2021–22 Oregon Ducks men's basketball team explained

Conference Link:Pac-12 Conference men's basketball
Mode:Basketball
Year:2021–22
Prev Year:2020–21
Next Year:2022–23
Team:Oregon Ducks
Conference:Pac-12 Conference
Short Conf:Pac-12
Record:20–15
Conf Record:11–9
Hc Year:12th
Asst Coach1:Chris Crutchfield
Asst Coach3:Mike Mennenga
Tourney Result:Second Round

The 2021–22 Oregon Ducks men's basketball team represented the University of Oregon during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Ducks, led by 12th-year head coach Dana Altman, played their home games at Matthew Knight Arena as members of the Pac–12 Conference.

Previous season

See main article: 2020–21 Oregon Ducks men's basketball team.

The Ducks finished the season 21–7, 14–4 in Pac-12 play to win the regular season Pac-12 championship. They defeated Arizona State in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 tournament before losing to their rival Oregon State in the semifinals. They were invited in the NCAA Tournament as a at-large bid where they moved on because VCU had Coronavirus. They beat Iowa in the second round before losing to PAC-12 member USC in the Sweet Sixteen.

Off-season

Departures

Note that all players in the 2020–21 season, regardless of their classification, had the option to return to the program. Due to COVID-19 impacts, the NCAA declared that the 2020–21 season would not count against the athletic eligibility of any student-athlete in any of the organization's winter sports, including basketball.[1] This led the NBA and its players union to agree that for the 2021 draft only, players who were seniors in 2020–21 had to declare their eligibility for the draft.[2]

Oregon Departures
NameNumberPos.HeightWeightYearHometownReason for Departure
2 F 6'6" 235 RS Senior Graduated and declared for the 2021 NBA draft; undrafted
Jalen Terry 3 G 6'0" 165 Freshman Transferred to DePaul
Eddy Ionescu 4 G 6'6" 190 RS Senior Walk-on; graduated and chose not to return
5 G 6'6" 190 Senior Graduated and declared for the 2021 NBA draft; selected 13th overall by the Indiana Pacers
11 G 6'2" 190 Senior Graduated and chose not to return
12 G/F 6'6" 200 Senior Graduated and chose not to return
Chandler Lawson 13 F 6'8" 205 Sophomore Transferred to Memphis
24 G 6'4" 207 Sophomore Transferred to Hofstra
Luke Osborn 25 G 6'6" 200 RS Senior Walk-on; graduated and chose not to return
Will Johnson 54 G 6'1" 180 RS Junior Walk-on; graduate transferred to Humboldt State

Incoming transfers

Oregon Incoming Transfers
NameNumberPos.HeightWeightYearHometownNotes
5 G 6'2" 198 Junior Transferred from Oklahoma.
Rivaldo Soares 11 G 6'6" 205 Junior Junior college transferred from South Plains College.
13 F 6'8" 220 Junior Transferred from Syracuse.
42 G 6'3" 190 Redshirt Senior Transferred from Rutgers. Will be eligible to play immediately since Young graduated from Rutgers.

2022 recruiting class

Schedule and results

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Awards & milestones

Season highs

Players

Team

Pac-12 Conference awards and honors

Ranking movement

See also: 2021–22 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. DI Council extends eligibility for winter sport student-athletes . NCAA . October 14, 2020 . April 19, 2021.
  2. News: Pandemic changes NBA draft rules for seniors . Jonathan . Givony . ESPN . February 26, 2021 . February 26, 2021 . February 26, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210226194908/https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/30968822/pandemic-changes-nba-draft-rules-seniors . live .
  3. Web site: 2021–2022 Schedule. goducks.com. August 15, 2021.