Oregon Basketball: Ducks Look To Start Run vs Washington State
The Oregon Ducks have won four straight games entering the Pac-12 Tournament and the bracket is in their favor to make a run.
Oregon will first face a team they beat last Wednesday night on the road in Washington State. Head Coach Dana Altman found a solid rotation early and Freshman Francis Okoro has found his stride during the winning streak. Keep in mind, Okoro should be in high school right now but he could have enough to help push Oregon into the NCAA Tournament.
Kenny Wooten has found his comfort zone late in the season and both Payton Pritchard and Louis King have found their respective shots. King is a player that has the ability to create his own shot when he sees it. I expect him to excel during the Pac-12 Tournament feeding off f what he has learned over the last two weeks.
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The storyline of the Pac-12 Tournament for the Oregon Ducks will not be the Offense, but what the Ducks can do on the Defensive end of the floor. The Ducks Starting Lineup of late has averaged 6 foot 7 with Okoro and Paul White leading the charge on the Defensive end. White has shown this season that he could do some good at the next level.
He has clearly worked on his three-point shooting and is usually in the right spot under the basket to fight for rebounds.
Following the game at UCLA where the Bruins put up 62 points in the second half, winning the game it is clear what the point of emphasis has been. The Oregon Ducks have not given up 62 points in a game since let alone a half.
Oregon has had to find a way to reinvent their Offense with the loss of Bol Bol. The Pac-12 regular season has been streaks of hot and cold winning important road games at times and losing home games they should have won.
It is a season reset in Las Vegas Wednesday. Oregon(6) meets Washington State(11) at 8:30 pm Pacific Time on Pac-12 Network.