Oregon Fights Back For Win, NCAA Update

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Published on March 21 2016 6:36 am
Last Updated on March 21 2016 6:37 am

Oregon watched the rest of its conference get kicked out of the NCAA tournament and faced a seven-point deficit with five minutes to play with the rest of the country watching to see if the Ducks were about to be the first No. 1 seed to be sent home.

Dillon Brooks and Tyler Dorsey refused to see the Ducks, and to a lesser degree the Pac-12 Conference, wiped out from the NCAAs on the opening weekend.

"I play with so much emotion, so much heart, it translates to everybody else on the team," Brooks said. "Everybody else is getting hyped. And they want to win so bad, as I do."

Brooks carried Oregon with 25 points, Dorsey hit key shots in the closing minutes and the Ducks advanced to the regional semifinals with a 69-64 win over No. 8 seed Saint Joseph's in the second round of the West Regional on Sunday night.

Oregon (29-6) was carrying the banner for the rest of the Pac-12 after the conference posted a collective dud. Five teams were sent home in the first round and Utah was routed by 11th-seeded Gonzaga in the round of 32, leaving the Ducks as the lone conference representative.

 

Sunday, March 20 Scoreboard
    
#1 Oregon 69, #8 Saint Joseph's 64

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#2 Villanova 87, #7 Iowa 68

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#2 Oklahoma 85, #10 VCU 81

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#7 Wisconsin 66, #2 Xavier 63

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#3 Texas A&M 92, #11 Northern Iowa 88 (2OT)

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#5 Maryland 73, #13 Hawaii 60

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#6 Notre Dame 76, #14 Stephen F. Austin 75

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#10 Syracuse 75, #15 Middle Tennessee 50

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Thursday, March 24 Schedule (All Times Central)

#3 Miami vs. #2 Villanova, 5:10 p.m.

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#3 Texas A&M vs. #2 Oklahoma, 5:37 p.m.

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#5 Maryland vs. #1 Kansas, 7:40 p.m.

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#4 Duke vs. #1 Oregon, 8:07 p.m.

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