Had all gone according to plan, the Oregon men’s basketball team would have departed Eugene on Sunday to play a series of games in Spain.
Those plans fell through about 10 days ago, when the Ducks’ roster of available players for the trip dropped to seven, due in part to a few minor injuries. Thus will the team’s mix of returning veterans and talented newcomers have to build chemistry for the 2015-16 season in the familiar confines of Matthew Knight Arena.
But that doesn’t mean the Ducks enter the coming campaign lacking in international experience this offseason.