What a bloody tragedy, the apparent hope for a repeat of last year's George Mason (yes, I'm thinkin' about Rick Majerus for the most part) went down in flames as the Oregon Ducks used their speed on defense and hot outside shooting to beat the Eagles 75-61. The Eagles were up 27-23 when everything clicked for Oregon, and the Ducks ended the half with a 10-2 run to claim a four point lead.
The second half was a continuation of the end of the first, with Tajuan Porter leading the offensive charge, and bumped their lead up to 18 points. The Eagles didn't help their own cause by missing 16 straight 3 point attempts in an effort to come back, and when they started reconnecting late in the game, it was too little, too late.
The next game should be interesting as #2 seed Wisconsin lost to #7 seed UNLV in the same manner as they almost did against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, by falling behind quickly and taking too much time and energy to recover. The winner of the Oregon/UNLV matchup gets the winner of the Florida/Butler test, and I'm not viewing Butler as this year's George Mason, as the Bulldogs were a #5 seed coming into the tourney, and a fixture in the top 25 all season.
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