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Oregon Ducks
Location: Eugene, Ore. | Founded: 1876 | Enrollment: 20,033 | Colors: Green and Yellow
Coach: Ernie Kent | Home Court: McArthur Court | Capacity: 9,087

Record: (12-10, 4-6 Pac 10)
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Ducks report: Getting inside
 

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Oregon will need to win at UCLA on Saturday to avoid matching the school's worst Pac-10 record in its previous 30 seasons in the conference.

Oregon is 2-15 entering Saturday's game. The worst previous record for the Ducks since the league expanded to 10 teams and an 18-game schedule was 2-16 in the 1991-92 season. The problem is that UCLA still has incentive -- a victory could give the Bruins a Pac-10 co-championship.

It's not a good matchup for the Ducks. They're the worst team in the Pac-10 in field goal percentage defense, and they're up against the Bruins, who began the week leading the nation in shooting percentage. Past Oregon teams might have hoped to outscore the Bruins, but this Oregon team is the worst shooting team of Ernie Kent's 12 seasons and can't keep up offensively.

Oregon's 21 overall losses are tied for second in school history with coach Don Monson's teams in 1988-89 (8-21) and '91-92 (6-21) and Steve Belko's first season, 1956-57 (4-21). The school record for defeats was set in the 7-24 season of 1921-22.

What isn't in question on Saturday is where the Ducks finish in the Pac-10 or when they will play in the Pac-10 tournament. Oregon is assured of placing 10th, which puts the Ducks in the 8:30 p.m. game on Wednesday in the first round of the league tournament. The opponent is in doubt, dependent on results of other Saturday games, and could be Arizona, USC, Washington State or Oregon State. The Ducks have been swept by Arizona, USC and WSU and split with the Beavers.

USC 80, OREGON 66: Oregon ran out of rallies against the Trojans in losing to USC for the fourth consecutive time. The Ducks trailed by 12 points in the first half but got back to 38-38 just before halftime. The Ducks were down 13 points in the second half but fought back within 64-62 before USC scored 12 consecutive points to put the win away.

It's a familiar scenario for the Ducks: falling behind and needing to battle back. They could pull it off in the previous two games in overtaking Stanford and USC, but the Trojans prevented it by shooting .583 from the field while Oregon finished at .373.

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January 7, 2010 10:57 pm

ive been a fan of oregon basketball for the past few years and was disappointed to see all the anger that has surrounded the oregon basketball program for the past few years from the oregon "fans". Looking at this fan page alone, there are more posts about lost hope in this program than faithful optimism. Now, my Oregon Ducks are undefeated in the Pac 10 conference and have beaten the ...(more)

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February 7, 2010 3:12 pm
Has anyone seen my broom?  I think I left it in this message board. 
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January 19, 2010 7:00 pm
With an important trip to the Bay Area coming up for the Ducks this week, just asking the question, what needs to change for them to start winning again. There's been enough about Kent's future and stuff, but now is when a coach is needed. I think the Ducks need to go down into the post more, and let Dunigan get a few more touches. This would take the ball out of Porter's hands a bit more and allo ...(more)
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January 16, 2010 7:10 pm
Just finished watching the Arizona game and was once again very disappointed with the Ducks effort. Something needs to change or this season is going to quickly spiral to the low low levels that it reached last year. There just seems to be a large lack of effort from many players, and questionable decisions to go along with that. Porter is a great player, I love the guy and what he's done for Oreg ...(more)
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January 16, 2010 3:08 pm

There are several "Vote-Offs" going on over on the NCAA Basketball Message Board. We want to make sure everyone who wants to , has a change to join in the fun.

If you aren't familiar with the game here are the rules:

1. Each team starts with 10 votes.
2. Every person gets to vote once per day and a vote is 1 (+) for one team and 1 (-) for another team. ...(more)

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Since:Aug 28, 2008

November 24, 2009 12:49 am
The necessity of firing Ernie Kent as coach of the Oregon Basketball program has been obvious for far too long.  We just lost to Portland and Montana!  These aren't terrible teams but they certainly aren't teams that Oregon should be losing to.  At this point you almost have to say that Portland has the best basketball program in the state and Oregon could be third.  Kent's def ...(more)
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Since:Nov 10, 2006

January 21, 2010 7:41 pm
this is so idiotic, the Pac-10 has a worse tv contract than the WCC, I thought the new commish was going to step in and do something about it, he made the football schedule better so at least 3 of the 5 Pac-10 games got on Saturday, allowing 1 out of 5 is idiotic, I know you guys all love the Ducks and will root for them no matter what but if we can get noone from WSU, UW, Oregon and Oregon State ...(more)
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Since:Dec 7, 2007

January 11, 2010 1:04 am
Hello Everybody. Im not here to talk trash or anything like that. But I've been curious, Why is your guys basketball arena called "The Pit"? and how long has it been called that??  I'm a die hard New Mexico Lobo fan, and that's the same nickname we use for our arena.  We use it because thats the way the arena is built. It was buit in a hole 37 ft below ground and ...(more)
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January 16, 2010 1:12 am
(POLL) Should Kent be fired before the 2010-2011 season?
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January 2, 2010 7:39 pm
Who knew?? This team actually looks pretty good right now, Kent looks like he may just wiggle out of the hotseat once again. But still good win at Washington it's hard to win at Seattle. Go Ducks
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December 6, 2009 10:18 pm
Here's the link:

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/blog
/index?entryID=4647328&name=katz_andy
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Since:Feb 5, 2008

April 1, 2009 6:42 pm

Well, it has become clear to me that U of O Athletics has no idea what they're doing as it relates to Ernie Kent.

Do they not watch the games where we consistently get outcoached, especially in the second half when adjustments to strategy and personnel are supposed to be made?

For all the hype about the blue chippers Kent has supposedly recruited, he has only produced one and a ...(more)

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November 15, 2009 6:46 pm
The Ducks rock, nuff said.

Hopefully this year will be better.
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September 1, 2009 6:43 am

It's very early to talk about Oregon hoops but I am curious to who you think steps up and makes a bigger impact than last season. We are going to need someone to rise this season if we are to have any hopes of a successful season. I will start I believe Matt Humphrey will be the guy to step up. He has the skillset and body to be a very good college player and I think with confidence he will be ...(more)

 
 
 
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