NCAA Tournament March Madness
#68 Oregon
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Projected seed: 12 (automatic qualifier)
Oregon’s resume is shaped by a handful of clear highs and damaging lows, with its best moment a road victory at Maryland and dominant home blowouts over UC Davis and Portland that show it can overwhelm lesser foes, while its credibility is dented by heavy neutral-site losses to San Diego State and Gonzaga and disappointing showings against Creighton and in league play at UCLA and at home to USC. Those bad results leave the Ducks light on signature wins away from Eugene and make their nonconference tournament skid stick in the eye of the selection process. The stretch ahead offers meaningful chances to repair the profile with road and neutral opportunities against Rutgers and Ohio State and a critical trip to Nebraska plus more favorable home dates against Penn State, Minnesota and Washington, while matchups at Purdue and Illinois would provide the kind of resume-altering road victories that are currently missing. Protecting home court and picking up a quality result away or at a neutral site will change how this season is viewed, whereas more sloppy losses will only reinforce the weaknesses the committee will notice.
| Date | Opponent | Ranking | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/4 | Hawaii | 95 | W60-59 |
| 11/7 | Rice | 254 | W67-63 |
| 11/12 | S Dakota St | 184 | W83-69 |
| 11/17 | Oregon St | 223 | W87-75 |
| 11/24 | (N)Auburn | 34 | L84-73 |
| 11/25 | (N)San Diego St | 50 | L97-80 |
| 11/27 | (N)Creighton | 44 | L76-66 |
| 12/2 | USC | 40 | L82-77 |
| 12/6 | @UCLA | 36 | L74-63 |
| 12/13 | UC Davis | 171 | W104-62 |
| 12/17 | Portland | 230 | W94-69 |
| 12/21 | (N)Gonzaga | 5 | L91-82 |
| 12/28 | NE Omaha | 270 | W80-57 |
| 1/2 | @Maryland | 109 | W64-54 |
| 1/5 | @Rutgers | 157 | 68% |
| 1/8 | Ohio St | 39 | 46% |
| 1/13 | @Nebraska | 22 | 18% |
| 1/17 | Michigan | 1 | 8% |
| 1/18 | Michigan | 1 | 8% |
| 1/20 | Michigan St | 15 | 30% |
| 1/25 | @Washington | 51 | 32% |
| 1/28 | UCLA | 36 | 45% |
| 2/1 | Iowa | 17 | 32% |
| 2/7 | @Purdue | 4 | 5% |
| 2/9 | @Indiana | 27 | 21% |
| 2/14 | Penn St | 121 | 78% |
| 2/17 | Minnesota | 96 | 69% |
| 2/21 | @USC | 40 | 26% |
| 2/25 | Wisconsin | 45 | 51% |
| 2/28 | @Northwestern | 62 | 37% |
| 3/3 | @Illinois | 8 | 9% |
| 3/7 | Washington | 51 | 54% |