Me thinks the confr was underrated this year.

"The Pac-12 improved to 5-0 in the NCAA Tournament with Colorado's win. Pac-12 Tournament champion Oregon knocked off South Carolina 87-73 in an 11-over-6 win on Thursday. 2-seed Arizona handled business in an 85-65 win over 15-seed Long Beach State, and 7-seed Washington State continued its magical season with a 66-61 victory over 10-seed Drake."

Tip-off at 1 p.m. on TNT.

Oregon is a 2.5-point favorite despite being a No. 11 seed.

A lot of brackets banking on the Ducks today.

Aaron Heisen will have coverage for us.

Today in Flock Talk my own look at Men's basketball, Dana Altman, the past, present, and future. Plus some recruiting notes.

The latest:

And his interest in Oregon:

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Oregon named as one of the dream schools for the 2026 four-star QB.

The Ducks like to have players who are versatile, which makes them nearly impossible to prepare to defend for opponents. Sadiq is one of those players.
https://duckswire.usatoday.com/2024...OkSX4m8ncQae1tICoE5Mvj_xA1rWkauXaET2WmNvrwDmU

With four P12 teams likely in, where will UO land. I'm in MX so have delayed news. post it when you see it!


Live show

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Makes the move to the B1G look all that more important, as in 2026, Oregon looks like they'll get ~21 million a year, rather than the usual ~5.5 million under the old deal

FROM THE O

Former Oregon men’s basketball assistant coach Tony Stubblefield attends Pac-12 tournament, discussing return to UO​

• Published: Mar. 18, 2024, 8:22 a.m.

Oregon coach Dana Altman and assistant coach Tony Stubblefield look on from the sidelines in the second half of the game against the Valparaiso Crusaders at Matthew Knight Arena on November 17, 2016 in Eugene, Oregon. (Photo by Steve Dykes/Getty Images)Getty Images

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• James Crepea | The Oregonian/OregonLive

EUGENE — A potential reunion of Dana Altman and longtime Oregon assistant coach Tony Stubblefield is still very much on the table.

Stubblefield, who was fired as DePaul’s head coach in January, attended the Pac-12 tournament to watch Oregon play last week.

“We’re still talking a lot but I was really glad that he called and said, ‘Hey I’m going to come watch you guys, I want to be part of it,’” Altman said. “He was such a big part of our program for 11 years. I love Tony’s work ethic, he’s a heck of a basketball coach and I hope he feels this is the right fit for him because I’d really like to work with him again.


“You take a chance saying that publicly because then if he doesn’t come you look like a fool but I don’t care; I mean I am a fool so what the hell. I’m just saying he’s really good and whatever he decides to do he’s going to be really successful because he works his tail off and he is a basketball guy. I hope he feels that this is the right fit for him and if he does I’d love to work with him again."


Stubblefield helped Oregon sign five top-12 recruiting classes during his 11 seasons working for Altman. He helped recruit Troy Brown Jr., Bol Bol, Louis King and Payton Pritchard.


Three of Oregon’s full-time assistant coaches have contracts that expire this offseason, including at the end of this month for Louis Rowe. Brian Fish, who returned to the coaching staff after serving as Oregon’s executive director/director of basketball operations last season and was an assistant at UO from 2010-14, is signed through June, as is 10-year assistant Mike Mennenga.


Director of player development Kevin McKenna was also a longtime assistant for Altman and worked with Stubblefield and Oregon’s fifth designated on-court coach this season is director of operations Scott McByrne.

Good evening all,

Traveling to Gaffney (SC) leaving tomorrow and spending all Thursday and Friday around my old stomping grounds for work related trip. Entirely coincidental I will be in South Carolina. Saturday I fly to Boston to go see my mom and help her with some computer issues before coming home on Monday next week. All articles should still be on time, but I may not have much access to conversations - especially over the weekend.

The 2026 class ranking has been expanded from 100 players to a full Rivals250: https://n.rivals.com/prospect_rankings/rivals250/2026

Ten highest debuts: https://n.rivals.com/news/rivals-rankings-week-ten-highest-ranked-debuts-in-the-rivals250

Adam Gorney goes position-by-position: https://n.rivals.com/news/tuesdays-with-gorney-new-2026-rivals250-released

Just discovered a Biddle Family spreading into Portland. Haven't been able to put my fingers on the latest generation or two


Working on finding out more about this very distant branch.

Thoughts on the early talk, some recruiting notes as well as a few thoughts on basketball:

The Ducks made his top five and probably sit in the middle of it at this time

I think this time.....may be his best work yet.

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About to tip things off in Las Vegas!

Let’s get some banter going here.

ESPN

https://www.espn.com/college-footba...g-top-10-wide-receivers-college-football-2024

I’ll have a writeup off this …

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The more Ducks the better!