If this is where the Oregon Ducks men’s basketball team ends up in March, the Ducks wouldn’t complain in the slightest.
In the latest ESPN bracketology outlook by Joe Lunardi, the Ducks would be the No. 3 seed in the West Regional and play 13-seed Princeton in Seattle. The two western sites in the first two rounds are Seattle and Denver with the West Regional being playing in San Francisco. That scenario would be ideal for the Ducks and their fans should it come to fruition.
Oregon has plenty of chances to even improve on that 4-seed as they are 9-1 on the season with Big Ten play just around the corner. The Ducks got an early taste of conference action last week as they split their first two games with a win at USC, but then a heartbreaking loss to UCLA at home.
But the non-conference action isn’t over yet as the Ducks still have Stephen F. Austin, Stanford and Weber State still on the docket before Oregon welcomes Illinois to Matthew Knight Arena on Jan. 2.
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