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Oregon's freshman point guard missed season ending game against Oregon State, and the team certainly missed her, as the Beavers won. Now it appears the 4th seeded Ducks will have to find their way in the Pac-12 Tournament without her, hoping she'll be ready for the NCAA Tournament. From NBC Sports Northwest.

After that mess of a loss to USC, thoughts of a championship for the Ducks seemed unlikely. But after the sweep of Stanford and Cal, the Ducks are just where they want to be. From 247sports.com

Recap of the big day from goducks.com

Could not agree more with your analysis of the game. Apparently Paopao was wearing a walking boot, and optimistically could be ready for the next game. The Ducks certainly missed her in this one. The Beavers played a great game, the Ducks looked completely disorganized. They never seemed to have any plan offensively, so just different players taking shots, save for the 2nd quarter when Prince got the ball, and scored 18. She wasn't nearly as effective in the 2nd half. It was a sad way for Erin Boley and Lydia Giomi to have their last game at MKA end, as for new players next season:

Helfrich's career is thesis worthy. Altman, W's & L's is automatic, and the way he has managed to cobble teams together, peek at the right time, never a losing season at Oregon. How can he not be No.1? But, what Harter did with the Ducks was incredible. Mac Court wasn't. "The Pit" before he got there. The scoreboard didn't shake, the Lone Ranger wasn't at the games. Ronnie Lee is the all time scoring leader, in a slow down offense, without a 3 point line. No coach put more of a handprint on their teams culture, performance than Harter did with the Kamikaze Kids.

The most impressive win for a Ducks team in a long time! It looked like they might have rally, but the Ducks don't fold, and go for the sweep tomorrow at 10:AM.

THIS IS JUST TOO MUCH FUN, WE GOTTA

That is exactly what Matt Muehlbach predicted at the end of "Basketball Postgame Report" last night.

The greatest? That's hard. Altman is already has Hall Of Fame credentials. Back when Harter was coaching the Ducks, it was a lot harder to even get in the tournament. But the impact that Harter had at Oregon can not be overstated. He revolutionized they way basketball is played as much, if not more than did Chip in football. John Wooden hated the way Harter's teams played. Bruins didn't take charges, didn't dive for loose balls. UCLA was full out finesse and proud of it. If you came down the lane against Oregon you did it at your risk. If you kept doing it, you got an elbow in your neck. Chip was all about speed, Harter's teams played with no shot clock, sometimes to the extreme. By this time Wooden was gone from UCLA, but that didn't take anything away from the satisfaction of Oregon's 65-45 slow ball torture win at Pauley Pavilion. The Ducks got out to an 18-0 lead, then it was 20-2. Watching the Bruins chasing the ball, as the Ducks passed it around before getting a backdoor lay up was pure joy.

It's going to be a VERY busy week: Monday Night: Men's Basketball Arizona at Oregon, 6:00 ESPN2 Wednesday: Women's Basketball Tournament Begins on Pac-12 Network, Lady Ducks might not have to play on Day 1 Men's Basketball: UCLA at Oregon, 6:00 ESPN2 Thursday-Friday Women's Basketball Tournament Continues Sunday: Men's Basketball: Oregon at Oregon State, 5:00 FS1

Okay, the Pac-12 just doesn't make any sense, Utah just beat USC 71-61, outscored the Trojans 44-32 in the 2nd half.

Great ball movement!

How right you are. I know that you, me and Duck fans everywhere were screaming in the first half when Omoruyi missed a bunny, got the rebound, but then missed again! It's truly mystifying and in close games, can be decisive, that players miss so many of these shots.

Game recap from goducks.com

The best part of the game of course was the highlights they showed at halftime of this guy.

It was strange this time to see them not falling behind at he start of the game. The one thing that has been really impressive in the last two games, after the disaster against USC is the passing, particularly at the basket. It's the best I've seen at Oregon in years. This is due in part because Oregon hasn't had inside scorers like Omoruyi and Figueroa, but it is great to see. As is the great swarming defense!

There's a saying, "you play like you practice"

LJ Figueroa led the way with 20 points, 14 rebounds and 5 steals, as the Ducks scored the first points and never trailed in this one.

Speculation is what we do in the off-season. In this article from rivals.com, two writers debate the future of Tyler Shough on his new team.

Sammie Parker still holds a number of Oregon receiving records, and we will never forget this catch against Colorado in the 2001 Fiesta Bowl. This article from 247sports.com announces that Parker is going to be a recruiting assistant at WSU.

It is a sign of reluctant respect. The Husky fans can't help themselves, the other coaches leave Ducks off the all conference teams. The Duck is the MOST known Mascot in the Pac-12 by a mile, and one of the most popular in the country. Lee Corso wouldn't answer if, whatever the Husky is called, knocked on his door.

This article from 247sports.com makes the case that the rescheduling of postponed basketball games hurts the Bruins, and of course, REALLY helps the Ducks. You know, like how Washington, who didn't play a road game in the football season, and was the cause of their one road game, at Oregon to be canceled, was unfairly, denied the right to play in the conference championship game.

Another de-commit from the Huskies from si.com From uwdagpound.com Oh well Both of these guys are just 3* recruits anyway and people were already bemoaning UW’s gloom and doom. With another small class for 2022, we will have two more openings for better players.