Bonds of brotherhood are being forged on the Oregon men's basketball team, which holds its first official practice of the 2019-20 campaign Friday.
For the third season in a row, the Ducks are looking to reload with a new-look roster put together around point guard Payton Pritchard. Two years ago, the new parts never seemed to completely click. Last season, it took a late February swoon for the Ducks to come together as a team; the resulting 10-game winning streak included runs to a Pac-12 Tournament championship and the NCAA Tournament's Sweet Sixteen.
Now, Pritchard is a senior, joined by two other returning scholarship players, guard Will Richardson and forward Francis Okoro.