Oregon HC Dana Altman spoke highly of West Virginia HC Darian DeVries on Tuesday. DeVries joined Altman’s staff at Creighton as a graduate manager in the late 1990s before serving as an assistant for 17 years, nine of which were under Altman.
After Thursday’s 77-60 win over Akron, Greg McDermott is 10-8 as Creighton’s head coach in the NCAA Tournament, winning at least one game in seven of the nine seasons he’s taken the Jays to the...
PITTSBURGH -- Dana Altman keeps saying it, but only because it's true, because of where he calls home: Oregon is No. 1 for him, but Creighton is "1A." The coach of the Ducks hails from Nebraska and spent 16 seasons leading Creighton, racking up a 327-176 record with seven NCAA Tournament appearances there.
Oregon's Dana Altman, who spent 16 seasons as head coach at Creighton, said Friday it's going to be "tough" playing against his former team in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
The first round of the NCAA Tournament produced multiple underdog winners. The upsets aren't going to stop in the second round Saturday, so we're looking to target a pair of underdogs that have a great chance to win at plus money.
[Box Score] With 3:10 left in the first half, #14 seed Akron took a 33-31 lead after a one-handed turnaround jumper in the paint by Enrique Freeman. In the moment, it felt like that bucket...
We've made it! 16 games tip off today as March Madness finally begins. We've done all we can as it relates to our bracket, there's no point tinkering at this stage.
If you're like us, you love betting on underdogs in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The only thing better than watching David slay Goliath is being able to tell your friends that you predicted it and cashed a juicy ticket in the process.
When Dana Altman scratches his head and gives that little rueful smile of his it means he’s just as confused as the rest of us. And there was a lot of head scratching going on last weekend, like when I pulled Mr.
Oregon proved they belong in the big dance, but how far can they get with such cold 3-point shooting? The Ducks, after a two-year hiatus, are back in the NCAA Tournament.
Oregon beats Colorado, wins the final Pac-12 Tournament, and punches its ticket to the tourney. If there’s one final lesson for the Pac-12 before it bows out of existence, it’s this: don’t ever count out Dana Altman.
In all 14 years as head coach at Oregon, Dana Altman has won 20 or more games It wasn’t pretty. Like, at all. But through grit and determination Oregon gutted out a 66-65 win over Utah on Saturday that gave head coach Dana Altman his 20th victory of the season, something he has never failed to do in all of his 14 years at the helm in Eugene.
It's been a rough season for Oregon men's basketball. You don't need to tune into every game to know that. After a strong start to the year with a win over Georgia in Las Vegas, the Ducks are 19-10 overall with an 11-7 mark against Pac-12 opponents.
With a big opportunity in front of them, Oregon comes out flat. It doesn’t seem like that long ago that Oregon was 5-0 in conference and was sitting at the Top of the Pac-12.
Dana Altman notches career win No.750 as Oregon survives Oregon State Once again Oregon squared off with Oregon State and was able to grind out a victory, but this game had a significant amount of meaning beyond just the 19th win of the season.
Oregon and Oregon State meet Saturday night in Corvallis, Ore., for likely the penultimate time as Pac-12 men's basketball rivals, as the conference's final season draws closer to an end.
The Oregon Ducks (16-7, 8-4 conference) survived the Washington Huskies (12-11, 4-8 conference) second-half comeback, getting a key conference win at home on Thursday night.
The injury bug continues to plague Oregon as Mookie Cook may be out for the rest of the season according to Oregon head coach Dana Altman. Altman said Cook would “probably not” play for the remainder of the season.
Just as Oregon was getting healthy with N’Faly Dante and Nate Bittle returning to the starting lineup, the Ducks suffered a major blow to their depth. Keeshawn Barthelemy went down with a lower leg injury in the second half against Arizona on Saturday and was hospitalized before the game ended.
The Oregon Ducks (14-6, 6-3 Pac-12) dropped their first home game of the season in front of a sold-out crowd (12,364 fans) to the Arizona Wildcats (15-5, 6-3 Pac-12) losing 87-78 on Saturday in Eugene.
The top of the Pac-12 standings will be in focus Thursday when Oregon plays host to Arizona State at Eugene, Ore. The teams are part of a three-way tie for first place in the conference, along with No.
Cody Williams is somehow even better than advertised There are only three certainties in life: death, taxes and the Buffs’ beating Dana Altman’s Oregon teams in Boulder (except for that one time, but we don’t talk about that).
Oregon center Nate Bittle is nearing a return to the court as he continues to recover from a wrist injury earlier this season that required surgery. Bittle suffered his wrist injury three games into the season in a 92-67 home win over Tennessee State on Nov.
Yesterday, your 6-7 UCLA Bruins barely lost a chippy road matchup against the 10-3 Oregon Ducks, 64-59. But, to hear Oregon head coach Dana Altman tell it at least, the game really was decided much sooner than its 40th and final minute, writes Erik Skopil of Duck Territory (via 247Sports).
Dana Altman and crew stay perfect at home despite health issues Somehow, despite all the adversity, Oregon sits at 10-3 and 2-0 in conference to wrap up 2023.
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