If you watched the Oregon Ducks take on the No. 3 Arizona Wildcats on Saturday night, it felt pretty apparent that you were witnessing two NCAA Tournament teams duke it out on the hardwood.
A back-and-forth matchup that ended in a thrilling 84-81 victory for the Wildcats proved once again to Oregon fans that their team can play with the best of the best when asked to, and the Ducks almost became the first team in NCAA history to win road games against three top-5 ranked teams in one season. Unfortunately, Oregon couldn’t pull off the upset, and their tournament hopes took what might have been the final death blow.
Or did they?
If you look at the NET rankings, Oregon’s impressive performance actually helped the Ducks in the standings, and the game against No. 3 Arizona moved them up quite a bit.
With the bump from playing Arizona, the Ducks also have a chance to further move up in the standings this week with home games against No. 13 UCLA and No. 17 USC this coming week. Earlier in…
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