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    “Ugly Court” Costs Ducks 5-Star Basketball Phenom

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    A little historical note:

     

    That floor kept Dana's 20 game win streak going, plus never having had a losing season at Oregon.

     

    As you may recall, in Dana's first season we literally bought our way into the CBI with a 16 - 17 record.

     

    After 3 wins and a loss, the last 2 games were at the Matt.

     

    In the Championship game a Creighton player had an over-and-back violation late in the game that lead to a 71-69 win.  The floor was later changed to have a more distinctive mid-court line.  

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    What were Oregon State and WSU Supposed to Do?

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    On 3/19/2024 at 2:37 PM, Jon Joseph said:

    If the Pac 8 had decent legal representation they would have called a board meeting before giving notice and changed the by-laws.

    Right on!

     

    Or, if having seen the LA schools lose their board seats/votes, what if the other 8 had just "signed-on" with the other conferences in ""principle"" without giving formal notice of withdrawal, the legal mess would have been bigger and maybe more leverage in the "buy-out" terms.

     

    Of course, none of that changes what is left of the Pac, dare I say the "Pac Turds" (since we all know what a number 2 is)?

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    Dana and His Ducks: What Just Happened?

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    Thanks for the article.

     

    March Madness describes this team.

     

    Seems like Dana in tied for 11th among active players with NCAA wins. The article says 12 alone, but my way of thinking is that is he as the same as the two coaches ahead of him, then he is tied with them.

     

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    247touch.png NCAA Tournament: Ranking active coaches with most March Madness wins

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    Many of college basketball's greatest coaches will appear in this week's NCAA Tournament.

     

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    Explaining Why Oregon Will Always Remain a Big-Name Brand in College Football

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    I remember going to that "first" Rose Bowl, not the first ever, or first in my lifetime as I was 7 when they lost in 1958.  But this was the first one since I became a Duck in 1968.

     

    I told my wife this is a one-in-a-lifetime-situation so I drove down I-5 alone on New Year's eve without a ticket or place to stay. 

     

    Got to the "Duck headquarters" hotel and in the lobby was a sign with a couple of ticket for sale, nailed one at face value.

     

    Walking back to my car I saw a former roommate and his wife, bingo a floor to sleep on.

     

    Years later, that once-in-a thing happened again ('10), and again ('12), and again ('15) and again ('20).  After 3 more "lifetimes" I admit I did skip '20.  I'm 2 - 2 in person, oldest daughter 1 - 0 and wife 1 - 0.  I'll make sure to take a lady relative to all future once-in-a-lifetime-events.

     

    A few years ago I met a DB from the '95 RB team.  He said they had scouted Penn St. and when they saw the first formation, they "knew" what play was coming.  Opps, Kejuan Carter goes 83 yds.  Turns out that was the first time all year that they ran that particular play from that formation.

     

    Also evident on the play was the lack of "live" tackling for over a month.

     

     

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