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Oregon Ducks fall to UCLA... in three words and photos

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Oregon Ducks fall to UCLA... in three words and photos

The game... in words pictures.

John Canzano
Mar 11
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Oregon’s Will Richardson scored 10 points on Friday. (Photo: Omer Khan)

LAS VEGAS — An erratic and frustrating Pac-12 Conference season by the Oregon Ducks men’s basketball team crashed to an end on Friday night in the semifinals of conference tournament.

Final: UCLA 75, Oregon 56.

Bruins guard Tyger Campbell scored 28 points. The Ducks made only 3 of 19 shots from behind the three-point arc. UCLA led by only two points at halftime, but blistered Oregon in the second half.

The Bruins (29-4) advanced to Saturday’s championship game where it will meet Arizona. The Ducks (19-14) will wait for an NIT bid.

I asked my followers on Twitter to summarize Oregon’s up-and-down season in exactly three words. Nearly 200 readers responded with their thoughts. The responses were interesting, sobering and telling:

Twitter avatar for @ginsengsully
Gary Sullivan @ginsengsully
@johncanzanobft Shoots and misses
4:34 AM ∙ Mar 11, 2023
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Zachary Miller @zachmiller
@johncanzanobft No scoring threats
4:23 AM ∙ Mar 11, 2023
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22Pilot @8822capital
@johncanzanobft Spring football time
3:06 PM ∙ Mar 11, 2023

I had a photographer on the scene in Las Vegas, who captured the semifinal game between UCLA and Oregon.

Enjoy:

Twitter avatar for @BillFarleyPhD
Bill Farley @BillFarleyPhD
@johncanzanobft About your NIL....
7:33 AM ∙ Mar 11, 2023
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Paul Diaz @DiazWilmafred
@johncanzanobft What the duck 🦆
5:45 AM ∙ Mar 11, 2023
Twitter avatar for @randymorelli321
say what? @randymorelli321
@johncanzanobft Woulda shoulda coulda
4:19 AM ∙ Mar 11, 2023

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Mark Waldroop
Mar 11

Three words????? How about:

Roller coaster season

Jekyll and Hyde

Hey, but there is a silver lining. If the Ducks couldn't beat UCLA in basketball, at least they beat #16 ranked UCLA in baseball, 6-2!!! I'll take that!!!

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Rich
Mar 11

No chemistry this year. That's 4 words, not 3, but I don't care...I'm sure Dana wants to flush this season and so do I.

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