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OU softball game time changed for home opener: How to Watch, Stream, listen to Oklahoma vs. Minnesota

Can the Oklahoma Sooners stay undefeated? Will Jocelyn Alo break the home run record? Here’s how you can tune in for OU’s home opener Monday.

The Oklahoma Sooners (15-0) softball team will play its home opener at Martia Hynes Field on Monday against the Minnesota Golden Gophers (13-6). The Sooners remained undefeated despite some close calls last weekend in the Mary Nutter Classic.

After run-rule wins against Cal-State Fullerton, Long Beach State, and No. 8/10 Arizona, the Sooners needed extra innings to overcome a test from the Tennessee Volunteers before battling through a tough strong defensive effort against Utah to come away with the five-game sweep in Southern California.

With the calendar turned to March, the Sooners return to the friendly confines of Norman where Jocelyn Alo will look to break the tie for the NCAA’s all-time home run record with fellow Sooners legend Lauren Chamberlain.

Though Alo went without a home run last weekend, she earned key walks and had strong at-bats. Tiare Jennings took over the team lead in home runs with nine as the Sooners found multiple ways to win ball games to stay undefeated.

The Sooners play one game in Norman before heading back on the road to Honolulu, Hawaii for the Rainbow Wahine Classic where they’ll face off against Baylor and California before a two-game set against Hawaii to close out the weekend series.

Will the home opener on Monday be the game Alo breaks the record and more importantly, can the Sooners stay undefeated? Here’s how you can tune in to all the action. With weather expected to descend upon central Oklahoma, the game time has been moved up an hour to 4 p.m. CT.

How to Watch

Date: Monday, March 7

Time: 5 p.m. CT via tape delay on Bally Sports

TV: Bally Sports

How to Listen

Live in Oklahoma on The Franchise 2 (1560 AM and 103.3 FM) and Nationwide on the TuneIn app.

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Oregon women’s basketball sneaks back into the Top 25

With wins over Cal and UCLA plus a narrow defeat to No. 2 Stanford, the Ducks women’s basketball team finds itself ranked once again.

There’s that Oregon-Georgia connection again.

It’s not on the gridiron, however. This time is in women’s basketball as the two teams have tied for the No. 25 spot in the latest Associated Press poll.

The Ducks were out of the Top 25 last week, but with wins over UCLA and California plus a very close loss to No. 2 Stanford, those results were good enough to have Oregon sneak in.

At 18-9 overall and 10-5 in conference action, Oregon is on the bubble to host the first two rounds of the NCAA tournament. A win over the Cardinal would have solidified the Ducks hosting, but now they most likely have some work to do this weekend at the Mountain schools and then in the Pac-12 tournament next week in Las Vegas.

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How it happened: Oregon’s tourney hopes put in jeopardy with home loss to Cal

Oregon was dominated in nearly every facet of the game and couldn’t buy a three-pointer as Cal beat the Ducks 78-64.

To put it bluntly, this was a nightmare.

After a nice victory over Stanford two nights ago, the Oregon Ducks came out this afternoon and turned in their worst performance since the BYU loss with a 78-64 loss to California.

The Bears took complete control of the game in the middle of the first half with a 22-0 run and they never looked back. Oregon was offensively deficient as the Ducks shot just 38 percent from the floor. They couldn’t buy a three-pointer, shooting a paltry 18.5 percent from long range.

Will Richardson was the only Duck to find any semblance of his shot. The senior point guard scored 20 of Oregon’s 42 second-half points. He wound up with 22 for the game.

Oregon doesn’t have much time for adjustments. The Ducks have to forget about this clunker with the Washington State Cougars coming to town on Valentine’s Day.

Everything we know following Oregon’s 88-53 win over California

Oregon dominated California with an 88-53 win at Berkeley, led by Sydney Parrish and Te-Hina Paopao.

This is what Kelly Graves and his Oregon Ducks women’s basketball team have been waiting for.

With a near completely healthy roster, Oregon put it all together in an easy 88-53 win at California. Te-Hina Paopao and Sydney Parrish were at the top of their game as the two guards just couldn’t miss from the outside.

Paopao and Parrish led the Ducks with 21 points each with Parrish making a career-high seven three-pointers. As a team, Oregon nailed a season-high 14 from the outside on just 26 attempts.

The Ducks are now 8-5 overall and 1-1 in conference play as they look forward to a big week with the Arizona schools on the docket before UConn comes calling Jan. 17.

Everything we know following Oregon’s 80-68 loss to No. 2 Stanford

Oregon didn’t have an answer for Stanford’s Lexie Hull, who burned the Ducks for a career-high 33 points on seven threes.

It all comes down to making shots and tonight, No. 2 Stanford found and made nearly every shot it wanted while Oregon struggled to find open shooters.

The Oregon Ducks women’s basketball team made a couple of small runs at the Cardinal, but Stanford eventually came out with an 80-68 win over Oregon. It was the Ducks’ first conference loss on the season.

Oregon didn’t have an answer for Lexie Hull, who lit up the Ducks for a career-high 33 points on 7-of-10 shooting from three-point range.

Nyara Sabally, Endyia Rogers and Te-Hina Paopao did their best to keep their team in it, and in the fourth quarter, Oregon had a couple of chances to cut the Stanford lead to five or even four, but it wasn’t to be.

3 takeaways from Florida’s convincing win over California in the Fort Myers Tip-Off

Florida had another dominant showing in its 80-60 win over California.

Florida continued its undefeated start in the 2021-22 season on Monday night in the opening round of the Fort Myers Tip-Off. Facing the California Golden Bears on a neutral court, the Gators controlled this one for most of it.

Though the first 10 minutes were tight and featured six lead changes, UF ultimately began to pull away toward the end of the half, taking a 19-point lead to the locker room. It led by as much as 26 in the final frame before ultimately pulling out an 80-60 win.

Florida (4-0) will take on Ohio State in the championship game on Wednesday after the Buckeyes upset No. 21 Seton Hall on a last-second three-pointer. California (2-3), meanwhile, will take on the Pirates. With another impressive outing in the books for UF hoops, here are three takeaways from the game.

Ducks History: Oregon looks to continue recent dominance while out for revenge against Cal

The Ducks lost to Cal in 2020, but a run of 19 victories over the last 26 meetings has Oregon in the driver seat when it comes to this matchup.

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If you want any further proof that the 2020 college football season was something that we shouldn’t put much stock into, look at the fact that the California Golden Bears beat the Oregon Ducks, 21-17.

Did you remember that this happened? Are we sure it wasn’t a dream? Can we go on pretending like it never happened?

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That’s not to speak poorly of Cal coach Justin Wilcox, but it goes against the narrative that Oregon has built over the past couple of decades, routinely demolishing the Golden Bears and holding court in the Pac-12 North. Since 1992, Cal and Oregon have met a total of 26 times, with the Ducks winning 19 of the matchups.

The Chip Kelly era was particularly dominant over Cal, with seven straight wins between Kelly and Mark Helfrich, before the Ducks dropped a 52-49 heartbreaker in 2016. However, under Mario Cristobal, the Ducks are 3-1 against the Golden Bears, with last year standing as the only defeat.

Cal has struggled so far this season, and they don’t project to be among the handful of teams in the Pac-12 that will make it to a bowl game. If all things go according to plan, the Ducks should be able to do away with them on Friday night in Autzen, and continue their recent dominance.

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Pac-12 Preview: Predicting the outcome of each conference football game in Week 4

Pac-12 play opens for all teams this week, and games like UCLA vs. Stanford and OSU vs. USC have us interested. Here’s our predictions for each:

The majority of Pac-12 teams are finally entering conference play this week, and while a select few have already squared off against division opponents, we will at long last get the first real look of where everyone fits in.

There are some extremely interesting games this weekend as well, which will likely tell us a lot about a few teams that we don’t seem to know much about. You have No. 24 UCLA traveling to play Stanford, and USC hosting Oregon State. There is also the barn-burner between Colorado and Arizona State, two teams with high upside and low floors.

While the Oregon Ducks will wrap up the action against Arizona on Saturday night, there will be a full day of Pac-12 action leading up to the big game in Autzen. Here is how we think things will shake out in the Pac:

Big 12 Predictions for week 2 of the 2021 College Football Season

With an interesting slate of games in week two, can the Big 12 build off their 9-1 record from week 1? Will they look impressive in the process?

The start to the Big 12 season wasn’t great. They struggled against FCS and Group of Five schools on their way to a 9-1 record. Though the record looks nice — the lone loss coming against the Big 10’s Maryland — the on-field product was difficult to watch for many of these teams.

Teams like Iowa State, Oklahoma, Baylor, Kansas, and Oklahoma State struggled against teams they should have blown out. At the same time, Texas, Kansas State, TCU, and Texas Tech looked impressive in their season openers.

Can the Big 12 continue to put wins together to start the 2021 season, and can it start looking more impressive across the board? Much of the week two slate features a litany of mismatches on the schedule, but there are three intriguing matchups for the college football fan to enjoy.

The Big 12 does have some intriguing matchups this week, starting with Kansas’ Friday night matchup with #19 Coastal Carolina. Iowa State and Iowa offer the game of the week. TCU and Cal provide an interesting Power Five matchup. And Texas and Arkansas provide a primetime matchup renewing an old Southwest Conference rivalry that will soon be a Southeast Conference rivalry.

21 people that can ruffle the feathers of every Oregon Ducks fan

There are just people that know what buttons to push for instant irritation. Here’s a list of those that do just that for most Duck fans.

For one reason or another, there are just certain people in this world that can push your buttons to cause instant irritation. For Oregon Duck fans, that list can be lengthy, and sometimes it’s through no fault of their own.

Whether if it’s just having that ability to defeat Oregon on a yearly basis, saying something derogatory towards the Ducks, or leaving them high and dry for their supposed “dream job,” a select group of people will forever be on the ****-list for Oregon fans.

This is a list of 20 people or entities that can put any Duck fan in a bad mood right away just by mentioning them. And while this list is in no particular order, we will mention first those that have really drawn the ire of every Oregon Duck fan young and old.