Three men's teams in the Sweet-16: Oregon, Arizona & UCLA. Men have an overall record of 8-1, with USC going 2-1 losing 82-78 to number 3 seed Baylor in round of 32.

Five of seven women's teams in the final 16: Oregon, Oregon State, Washington, Stanford and UCLA. Combined record of 12-2 with losses by ASU & California in round of 32.

Overall the conference is 20-3 with eight teams alive in regional Sweet-16s.

Pretty impressive.

More recruiting in Florida

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Caught up with him after Pro Day to talk about him taking his shot at the NFL.

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CBS and ESPN both have us rated #12 and also UCLA has become the new media darlings with most "experts" having them picked to win it all.

Hunt looking to make it to the NFL based on his versatility.

Cam Hunt Pro Day 2017 interview

Adam caught up with the 3-star DB following his visits to Eugene and Corvallis.

Holland high on Oregon and Notre Dame right now

Catching up with the latest couple offers. These were from the end of the week:

Soloman Enis Arizona WRhttps://n.rivals.com/content/prospects/182649

Michael Ezeike California WR

A Georgia LB is also claiming one and we're looking into it with him. Not sure it's legit yet.

According to reports I read, Altman kicked the media out of the locker room at halftime of the RI game and absolutely ripped into his players in a verbal tirade. One player said he had never seen Altman so mad. I guess he got their attention because they came out in the 2nd half with their hair on fire. Altman has got to be the best basketball coach in the country bar none. They were lucky to beat RI who were a very well coached, strong, aggressive,under seeded team. If Oregon can play with that kind of intensity for the whole game against Michigan they should win. Kansas will be tough because they will be playing on their home floor. Oregon will have to play out of their mind to beat them, full court pressure, go at them full speed the whole game and physically wear them down. Kansas's only weakness is that they are a little thin roster wise and if Oregon goes at them hard the whole game Kansas will tire out in the second half.

Ducks and Rams set to tip off in about an hour and a half from the Golden Center in Sacramento. Join us here for in game observations and commentary.

If Ducks take care of business today, they will meet #7 seed Michigan in the Sweet 16

It has been said that war is what teaches us geography. for the kids of Oregon it is now the NCAA.

Here are the remarks from the Ducks heading into today's game.

Oregon Rhode Island quotes

Q. Good afternoon, everybody. I would like to introduce Payton Pritchard and Casey Benson from the University of Oregon. Fellas, what have you seen and heard about Rhode Island and what kind of situation do they present for you that you might not have seen in the Pac-12 conference?

PAYTON PRITCHARD: Rhode Island is a very talented team. The starting five can all score, so that's a hard task for us to handle. We just really gotta come ready to play, defense has to be our priority that game.

CASEY BENSON: We know Rhode Island is a hot team. I think they've won 8 or 9 winning their conference tournament. Team coming in with a lot of confidence, so we got to match the intensity. It's win or go home, obviously. We will be ready to go, focused and looking forward to it.

Q. Can you contrast how different of a match-up this will be compared to yesterday?

CASEY BENSON: Sure. We know that they're athletic, kind of a different team, Iona shot a ton of threes, while Rhode Island goes to the basket, so in that sense it's contrasting. Got to be ready to fight the dribble on defense and contain them.

Q. You guys shot ball really well the other day, yesterday. I know defense is your concern, but you guys made 35 field goals. What is it like shooting down there on that court and blowing it up like that? Plus I know you want to be more consistent tomorrow with it as well.

PAYTON PRITCHARD: Obviously, we would like to shoot like that every game. I think it starts with ball movement, not taking tough shots early.

In the Pac-12 Tournament we started the game taking tough ones, and it took us out of the rhythm and didn't get us in the flow of the game. But when we take good shots everybody is capable of hitting those and it just gets us in the flow.

Q. Is there one player in particular that you guys have maybe seen a lot of video on or has caught your eyes from the URI Rams?

CASEY BENSON: Not necessarily. I think they're balanced from what we've seen, different guys that can make different plays. So it's a matter of everybody guarding their guy individually and also collectively making it tough on them, and they get out in transition. That's a big focus for us defensively. I think it's a team that anybody can get-goin'. So you gotta be ready for everybody.

Q. What's it been like -- what was it like yesterday adjusting without Chris Boucher and what do you have to think about tomorrow?

PAYTON PRITCHARD: Obviously, it's a big loss. Chris Boucher in my opinion is an All-American-type player. But as far as our team goes everybody has to step up now. We can't dwell on his injury. We've gotta move on and try to make a run at this so everybody has to fill his role in some way. Kavell stepping up, Keith, Roman, you know, guys that had lower minutes during the year now are playing a lot more. They're going to step up huge for us. Me and Casey need to step up defensively more for him and everybody needs to.

Q. It's a rare team that blocks shots almost as well as you guys do. How much do you go against Jordan, Chris when he was healthy, to go against a team that is so active to try to block shots as you guys are?

CASEY BENSON: Obviously, in practice every day playing with or against Jordan and Chris you see that. It's obviously when you see Jordan and Chris two of the best shot-blockers in the country that helps. They're going to be flying around and we've got to get the best shots possible knowing that they're coming and making plays for each other to get open looks and get drives to the basket.

Q. What is it like playing under Coach Dana Altman's leadership? He's won everywhere he's been.

CASEY BENSON: Absolutely. Coach has done a great job at every single place he's been at. He's done a great job with us. My three years here it's been a blast playing for him, being in our third NCAA Tournament is just a testament to the type of coach he is. Putting us in positions to be successful every night out, and, you know, getting the best out of each of us is something he does great. I think you've seen his job of coaching every year, whether it was two years ago when we were picked, I don't know, ninth or tenth in the conference, whatever it was and ended up getting second. Last year we were picked fourth and we won it, and this year obviously in a good position, but every year he's done a great job. So it's been a blast playing for him.

PAYTON PRITCHARD: Coach, like Casey said, he's a great coach. A lot of us came here because of his winning history. For me, personally, throughout this year I've learned so much more from Coach growing off and on the court. It is just a testament of who he truly is as a coach.

THE MODERATOR: Gentlemen, thank you.

We are now joined by Coach Dana Altman, head coach of the Oregon Ducks. First question, obviously you and your staff have spent time looking at tapes of Rhode Island. Do they show you anything that you don't see in Pac-12 competition?

DANA ALTMAN: Their athleticism is very good. They get out and pressure and are very physical, similar to Arizona in our league. I like their group. I like their depth. They're making with tremendous confidence. Nine-game winning streak will do that for a team. Very impressed with what I've seen, especially here of late. Early on, you know, they were trying to find their way. But if you watch the last four or five games, they've put together something special and they're shooting the ball with tremendous confidence, playing with tremendous confidence, and they beat a very good Creighton team yesterday. So we know we've got our work cut out for us.

Sweet 16 lineup -

Pac-12- 3 of 4 teams remain
SEC------ 3 of 5
Big-12-- 3 of 6
Big Ten- 3 of 7
Big East 2 of 7
WCC----- 1 of 2
ACC------ 1 of 9

In ESPN brackets, 18 out of 18.8 million correctly named the Sweet 16.

Who do we want in the 2nd round? So far RI looking to upset Creighton.

71-70 over Temple today at Cameron Indoor. Outscored Temple 6-2 in the last minute of the game.

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Most of the so called experts have RI easily beating Oregon and seem to feel that they are better than Oregon in all phases of the game.

Good evening all, a brief rest at the house before we head back out tomorrow, but a little fill in. Tomorrow my wife and I celebrate our 10th wedding anniversary.

She had never been to Disneyland and anyone that knows her knows that is a travesty! Me? I don't really care that much about Disneyland, but I knew it would make her happy, so we drove down last weekend and got to Anaheim Sunday night. We spent two days doing everything on her list (and then some) of things she wanted to do, a real blast.

We left yesterday morning, but stopped by a local high school so I could meet with some recruits and get some information from coaches (more on that over the next few months!). Afterward, we drove up the PCH - another thing which she had never done - but stopped at multiple brewpubs along the way, including The Santa Barbara Brewing Company and Pismo Beach Brewery. My ultimate goal of hitting one in Big Sur was derailed by a landslide that had the highway closed, but we spent the night in Monterey.

Today was supposed to be San Fran for some fresh seafood and another couple of brew pubs - but an idiot texting and driving ended that plan. (DON'T TEXT AND DRIVE PEOPLE!) She got us pretty good and we were not sure we could get the trunk closed again if we opened it, so rather than one more night on the road, we headed home.

Going to the coast tomorrow to celebrate our official anniversary... Have not had time to read all the threads over the last few days, but did read some.

Oh, and I did get this very, very cool picture from Disneyland!



That's right, I got the Original Duck to 'Throw up the "O"' with me Willie Taggart style!

USC held on for a 1 point win over SMU. That's 3 PAC-12 teams into the 2nd round so far.

Perfect example of why I am worried about RI. They run a slow paced good rebounding good interior scoring team like Wisconsin over the flash and dash 3 point shooting of Nova.

Scott caught up with the 4-star CB to see if his longstanding relationship with Coach Taggart might sway him away from FSU.

Bolden talks Oregon offer

Here we go with the tipoff about half an hour or so away. Big game in Sacramento for the Ducks. Join us on this thread with all your insights, observations and analysis.

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Wonder if Keanon had any input. He was pretty vocal about MH being fired.

Story: https://basketballrecruiting.rivals.com/news/uncommitted-senior-tucker-expands-focus

It's going to be interesting to see how Altman has made the adjustments required knowing Boucher won't be playing. I imagine that more minutes for Bell and Brooks are key there as well as obviously more minutes from KBW. To me the two main things needed with Chris out is improvement and steadiness from KBW and also lack of foul trouble with Bell and Brooks. The depth took a major hit with the big men.
Iona apparently likes to hoist the three ball so perimeter effort and communication is going to be vital on "D". Shooting threes does many things but two that we don't often think of is it spreads a defense out often and there are long rebounds often. We need to eliminate offensive rebounds for Iona so all men on deck!!
I expect a slow start as it seems like every higher seed so far has had it but ultimately winning fairly comfortably. I will be terribly disappointed if we come out with a lackluster effort expecting to win. I expect Dana has addressed that all week!
Count down is on...I love March Madness and GO DUCKS!!!!!