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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.

Kelly Graves, Oregon reflect on NCAA Tournament cancellation - The Next WWW.THENEXTHOOPS.COM Five years after the Oregon Ducks fielded a team that could have won it all, the program is still navigating fallout of 2020's...

When the Huskies have to do more than run in a circle chasing their tails, they get confused.

That's a lot of miles but not shocking. Based on geography, when Oregon is where it is, and the other teams are where they are, it is what it is. It's a lot. But the Ducks aren't travelling in a bus, and I'm thinking the players have laptops.

I agree, it's unlikely that Rutgers, or Purdue, or Northwestern beat Oregon anytime soon, we'll see how "shocking" Vandy, and Okie's wins over Alabama were next season.

Oregon had a home run in the 1st inning, it was eventually called foul. The game was in a rain delay for more than 2 hours before being canceled.

Outstanding!!! Clinching before it's over makes it very impressive and busting the form charts, even better!

A rare opportunity to see the softball team on the regular network! Go Ducks!

If anyone can really answer this, I'd be amazed. It really is logic defying that this team has an above .500 record, let alone deserving of a 5 seed. They don't really run a discernible offense that I can see. Every possession is freelance, lately it hasn't ended with an early 3, so that's progress. Bamba is the only guard that can really get to the basket, and that's usually just him barreling to the rim. This lack of actual plays I think is a large part of the rebounding trouble, no player really has a specific place to be. The undersize of the back court is problematic on offense and defense. The guards can't really do much to get a shot, other than a defended mid range, so a 3 it is. On defense, the guards can go where they want, forcing the bigs to help, which is why the opponent scores so much in the paint. The better the back court can do, the better chance for a win, Sweet 16 or loss in the first round, which Altman's teams haven't done yet.

Who do we really expect to make Noise in the SEC this season? Texas, with cupcake schedule? Kiffin? Will Alabama get revenge on Okie and Vandy? SC" Of course LSU with Kelly is a lock for the CFP. Looks like Georgia...unless I missed somebody.

Absolutely right!

Dante was great, when he played. If he'd been able to play this season, who knows how good he, and the team could have been.

I hope he is back. This is his first injury-free season. He made 3rd team. All-Defense. I think another year he could do at least that well again, maybe better.

Yeah, Ballard was a power forward, the center was Gerald Willet. I have to go with Blair, Stan Love also needs consideration.

Oregon out of Big Ten Tournament after 74-64 loss to Michigan State - Daily Emerald DAILYEMERALD.COM “Made too many mistakes to beat a good team,” head coach Dana Altman said in his postgame press conference. Oregon men’s...

Yes. I have State in the Final Four, and they'll probably beat teams by more than 10 on the way. OBD could lose their first game, but as a 5 or 6, I doubt it. I think they can make the Sweet 16.