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Ducks lose to UW; Season now over

Oregon just couldn't muster up a comeback on the road to rival Washington in the quarterfinals of the NIT and fell 90-86 and the season is now over for the Ducks.

Olu Ashaolu

The Ducks finished the season 24-10 on the year and fell just one win short of making it to New York City to play in the Madison Square Garden.

Senior Olu Ashaolu led Oregon with 20 points and and a team-high nine rebounds. Junior E.J. Singler added 19 points, nine rebounds, and four assists.

Junior Tony Woods also had a big game for the Ducks scoring their first six points of the game and finished with 15 points.

The Ducks shot 44.9-percent from the field while the Huskies shot 45.3-percent. The Huskies were able to get to the line 35 times and hit 27 of their shots. The Ducks shot just 22 from the line and made 17.

The Ducks had their chances to get the win late in the game but just couldn't get over the hump.

Oregon was able to cut the deficit to 84-82 with just 42 seconds left in the game but Washington's C.J. Wilcox knocked down four free throws with a Devoe Joseph missed three in between and the game was over.

The Ducks were able to be within six points, 80-74 with just 3:33 left in the game when Sim nailed a three. The Ducks then took a charge on Tony Wroten and the Ducks had a chance to cut it to within four with 2:33 but Ahsaolu missed a challenged layup and Washington's Aziz N'Diaye made one of two free throws to give the Huskies an 82-77 lead.

The next trip down for Washington Wilcox turned it over and Sim converted a basket to make it 82-79.

Oregon was able to survive misses from both Terrence Ross and Wroten and a chance to cut the lead to just two but Singler was called for an offensive charge that made head coach Dana Altman livid because it was Singler's fifth foul with just 55.4 seconds left.

Wroten got away for a breakaway dunk and the game was out of reach for the Ducks.

Ross led the Huskies with 24 points while Wroten added 22 points, seven rebounds. Wilcox had 17 points off the bench.

The Ducks had a four-point halftime lead but a string of 17 points scored between Ross, Wroten, and Wilcox was just to deadly for the Ducks in the second half.

The Ducks led by as many as seven points and Washington led by as many as ten during the game.

Oregon's season is now over and the Ducks will have to replace five important seniors in Olu Ashaolu, Devoe Joseph, Garrett Sim, Jeremy Jacob, and Tyrone Nared.

Matt Prehm

    • They had a great season and should be proud of what they accomplished.

      swoosh

    • Refs made some god-awful calls but at least they made them both ways for the most part. Good season ducks

      duckfan1981

    • I agree guys, I'm proud of our team and the direction of the program but that officiating was brutal and like you said luckily it was awful for both teams.

      briarduck

    • Count me as one fan who is proud of this group. This group made huge strides not only from last year, but from the beginning of the season. Our Ducks played with tremendous heart last night. It was great for me to see DA roll up the sleeve's and fight with his men. I'm not gona say we were a better team or we the refs screwed us, but even though we did not get the W over the pups I got sense that both programs are headed in different directions. At least I see the puppy program as being stale, especially if they lose Ross and Wroten leave early.

      Keyser Soze 2 U ●

    • Hate to see the season end but love we went down fighting instead of rolling over and dying and then being glad the year is over.

      Love the direction of this program and where Coach Altman is taking us. Have to think we nab a JC guard or a high school shooter the way we've played the last few games. How could you not want to play with us.

      I hope Kingma spends tons of time in the gym this year on his jumper and then on the bench press bulking up. Going to need him bad next year to stretch the defense.

      All in all it was a damn good year.

      Altmanfever

    • It was a great season and I am certain that they won back a ton of fans that had left to follow the football team. Officiating??? Tell me what is wrong with a behind the back travel and then a pass to yourself... the officials are terrible and something needs to be done about it.

      goducks123

    • i loved seeing Dana Altman fired up on the bench,, the officiating was awful! but thats what ya get when ya have pac12 refs!! The first half they called some bad calls against UW, then it was Oregons turn in the second half,,, no concistancy in the calls at all! Here, let me go behing my back, pass to myself and not get called for traveling WTF!!! lol

      gang_green ●

    • I only got to watch the first half, but man I was proud of our team. Damn! It was a real pleasure and I am so glad that DA is our man for the future. Not only can i not wait for football... I'm excited for next year's BB too! WTD and go ducks.

      Canaduck

    • We needed Devoe to come out with a big game and he couldn't do it.

      That said this team is set for better things down the road. We got three good seniors like people have said above, an elite point guard coming in next year, and what I think people aren't saying per say but maybe a top two or three coach in the league.

      If we can land Bennett and then a JUCO guard like Branch or Pledger I think we are dancing. Singler, Woods, and Emory can carry the team and we just need the new guys to plug holes.

      JMan158494

    • Canaduck said...

      I only got to watch the first half, but man I was proud of our team. Damn! It was a real pleasure and I am so glad that DA is our man for the future. Not only can i not wait for football... I'm excited for next year's BB too! WTD and go ducks.

      So you're the one. It's your fault we lost this game! Everything was going great in the first half. I think we led by 5. You stopped watching and everything fell apart. Darn you Canaduck!!

      Kidding of course but it really was a tail of two halfs for us. It was tough to see Sim and Joseph struggle to get going. Luckily Singler was excellent in the first half. Unfortunately he had a hard time getting it going in the second half.

      I think B Oliver said it best in one of his posts during the game-- Oregon goes as Devoe Joseph goes. He hit some big shots late but it was too little too late.

      Oh well, it was still a very good year. I don't know that we've had a more athletic group out there before. They fly around and are extremely entertaining to watch. When was the last time we had a shot blocker like Tony Woods? I'm really encouraged about him. His offensive game vastly improved towards the end of the season. It so nice to have an athletic big man that can grab a rebound and dunk with authority like he can.

      As great as Sim was, I'm not as worried about relplacing his shooting as I am Joseph and Asholu. I though Sim was a bit of a liability on defense and ball handling at times.

      Asholu is probably the guy I will miss the most. He had similar low post moves as Joevon Catron but he could also get in the air and dunk with authority. He is really fun to watch!

      Next year should be fun. I am not willing to predict that we will be better yet becuse we have some major holes to fill but guys like Woods, Singler, and Emory give us a good core to work off of. I know I will be paying close attention as signing day comes closer.

      LetMeSeeYourO

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      OTIME247

    • LetMeSeeYourO said...

      So you're the one. It's your fault we lost this game! Everything was going great in the first half. I think we led by 5. You stopped watching and everything fell apart. Darn you Canaduck!!

      Kidding of course but it really was a tail of two halfs for us. It was tough to see Sim and Joseph struggle to get going. Luckily Singler was excellent in the first half. Unfortunately he had a hard time getting it going in the second half.

      I think B Oliver said it best in one of his posts during the game-- Oregon goes as Devoe Joseph goes. He hit some big shots late but it was too little too late.

      Oh well, it was still a very good year. I don't know that we've had a more athletic group out there before. They fly around and are extremely entertaining to watch. When was the last time we had a shot blocker like Tony Woods? I'm really encouraged about him. His offensive game vastly improved towards the end of the season. It so nice to have an athletic big man that can grab a rebound and dunk with authority like he can.

      As great as Sim was, I'm not as worried about relplacing his shooting as I am Joseph and Asholu. I though Sim was a bit of a liability on defense and ball handling at times.

      Asholu is probably the guy I will miss the most. He had similar low post moves as Joevon Catron but he could also get in the air and dunk with authority. He is really fun to watch!

      Next year should be fun. I am not willing to predict that we will be better yet becuse we have some major holes to fill but guys like Woods, Singler, and Emory give us a good core to work off of. I know I will be paying close attention as signing day comes closer.

      I agree about Devoe. When he struggled we struggled. Same for Sim too.

      But I agree I don't think Sim will be a big loss considering we have Artis coming in. Don't get me wrong I think Sim will hurt but what Sim did well in will be made up by Artis in areas SIm didn't do so well in.

      Artis is a true-pass first point guard that's got amazing court vision and handles. Sim wasn't an ideal point guard and had trouble handling the ball against elite guards like Washington's or Cal's. Same for Stanford some too. This is where I think Artis will do very well. Get the team into their sets and run things.

      We will miss Sim's ability to rise and fire and hit threes sure but I think Artis will be fine hitting the threes when we swing the ball around quickly and the defense can't keep up.

      JMan158494

    • J-Man said...

      We needed Devoe to come out with a big game and he couldn't do it.

      That said this team is set for better things down the road. We got three good seniors like people have said above, an elite point guard coming in next year, and what I think people aren't saying per say but maybe a top two or three coach in the league.

      If we can land Bennett and then a JUCO guard like Branch or Pledger I think we are dancing. Singler, Woods, and Emory can carry the team and we just need the new guys to plug holes.

      Oregon needs to just get a solid class in 2012 and then get another solid class in 2013.

      I am talking one headliner like Artis and then the rest be guys who are Pac-12 worthy talent in 12-13. Dana has proven already he can out-coach most of the boozo coaches in this league and get his less-talented teams wins. Ride the best asset you got and that's Dana.

      I cant wait to see what happens with a team that's been Dana's system for 3/4 years and filled with pac12 talent worthy players.

      Altmanfever

    • I think the Ducks did a great job entertaining us this year. I will really miss basketball and who can think Baseball when it is snowing? We have about a foot at our house and it is still coming down. I think the person we will miss the most is also the one that improved the most this year - Asholu. he was lights out towards the end of the season - tons of hustle and drive. Altman has brought this program so far in only two years..

      duckdeb

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