By Liam Baker

EUGENE, Ore. — The Ducks (3-0) will return home to take on the Santa Clara Broncos (3-0) after a narrow 64-56 win over Grand Canyon on Thursday. In their first road game of the season, the Ducks started slow, scoring just nine points in the opening quarter, and trailed GCU early in the second quarter. A Chance Gray free throw midway through the second quarter gave Oregon a lead they would not relinquish. Sophomore Grace VanSlooten led the way with 21 points and junior Phillipina Kyei added 13 of her own on a night when the Ducks struggled to shoot the ball. Despite shooting just 34.5% from the field, Oregon held GCU to a 30.8% shooting percentage. Strong defensive performances have been the norm for the Ducks this season, as an opposing team has yet to shoot above 32% against them this season and they will look to continue to flex their muscles on defense against Santa Clara.

Santa Clara Broncos
The Broncos dominated California…

By Jonah Bruneau

Eugene, ORE. -- The Ducks have jumped out to a hot start so far in the young season with wins against a Power 5 school Georgia, and an N’Faly Dante-less victory in the home opener against Montana. Coming into this season, Oregon was bound to have a plethora of changes to their starting rotation with the departures of Will Richardson, Rivaldo Soares, and Quincy Guerrier. However in the two games played so far, returning players such as Jermaine Couisnard, Nate Bittle, Keeshawn Barthelemy and N’Faly Dante have proven to be meshing quite well. 

Dante, a Senior that has been looked at as a potential NBA talent, had an eye-opening 21 rebound performance against Georgia down in Las Vegas which is the most by an Oregon player in almost 50 years. In the matchup with Montana, Dante was inactive for the night for an undisclosed reason, though it has been known that the six-foot eleven center has battled knee and hamstring injuries…

By Jonah Bruneau

Eugene, ORE. -- The Ducks have jumped out to a hot start so far in the young season with wins against a Power 5 school Georgia, and an N’Faly Dante-less victory in the home opener against Montana. Coming into this season, Oregon was bound to have a plethora of changes to their starting rotation with the departures of Will Richardson, Rivaldo Soares, and Quincy Guerrier. However in the two games played so far, returning players such as Jermaine Couisnard, Nate Bittle, Keeshawn Barthelemy and N’Faly Dante have proven to be meshing quite well. 

Dante, a Senior that has been looked at as a potential NBA talent, had an eye-opening 21 rebound performance against Georgia down in Las Vegas which is the most by an Oregon player in almost 50 years. In the matchup with Montana, Dante was inactive for the night for an undisclosed reason, though it has been known that the six-foot eleven center has battled knee and hamstring injuries…

By Levi Bergthold

The Oregon Ducks stay at #6 in the third College Football Playoff rankings for the 2023 season.  KWVA continues its weekly series to review the rankings.

The third edition of the College Football Playoff rankings was again defined by a lack of change.  Georgia and Ohio State swapped in the top two, but the remainder of the top eight remains the same.  The Oregon Ducks stay as the top one-loss team, looking up at the five undefeated programs.

With just two weeks left in the regular season, the pool of potential playoff teams has shrunken again. As we have discussed in prior ranking reviews, we know that no two-loss team will make the playoffs, and every undefeated team will make the playoffs.  This late into the season, a team can only move so far up in the rankings – leaving one-loss #24 Tulane on the outside looking in, regardless of what happens.

Given this, only nine teams remain with a chance…

By Levi Bergthold

The Oregon Ducks stay at #6 in the third College Football Playoff rankings for the 2023 season.  KWVA continues its weekly series to review the rankings.

The third edition of the College Football Playoff rankings was again defined by a lack of change.  Georgia and Ohio State swapped in the top two, but the remainder of the top eight remains the same.  The Oregon Ducks stay as the top one-loss team, looking up at the five undefeated programs.

With just two weeks left in the regular season, the pool of potential playoff teams has shrunken again. As we have discussed in prior ranking reviews, we know that no two-loss team will make the playoffs, and every undefeated team will make the playoffs.  This late into the season, a team can only move so far up in the rankings – leaving one-loss #24 Tulane on the outside looking in, regardless of what happens.

Given this, only nine teams remain with a chance…

By Mario Ponce

EUGENE, Ore. -- The sixth-ranked Oregon Ducks volleyball team (22-5) will travel this weekend to the Copper State to take on the 18th-ranked Arizona State Sun Devils (24-4) and the Arizona Wildcats (8-9) to keep their momentum as they close out their regular season. Oregon hosted both schools in October, beating the Wildcats 3-0 and losing to the Sun Devils in a 3-0 sweep.

Oregon Ducks

The Ducks have had a great season under Matt Ulmer. They’ve played especially well away, with their record as 10-1 on away games and 6-1 in neutral venues. Their challenge this season has been playing ranked opponents, as four of their five losses have come against teams sharing the table. Seeing as Arizona State has a ranking, we’ll have to see how the Ducks do against them. Oregon’s last two games were another away trip to the Bay Area, with the team falling in five sets to the Stanford Cardinal and then they beat the California Golden…

By Mario Ponce

EUGENE, Ore. -- The sixth-ranked Oregon Ducks volleyball team (22-5) will travel this weekend to the Copper State to take on the 18th-ranked Arizona State Sun Devils (24-4) and the Arizona Wildcats (8-9) to keep their momentum as they close out their regular season. Oregon hosted both schools in October, beating the Wildcats 3-0 and losing to the Sun Devils in a 3-0 sweep.

Oregon Ducks

The Ducks have had a great season under Matt Ulmer. They’ve played especially well away, with their record as 10-1 on away games and 6-1 in neutral venues. Their challenge this season has been playing ranked opponents, as four of their five losses have come against teams sharing the table. Seeing as Arizona State has a ranking, we’ll have to see how the Ducks do against them. Oregon’s last two games were another away trip to the Bay Area, with the team falling in five sets to the Stanford Cardinal and then they beat the California Golden…

Oregon Men’s Basketball Starts 2-0 (6:00)

• Quick recap of the early part of the season
• What will the impact of adding Mookie Cook and Jackson Shelstad bring to this team? Who falls out of the rotation?
• What is the ceiling of this team 

GUEST: Justin de Haas of Cronkite Sports (6:20)

Pac-12/Oregon Football Roundtable (6:35)

• How do the Ducks avoid the trap?
• Blind PAC-12 player comparison

Directors Games and Predictions (6:50)

Hosted by Austin Ota, Beck Parsons, and Ben Schoenfield

Oregon Women’s Basketball Starts 2-0 (6:00)

• Quick recap of the early part of the season
• How do the Ducks get by without Peyton Scott?
• Previewing the GCU and SCU game and upcoming schedule 

GUEST: Justin de Haas of Cronkite Sports (6:20)

Oregon Football Heads to a Place with a Lot of History (6:40)

• Recapping the USC game
• How do the Ducks avoid the trap?
• Heisman Rankings

Hosted by Knight Jarecki and Ian Sutliff

Oregon Volleyball takes on ASU and Arizona (6:00)

• Ducks get pushed to 5 sets twice in the Bay. What stood out?
• Desert schools for the second time. What did we learn the first time through?
• Who should the Ducks #1 option be offensively?

GUEST: Blake Niemann, ASU's Cronkite Sports (6:15)