(Oregon Athletics Press Release)

 

EUGENE, Ore. — The Oregon men's basketball team earned the No. 5 seed to the 2022 National Invitation Tournament and will travel to face fourth-seeded Utah State on Tuesday at 6 p.m. in the opening round. The game will air on ESPN.

The Ducks went 19-14 in the regular season, finishing 11-9 in Pac-12 games. Utah State finished 18-15 and 8-10 in the Mountain West. This is the sixth meeting between the teams and first since 1965. Oregon leads the all-time series 3-2.

 

Oregon last played in the NIT in 2018 and holds an overall record of 14-12 in 11 NIT appearances. The Ducks have reached the NIT Final Four in New York on three occasions: 1975, 1999 and 2004.

 

I don't know if I am happy or sad about this. I have no confidence that they can pull it together for a run. Of course I will root for them.

Travel to Utah State makes sense. The MW put more teams into the NCAA tourney than did the Pac-12.

 

But for Oregon to have to go to Logan for a post-season game? This simply hurts. Go Ducks but Come on Man!

 

On 3/13/2022 at 7:32 PM, Jon Joseph said:

But for Oregon to have to go to Logan for a post-season game? This simply hurts.

KenPom has Utah State ranked 44th with Oregon at 79. Not a good matchup?

 

For comparison USC is 42nd and WSU 55th.

 

2022 Pomeroy College Basketball Ratings

KENPOM.COM

 

Utah State has been up and down just like Oregon this year.

They have a loud and crazy fan base that supports their basketball team really well.

Kind of a western Cameron Indoor Stadium.

Also not the easiest place to get to from your neck of the woods.

If the weather is good it will be a 90 minute drive from the SL airport provided traffic isn't a mess.

On 3/14/2022 at 10:19 AM, savagefund said:

Utah State has been up and down just like Oregon this year.

They have a loud and crazy fan base that supports their basketball team really well.

Kind of a western Cameron Indoor Stadium.

Thanks for the insights savage--we appreciate it!