December just started and the Oregon Ducks men’s basketball team is already making some waves.
The Ducks ended their Vegas trip with three straight wins to take the Players Era Festival championship with victories over Texas A&M, San Diego State State, and finally No. 9 Alabama.
Oregon is 8-0 as it heads to Big Ten play this week. That record, with the wins already on its tournament resume, led the AP Top 25 to include the Ducks in its rankings as they come in at No. 12.
Las Vegas has been kind to the Ducks, as they have won multiple Pac-12 tournaments in Sin City. This year has proven to be no different. Oregon had to rally from a double-digit deficit in both the Texas A&M and San Diego State games, but against Alabama, the higher-ranked team at the time of the game, it was a back-and-forth game. Nate Bittle’s putback dunk with 4.4 seconds left gave the Ducks their biggest win of the season.
Oregon won’t have much time to celebrate their recent exploits as the Ducks go to Los Angeles to open Big Ten competition at USC.
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