Oregon Ducks NCAA Basketball News

Porter, Oregon defeat Colorado State 68-55 Eds: APNewsNow. Oregon 68, Colorado State 55.

Teondre Williams, pictured here in a game last season, scored a career-high 18 points for Oregon on Friday.

Porter's 3-pointers help Oregon top UC Davis 95-64 Eds: APNewsNow. Oregon 95, UC Davis 64.

Teondre Williams scored a career-high 19 points and Oregon defeated Winston-Salem State 94-43 in the BTI Tip-Off Tournament on Friday night.

At the time, the score was tied and the only cheers in the season-opening McArthur Court crowd were coming from the dedicated student "Pit Crew." One powerful Teondre Williams dunk later, the 6,872 fans were rocking with childlike enthusiasm and the Ducks were ready to show how much they've grown since last season.

Robinson jumped on his second chance to grab Cunningham. "I can't tell you how happy we are to have him," Robinson said.

Statistically, it was a breakout season for LeKendric Longmire. The energetic 6-foot-5 junior guard started 28 of Oregon's 31 games last season, ending as the Ducks' second-leading scorer and third-leading rebounder .

SEATTLE, Oct. 8 -- The University of Washington issued the following news release: Eight home games against teams that participated in the 2009 NCAA Tournament highlight the 2009-10 Washington men's basketball schedule.

E.J. Singler got a taste of what it's like to play in an Oregon basketball uniform, and those morsels were enough to convince the freshman from South Medford to pass up redshirting as a rookie.

Oregon 74, Lewis & Clark 59: Tajuan Porter and LeKendric Longmire had 12 points each in the host Ducks' exhibition win.

The Duck men slammed and jammed over the Lewis & Clark Pioneers in the exhibition finale, 74-59. Tajuan Porter and LeKendrick Longmire paced Oregon with 12 each.

A couple of new guys and a guy who looked like new stood out Sunday evening as the Oregon men's basketball team opened its season with a 99-61 victory in a non-counting exhibition game at McArthur Court.

A handful of schools began the exhibition season Sunday with blowout victories. Of course, the scores really don't matter unless you're the USC Trojans and you need a second half comeback to beat Division II Cal State Dominguez Hills.

Fresh faced Ducks like Jamil Wilson & Malcolm Armstead made their Mac Court debuts in a 99-61 exhibition win over Concordia Sunday.

It was my first Pac-10 media day in over 10 years and I nearly forgot how much fun these things are.

Coming off an 8-23 record last season, the Oregon Men's basketball team put that behind them by tipping off the season with an open scrimmage for the fans at McArthur Court.

Arena. In some ways, though, all of it eventually connects back to the new building.

SCOUTING THE NEWCOMERS: PG Malcolm Armstead, a 5-10 sophomore from Chipola Junior College, will get every opportunity to win the starting job.

The trip was quick but informative. Oh, and Josh Jamieson was able to see his mother, making the drive down from Eugene on Tuesday well worth the visit.

Ernie Kent scanned the sky from his spot on the deck at the Roseburg Country Club, marveling at the vast surroundings and wondering aloud just how far the course itself stretched.