After blowing a huge lead at home and losing to Colorado, I stated that a slip-up like that couldn’t happen again if Oregon wanted a shot at the NCAA Tournament.
Following that it was a waiting game to see if Oregon would make that happen, and after toying with that outcome in Salt Lake City, the Ducks face planted Saturday in Eugene, losing 78-64.
After going up 12-5 early in the game, the Ducks melted like a snowcone in Phoenix, allowing the 10-15 (3-11 in Pac-12) Cal Bears, who recently stopped a 10-game losing streak by eeking out a win over fellow bottom-dweller Oregon State, to run right past them.