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From the first game, Payton looked like he belonged. Staying 4 years, going through the stages he did at Oregon helped I think. Payton has a full understanding of what kind of player he is, and is perfectly willing to do what his coach wants, because Payton is only interested in winning.

It does doesn't it?

Taylor Chavez was one of many Ducks to have a great game against the Bears.

I guess we'll find out how attractive Oregon is, that is the process, and sometimes it works in strange ways. When the basketball team needed a new coach to replace Kent, Oregon went after Tom Izzo, Rick Patino. They weren't interested, so Oregon looked around, and found, Dana Altman.

If any coach deserves a raise, it's Kelly Graves.

The last time the Lady Ducks lost 3 conference games in a row was in 2016-17. After dropping consecutive tough games to outstanding teams, UCLA & Stanford, they get California, 0-5 in Pac-12 play. Cal's game against Oregon State was postponed. In their last game, Cal lost to Arizona, 69-33.

A big reason for the discrepancy in wins at Utah and Colorado is that Colorado is quite a bit better than is Utah. Credit to the Ducks for not slipping up and letting the problem in Colorado spread.

A very valid concern, and probably a nonstarter in any discussion, if his family doesn't want to move to Oregon.

Especially impressive as Utah started the game averaging 9 TO's a game. Oregon had 7.

That's an impressive list, Coach, getting one of them to join his staff would be a significant step towards his building of a championship team at Oregon. Muschamp is the biggest name, Lupoi has worked with Mario at Alabama, and at different schools in the Pac-12, where he was an ace recruiter. The three others on your list also have solid credentials and would be a great addition to the team.

Hopefully, it was just an off night. In the second half, the players on the floor were getting it done, so if it works without him, it's good sign. Hopefully there will be good news on Figueroa's ankle. .

DeForest and the Colts lose to the Bills, maybe they should have attempted a field goal instead of going 4th & 1,; ended up losing by 3, Justin, Troy & Johnny move on as the Rams beat the Seahawks.

What Oregon had, for so many years, was unheard of. Coaches with 20-30 years. So, the "revolving door" is something we are having to get used to. But, it is the way it works in college football, Oregon included now.

As the saying goes, you can't coach speed, but a coach can certainly use it to their advantage, look at what Alabama did with their Heisman award winning WR, USC this season.

He was so much fun to watch with the Ducks as he launched his high arcing 3's in to the basket.

It should be Justin, with the fantastic season he had, that it was unsuspected, should mean even more. Young, with Washington, and Taylor with Indianapolis are in the playoffs, Washington getting there with a 7-9 record. Neither had a season even close to Justin's individually.

Great to see all those Ducks in the Playoffs, look for Justin to be there next season.

Colorado is good at home. Since they joined the conference in 2011-12, the Buffaloes are 65-19 at home, in conference games, 77.4%, not bad. However, not as good as the Ducks have been in that time, 70-13, 84.3%.

You actually nailed it, and what is missing. Not only is Pritchard gone, Richardson isn't there either. Duarte, and Omoruyi are putting up points, but those are not coming through the offense as they would with the experienced point guard, that neither Terry or Hardy are, running it.

It's very strange. The Final 4 team couldn't beat the Buffs in Colorado. Duarte did end up with a great stat line, better than he averaged when he was named Player of the Week, for his performance against Cal & Stanford last week. Yet, Duarte and his teammates were ineffective again, unable to play their game. Oregon always looks tired when they play in Colorado. The offense isn't crisp, too much standing around. On defense, the pressure was effective at times. But too often, Buffaloes found clear paths to the basket. The streak is now at 10. Two more and it will match what the football team did to the Huskies.

Fortunately, one thing Mario has done very well is hire new, and really good, additions to his staff. We saw a while ago that there are a lot of coaches for Mario to look at, and he might be somebody tat nobody knows. The Ducks did well with a guy from New Hampshire nobody knew.

It looks like Mario is going to need to hire a new Defensive Coordinator, as Avalos is going back to where he played to now become the head coach.

Well, Oregon drops its second game in a row, this time losing to #1, Stanford, 70-63, The third quarter was the black hole for the Ducks in this one, go into half, up by one, start the 4th quarter, down 13. Erin Boley's foul trouble hurt, play making and experience were gone with her on the bench. But some great play from Maddie Scheer and Sydney Parrish, kept the Ducks going, as well as from Te-Hina PaoPao. Get those Cal Bears on Sunday, Ducks!