The first road trip in Pac-12 play for Oregon was sure to be a very telling one as far as where the Ducks stood early in this conference season. After Oregon bounced back so well from their infuriating collapse against UCLA, dominating USC and holding them to a mere 60 points, I questioned whether or not the Ducks had “figured it out” as far as their identity and style of play moving forward.
Thursday night in Tucson Oregon certainly looked like they had turned a corner. With gritty defense the Ducks took control of Arizona in perhaps the toughest building in the Pac 12 to play in and though the Wildcats made pushes, Oregon never allowed them to get all the way back.