Charles Fischer Administrator No. 1 Share Posted Monday at 04:21 PM Please see Post No. 16 in this thread for the Regional Bracket, TV times, etc. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It pays to sit out the final week? When everyone else is in a conference tournament...the last Beavis victory was over....Long Beach State? In our Regional is Utah Valley, Cal Poly and Arizona. Don't you just love the slip by the announcer of "Another Pac-12 Matchup?" The other guy tried to cover...but just disgusting, IMHO. If we win our Regional, we would travel to No. 5 North Carolina, while Beavis would get to stay in Corvallis. Lovely. But I am glad we do not have to play them again... We have four B1G teams in the tournament, in the Ducks, UCLA, Nebraska, (playing in North Carolina...hmmm) and USC, who is going to the Corvallis Regional. Opponents in the tournament that we played other than in-conference are: Columbia, St. Mary's, and Rhode Island. 1 Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
30Duck Moderator No. 2 Share Posted Monday at 04:30 PM Dang, you win a couple of championships, and you get treated like Beavis did. Forget that OBD beat them 4 straight, and while Beavis was lounging around, Oregon was in the Conference Tournament, where they ended up playing an awful game against the home team, who would go on to beat UCLA and win the championship. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Joseph Moderator No. 3 Share Posted Monday at 04:32 PM In my far-from-humble opinion: THIS SUCKS! Softball World Series: Five SEC teams, one B12 team, and two B1G teams, and the two B1Gs meet in opener? 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Fischer Author Administrator No. 4 Share Posted Monday at 04:34 PM On 5/26/2025 at 9:30 AM, 30Duck said: Dang, you win a couple of championships, and you get treated like Beavis did. Forget that OBD beat them 4 straight, and while Beavis was lounging around, Oregon was in the Conference Tournament, where they ended up playing an awful game against the home team, who would go on to beat UCLA and win the championship. Nebraska is hot right now...if they upset North Carolina, and Oregon wins...we would get a crack at them again at PK Park. 3 Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
30Duck Moderator No. 5 Share Posted Monday at 04:42 PM The host just asked the Chairman of the Selection Committee about Oregon beating Oregon State 4 times. The Chairman responded by not answering the question at all. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Joseph Moderator No. 6 Share Posted Monday at 04:49 PM Here's the Full Monty - NCAA Baseball Tournament: Official bracket, Field of 64 released - On3 WWW.ON3.COM Selection Monday has officially arrived, and the official NCAA Baseball Tournament bracket and Field of 64 has been released. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
30Duck Moderator No. 7 Share Posted Monday at 05:00 PM Okay, our favorite teams are Oklahoma, Holy Cross and Nebraska. One of them needs to do a Liberty and take out UNC. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Joseph Moderator No. 8 Share Posted Monday at 05:20 PM QUACK! History Being Made (We Hope!) Oregon Ducks To Host Eugene Regional In NCAA Tournament, Make History WWW.YARDBARKER.COM The Oregon Ducks baseball team found out on Sunday night their destination for the upcoming 2025 NCAA Baseball Tournament. The NCAA announced that Oregon will be hosting a regional at... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Fischer Author Administrator No. 9 Share Posted Monday at 05:32 PM So in the end...this all an RPI game to get a top-8 national seed? (From NCAA.com) National Seed RPI 1. Vanderbilt 1 2. Texas 4 3. Arkansas 5 4. Auburn 3 5. North Carolina 6 6. LSU 10 7. Georgia 2 8. Oregon State 7 12. Oregon 16 This becomes pretty challenging for Coach Waz, as we saw that the B1G schedule had some teams that gave Oregon trouble, but yet their RPI dragged us down. Waz can schedule tougher RPI teams in the non-conference schedule, but you need "warm-up" games for new players to get acclimated...and we certainly needed that this year. In the end, Beavis had more Power-4 teams scheduled in the early season, and that helped their RPI. And they beat Portland twice... It makes me wonder how much Oregon's RPI would have been improved by sweeping Ohio State, winning both against Portland, etc. Or is it simply scheduling? It also makes me wonder....even if Oregon had won the B1G Tournament....would it have mattered? I don't think it would have brought our RPI up enough. Let's win the Regional! 1 Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
30Duck Moderator No. 10 Share Posted Monday at 05:42 PM On 5/26/2025 at 10:32 AM, Charles Fischer said: would it have mattered? I don't think it would have brought our RPI up enough. I think you're right, playing the B1G all season didn't help, winning the Tournament wouldn't have mattered either, not losing two to osu2 might have helped. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Fischer Author Administrator No. 11 Share Posted Monday at 05:45 PM "The Oregon Ducks are headed to their fifth straight NCAA tournament, dating back to the 2021 season. This five-year run marks the most consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances in program history." While I complain about the national seeding, I do have to count my blessings. (see quote above) There are over 300 Division 1 Baseball teams, thus just making the field of 64 puts you in the top 20% of all baseball programs nationally. We can do it over time, and I have to let go of the seeding for Beavis, as they got it due to scheduling. We have to schedule non-conference games tougher and WIN them. Gotta keep doing this... 1 2 Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanLduck No. 12 Share Posted Monday at 06:12 PM I completely believe Oregon is getting mistreated because we have won too much in our first year in the B1G.Add to that the lunacy belief that uncle Phil's $$ is the only reason for our success, and you end up with ODS, Oregon derangement syndrome. All we can do is keep winning, I guess. It is hard to schedule a season of games when the standards aren't set the same for everyone. I for one hope we see Beavis again, so that once again we can defeat little brother. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Fischer Author Administrator No. 13 Share Posted Monday at 06:20 PM On 5/26/2025 at 11:12 AM, DanLduck said: It is hard to schedule a season of games when the standards aren't set the same for everyone. I have to be honest with myself....look at Oregon's first three weeks of the season concerning opponents right here, and then look at the first three weeks for Beavis right here, as there is a big RPI difference right there. 1 1 Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Fischer Author Administrator No. 14 Share Posted Monday at 06:33 PM A baseball reporter on 247, Jared Mack wrote this morning that..."No team had ever been named a Top 8 seed with 10 or more losses to Q3 and Q4 opponents, and Oregon had 12." Yep. Losses to Rhode Island 12-11, Grand Canyon 4-2, and Portland 7-6, and 10-9 really hurt us. But B1G losses to Minnesota, Rutgers, Michigan and Maryland did not help, even though we won those series.Beavis was 21-1 in quad 3/4 games, while Oregon was 30-12. (So could three less losses done it?) This new conference is creating new challenges for Coach Waz, and not the way we thought. Our guys have to get mentally tougher, and I grant you that many of those losses were "learning" losses by our pitchers who improved down the stretch. Coach Waz will refine things in future years... 1 1 Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Fischer Author Administrator No. 15 Share Posted Monday at 06:47 PM From another site for perspective.... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our q3/q4 record of 30-12 is by far the worst record in both # of losses and winning % wise of any national seed. #1 Vanderbilt: 16-1 (94%) #2 Texas: 21-1 (95%) #3 Arkansas: 28-3 (90%) #4 Auburn: 18-4 (81%) #5 North Carolina: 16-2 (88%) #6 LSU: 22-2 (91%) #7 Georgia: 25-1 (96%) #8 Oregon State: 21-1 (95%) #9 Florida State: 21-1 (95%) #10 Ole Miss: 20-2 (90%) #11 Clemson: 20-1 (95%) #12 Oregon: 30-12 (71%) #13 Coastal Carolina: 33-2 (94%) #14 Tennessee: 23-2 (92%) #15 UCLA: 25-7 (78%) #16 Southern Mississippi: 31-6 (83%) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Damn...we made our own bed. 1 Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Fischer Author Administrator No. 16 Share Posted Monday at 11:47 PM Below is a press release to Credentialed Media, and I hope to have a photographer there for the last home series of 2025... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ducks Get 12 Seed, Face Utah Valley in Regional Opener EUGENE, Ore. – Oregon is seeded 12th in the NCAA Tournament and will host a four-team regional starting on Friday at PK Park. The Ducks will face Utah Valley in the first round with Arizona and Cal Poly meeting in the first game of the Eugene Regional. The Ducks (42-14) open the regional at 6 p.m. on Friday against Utah Valley (32-27) on ESPN+. The Ducks’ game follows the Arizona (39-18) vs. Cal Poly (41-17) matchup which opens the Eugene Regional with a 1 p.m. start. Winners on Friday advance to play on Saturday at 6 p.m. while the two losers meet in the first game of the day at 12 p.m. Game times on Sunday are at 3 p.m. for the loser-out game and 7 p.m. for the championship game. If an if-necessary game is needed, it will by played on Monday with a time to be determined after Sunday’s action. Oregon is 29-32-1 all-time against the field including a 29-29-1 record in the modern era of Oregon baseball. Arizona holds the series edge against UO with a 30-25-1 record against the Ducks and a 27-25-1 record in the modern era. Oregon holds a 3-2 edge vs. Cal Poly with all five of those games played in San Luis Obispo in the 1960s and 1970s. Oregon and Utah Valley have met just once on the diamond with the Ducks winning 12-9 in Provo on March 27, 2019. Oregon will be hosting an NCAA Regional for the fourth time in the last 14 years. The Ducks previously hosted regionals in 2012, 2013 and 2021. Oregon has also hosted a pair of Super Regionals (2012, 2023). Oregon will be making its fifth consecutive appearance in the NCAA Tournament, with all five coming during the Mark Wasikowski era. Since the return of baseball in 2009, the Ducks have been selected to participate in the NCAA Tournament 10 times, with the current five-year streak marking the most consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances in program history. Eugene Regional Field No. 1 Oregon (At-Large) No. 2 Arizona (Big 12 Conference Champions) No. 3 Cal Poly (Big West Conference Champions) No. 4 Utah Valley (Western Athletic Conference Champions) Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Fischer Author Administrator No. 17 Share Posted yesterday at 01:07 AM Something I just noticed from the post above... Oregon is facing three conference champions in this Regional! Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDuck No. 18 Share Posted yesterday at 01:56 AM "Oregon State had more Power-4 teams scheduled in the early season" It would be interesting to see their record at the end of the season based on opponent's RPI. They did drop to No. 8 which maybe is a clue, but in comparison to teams that got the 9, 10, 11 seeds how would Beavis compare? The "big wins" over Iowa turned out to be not so much. Iowa was leading the B1G entering the final week, and wasn't picked as an at-large. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nevada Dawg No. 19 Share Posted yesterday at 05:30 AM Moving to the B1G was a big boost for Ducks football but did the Diamond Ducks no favors. So many losses to B1G baseball teams probably qualify as bad losses which is one reason the RPI wasn't higher. I also heartily agree with Charles and others that a strong attempt needs to be made to schedule more quality teams in the OOC portion of the schedule. This may require some real expenditure of resources however. While a series with Portland State or other nearby schools cost little, a trip to Texas LSU, or aTm requires many Benjamins. I know nothing about college baseball scheduling, but perhaps some of the expense could be mitigated by home and homes over successive seasons. Of course, one potential problem with my idea is that baseball is a small revenue generator compared to football and basketball. But I am sure that there are many quality out of conference teams available in Socal, Arizona, Utah, and perhaps Washington to improve the OOC schedule. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartan2785 No. 20 Share Posted yesterday at 07:24 AM I was worried the early season losses would hurt, and they did, it's probably a team that is talented enough to be a top 8 bid, but you simply can't lose games against bad opponents. I was confused at the lack of good non-conference opponents, and it honestly would have been better to lose some series on the road or played in some tournaments down south against quality opponents than to win series at home where you win two games by 10 runs but you lose one by a run. Time to schedule UC Irvine, maybe one of the Arizona teams, San Diego, can't be playing random midwest and northeast teams if we want to host a super regional. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJDuck Moderator No. 21 Share Posted 21 hours ago NCAA Baseball Tournament: Oregon Ducks' 3 Keys To Advancing In Eugene Regional The Oregon Ducks are set to host the Eugene Regional at PK Park. Oregon will take on Arizona, Cal Poly, and Utah Valley for a chance to move onto their third straight Super Regional. It's the fifth NCAA tournament appearance in a row for the Ducks. NCAA Baseball Tournament: Oregon Ducks' 3 Keys To Advancing In Eugene Regionale WWW.SI.COM The Oregon Ducks are one of 16 teams that have been selected to host a NCAA regional at PK Park after finishing 42-14 overall. A program that's familiar with po Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJDuck Moderator No. 22 Share Posted 19 hours ago Oregon Ducks' Jacob Walsh Wants Autzen Crowd For NCAA Baseball Tournament In PK Park The Oregon Ducks baseball team is gearing up for the NCAA Regional with a major advantage—home-field energy at PK Park. After sold-out crowds all season and a proven track record of success in Eugene, the Ducks are calling on fans to bring the same electric atmosphere seen at Autzen Stadium. Oregon Ducks' Jacob Walsh Wants Autzen Crowd For NCAA Baseball Tournament In PK Park WWW.SI.COM EUGENE- The road to Omaha for Oregon baseball begins Friday, May 30th, and the Ducks have a significant advantage heading into the NCAA Regional play. Oregon ge Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DUCKED No. 23 Share Posted 18 hours ago On 5/26/2025 at 11:47 AM, Charles Fischer said: From another site for perspective.... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our q3/q4 record of 30-12 is by far the worst record in both # of losses and winning % wise of any national seed. #1 Vanderbilt: 16-1 (94%) #2 Texas: 21-1 (95%) #3 Arkansas: 28-3 (90%) #4 Auburn: 18-4 (81%) #5 North Carolina: 16-2 (88%) #6 LSU: 22-2 (91%) #7 Georgia: 25-1 (96%) #8 Oregon State: 21-1 (95%) #9 Florida State: 21-1 (95%) #10 Ole Miss: 20-2 (90%) #11 Clemson: 20-1 (95%) #12 Oregon: 30-12 (71%) #13 Coastal Carolina: 33-2 (94%) #14 Tennessee: 23-2 (92%) #15 UCLA: 25-7 (78%) #16 Southern Mississippi: 31-6 (83%) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Damn...we made our own bed. YIKES! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
30Duck Moderator No. 24 Share Posted 17 hours ago On 5/27/2025 at 10:59 AM, NJDuck said: After sold-out crowds all season and a proven track record of success in Eugene, the Ducks are calling on fans to bring the same electric atmosphere seen at Autzen Stadium. Like The Jane Just a week ago, Oregon fans took over the Jane Sanders Stadium when the Ducks took on Liberty in their Super Regional. With the fans behind them, Coach Melyssa Lombardi and her team won both games and are now advancing to the Women’s College World Series for the first time since 2018. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJDuck Moderator No. 25 Share Posted 14 hours ago Wasikowski on performing at the Eugene Regional: 'It takes a lot of buy-in Oregon baseball is back in the NCAA Tournament, looking to reach its third straight Super Regional https://247sports.com/college/oregon/article/oregon-ducks-baseball-mark-wasikowski-on-the-eugene-regional-it-takes-a-lot-of-buy-in-250333648/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
