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23rd Season as Oregon Head Coach


2024-2025 Schedule/Results

Overall .... 24-9
B1G ......... 12-8

Nov 04 - UC Riverside ................................... W 91-76
Nov 08 - Montana ......................................... W 79-48
Nov 12 - Portland ......................................... W 80-70
Nov 17 - Troy ................................................ W 82-61
Nov 21 = @ Oregon State .............................. W 78-75

Players Era Festival in Las Vegas
Nov 26 - vs. #20 Texas A&M .......................... W 80-70
Nov 27 - vs. San Diego State ......................... W 78-68
Nov 30 - vs. #9 Alabama ............................... W 83-81

Dec 04 - @ USC ............................................ W 68-60
Dec 08 - UCLA ............................................... L 71-73
Dec 15 - Stephen F. Austin ............................ W 79-61
Dec 21 - vs. Stanford in San Jose .................. W 76-61
Dec 29 - Weber State .................................... W 89-49
Jan 02 - #22 Illinois ...................................... L 77-109
Jan 05 - Maryland ........................................ W 83-79
Jan 09 - @ Ohio State ................................... W 73-71
Jan 12 - @ Penn State .................................. W 82-81
Jan 18 - #17 Purduw .................................... L 58-65
Jan 21 - Washington .................................... W 82-71
Jan 25 - @ Minnesota ................................... L 69-77
Jan 30 - @ UCLA ........................................... L 52-78
Feb 02 - Nebraska ......................................... L 71-77
Feb 05 - @ #24 Michigan ............................... L 76-80
Feb 08 - @ #9 Michigan State ........................ L 74-86
Feb 11 - Northwestern .................................. W 81-75
Feb 16 - Rutgers ............................................ W 75-57
Feb 19 - @ Iowa ............................................ W 80-78
Feb 22 - @ #11 Wisconsin .............................. W 77-73
Mar 01 - USC ................................................. W 82-61
Mar 04 - Indiana ........................................... W 73-64
Mar 09 - @ Washington ................................ W 80-73

Big Ten Tournament in Indianapolis
Mar 13 - vs. Indiana ..................................... W 72-59
Mar 14 - vs. #7 Michigan State ...................... L 64-74

Let’s just do better than the Fiesta Bowl

Fair seed, but a tough matchup.

Friday in Seattle, which may as well be a home game for the Ducks.

The other 5 seeds are Michigan, Memphis and Clemson.
McNeese, a team we beat, gets Clemson in the Midwest. ....

Yesterday I was canceled off a project this coming Friday ... in Seattle. I kiterally could have been paid to go to the game like back in my media days. Alas ...

Ritchie's thoughts on the matchup.

olldflame wrote: ↑March 16th, 2025, 6:32 pm Fair seed, but a tough matchup.

Friday in Seattle, which may as well be a home game for the Ducks.

The other 5 seeds are Michigan, Memphis and Clemson.
McNeese, a team we beat, gets Clemson in the Midwest. ....

Glad we are not playing Michigan. 2 seven footers. Although Oregon has big guards and their own 7-footer that averages 14 and 7. Going to have to shoot lights out again to pull off the upset.

Just checked the NET rankings, and Clemson is actually the highest ranked of the 5 seeds. For some reason McNeese is 2 spots above us, despite the fact that while we have the same record, almost all of their wins are quad 4 and we beat them head to head.

Tipoff for Friday night's game is 10:10 PM Eastern time.

LU 71 - 68 Flames move on

If this game was played east of the Mississippi I would like this matchup but consider me skeptical we can pull off the upset on the road. Should be a good game regardless though.

Why would that matter?

paradox wrote: ↑March 17th, 2025, 9:09 pm Why would that matter?

Why would traveling 2000+ miles across multiple time zones to play in front of a hostile crowd matter? Some would consider that an advantage for Oregon.

LU was out there in Nov. I don’t know how hostile this plays will be. I can promise you it will not be more hostile than Kennesaw 2022-2023.

Neutral site. Non-issue.

paradox wrote: ↑March 17th, 2025, 10:25 pm Neutral site. Non-issue.

Driving time per Google Maps:

Eugene - Seattle 5 hours
Lynchburg - Seattle 41 hours

The "site" may be neutral.
The crowd will not.

olldflame wrote: ↑March 18th, 2025, 6:22 am

paradox wrote: ↑March 17th, 2025, 10:25 pm Neutral site. Non-issue.

Driving time per Google Maps:

Eugene - Seattle 5 hours
Lynchburg - Seattle 41 hours

The "site" may be neutral.
The crowd will not.

Oregon fans will take this one for granted!!!

It’s a 5-6 hour flight. Several schools will be represented in the crowd. Whether a true Oregon advantage will be noticeable remains to be seen. No need to panic.

This is March Madness, where people love to pull for the underdog. Team is gritty, smart, determined, and inspiring. It should be easy to climb aboard.

NCAA needs to put a limit on travel, i.e. stop sending east coast teams to west coast for first round play. (all sports)

Didn’t Liberty beat MSU in California 2019 NCAAs? Crowd got pretty loud when Liberty staged the late comeback.

paradox wrote: ↑March 18th, 2025, 9:49 am Why does there need to be a negative spin on everything?

Didn’t Liberty beat MSU in California 2019 NCAAs? Crowd got pretty loud when Liberty staged the late comeback. And didn’t they lose the next one to another VA team in CA?

Reality.
To say this is not a clear advantage to the Ducks is a HUGE "positive spin"
Not the worst approach to take, but I personally am a fan of reality.

As far as your post about it being a 5-6 hour flight, that is true. It is also a 900 plus dollar flight (economy class, round trip) PER PERSON, plus at least 2 nights lodging and car rental or Uber. A group of Oregon students or local fans can pile in the car Friday morning, be there well in advance of the game, drive back after and be in their own bed by 3 or 4 AM for the cost of a couple of tanks of gasoline. A charter bus would be cheaper yet.

Seattle is the closest major city to U of Oregon. Their alumni could fill the arena without a single person crossing the state line into Washington. It’s about the equivalent of playing Oklahoma in Dallas or Michigan in Chicago. If 20% of the arena is LU fans I’d be pleasantly surprised.

For the record, all of the teams involved in the 2019 games mentioned in CA and most of their fans, traveled 2000 or so miles to get there. They were true neutral court games.

Ill flame wrote: ↑March 18th, 2025, 10:09 am Seattle is the closest major city to U of Oregon. Their alumni could fill the arena without a single person crossing the state line into Washington. It’s about the equivalent of playing Oklahoma in Dallas or Michigan in Chicago. If 20% of the arena is LU fans I’d be pleasantly surprised.

Again - Just not the way it works. Tickets are expensive and many teams play in that same arena. Other team fans normally root for underdog. So, unlike most sports venues - NCAA tournament games are not made up of locals. Oregon Fans are awesome - so I'm sure they will be loud, but I expect our fans to be loud too and then add in 60% of the fans routing for underdog - advantage Liberty...

I mean, we are the underdog, and we're probably the most hated underdog in the whole nation.