Looks like an Oregon/Cal battle is shaping up for the impressive three-star DE:

The Phoenix Brophy Prep standout talks Kentucky, Texas, Oregon and USC:

What a bunch of DB's. Man o man, the D that could have been.

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Chris Duarte scored 22 points, Eugene Omoruyi added 21 and Oregon ended Arizona's season with an 80-69 win on Monday night.

The Wildcats self-imposed a one-year postseason ban, including the Pac-12 tournament, following a NCAA investigation.

The Ducks, in the midst of seven games in 13 days to finish the season because of COVID-19 makeups, have won three straight and 8 of 9. They were 8 of 12 from 3-point range in the first half, shot 57% (12 of 21) overall in the second half and finished 18 of 22 from the foul line with just seven turnovers.

LJ Figueroa scored 14 points and Will Richardson 12 for Oregon (17-5, 12-4), which has won 10 of 12 in the series. This was only the third game in that span decided by more than seven points.

James Okinjo scored 19 points and had eight assists for Arizona (17-9, 11-9) and Azuolas Tubelis added 12 points. The Wildcats were outrebounded 37-29, only the second time they were beaten on the boards this season. The first was in a 63-61 loss to Oregon.

Duarte scored 13 points in the first half when the Ducks used a late 10-0 run to take a 40-30 lead. Oregon was 8 of 12 behind the 3-point line but just 5 of 22 (22.7%) inside the arc. Arizona made 6 of 13 from distance and shot 52%.

Omoruyi scored 13 points in the first 11:19 of the second half to spark the Ducks. Arizona only shot 39% (11 of 28) after the break.

The Ducks have another makeup game when UCLA visits on Wednesday before they close the regular season at Oregon State on Saturday.

Last up in the BoW series Dale has been writing.

Arizona (6 p.m. PT).

TV

ESPN2

Dave Pasch, play-by-play | Jimmy Dykes, analyst

RADIO

Oregon Sports Network

Eugene: The Score - KUJZ 95.3 FM | Portland: The Fan - 1080 AM

SiriusXM: Sirius – NA; XM – 373; Internet –973

PxP: Joey McMurry

With Malik Murphy committed the Ducks at this point have one 2022 QB target which is part of this piece by Adam.

Oregon going to be a top player for Branch:

The men are top ranked. The women are ranked 11th.

The only poll that matters will be decided May 11, 12, & 13
The bad news for me is that on May 11 , I’ll be on the Stanford campus getting my second Covid-19 vaccination.... it will end up taking up about 3 or 4 hours. Ironically it will be right across the street from the track stadium and next door to the the enormous Phil Knight Management Complex, all the time serving as a tease for what I am missing.

I don’t know about you, but I am starving for another Oregon National Team Championship. I believe that Oregon would likely have won one in Women’s basketball and one in indoor track last year, had the virus not halted the competition. No guarantee that the Duck men will win the title, but I guarantee that they will go in ranked #1.

Tomorrow, 3-hour show on the PAC-12 Network, hosted by Yogi Roth. Interviews with Mario Cristobal and others.

Just finished it and of the games I've seen it was the best. Shot selection is everything this time of year. Just fewer screwball shots, better defense and more like a mid-season Altman team. Only problem. It's late season, lol. You also have to think he will tighten up the rotation now that things count more.

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore?gameId=401265443

A shout out to the ladies for beating #1 UCLA 3-1 and following that up with a 7-1 win over Utah complete with four bombs!!
Both games are non league and they play UCLA again tomorrow!
Lombardi is proving to be the real deal......

TEMPE, Ariz. – Oregon remained perfect on the season, sweeping a nonconference doubleheader against a pair of Pac-12 teams, first knocking off No. 1 UCLA, 3-1, before topping Utah, 7-2, on Sunday. The Ducks moved to 9-0 on the year, starting the season with nine straight wins for the second year in a row and the sixth time in program history.

Game 1: No. 8 Oregon 3, No. 1 UCLA 1

Oregon opened the doubleheader by picking up a huge win over No. 1 UCLA with a 3-1 win behind another dominant effort in the circle by Brooke Yanez, who struck out 10 in a complete-game effort.

How it Happened: Both teams starting pitchers cruised through the first three innings, as the Ducks and Bruins were scoreless through three innings. Alyssa Brito changed that in the bottom of the fourth, crushing a one-out solo homer to left field to put Oregon in front 1-0 after four.

The Ducks added another run in the fifth inning to take a 2-0 lead. Haley Cruse laced a double to the left field corner with one, and after a flyout, Rachel Cid came up with a clutch two-out RBI single up the middle to plate Cruse and add to the lead. Shaye Bowden delivered the final Oregon run of the game with a line-drive solo homer to left center, making it 3-0 after six innings.

UCLA threatened in the top of the seventh inning, getting to Yanez for a run before loading the bases with one out. After a strikeout opened the frame, the Bruins came up with three straight hits to plate the run before a hit by pitch loaded it up and put the tying run at second. Yanez battled back though, dealing back-to-back strikeouts to end the game and preserve the win.

Yanez was dominant and stayed out of any real trouble all game until the final inning. After allowing a couple of singles in the first inning, she retired the next 11 batters she faced and turned in another three up, three down inning in the sixth before holding on in the seventh.

Game 1 Notables: Each of Oregon’s last four wins over a No. 1 ranked team have come against UCLA … Cruse was the only player on either side to record multiple hits, going 2-for-3 with a run scored … Yanez struck out double-digit batters for the third straight game, fanning 10 with just one walk while allowing a run on five hits in her second complete game effort of the year.
Game 2: No. 8 Oregon 7, Utah 2

Oregon got off to a bit of a slow start in the doubleheader nightcap, but turned it on late offensively, hitting four home runs over the final three innings in a 7-2 win over Utah.

How it Happened: The Utes got on the board first, scoring a run in the third inning on a bases-loaded wild pitch. Oregon starting pitcher Samaria Diaz avoided further damage in the inning, stranding runners on second and third with a strikeout to keep the score at 1-0.

The Ducks caught fire offensively starting in the fifth inning, scoring four runs – all with two outs – to jump ahead. Lexi Wagner opened the inning with a single before back-to-back outs and an intentional walk put runners at first and third with two gone. Allee Bunker then delivered a clutch two-run triple to make it 2-1, before Brito followed with a two-run shot to stretch the lead to 4-1.

Oregon added to the lead in the sixth inning with a pair of solo shots. Mya Felder led off the inning with an opposite field homer to make it 5-1 before Cruse followed with a solo homer to left center, stretching the lead to 6-1. Bunker delivered once again in the seventh, hitting a towering solo homer off the scoreboard in left, making it 7-1.

Game 2 Notables: The Ducks scored five of their seven runs in the game with two outs … Bunker went 2-for-4 with three RBIs, a homer, triple and two runs scored … Brito drove in multiple runs for the third time this year, courtesy of her two-run shot … Felder turned in a multi-hit game, going 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored … Diaz picked up her second win of the year, going four innings with four strikeouts.

Overall Notables: Oregon is off to a 9-0 start for the second straight season the sixth time in program history … The Ducks scored six of their 10 runs on Sunday with two outs in an inning, and have now scored 38 of their 61 runs this season with two outs … Brito homered in both games of the doubleheader, and how now gone yard in each of the last four games … Yanez struck out 16 over her 10 innings pitched on Sunday, running her total to 46 with just four walks over 28 innings pitched this year … Felder finished the doubleheader 3-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored.

On Deck: The Ducks will get another shot at No. 1 UCLA on Monday at 10 a.m. on the ASU Live Stream.

I caught up with the Folsom TE who caught 13 TD's in 9 games as a freshman.

It's not Mad Men, Deadwood or Better Call Saul (three of my favorites) but I always wanted to write something you could find in a boxed set, maybe at Target for 29.99.

In the meantime, here are the links to this year's B/W.

Bookmark this post if you want to save it for the end of the year to remind us of how wrong I was:

Better or Worse

Oregon offense (tempo and efficiency) Better

Quarterback Better

Running Back Better

Wide Receiver Better

Tight End Worse

Offensive Line Better

Defensive Line Better

Linebacker Better

Secondary Better

Special Teams (Tuesday)

Those my age still love the memories. We thought Ronnie and the crew were great and other teams feared Mac Court trips and they were a great change from the previous few years but they weren't much better than a .500 team. Only Ronnie could have started on today's team. Goes to show you how far the Ducks have come and how lucky we are to be getting these new memories.

EUGENE, Ore. — Oregon's streak of 10 consecutive games won ended Sunday morning, but the UO volleyball team quickly recovered to win its seventh straight match in four sets over visiting Colorado in Matthew Knight Arena.

The Buffaloes won the opening set before Oregon used a balanced offensive attack and devastating block to come back and win, 23-25, 25-20, 25-19, 25-17. Brooke Nuneviller had her ninth double-double in 10 matches to lead four Ducks will double figures in kills, and Abby Hansen was in on a career-high 10 of Oregon's 15 blocks in the match.

Oregon's seven-match win streak in conference play is a program record for a single season.

"The growth of this group, it's as a group and not as individuals," UO coach Matt Ulmer said. "Everybody's flying in the right direction."

How It Happened: The Ducks (8-2) outhit the Buffs in all four games, but they committed eight errors to Colorado's two in the opening game to lose a game for the first time since Feb. 7. The game was tight throughout, and Oregon led as late as 18-17. Colorado won a long rally to go up 23-21 before a block by Karson Bacon and Gloria Mutiri. But Oregon's eighth and final attack error of the game titled momentum back to the visitors, and Colorado took the opening game, 25-23.

"They had lineup changes due to an injury, and I think it took us a little while to pick up on their new tendencies," Ulmer said.

That process continued into game two, which Colorado led 11-7 to force an Oregon timeout. Nuneviller came through on the other side of the timeout to get the Ducks going, and Hansen and Mutiri combined on a block one point later. Trailing 12-10, the Ducks then won two long rallies, on a kill by Mutiri and a Colorado error, and they didn't trail again in the game. Bacon found the floor to give Oregon the lead for good at 16-15, and Nuneviller followed with a kill. Morgan Lewis earned a sideout for Oregon to make it 19-17, and then Kylie Robinson served the Ducks to three more points in a row, including a block by Hansen and Mutiri, and a kill by Taylor Williams. The Ducks went on to even the match at a game apiece by winning, 25-20.

Game three tilted Oregon's win in remarkably similar fashion. Lewis earned a sideout for the Ducks to put them up 8-7, Robinson took over serve and Oregon again went on a run, with a kill by Nuneviller and a block by Hansen making it 10-7. After a service error by each side, Nuneviller took over serve for Oregon, and the Ducks went on another extended run featuring two Nuneviller kills and a block by Lewis and Mutiri to lead 16-8. The sides went back and forth, with Oregon holding Colorado at bay, and Mutiri had a kill for a 23-15 lead. Hansen made it 24-16, and after Colorado fought through three game points, Mutiri ended it for Oregon, 25-19.

Momentum was firmly on Oregon's side at that point, and the Ducks never trailed in game four. Williams had a kill to cap a 3-0 run that opened the game, and the Ducks scored three straight again to take the lead for good at 9-6, capped by a block from Hansen and Lewis. Nuneviller had a kill and then an ace to make it 12-9, and Hansen served the Ducks into a 17-10 lead with help from two kills by Mutiri and one by Williams. Lewis took something off the ball to put Oregon up 19-14, then followed with a rocket to the floor for a 20-14 lead. Williams served three straight points for a 24-16 advantage, and a Colorado error clinched the game and the match for the Ducks, 25-17.

Who Stood Out: Nuneviller finished with 15 kills and 17 digs, Williams added 13 kills with eight digs, and Lewis and Mutiri had 10 kills apiece, plus eight combined blocks. Hansen had three kills to go along with her 10 blocks, Bacon had five kills and five blocks and the Ducks got double-doubles in assists and digs from Robinson (20-23), Elise Ferreira (18-11) and Georgia Murphy (12-11).

"A lot of Colorado's offense was going toward the setters," Robinson said. "Going in, Elise and I knew that. We had our digging-balls caps on today. We knew we were going to get a lot of balls towards us."

Notable: The Ducks swept the weekend series with Colorado despite playing without mainstay Taylor Borup and freshman Becca Morse, due to COVID-19 protocols … Oregon's seven-match winning streak is its longest in conference play overall since a span between the 2013 and 2014 seasons … The winning streak is the longest overall for the Ducks since 2017 … Robinson shattered her previous career-high with her 23 digs while dishing out 20 assists … She's recorded a double-double in back-to-back games and has five on the year now … Nuneviller turned in a double-double for the ninth time in 10 matches … Four Oregon players finished with double-digits in kills for the second straight match.

Up Next: The Ducks host Washington on Friday at 1 p.m.

Very tight first half. 38-35 Beavers lead at halftime.

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