avalanche hit the conference, and rather than rebuild in the avalanche zone, we moved. Btw rodent believers, we won a conference championship in a conference with 18 teams. You came in 2nd in a two man race… congratulations.

OMIGOSH! 8-0 Ducks after four innings! The Michigan pitcher had a good ERA of 3.74 coming into this game, but Our Beloved Ducks have been hammering him. So sweet, as this team NEEDS it! You don't hit the foul pole every day...

The Pride of Portland, Ryan Cooney got it going...

5-0 Ducks after three innings. Boy it was a pitchers duel to start, and Grayson Grinsell has continued to keep the Wolverines scoreless, but the warmer 65 degree air warmed up the Oregon bats. Two home runs in the third inning, as Anson Aroz has hit dingers in five games straight now. Whew!

Final stats are at the end of the thread...and there a ton of them. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0-0 after one inning, as both starting pitchers look good. Grayson Grinsell had a rough start to the season, but has recovered and brought his ERA down to 3.46 and we need great pitching today. I know...I am a glutton for punishment, or... I Might as Well Face it....I'm Addicted to DUCKS!

Young But B1G Guns. https://247sports.com/college/oregon/article/oregon-softball-ducks-big-ten-missy-lombardi-248229032/?source=column&lctg=26140&eid=c7d8647c6247db8d08c59fe44bc30380a147aa90b9e33099045cd46ddc6a485b

The "new Pac". . . Conference of Non-champions Gone like the big redhead. RIP Mr. Walton, glad he didn't live to see this fiasco.

Lanning and Hampton confident in young but 'bigger' Oregon cornerback room Cornerback may be the most significant question mark for Oregon all season, but head coach Dan Lanning and Co-DC Chris Hampton are confident in that room. https://247sports.com/college/oregon/article/oregon-ducks-football-dan-lanning-and-chris-hampton-confident-in-young-but-bigger-cornerback-room-248262131/

Teitum Tuioti tipping scales near 270 pounds, striving to be better leader Oregon junior Teitum Tuioti is set to take on a bigger leadership role this fall, as one of three returning starters. Tuioti has filled out more physically as well, telling reporters he's up to 265 to 270 pounds. https://247sports.com/college/oregon/article/teitum-tuioti-oregon-ducks-football-2025-season-248258450/