University of Portland NCAA News

At this rate, the Pac-10 may only have one team dancing come March. It began with Oregon State losing a pair in Lubbock to Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and Texas Tech two weeks ago.

Nik Raivio scored 24 points to lead a big second-half turnaround as Portland registered an 88-81 victory over Oregon on Saturday.

Does the Duck mascot's hip-hop act put UO's deal with Disney in peril? "I Love My Ducks" was produced and written by the student trio of Brian McAndrew, Jamie Slade and Michael Bishop.

Robin Smeulders scored 24 points on 9-of-12 shooting to lead Portland to a 98-81 victory over Seattle in its home opener Tuesday night.

Seniors Benny Valentine and Brandon Moore combined for 34 points, but the Eastern Washington University men's basketball team couldn't overcome 21 percent shooting in the first half and fell to Portland Saturday at Reese Court in Cheney, Wash.

Nik Raivio scored 16 points and Luke Sikma added 13 points and 14 rebounds, helping Portland hold off Eastern Washington 64-58 on Saturday in the season opener for both teams.

Kirk Earlywine admits his team will "jump right into the fire" as the 2009-10 season officially gets underway this week with a trio of games in the span of four nights.

Heading into the 2009-10 season, Portland senior forward Robin Smeulders and the other Pilots have high expectations.

ISU's Eldridge is a lethal one-on-one scorer Over the next few months I'll be taking a look at the best that college basketball has to offer heading into this upcoming season.

PORTLAND, Ore. Lopsided though it was, the Linfield Wildcats got a taste of live game competition in an exhibition game Saturday night against the Portland Pilots.

Big guard Nik Raivio is one of five seniors boosting the Portland Pilots' hopes for a high finish in the West Coast Conference and an improvement on last season's 19-13 record.

Preseason coaches balloting for West Coast Conference : 1. Gonzaga a ' 48 2. Portland a ' 44 3. Saint Mary's a ' 34 4. San Francisco a ' 26 6. San Diego a ' 21 7. Pepperdine a ' 13 8. Loyola Marymount a ' 12 All-Conference picks: Keion Bell, Pepperdine; Matt Bouldin and Steven Gray, Gonzaga; T.J. Campbell and Nik Raivio, Portland; Jared DuBois, ...

Josh Herwitt is a college basketball editor for FOXSports.com and a former college basketball editor for CSTV.com. He has also written for Sporting News and SI.com and worked as a sports reporter for two newspapers.

Junior forward Luke Sikma and the rest of the Portland men's basketball team didn't have much of an off-season. Even in the days of Chuck Taylor All-Stars and two-hand set shots, players didn't bid one another farewell after the final game of a season and then reintroduce themselves on the first official day of practice for the next season.

A local boysa hoop star has made a big decision with potentially historic impact for his team.

University of Portland men's basketball coach Eric Reveno has a degree in economics and a master's degree in business so he knows all about the correlation between planning and success.

PORTLAND, Ore. - Center John Hegarty is leaving the Portland Pilots. Hegarty was granted his request to transfer by head coach Eric Reveno, the team announced Friday.