FILE - In this Saturday, March 12, 2016, file photo, Oregon head coach Dana Altman celebrates while cutting down the net after his team defeated Utah 88-57 in an NCAA college basketball game in the championship of the Pac-12 Tournament in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

This may be giving the Ducks too much credit, but with a relatively easy road ahead β€” the winner of ASU/Stanford and then most likely Utah β€” Oregon will hopefully remember to bring their scissors from last year to cut down the nets. The biggest boon to the Ducks’ chances is, simply, this: Arizona and UCLA must square off in a brutal semifinal matchup.Β 


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