I've written here about the Oregon men's hoop team and "must" win situations. It's not like a loss tonight at home to UCLA ends earth as we know it. But if the fans are to begin accumulating reasons to remain interested and passionate about this program, sure, they MUST win this game. That said, if you're a fan of baby steps, at least they MUST be in this thing at crunch time because 2 horrible, non-competetive defeats to the So-Cal schools would send an element of folks to the exits for the remainder of the season. Since the great run of 3 consecutive Final 4's from 2006 through 2008, the Bruins made the 2nd round of the Dance last year and have been very Un-UCLA like thus far this season. From Thanksgiving until Mid December they dropped 5 straight to teams like Portland, Long Beach State and by double digits to Kansas(forgiveable) and Mississippi State. Recently they lost by double digits as well in back to back games against Southern Cal and Stanford but rebounded last week with home victories against the Washington schools. They sit a game below .500 and at this point are not even in the Tournament conversation for the first time since Ben Howland's first season in Westwood. Obviously this is a special night as we get to see the greatest program in the history of college basketball make their farewell appearance at beloved Mac Court.
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UCLA lost 2 players who were taken in the first round of last June's NBA draft. Who were they, and what team selected them? Good luck.
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