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Ducks Begin Last Road Trip at Arizona State
02/18/20 | Men's Basketball
No. 14 Oregon's last road trip of the season begins Thursday at Arizona State (6 p.m. PT, ESPN).
THE STARTING FIVE
• 1 – Sunday against Utah, Dana Altman passed John Wooden for 26th on the NCAA Division I coaching wins list. Altman now has 665 Division I wins. Wooden, the Hall of Famer who coached Indiana State and UCLA, has 664 wins.
• 2 – Sunday's win against Utah was Oregon's 20th win of the season. That's a school-record 10th straight 20-win season for the Ducks. This is also the Ducks' 10th straight winning season, tying an 88-year-old school record.
• 3 – Payton Pritchard is one of just four players nationally - and the only one from a Power Six team - averaging at least 19 points, four rebounds and five assists per game. He was named the Naismith national player of the week on Monday.
• 4 – Will Richardson has scored in double figures in five of the last six games, including a career-high 21 points Feb. 13 against Colorado. He's averaging 15.3 points per game in that span and hitting 66.7 percent from three-point range (12-of-18). Richardson leads the Pac-12 in three-point field goal percentage, .492, a mark that would rank third in UO single-season history.
• 5 – Payton Pritchard now holds three school records - assists (637), wins (101) and starts (135). He is also on pace to become Oregon's career leader in steals (needs eight more) and games played (needs six more).
• BENCH – Payton Pritchard is the first player in Pac-12 history to reach 1,800 career points, 600 career assists and 500 career rebounds. He is just the fourth player in Pac-12 history with 1,800 career points and 600 career assists.
• BENCH – Dana Altman now has 23 consecutive winning seasons as a head coach, matching five Hall of Famers - Mike Krzyzewski, Tom Izzo, Roy Williams, Bill Self and Jim Boeheim - with an active streak of 23 or more consecutive winning seasons.
DUCKS NET TENTH STRAIGHT 20-WIN SEASON
Sunday versus Utah, Oregon won its 20th game of the season. That is the school-record 10th straight 20-win season for the Ducks. Oregon is currently one of nine schools nationally that have won at least 20 games for the last 10 consecutive seasons (Cincinnati, North Carolina and Wichita State could also reach that mark this year).
Teams with 10+ 20-Win Seasons:
Belmont, Duke, Gonzaga, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisville, Oregon, Saint Mary's and Vermont.
ALTMAN PASSES WOODEN
Sunday against Utah, Dana Altman passed John Wooden for 26th on the all-time NCAA Division I coaching wins list. Altman now has won 665 games as a Division I head coach. Wooden, the Hall of Fame coach for Indiana State and UCLA, won 664 games. Gary Williams is 25th with 668 wins.
SECOND HALF SURGE
Under coach Dana Altman, Oregon has a 59-26 record (.694) during the second half of Pac-12 play. That breaks down to 4-5 in 2011, 7-2 in 2012, 5-4 in 2013, 7-2 in 2014, 8-1 in 2015, 7-2 in 2016, 8-1 in 2017, 5-4 in 2018, 6-3 in 2019 and 2-2 in 2020. No one has won more second half games over the last 10 seasons. The last six years, Oregon is 30-6 after Valentine's Day in Pac-12 Conference games (credit to Pac-12 Network's JB Long for that note).
PRITCHARD GARNERS THIRD NATIONAL POTW HONORS
Senior Payton Pritchard has earned national player of the week honors for the third time this season. Monday, the Naismith Trophy recognized Pritchard for his efforts in Oregon's wins over No. 16 Colorado on Feb. 13 (68-60) and Utah on Sunday (80-62). Against the Buffaloes, Pritchard scored 15 points with a career-high 11 rebounds for his fourth career double-double. He followed that up on Sunday with 25 points against the Utes, including five-of-nine from three point range. Pritchard was earlier named national player of the week by NCAA March Madness (NCAA.com) following his efforts in the Ducks' sweep of Arizona and Arizona State (Jan. 9-11). Pritchard had 17 points - including the game-tying bucket that sent the game to overtime - along with seven rebounds and six assists against No. 24 Arizona. He followed that by tying his career high with 29 points against Arizona State, hitting 6-of-9 from three-point range. He was named the Oscar Robertson Trophy national player of the week following the Ducks' win at No. 5 Michigan.
AWARDS SEASON: IMPRESSIVE RESUME LANDS PRITCHARD ON MULTIPLE WATCH LISTS
Senior Payton Pritchard is on the current watch lists for the Wooden Award, Naismith Trophy, Oscar Robertson Trophy and the Bob Cousy Award. And on Monday, he picked up his third national player of the week honor this season, this time by the Naismith Trophy. Pritchard is one of 20 players nationally named to the Wooden Award Late Season Top 20 Watch List; he is one of 30 members of the Naismith Trophy Midseason Team; he is one of 12 players selected by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association for its 2019-20 Oscar Robertson Trophy Midseason Watch List; and he is one of 10 final candidates for the Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Award. Pritchard is one of four players nationally averaging at least 19 points, four rebounds and five assists per game. A three-time national player of the week honoree this season (Naismith Trophy, Oscar Robertson Trophy, NCAA.com), Pritchard leads the nation with 135 consecutive starts. He is the only player in Pac-12 history with 1,800 career points, 600 career assists and 500 career rebounds. Already the school's record holder in assists (637), wins (101) and games started (135), Pritchard is also on pace to become the school's career leader in steals and games played and could become just the second 2,000-point scorer in program history. Previously this season, he was named to the Pac-12 preseason first team, the Battle 4 Atlantis all-tournament team and the Sporting News Midseason All-America team.
WILL FINDS A WAY
Sophomore Will Richardson has scored in double figures in five of the last six games. He's averaging 15.3 points per game in that span and hitting 66.7 percent from three-point range (12-of-18). Richardson leads the Pac-12 in three-point field goal percentage, .492, a mark that would rank third in UO single-season history. Sunday against Utah, he made all four three-point attempts on his way to 18 points. He also matched his season high with six assists. Feb. 13 against Colorado, he tied his career high with 21 points and grabbed a career-high nine rebounds. During the team's recent trip to the Bay Area, he led the team with 17 points Feb. 1 at Stanford and had 15 points and four assists Jan. 30 at California. He scored a career-high 21 points Jan. 9 versus Arizona including the go-ahead bucket with :15 left in overtime. Richardson leads the Pac-12 with nine double-figure scoring games off the bench. He had a career-high six steals Dec. 29 against Alabama State.
PRITCHARD NETS FOURTH DOUBLE-DOUBLE WITH 11 BOARDS
Payton Pritchard grabbed a career-high 11 rebounds to go along with 15 points in the Feb. 13 comeback win against No. 16 Colorado. It was his fourth career double-double.
DOUBLE DIGIT COMEBACKS
Five times this season, Oregon has comeback from a double-digit deficit to win. The Ducks were down 19 points down (49-30, 16:40, 2nd) Nov. 27 against Seton Hall and won 71-69. On Dec. 21, the Ducks trailed Texas Southern 26-13 (7:41, 1st) before winning 84-78. Oregon was behind Arizona 29-18 (5:39, 1st) Jan. 9 before winning 74-73 in overtime. Jan. 18 at Washington, the Huskies led 48-32 with 10:22 left in the second half before the Ducks rallied to win 64-61 in overtime. Feb. 13, Colorado held a 14-point edge (30-16, 3:48, 1st) before the Ducks' second half comeback (68-60).
OREGON LOCKS UP TENTH STRAIGHT WINNING SEASON
The Ducks have now secured their 10th consecutive winning season. That ties an 88-year-old school record. The only other time Oregon has had 10 winning seasons in a row was the decade between 1923-32, when the program posted 10 consecutive winning seasons under coaches William Reinhart and George Bohler. Oregon has now won a program-record 253 wins over the last 10 seasons.
PRITCHARD SECOND TO NONE IN ASSISTS
One of Oregon's most successful positions at the professional level has been at guard, from Jim Barnett to Ron Lee in the 1960s and 1970s to NBA All-Star Terrell Brandon in the 1990s to Luke Ridnour and Aaron Brooks in the most recent decade. All of those players save Lee played at least 10 years in the NBA, and all figure prominently in the UO record book. And Payton Pritchard now has more assists, steals and three-pointers than all of them. Pritchard broke the UO career assists record Jan. 30 against California. His 266 three-pointers are third all-time, while his 637 assists now rank 10th in Pac-12 history.
PRITCHARD NOW THE WINNINGEST PLAYER IN PROGRAM HISTORY
Payton Pritchard is the winningest player in program history, netting number 98 Jan. 30 against California. He passed Johnathan Loyd, who won 97 games between 2010-14, Jan. 26 against UCLA.
THE CLUTCH GENE
Five times this season, Payton Pritchard has registered double figures in the last five minutes of regulation and overtime to help Oregon close out a win. The list includes Memphis (10 points), Michigan (16), Texas Southern (16), Washington (10) and USC (11). He nearly added a sixth and seventh game to his totals with eight points in the last five minutes against both California (Jan. 30) and Colorado (Feb. 13).
ALTMAN RECORDS 23RD CONSECUTIVE WINNING SEASON
Dana Altman now has 23 consecutive winning seasons as a head coach. He is currently one of six active head coaches in NCAA Division I who have posted a winning record for 23 consecutive seasons (the other five are in the Hall of Fame). For Altman, that streak runs from the 1997-98 season through 2019-20, and covers his final 13 seasons at Creighton and his first 10 in Eugene.
THE STARTING FIVE
• 1 – Sunday against Utah, Dana Altman passed John Wooden for 26th on the NCAA Division I coaching wins list. Altman now has 665 Division I wins. Wooden, the Hall of Famer who coached Indiana State and UCLA, has 664 wins.
• 2 – Sunday's win against Utah was Oregon's 20th win of the season. That's a school-record 10th straight 20-win season for the Ducks. This is also the Ducks' 10th straight winning season, tying an 88-year-old school record.
• 3 – Payton Pritchard is one of just four players nationally - and the only one from a Power Six team - averaging at least 19 points, four rebounds and five assists per game. He was named the Naismith national player of the week on Monday.
• 4 – Will Richardson has scored in double figures in five of the last six games, including a career-high 21 points Feb. 13 against Colorado. He's averaging 15.3 points per game in that span and hitting 66.7 percent from three-point range (12-of-18). Richardson leads the Pac-12 in three-point field goal percentage, .492, a mark that would rank third in UO single-season history.
• 5 – Payton Pritchard now holds three school records - assists (637), wins (101) and starts (135). He is also on pace to become Oregon's career leader in steals (needs eight more) and games played (needs six more).
• BENCH – Payton Pritchard is the first player in Pac-12 history to reach 1,800 career points, 600 career assists and 500 career rebounds. He is just the fourth player in Pac-12 history with 1,800 career points and 600 career assists.
• BENCH – Dana Altman now has 23 consecutive winning seasons as a head coach, matching five Hall of Famers - Mike Krzyzewski, Tom Izzo, Roy Williams, Bill Self and Jim Boeheim - with an active streak of 23 or more consecutive winning seasons.
DUCKS NET TENTH STRAIGHT 20-WIN SEASON
Sunday versus Utah, Oregon won its 20th game of the season. That is the school-record 10th straight 20-win season for the Ducks. Oregon is currently one of nine schools nationally that have won at least 20 games for the last 10 consecutive seasons (Cincinnati, North Carolina and Wichita State could also reach that mark this year).
Teams with 10+ 20-Win Seasons:
Belmont, Duke, Gonzaga, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisville, Oregon, Saint Mary's and Vermont.
ALTMAN PASSES WOODEN
Sunday against Utah, Dana Altman passed John Wooden for 26th on the all-time NCAA Division I coaching wins list. Altman now has won 665 games as a Division I head coach. Wooden, the Hall of Fame coach for Indiana State and UCLA, won 664 games. Gary Williams is 25th with 668 wins.
SECOND HALF SURGE
Under coach Dana Altman, Oregon has a 59-26 record (.694) during the second half of Pac-12 play. That breaks down to 4-5 in 2011, 7-2 in 2012, 5-4 in 2013, 7-2 in 2014, 8-1 in 2015, 7-2 in 2016, 8-1 in 2017, 5-4 in 2018, 6-3 in 2019 and 2-2 in 2020. No one has won more second half games over the last 10 seasons. The last six years, Oregon is 30-6 after Valentine's Day in Pac-12 Conference games (credit to Pac-12 Network's JB Long for that note).
PRITCHARD GARNERS THIRD NATIONAL POTW HONORS
Senior Payton Pritchard has earned national player of the week honors for the third time this season. Monday, the Naismith Trophy recognized Pritchard for his efforts in Oregon's wins over No. 16 Colorado on Feb. 13 (68-60) and Utah on Sunday (80-62). Against the Buffaloes, Pritchard scored 15 points with a career-high 11 rebounds for his fourth career double-double. He followed that up on Sunday with 25 points against the Utes, including five-of-nine from three point range. Pritchard was earlier named national player of the week by NCAA March Madness (NCAA.com) following his efforts in the Ducks' sweep of Arizona and Arizona State (Jan. 9-11). Pritchard had 17 points - including the game-tying bucket that sent the game to overtime - along with seven rebounds and six assists against No. 24 Arizona. He followed that by tying his career high with 29 points against Arizona State, hitting 6-of-9 from three-point range. He was named the Oscar Robertson Trophy national player of the week following the Ducks' win at No. 5 Michigan.
AWARDS SEASON: IMPRESSIVE RESUME LANDS PRITCHARD ON MULTIPLE WATCH LISTS
Senior Payton Pritchard is on the current watch lists for the Wooden Award, Naismith Trophy, Oscar Robertson Trophy and the Bob Cousy Award. And on Monday, he picked up his third national player of the week honor this season, this time by the Naismith Trophy. Pritchard is one of 20 players nationally named to the Wooden Award Late Season Top 20 Watch List; he is one of 30 members of the Naismith Trophy Midseason Team; he is one of 12 players selected by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association for its 2019-20 Oscar Robertson Trophy Midseason Watch List; and he is one of 10 final candidates for the Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Award. Pritchard is one of four players nationally averaging at least 19 points, four rebounds and five assists per game. A three-time national player of the week honoree this season (Naismith Trophy, Oscar Robertson Trophy, NCAA.com), Pritchard leads the nation with 135 consecutive starts. He is the only player in Pac-12 history with 1,800 career points, 600 career assists and 500 career rebounds. Already the school's record holder in assists (637), wins (101) and games started (135), Pritchard is also on pace to become the school's career leader in steals and games played and could become just the second 2,000-point scorer in program history. Previously this season, he was named to the Pac-12 preseason first team, the Battle 4 Atlantis all-tournament team and the Sporting News Midseason All-America team.
WILL FINDS A WAY
Sophomore Will Richardson has scored in double figures in five of the last six games. He's averaging 15.3 points per game in that span and hitting 66.7 percent from three-point range (12-of-18). Richardson leads the Pac-12 in three-point field goal percentage, .492, a mark that would rank third in UO single-season history. Sunday against Utah, he made all four three-point attempts on his way to 18 points. He also matched his season high with six assists. Feb. 13 against Colorado, he tied his career high with 21 points and grabbed a career-high nine rebounds. During the team's recent trip to the Bay Area, he led the team with 17 points Feb. 1 at Stanford and had 15 points and four assists Jan. 30 at California. He scored a career-high 21 points Jan. 9 versus Arizona including the go-ahead bucket with :15 left in overtime. Richardson leads the Pac-12 with nine double-figure scoring games off the bench. He had a career-high six steals Dec. 29 against Alabama State.
PRITCHARD NETS FOURTH DOUBLE-DOUBLE WITH 11 BOARDS
Payton Pritchard grabbed a career-high 11 rebounds to go along with 15 points in the Feb. 13 comeback win against No. 16 Colorado. It was his fourth career double-double.
DOUBLE DIGIT COMEBACKS
Five times this season, Oregon has comeback from a double-digit deficit to win. The Ducks were down 19 points down (49-30, 16:40, 2nd) Nov. 27 against Seton Hall and won 71-69. On Dec. 21, the Ducks trailed Texas Southern 26-13 (7:41, 1st) before winning 84-78. Oregon was behind Arizona 29-18 (5:39, 1st) Jan. 9 before winning 74-73 in overtime. Jan. 18 at Washington, the Huskies led 48-32 with 10:22 left in the second half before the Ducks rallied to win 64-61 in overtime. Feb. 13, Colorado held a 14-point edge (30-16, 3:48, 1st) before the Ducks' second half comeback (68-60).
OREGON LOCKS UP TENTH STRAIGHT WINNING SEASON
The Ducks have now secured their 10th consecutive winning season. That ties an 88-year-old school record. The only other time Oregon has had 10 winning seasons in a row was the decade between 1923-32, when the program posted 10 consecutive winning seasons under coaches William Reinhart and George Bohler. Oregon has now won a program-record 253 wins over the last 10 seasons.
PRITCHARD SECOND TO NONE IN ASSISTS
One of Oregon's most successful positions at the professional level has been at guard, from Jim Barnett to Ron Lee in the 1960s and 1970s to NBA All-Star Terrell Brandon in the 1990s to Luke Ridnour and Aaron Brooks in the most recent decade. All of those players save Lee played at least 10 years in the NBA, and all figure prominently in the UO record book. And Payton Pritchard now has more assists, steals and three-pointers than all of them. Pritchard broke the UO career assists record Jan. 30 against California. His 266 three-pointers are third all-time, while his 637 assists now rank 10th in Pac-12 history.
PRITCHARD NOW THE WINNINGEST PLAYER IN PROGRAM HISTORY
Payton Pritchard is the winningest player in program history, netting number 98 Jan. 30 against California. He passed Johnathan Loyd, who won 97 games between 2010-14, Jan. 26 against UCLA.
THE CLUTCH GENE
Five times this season, Payton Pritchard has registered double figures in the last five minutes of regulation and overtime to help Oregon close out a win. The list includes Memphis (10 points), Michigan (16), Texas Southern (16), Washington (10) and USC (11). He nearly added a sixth and seventh game to his totals with eight points in the last five minutes against both California (Jan. 30) and Colorado (Feb. 13).
ALTMAN RECORDS 23RD CONSECUTIVE WINNING SEASON
Dana Altman now has 23 consecutive winning seasons as a head coach. He is currently one of six active head coaches in NCAA Division I who have posted a winning record for 23 consecutive seasons (the other five are in the Hall of Fame). For Altman, that streak runs from the 1997-98 season through 2019-20, and covers his final 13 seasons at Creighton and his first 10 in Eugene.
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