Tag: Oregon Men’s Basketball

REPORT: Oregon will compete in the 2023 Emerald Coast Classic

The Oregon men’s basketball team will play in the 2023 Emerald Coast Classic with Alabama and Ohio State. A fourth team is still undetermined.

According to college basketball insider Jon Rothstein, the Oregon men’s basketball team will join Alabama and Ohio State to play in next year’s Emerald Coast Classic.

The tournament is still looking for a fourth team to complete the field for 2023.

As for this year’s field, TCU, Iowa, Clemson, and Cal will battle it out Nov. 25 and 26 at Raider Arena on the campus of Northwest Florida State College.

But by the time 2023 rolls around, Oregon might be ready to become conference members alongside the Buckeyes or the Crimson Tide with all of the conference realignment talk going on.

2023 will be the last season for the Pac-12 in its current form as UCLA and USC are scheduled to move on to the Big 10 beginning in 2024. Oregon, and the rest of the conference, are currently looking at their options as to where to land in 2024 and beyond.

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Illinois grad transfer Jacob Grandison lists Oregon Ducks in top-10

Illinois graduate transfer guard Jacob Grandison listed Oregon, along with USC, Arizona, and UCLA, among his top-10 on Friday.

Dana Altman and the Oregon Ducks have already added a pair of guards via the NCAA transfer portal in Jermaine Couisnard and Keeshawn Barthelemy – but they might not be done.

Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports reported on Friday that Illinois graduate transfer Jacob Grandison is considering a list of ten schools, including the Oregon Ducks.

Oregon is joined by fellow Pac-12 programs USC, UCLA, and Arizona, as well as BYU, DePaul, Iowa State, Michigan, Kentucky, and Duke – an eclectic list of some of college basketball’s biggest powerhouse programs.

Grandison began his collegiate career at Holy Cross in the Patriot League, breaking out as a sophomore in 2018-2019 where he averaged 13.9 points, 5.0 rebounds, and 2.9 assists for the Crusaders.

After sitting out in 19-20, Grandison worked his way into a key role for the Illini over the past two seasons, playing 25 minutes per night last year and averaging 9.6 points, 3.8 rebounds, and 2.3 assists while shooting a blistering 41% from beyond the arc.

Oregon’s recent additions of Barthelemy and Couisnard, not to mention the returns of Will Richardson and Rivaldo Soares and the additions of Dior Johnson, Tyrone Williams, and Brennan Rigsby, make it a little hard to see where a role would materialize for Grandison in Eugene next season.

But, if the sharpshooting transfer wants to head out west and play for Altman, I’m sure they will find a way to get him onto the court.

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Oregon center N’Faly Dante announces return for 2022 season

N’Faly Dante is back for another year with the Ducks. A front court of him and 5-star C Kel’el Ware is going to be fun to watch.

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The Oregon Ducks got some big news on Monday morning, with center N’Faly Dante announcing on social media that he plans to return to Eugene for the 2022 season rather than test the NBA draft waters.

This news was somewhat expected after Dont’e had a great year back from injury in 2021, but now it is confirmed.

The return of Dante is a major piece for Oregon, who has 5-star center Kel’el Ware coming to Eugene this summer. Putting him with Dante, while hoping that former 5-star center Nate Bittle can further develop, is something that Oregon fans have to look forward.

On top of what potential lineups can be, it’s also good new for Oregon after the recent transfer of center Franck Kepnang, who announced his commitment to Washington last week. Oregon also got word that guard Rivaldo Soares will be returning in 2022 as well, while Will Richardson and Quincy Guerrier test the NBA draft waters.

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Everything we know following Oregon’s 73-49 win over Chaminade

The Ducks were able to dispatch Chaminade with a big second half and advance to the Maui Invitational semifinals.

It took Dana Altman’s Oregon Ducks men’s basketball team a little while to find their footing, but once they did, it was smooth sailing.

Coming off a huge loss to BYU, the Ducks rebounded nicely with an easy — win over Division II Chaminade 73-49. The Silverswords were able to hang in there for a half as they found themselves down just 29-22 at halftime. But then Oregon used their transition game and attacked the hoop a lot more in the second half to outscore Chaminade 44-27 in the final 20 minutes.

Altman also found out a big lineup consisting of some combination of Franck Kepnang, N’Faly Dante, Nathan Bittle, and Isaac Johnson can be effective. All four centers looked a lot more comfortable playing their game in just the fourth contest of the season.

How to watch, listen, stream No. 12 Oregon vs Chaminade in Maui Invitational

Oregon opens the Maui Invitational with “host” Chaminade in Las Vegas. This is how you can watch, listen or stream the game.

It may be the Maui Invitational, but the annual tournament will take place in Las Vegas due to pandemic restrictions. While it’s not the nice beaches of Hawai’i, Vegas is still a premier destination for any basketball tourney and the Ducks open up with “host” Chaminade.

The Division II Silverswords have a history of pulling off upsets in this event, so the Ducks need to be on guard in the first meeting between the two schools.

Assuming Oregon is able to defeat Chaminade, the Ducks will play the winner of the St. Mary’s/Notre Dame game Tuesday night.

The entire tournament will be televised on the ESPN family of networks.

Television: ESPNU, 6:00 p.m. PT
Play-by-Play: Dan Shulman
Analyst: Jay Bilas or
Play-by-Play: John Schriffen
Analyst: Cory Alexander

Radio: Eugene: KUJZ 95.3 FM | Portland: KFXX 1080 AM
Play-by-Play: Joey McMurry
Analyst: Jerry Allen

LIVE STREAM: fuboTV (try it free)

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Emoni Bates, nation’s No. 3 player in Class of 2021, chooses Memphis over Ducks

Emoni Bates, a 6-foot-8 small forward and the nation’s No. 3 player according to ESPN, chooses Memphis over Oregon.

With all of Dana Altman’s recruiting successes, when he doesn’t get the recruit, it’s somewhat of a surprise.

That’s a nice problem to have, but you can’t win them all as the nation’s No. 3 player in the Class of 2021, according to ESPN, Emoni Bates, has chosen Memphis over Oregon.

Sure, it would have been nice to add one more blue-chip recruit to the 2021-22 roster, but the Ducks are still stacked as they look to win another Pac-12 men’s basketball title.

Bates, from Ypsilanti, Mich., is a 6-foot-8 small forward that is a shot-maker and Brandon Jenkins from 247 Sports calls him the best scorer on the high school level. He was originally in the Class of ’22, but decided to reclassify to 2021 instead.

It’s very possible Oregon’s talented roster was the reason why Bates chose to go elsewhere. Young kids, like one as talented as Bates, want to step onto campus and play right away. And while he would have had a good chance to crack the Ducks’ starting five, it was far from a sure thing.

Despite losing out on Bates, Oregon has five-star recruits Nathan Bittle and Dior Johnson as well as transfers De’Vion Harmon, Quincy Guerrier, and Jacob Young all on this year’s roster.