Ducks down Concordia 99-61 (Rivals.com)

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:12:00 PST

The University of Oregon men's basketball team opened the exhibition season with a 99-61 win over Concordia...

Oregon Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 08:06:05 PDT

There's a lot going on in Eugene, and not all of it involves construction of the new Matthew Knight Arena. In some ways, though, all of it eventually connects back to the new building.

Coach Ernie Kent, beginning his 13th season at his alma mater, has taken the Oregon program to great heights, as recently as 2007 when the Ducks won the Pac-10 tournament.

But Oregon wound up last in the conference in 2009 and finished the season 8-23 overall.

That won't fly this time.

The Ducks, with seven scholarship sophomores and two freshmen, must make a big step forward or risk a season that degenerates into endless speculation about their coach's future.

With the new on-campus arena set to displace beloved-but-outdated McArthur Court by January 2011, the...