A fun article for sure Jordan, and while I much prefer Walton, to Lunardi, or CBS's Jerry Palm, I'll call foul on his call for 8 teams from the Conference of Champions to be in the tournament. Three, Arizona, UCLA and USC are in, and considering the L's, the Ducks have to Stanford, Cal and ASU, 2 times, even being on the bubble is optimistic in my mind for Oregon.
When you start having Must Wins as early as the Ducks did this season, the Bubble is where you sit. Had the Ducks beaten the Trojans it certainly would have helped, but I feel that even if that happened, the Huskies and Cougars would still be Must Wins.. If the Ducks can get those, a finish in the top 4 is possible, and with it a first round bye, and then only 2 W's would be needed to get the Ducks to the Conference Final, and possibly, with the respect that Altman has garnered, to the Tournament.