2020–21 Oregon Ducks men's basketball team explained

Conference Link:Pac-12 Conference men's basketball
Mode:Basketball
Year:2020–21
Prev Year:2019–20
Next Year:2021–22
Team:Oregon Ducks
Conference:Pac-12 Conference
Short Conf:Pac-12
Coachrank:17
Record:21–7
Conf Record:14–4
Hc Year:11th
Asst Coach3:Mike Mennenga
Champion:Pac-12 regular season champions
Tourney:NCAA tournament
Tourney Result:Sweet Sixteen

The 2020–21 Oregon Ducks men's basketball team represented the University of Oregon during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Ducks, led by 11th-year head coach Dana Altman, played their home games at Matthew Knight Arena as members of the Pac–12 Conference. They finished the season 21-7, 14-4 in Pac-12 Play to finish as regular season champions. They defeated Arizona State in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 tournament before losing in the semifinals to Oregon State. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they advanced to the Second Round due to a positive COVID-19 test from VCU.[1] They defeated Iowa in the second round to advance to the Sweet Sixteen where they lost to USC.

Previous season

See main article: 2019–20 Oregon Ducks men's basketball team.

The Ducks finished the season 24–7, 13–5 in Pac-12 play to win the regular season Pac-12 championship. They were set to take on rival Oregon State in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 tournament. However, the Pac-12 Tournament, along with all postseason tournaments, was cancelled amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Off-season

Departures

Oregon Departures
NameNumberPos.HeightWeightYearHometownReason for Departure
3 G 6'2" 190 Senior Graduated/2020 NBA draft
10 F 6'7" 225 RS Senior Graduated
14 F 6'8" 200 Freshman Transferred to UCF
Addison Patterson 22 G 6'6" 195 Freshman Transferred to Nevada
32 G 6'4" 185 RS Senior Graduated/Signed to play professionally in Greece with Charilaos Trikoupis
Francis Okoro 33 F 6'9" 235 Sophomore Transferred to Saint Louis

Incoming transfers

Oregon Incoming Transfers
NameNumberPos.HeightWeightYearHometownNotes
11 G 6'2" 190 Senior Transferred from UNLV. Will be eligible to play immediately since Hardy graduated from UNLV, and will have two years of eligibility due to an NCAA ruling that the 2020–21 season will not be counted against athletic eligibility. His younger brother is Jaden Hardy.
24 G 6'4" 207 Sophomore Transferred from Saint Peter's. Under NCAA transfer rules, will have to redshirt the 2020–21 season. Because he is redshirting the 2020–21 season, he is not covered by the aforementioned NCAA ruling.
30 G/F 6'6" 200 Senior Transferred from St. John's. Will be eligible to play immediately since Figueroa graduated from St. John's, and will have two years of eligibility due to the aforementioned NCAA ruling.

2021 recruiting class

Schedule and results

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Ranking movement

See also: 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings. *AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings.
^Coaches did not release a Week 1 poll.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2021-03-20 . Oregon-VCU declared no-contest; Ducks advance . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220316014728/https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/31102709/oregon-vcu-declared-no-contest-due-covid-19-protocols-ducks-advance . March 16, 2022 . 2022-03-16 . ESPN.com . en.
  2. Web site: 2020–2021 Schedule. goducks.com. October 9, 2019.