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

The game... in words pictures.

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:

Gary Sullivan @ginsengsully

@johncanzanobft Shoots and misses

Zachary Miller @zachmiller

@johncanzanobft No scoring threats

22Pilot @8822capital

@johncanzanobft Spring football time

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

Enjoy:

Bill Farley @BillFarleyPhD

@johncanzanobft About your NIL....

Paul Diaz @DiazWilmafred

@johncanzanobft What the duck 🦆

say what? @randymorelli321

@johncanzanobft Woulda shoulda coulda

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