Oregon beats Kansas 74-60 to punch Final Four ticket
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Oregon lost one of its best players to an injury just before the NCAA Tournament, had to survive two nail-biters to reach the Midwest Regional finals, and then faced a top-seeded Kansas team that had romped to the brink of the Final Four.
Of course, the Ducks would rise to the occasion.
With swagger and verve and downright prolific shooting, the plucky team that everybody wanted to count out rolled to a 74-60 victory over the Jayhawks on Saturday night, earning the Ducks their first trip to the national semifinals in nearly 80 years.
“You feel so good for so many people,” said Ducks coach Dana Altman, who is headed to his first Final Four after 13 trips to the NCAA Tournament. “It’s a team effort. You feel good for a lot of people.”