To really appreciate just what Oregon Men’s Basketball head coach Dana Altman has done for the program, one need only look back to the decade before he arrived.
In the 2000s, Oregon Men’s Basketball had two stellar teams, that being the 2002 and 2007 squads, each of whom made runs to the Elite Eight on the backs of experienced, gritty players who had formed a great bond together.
These teams were so surprisingly successful that they had commemorative DVDs made to honor their respective seasons, and aside from them, no team in the 2000s had even managed to win a single NCAA Tournament game.