Luckily for the Ducks, they weren’t the only team in the Top 25 to struggle as 19 of the top 25 teams this week lost a game. Oregon Ducks Fall Two Spots In Rankings Oregon came into last week ranked as the No.

Oregon beat itself up for much of this game, and bad shot selection, silly turnovers, and a lack of rebounding were its downfalls. One solace the Ducks can take away is that most of their mistakes are fixable mistakes, but there’s a lot of fixing before the Ducks host Washington Tuesday night.

The Ducks are No. 15 in this week’s AP men’s college basketball poll and the same spot in the coaches poll after Saturday’s 65-58 loss to the Boilermakers

Purdue won the Big Ten by three games last season, despite three road losses. Yet it also went to Champaign and beat its closest competitor — the Illini — in the penultimate game of the regular season.

Not even a sellout crowd at Matthew Knight Arena could elevate the Oregon men's basketball team to victory Saturday as the Ducks lost to Purdue

Oregon is widely expected to be a top team once again next season, though there’s a wide range for the Ducks based on which pundit is projecting. UO is ranked anywhere from No. 2 by Pro Football Focus to No.