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Fresh off their Pac-12 title-clinching weekend in Arizona, Oregon Women's Basketball spoke to the media on Wednesday, March 6 about their prep for this weekend's conference tournament in Las Vegas. Despite losing two straight near the end of February, the Ducks remain firmly in the hunt for a no. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament. However, with Selection Sunday waiting at the end of the Pac-12 tourney, it may take an undefeated Vegas performance for UO to wrap up a top spot in the Big Dance. Hear head coach Kelly Graves and guards Sabrina Ionescu and Erin Boley discuss the team's approach to the Vegas trip below. The Ducks will play the winner of Thursday's USC-Arizona match-up on Friday, March 6 at 2 PM.

Head Coach Kelly Graves

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Hosts: Jordan Brenner, Bill Braker and Adam Susman

6:03 Oregon Softball Swept at Judi Garman Classic

• State of the program heading into home-opening series vs. OKST
  

6:08 Oregon Men's Basketball Hammers Arizona Schools at MKA

• Oregon dominates the glass vs. ASU; Freshmen spark Ducks vs. UA
• Is Oregon hitting their stride at the right time?
• Keys and predictions for…

After parting ways with defensive coordinator Jim Leavitt on Valentine's Day, Oregon Football announced Boise State defensive coordinator Andy Avalos as Leavitt's replacement, the team announced on Friday, March 1. The following Monday, head coach Mario Cristobal and Avalos both spoke to the media about the hiring process and expectations for the defense going forward. Cristobal also took time to speak on other coaching staff changes for the 2019 season, where he needs to see his team improve, and the team's overall health as spring practices begin.

Head Coach Mario Cristobal

Defensive Coordinator Andy Avalos

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After parting ways with defensive coordinator Jim Leavitt on Valentine's Day, Oregon Football announced Boise State defensive coordinator Andy Avalos as Leavitt's replacement, the team announced on Friday, March 1. The following Monday, head coach Mario Cristobal and Avalos both spoke to the media about the hiring process and expectations for the defense going forward. Cristobal also took time to speak on other coaching staff changes for the 2019 season, where he needs to see his team improve, and the team's overall health as spring practices begin.

Head Coach Mario Cristobal

Defensive Coordinator Andy Avalos

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Hosts: Alex Castle, Mark Wang and Sean MacPherson

6:02 No. 6 Oregon WBB Clinches Second Straight Pac-12 Title

• Blowout at Arizona, tough win at ASU
• Ionescu struggles but gets it done, Sabally and Cazorla step-up
• Confidence meter heading into Pac-12 Tournament?

6:20 GUEST: Andrew Haubner (KEZI Sports Director)

Back and forth action was on display at PK Park Sunday afternoon as the Oregon Ducks finished the three game sweep of LMU with a 7-6 win. Ryne Nelson started the game for the Ducks and provided strong play as he finished with 6.0 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, 3 BB and 8 strikeouts.

Gabe Matthews got his second home run of the season in the first inning with a 2 run bomb to right center. This sparked a run where Oregon lead 5-2 in the fourth inning.

LMU would close the gap and take the lead 6-5 in the 7th inning. Oregon would respond with Spencer Steer's game tying RBI single. Then Jonny DeLuca scored off a balk which gave Oregon the the go ahead run at 7-6.

Keaton Chase was the winning pitcher with his play in the 7th inning and Nico Tellache recorded the save. Tellache only have up 1 hit in the final two innings and notched 2 strikeouts as well.

Oregon travels up north to take on the University of Portland for a one game series on March 5th at 5:00pm…

The Oregon Ducks toppled the Arizona Wildcats 73-47 in front of a packed Matthew Knight Arena on Senior Night. The Ducks completed the sweep over the Arizona schools improving to 17-12 and 8-8 in conference, while relegating the Wildcats to 17-13 and 8-9 in conference.

The Ducks were poor coming out the gate on both ends, not converting until the 16th minute of the contest. In that time they allowed the Wildcats to convert three open threes. After the poor start, the Ducks dominated the rest of the period, going on a 16-1 run from the 12th to 6th minute. Arizona leads the conference in fewest turnovers at 11.3 a game. Nevertheless, Oregon was able to attack their strength as they forced 11 Wildcat turnovers in the first 20 minutes. To end the half, Arizona went on a 9-0 run of their own as they made it 31-31 at half. Louis King was the Ducks leading contributor in points with 10 while Dylan Smith led the way for the Wildcats with 14, going 3-4 from behind the line.…

The Oregon Ducks toppled the Arizona Wildcats 73-47 in front of a packed Matthew Knight Arena on Senior Night. The Ducks completed the sweep over the Arizona schools improving to 17-12 and 8-8 in conference, while relegating the Wildcats to 17-13 and 8-9 in conference.

The Ducks were poor coming out the gate on both ends, not converting until the 16th minute of the contest. In that time they allowed the Wildcats to convert three open threes. After the poor start, the Ducks dominated the rest of the period, going on a 16-1 run from the 12th to 6th minute. Arizona leads the conference in fewest turnovers at 11.3 a game. Nevertheless, Oregon was able to attack their strength as they forced 11 Wildcat turnovers in the first 20 minutes. To end the half, Arizona went on a 9-0 run of their own as they made it 31-31 at half. Louis King was the Ducks leading contributor in points with 10 while Dylan Smith led the way for the Wildcats with 14, going 3-4 from behind the line.…

Cole Stringer took the mound for the Ducks Saturday afternoon at PK Park and was dominate throughout his start. The Redshirt- Junior induced ground ball after ground ball, and led the Ducks to a 6-0 Victory over Loyola Marymount.

Stringer went 6.1innings for the Ducks, his longest outing since 2017 after he redshirted last season due to injury. Loyola’s hitters couldn’t get the ball off the ground, and Stringer was able to force 13 groundouts from their hitters.

It wasn’t just Stringer who played well for the Ducks. Spencer Steer hit two Home Runs over the wall in left field in the 1st and 7th innings. The first was a solo blast that barely got over the fence, while the second was a two run shot that left the yard quickly.  His 3 RBI’s on the day helped propel the Ducks to a 6-0 Victory over LMU and increase the teams win streak to 5 games.

Up Next: Oregon (6-2) takes on LMU (5-5) tomorrow at 12 p.m. as they go for the series sweep…

Cole Stringer took the mound for the Ducks Saturday afternoon at PK Park and was dominate throughout his start. The Redshirt- Junior induced ground ball after ground ball, and led the Ducks to a 6-0 Victory over Loyola Marymount.

Stringer went 6.1innings for the Ducks, his longest outing since 2017 after he redshirted last season due to injury. Loyola’s hitters couldn’t get the ball off the ground, and Stringer was able to force 13 groundouts from their hitters.

It wasn’t just Stringer who played well for the Ducks. Spencer Steer hit two Home Runs over the wall in left field in the 1st and 7th innings. The first was a solo blast that barely got over the fence, while the second was a two run shot that left the yard quickly.  His 3 RBI’s on the day helped propel the Ducks to a 6-0 Victory over LMU and increase the teams win streak to 5 games.

Up Next: Oregon (6-2) takes on LMU (5-5) tomorrow at 12 p.m. as they go for the series sweep…