The Oregon Ducks basketball team has set up shop in Las Vegas for the concluding Pac-12 Women’s Basketball Tournament.
In the final Pac-12 showdown before ten of the teams leave for new conferences. Oregon currently sits in last place in the conference with just two Pac-12 wins all season.
This tournament will be the Ducks’ last chance at making the NCAA Tournament. Since the winner of each conference tourney gets an automatic bid into the Big Dance, if Oregon can pull off a series of upsets, the team will punch its ticket to March Madness.
The Ducks will face the Colorado Buffaloes in the opening round on Wednesday at noon PT.
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Oregon’s offensive center Jackson Powers-Johnson has become the highest-graded player at the position since 2022.
PFF College released its rating of the Duck on Monday afternoon and gave him a jaw-dropping 91.5 grade. Not only is JPJ now the highest-graded center in two years, but he is also one of the highest-graded Oregon players over the past few years.
Highest Graded Center Since 2022:
— PFF College (@PFF_College) March 5, 2024
🦆 Jackson Powers-Johnson, Oregon: 91.5 pic.twitter.com/1xhDDK8S5F
Powers-Johnson is set to showcase his talents at Oregon’s Pro Day on March 12 at the Moshofsky Center in Eugene.
Oregon baseball started its series against Grand Canyon on Tuesday evening. After the Ducks got off to an early 4-2 lead, the Antelopes simply couldn’t catch up.
T3 | 𝐓𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐉𝐨𝐛@JefferyHeard5 gives Oregon a 2-run lead with the 2-run tater. #GoDucks
— Oregon Duck Baseball (@OregonBaseball) March 6, 2024
Oregon 4
Grand Canyon 2 pic.twitter.com/LcstFssDRa
The Ducks walked away with a 9-4 victory including 14 hits for Oregon and three homers from Jacob Walsh, Jeffrey Heard, and Mason Neville. The Ducks allowed just six hits from the Antelopes who abandoned five runners on base.
Grand Canyon and Oregon will play in a second game on Wednesday afternoon before the Ducks face Arizona State in their first conference series of the season.
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Texas Longhorn backup quarterback Arch Manning has announced he will opt out of participating in the EA Sports College Football video game.
EA Sports announced that more than 10,000 college athletes have opted into partaking in the game, including Texas’ starting quarterback Quinn Ewers.
Manning is set to start his sophomore season in Austin. He only attempted five passes throughout the 2022 season and played in just one game.