This may be giving the Ducks too much credit, but with a relatively easy road ahead — the winner of ASU/Stanford and then most likely Utah — 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.
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