Moreover, the pandemic limited practice time. Yes, Oregon looked bad for parts of last season, but the Ducks were much more damaged by injuries last season than has been the case this season. That means there’s no anchor at point guard. In each of those three losses, including these last two face-plants against Saint Mary’s and then Houston, Oregon has failed to score 20 points in the first half.
The Ducks don’t have to buy all five vowels. Notice the commonality in those losses, beyond the fact that they were all decisive? Oregon didn’t score more than 50 points in any of them. This came one day after Saint Mary’s easily handled the Ducks, 62-50.Įarlier in the season, Oregon lost to BYU, 81-49. The Ducks lost to the Cougars in a 78-49 wipeout. Oregon was humiliated on Wednesday by former Pac-10 coach Kelvin Sampson (who coached at Washington State in the 1990s) and Houston. Game after game, the Ducks take the court with no apparent plan, and Dana Altman - the best coach in the conference - isn’t doing anything to correct this disastrous downward trajectory. Oregon is a headless horseman on offense, with zero sense of direction or purpose. It’s baffling, and no one can figure out why. Again and again, this team is performing as though it is bewitched, bothered, and bewildered. They can’t tie their shoelaces at the offensive end of the court. The Ducks aren’t just losing they aren’t being competitive. It IS a surprise, however, that Oregon - the most reliable Pac-12 program over the past decade - has been utterly awful in the first two weeks of the season.
Arizona was a mystery team but with pieces which could snap together very neatly. It’s also not especially surprising that Arizona, under new coach Tommy Lloyd, has thrived early in the season. It’s not surprising that Oregon State, which made the Elite Eight out of nowhere last March, has stumbled.
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