19 hours ago19 hr No. The former PAC-12 schools just finished their second year in their respective conferences, ACC, B1G 10 and BIG 12.Based on conference games only during the last two years, here are the results. Only the Bruins had a respectable record.Bruins 26-14Ducks 17-23Trojans 14-26Huskies 11-29BIG 12Just like in the PAC -12 , the Arizona Wildcats have thrived in their new conference.Wildcats 30-8Sun Devils 11-27Buffaloes 10-28Utes 10-28ACCCardinal 20-18Bears 15-23Besides this forgetful season (5-15) Oregon posted identical conference records the past three years.2022-2023 12-8 (PAC 12)2023-2024 12-8 (PAC 12)2024 -2025 12-8 (B1G 10)
18 hours ago18 hr No. And, style of play adjustments. Need big bodies and bangers when you play Big Ten basketball.
17 hours ago17 hr No. If Nebraska, a program that has never won a game in the NCAA tournament can get their act together. Oregon can do it with the right coach. I'm not saying Altman should be fired, but sometimes stagnation can happen.
17 hours ago17 hr Moderator No. 12 minutes ago, GatOrlando said:I'm not saying Altman should be fired, but sometimes stagnation can happen.I think our roster got down to 8 healthy players this year. Nobody wins in the BIG with 8 players. I am not adverse to change, but any decision should include a discussion with coaches, players, and key boosters, to determine if a change of direction is wanted, or needed.
15 hours ago15 hr No. 1 hour ago, Drake said:I think our roster got down to 8 healthy players this year. Nobody wins in the BIG with 8 players.I am not adverse to change, but any decision should include a discussion with coaches, players, and key boosters, to determine if a change of direction is wanted, or needed.Great perspective. It's important to understand everything that goes into a free fall. Altman led you guys to a Final Four in 2017. He's faced the most turbulent time in college sports, with NIL, transfer portal, and moving to a whole new conference.
15 hours ago15 hr No. 14 minutes ago, GatOrlando said:Great perspective. It's important to understand everything that goes into a free fall. Altman led you guys to a Final Four in 2017. He's faced the most turbulent time in college sports, with NIL, transfer portal, and moving to a whole new conference.He also hasn't had a single season where he hasn't had major injuries to key players. The team is cursed when it comes to injuries to their best players.
12 hours ago12 hr No. If we want to continue slightly above average basketball in a good year, by all means, stay the course. 😉 There is some pretty heavy apathy at the moment.
1 hour ago1 hr Author No. When I first posted this article, I scratched the surface on the plight of the four west coast schools. Much to my surprise, Jon Wilner wrote an article on the same thing today, although he does a deep dive into the situation facing these schools. It's behind a paywall but well worth reading.I did my own 'deep dive' into the injuries that Oregon has had to deal with these past six seasons, naming the player, year and how many games were lost to injury.2020-2021N'Faly Dante 22Will Richardson 122021-2022Nate Bittle 13Richardson 52022-2023Jermaine Couisnard 17Keeshawn Barthelemy 12Bittle 8Dante 52023-2024Bittle 31Jesse Zarzuela 31Barthelemy 18Dante 142024-2025This is the only season the Ducks were healthy. Brandon Angel, T.J. Bamba, Barthelemy, Bittle, Kwame Evans Jr., Jackson Shelstad and Jadrian Tracey all played in 35 games. Supreme Cook played in 32 games and Ra'Heim Moss in 30.2025-2026Shelstad 19Devon Pryor 15Ege Demir 12Bittle 7The grand total for all the games missed.Bittle 59Dante 41Zarzuela 31Barthelemy 30Shelstad 19Couisnard 17Richardson 17Pryor 15Demir 12With this many injuries, it doesn't matter if Coach Altman or any other coach could win games with a depleted lineup. They could squeak by with a couple of wins in the old PAC-12, but not a chance in the rugged B1G Ten.
54 minutes ago54 min No. With those injuries I just don't think many coaches would have success. I would challenge anyone to find a program more snake bitten than Oregon when it comes to it. You're talking about a lot of the best players on those teams, multiple starters at a time. This is the only year where I feel like we just didn't have the talent to compete. Time after time Dana would have to figure it out, and he usually did to the extant of getting the team to 20 wins, this season is the first where the team had no chance of going anywhere.Last season was derailed by some players going into the biggest slumps of their careers, if TJ Bamba just has an average shooting year for himself, that team wins about 3-5 more games in the regular season, nobody could have predicted him having the shooting slump he had after 4 very consistent years in two different programs.
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