How it happened: Cougars trounce the Ducks 94-74 in the Palouse

Oregon ends the regular season in the Palouse where Washington State dominated the Ducks 94-74.

No team in the country will be happier to see the regular season end.

The wheels completely came off the proverbial car for the Oregon Ducks men’s basketball team as they were crushed in the Palouse 94-74. Now with the postseason on the horizon, the Ducks (18-13, 11-9) will have to do some soul searching and pick it up a few notches if they want to be one of 68 teams in the NCAA tournament.

They’ll have to win four games in four days. It’s been done before, but not often. Oregon will have to play a lot better than it did in the second half that saw WSU outscore 48-42 the Ducks after halftime where it wasn’t even that close.