Oregon teams showed up big time on the hardwood Sunday. The Blazers hit a three-pointer late to get past Toronto, going 4-1 on their east coast road trip (their only loss to the title-defending, 19-2 Celtics).
Despite injuries, the University of Oregon Ducks got past Kansas State 75-70 but it wasn’t easy. the Ducks had to hit 4 consecutive free throws in the last half minute to keep Kansas State at bay.
And in Football, it’s official, the state of Oregon is nipping at the heels of USC. With the regular season over, USC takes first place in the Pac-10 and a fourth consecutive trip to the Rose Bowl. HOWEVER, Oregon comes in right behind in second place going to the Holiday Bowl to face Oklahoma State. And standing in place Second-A (tied for second, yet on the losing end of a head-to-head tiebreaker) Oregon State, the team picked to finish at the bottom of the conference with the Washington squads heads to the Sun Bowl to face Pittsburgh. Perhaps most exciting, both squads return experience at key positions promising a tantalizingly competitive 2009 on the horizon.
