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Disappointment behind, Oregon Ducks embrace opportunity to keep playing basketball in NIT

EUGENE -- A year ago on Selection Sunday, Payton Pritchard was part of an Oregon Ducks team that watched every move of the process while many watched them.

Those Ducks, surrounded by CBS cameras, were selected to the NCAA Tournament for the fifth time in a row. They would go on to the Final Four.

A year later, Pritchard said he didn't watch the selection show. Friday night's loss to USC in the Pac-12 tournament semifinals doomed Oregon's chances of hearing its named called during the show and, frankly, Pritchard didn't really feel like keeping up with what they were missing out on.