Oregon Ducks NCAA Basketball News

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PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 3 -- Western Oregon University issued the following news release: This week... The Western Oregon University men's basketball team looks end a six-game Great Northwest Athletic Conference losing streak as it faces Montana State Billings, Thursday, Feb.

PORTLAND, Ore., March 3 -- Western Oregon University issued the following news release: This week... The Western Oregon University women's basketball team will play its final home game of the 2008-09 season Thursday, Mar.

MONMOUTH, Ore., June 10 -- Western Oregon University issued the following news release: The Western Oregon University women's basketball program has announced its plans for an eight-day trip to Argentina to participate in the Buenos Aires Friendship Tour, June 16-24. The Wolves will play four games against various top club teams from the Buenos ...

T here will be NCAA sanctions at USC. The place will take a public relations hit.

FINAL RECORD: 8-23, 2-16, 10th in the Pac-10. WHAT WENT RIGHT: The Ducks continued to play hard for coach Ernie Kent through the end of the season, no small achievement for such a young team struggling so much of the time.

THE GOOD NEWS: Four freshmen are among the top nine scorers, who are all expected to return.

Each week we'll pit two arenas and fans against each other. Could be arenas of rival teams, arenas with similar characteristics or arenas that are simply historically significant.

As the point guard goes, so go the Oregon Ducks, and coach Ernie Kent said he believes he has his man.

Oregon has received a national letter of intent from Chipola College point guard Malcolm Armstead, a long-rumored signing even before former guard Kamyron Brown left the program on Saturday.

Point guard Kamyron Brown has decided to transfer from Oregon. "We support him and wish him well,'' Oregon coach Ernie Kent said in a statement.

When I read the headline, "Kent inks prep standout Wilson to NLI," I couldn't help but smile.

Instead of the smell of bread permeating the area, University of Oregon students living in the dorms wake each morning to the unmistakable sounds of construction.

Anyone who watched Oregon play last season has good reason to believe Ernie Kent is kidding himself when he suggests the Ducks aren't far away from returning to the NCAA tournament.

Hands holding their shorts with fatigue, Tajuan Porter, Drew Wiley, Garrett Sim and Michael Dunigan gathered around Oregon associated head coach Mike Dunlap on Thursday, winded but listening to the new hire who has been in town for barely a week.

School was in session last week at McArthur Court, and Drew Wiley was about to get a lesson in confidence.

Racine, Wis. swingman Jamil Wilson signed and sent his national letter of intent Wednesday to Oregon, finalizing his commitment to the Oregon men's basketball tournament.

Mike Dunlap could be Oregon's basketball coach-in-waiting under Ernie Kent. GARRETT W. ELLWOOD / GETTy IMAGES I've tried for some time to make sense out of what happened regarding Ernie Kent and Oregon basketball, with little success.

Oregon State coach Craig Robinson and Oregon coach Ernie Kent were in Detroit on Monday to watch North Carolina's coronation as college basketball's national champion.

The missed phone calls and text messages were at 250 and counting as of early Tuesday evening.