Good:
— Thursday’s highly anticipated game between Oregon and Stanford is getting special treatment from ESPN, as a broadcast following the College Gameday format will air live from Palo Alto, Calif., on Thursday morning. Three morning segments will be featured on SportsCenter at 9:15, 10:15 and 11:15 a.m. PT and College Football Live will air from inside Stanford Stadium at 2 p.m. PT with a pre-game show to follow 90 minutes prior to kickoff. The show will not have all of its usual set of hosts but will feature Kirk Herbstreit, Scott Van Pelt, Mark May and Brian Griese.
— Led by freshman Chrishae Rowe’s 35 points and 15 boards, the Oregon women’s basketball team dominated Oregon Tech on Tuesday in its final exhibition game of the season. The Ducks beat the Hustlin’ Owls by a final score of 116-51 with much of the damage coming off the 16 shots that Oregon knocked down from beyond the arc. Sophomore Jillian Alleyne also recorded a double-double for Oregon, tallying 15 points and 11 rebounds while adding three blocked shots. The Ducks open regular-season play on Saturday night, when they play host to Cal State University Bakersfield at 7 p.m. PT at Matthew Knight Arena.
Bad:
— The Oregon men’s basketball team got some bad news on Tuesday, just days before they open their season in Seoul, South Korea against Georgetown. Dominic Artis and Ben Carter were suspended indefinitely for selling shoes provided by the university, a violation of NCAA rules. Oregon self-reported the violations and Artis and Carter could miss anywhere between nine and 12 games. Coach Dana Altman indicated that Jason Calliste could see more playing time in the backcourt during Artis’ absence while Elgin Cook and Waverly Austin would help fill the production lost up front.
— The Oregon men’s golf team had a brutal finish to the fall season, finishing last out of ten teams at the Gifford Collegiate. The Ducks were tied for ninth heading into the final day of play on Tuesday at Pelican Hill, but even their best round of the three-day tournament was not enough to gain ground on the field. The men’s team will have to wait four months to tee off again, as the next tournament they will compete in is the Amer Ari Invitational in Waikoloa, Hawaii on Feb. 5.
— The reigning NCAA cross country champion Oregon women continued to slide in the USTFCCCA National Coaches Poll, as the Ducks dropped three spots to No. 15 on Tuesday. After losing their top three scorers from last year’s team, the Oregon squad is in a rebuild mode of sorts this season as their top scorers have consistently come from their young core of sophomores — Molly Grabill, Abbey Leonardi and Annie Leblanc — along with freshman Maggie Schmaedick. Senior Megan Patrignelli was Oregon’s top scorer for the fifth time this season at Saturday’s Pac-12 championship, where the Ducks finished fourth behind Arizona, Colorado and Washington.
Ugly:
— This one may take the cake when it comes to bizarre injuries. Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte tore his MCL and sprained his ACL in his left knee last weekend when a teenage girl tried to jump into his arms. The eleven-time Olympic medalist reportedly tried to catch the excited fan, but the two fell over in the process and Lochte awkwardly hit his knee on a curb. Lochte is expected to take a break from training and competition for the immediate future but is expected to make a full recovery. The girl did not suffer any serious injuries.
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