OREGON GAME NOTES: COPPIN STATEEUGENE, Oregon -- A new era of Oregon basketball will be ushered in Friday night at Matthew Knight Arena (9 p.m. on the Pac-12 Networks) as the men's basketball team opens their 2017-18 regular season against Coppin State.
The Ducks return just one starter, sophomore point guard Payton Pritchard, from last year's Final Four squad. Gone are the stars of yesteryear like Dillon Brooks, Jordan Bell, Tyler Dorsey, Chris Boucher and on and on the list goes.
Instead, the Ducks will welcome a wave of new players who will be looking to make a name for themselves in the place of last year's historic team.
Oregon played exhibition games against Idaho and Northwest Christian University over the last 10 days, and they also added a trip to Las Vegas last weekend for a scrimmage against Oklahoma. The three games help provide a glimpse at where Oregon's strengths and also their weaknesses are at heading into a new season.
"I think it just showed a lot of people we have a lot of talent, but also we have long ways to go," said Pritchard.
The Ducks learned they still have ways to go defensively, but Altman and the Ducks walked away from the three games knowing the foundation is there.
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