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Not going well for our Dawgs brothers, 8 Gonzaga has a 60-43 lead over 9 Georgia, 12:40 left. 8/9 should be competitive games, but 9 Creighton buried 8 Louisville.

Clemson rallied, scored 54 in the 2nd half, but McNeese holds on for the win, 69-67.

Will we get the 12 over 5 out of the way the first day? 12 McNeese over 5 Clemson 31-13 at halftime.

"Most returning starters" is one of the factors that always gets a lot of attention, usually good attention. But if the new guys are better, I'm fine with that.

That is the question. Losing your star player is never good, especially when he's probably the POY. Duke always gets watched, this 1st round game is going to be the most interesting in a while.

Integrity>Revenue, would be a nice change.

As Herm Edwards said, "You play to WIN the game!"

Creighton gets Auburn. Louisville cut it to 14, 89-75 for a final, but it was more than that for a lot of the game.

Does Prime still have, "the receipt" from the last time the Buffs and Ducks played?

Oregon got hosed in the CFP. But Louisville got it even worse in the NCAA Tournament. Louisville finished No. 10 in the final AP Poll, and got an 8 seed, against 9, unranked, Creighton. The winner gets overall No.1, Auburn.

No doubt about this one. The Wisconsin win was good for meeting the challenge, handling adversity. But if Penn State and Oregon had switched places via the B1G Championship in the CFP? Absolutely yes!

The tallest player to ever play at Oregon, for a short time, is Bol Bol, all 7'3 of him. Duke & Flagg are great, but my pick is Florida. The back court can shoot, all have handles, and are 6'4, 6'4, 6'5, 6'4, 6'2, 6'3, 6'4. Greedy, much!

Another huge "If only" for OBD. If only Boucher hadn't blown out his knee in the Pac-12 Tourney...

Nice pick, Connor, you'd be welcome at FishDuck! Oregon goes 2-0 vs Duke in the Sweet 16, but Alabama get revenge for the beating early in the season. It could happen.

Yep, $$$vs. common sense, fairness. The idea of a CCG is ridiculous, nothing but a money grab. One team almost always wins the conference championship by their play during the season, giving a team that didn't play as well a 1 game chance to "win" the title is ridiculous. If two teams end up with the same record, that's what tie breakers are for. This also makes a lot of sense, but there's that $$$ again.

Duke Blue Devils coach Mike Krzyzewski apologizes for postgame comments to Oregon's Dillon Brooks - ESPN WWW.ESPN.COM Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said "it is not my place to talk to another team's player and doing so took the focus away from the...

I don't care if it's a "shocking upset". Not that Boucher was a candidate for POY, but when he went down with a torn ACL before Pac-12 Championship game against Arizona, the teams that Oregon played, and beat, up to the Final 4 against UNC, took the games very seriously.

There's a great Country band, named "Asleep at the Wheel" and that seems to apply to coaching for Oregon and the Rose Bowl, whether it was getting hosed by the format, osu2 getting a boost by a romp over Tennessee, OBD being lethargic, complacent after the win in October, any adjective, accusation, excuse you can come up with would apply. The good news is it was 1 L after 13 W's, and OBD gets an opportunity to try it again next season.

Looks like deja vu all over again, with Oregon's basketball roster being too much for Liberty, just as the football team was. Even-up, the 3 pt shooting and defense by Liberty would be scary. But if the Ducks can summon Coach Dale a bit, they don't have to pass 4 times before a shot, but Bittle has to get a touch in every half court possession, Liberty won't have a chance.

I'm sure my expectations are too high, but it's March. I'm not expecting a Georgia defense from a few years back, when half of it went in the 1st round of the NFL Draft, but something like that? I want an edge rusher that keeps opposing OC's up at night, as great as Moore to Moore can be, I'm really excited about the new safeties! Most of all, I want a defense where 3 & outs are not surprising.

The Ducks are 8-0 in their opening game with Altman, 50% they win the first 2 games. CBS guys like the Ducks to get to the Sweet 16.

North Carolina might not beat San Diego State in the Play-in Round, but that they got in , over West Virginia, Indiana, anybody really, is a joke. The biggest snubs by the NCAA Tournament Selection Committee SPORTS.YAHOO.COM No dance card Sixty-eight teams get into the NCAA tournament. There is discussion about possibly blowing that number up to 76...

Every time I see this, or the special consideration in the CFP, or reminded they have their own network agreement, the parallel between Nore Dame and Jerry's Cowboys is even more clear. A lot of bark and little bite.

It's stated all the time.

The Best Ducks Team Ever.