A quick look at the Oregon Ducks

The Wisconsin Badgers return to the NCAA Tournament once again, but they will face a team on a hot streak in the Oregon Ducks during a 5-12 South region matchup in San Jose on Friday.

Oregon (23-12) finished its conference schedule with a 10-8 record but won eight straight games—including four on way to capturing the Pac-12 Tournament championship. The Ducks dominated top-seeded Washington in a 68-48 win on Saturday to lock down a berth in the NCAA tournament.

Dana Altman’s team also holds 5-1 in neutral site games.

B5Q will have more coverage throughout the week and will update stats accordingly, but here is a quick look at the team and certain players to watch coming up later this week.

Oregon team stats (as of games played through March 16)

• Points per game: 70.5
• Opponents’ points per game: 62.9 (top 20 in the nation)
• Field goal percentage: 45.0
• Opponent field goal percentage: 40.2
• Three-point percentage: 34.3
• Opponent three-point percentage: 29.4 (among top 12 in the nation)
• Free throw percentage: 71.9
• Rebounds per game: 34.4
• Rebound margin: +1.7
• Turnovers per game: 11.9
• Opponents turnovers per game: 13.9
• Steals per game: 7.8 (among top 25 in the nation)
• Blocks per game: 4.2
• NCAA NET ranking: 51

Key KenPom.com stats (as of March 17)

• Team rank: 43
• Adjusted offensive efficiency: 107.7 (108th in nation)
• Adjusted defensive efficiency: 92.5 (18th in nation)
• Effective field goal percentage (offense): 51.7 (127th in nation)
• Effective field goal percentage (defense): 46.8 (25th in nation)
• Turnover percentage (defense): 20.9 (50th in nation)
• Offensive rebound percentage (offense): 29.7 (123rd in nation)
• Block percentage (defense): 14.5 (12th in nation)
• Steal percentage (defense): 11.7 (20th in nation)
• Best wins: 80-65 victory over Syracuse (No. 35 KenPom) on Nov. 16; two wins over Washington (No. 51 KenPom) in regular season finale on Mar. 9 and Pac-12 Tournament championship on Mar. 16
• Worst losses: 89-84 loss to Texas Southern (No. 214 in KenPom) on Nov. 26; two losses to UCLA (No. 110 in KenPom) on Jan. 10 and Feb. 23

Key players

• Freshman forward Louis King (28 games, 25 starts): 13.1 points per game; 5.7 rebounds per game; shooting 42.9 percent from the field; 35.6 percent three-point shooter; 76.7 percent free throw shooter; scored 15 points in Pac-12 Tournament championship win vs. Washington
• Junior guard Payton Pritchard (35 games, all starts): 12.7 points per game; 3.7 rebounds per game; 4.5 assists per game; shooting 42.3 percent from the field; 84.3 percent free throw shooter; scored 20 points on 7-of-9 shooting, grabbed six rebounds, dished out seven assists and recorded four steals in Pac-12 championship game vs. Washington
• Redshirt senior forward Paul White (35 games, 33 starts): 10.6 points per game; 3.9 rebounds per game; shooting 44.9 percent from the field; 37.9 percent three-point shooter; scored 14 points on 6-of-10 shooting in Pac-12 Tournament championship win vs. Washington
• Sophomore forward Kenny Wooten (31 games, 24 starts): 6.2 points per game; 4.6 rebounds per game; 2.0 blocks per game; seven rebounds, four blocks in Pac-12 Tournament championship win vs. Washington
• Freshman guard Will Richardson (35 games, 12 starts): 6.2 points per game; 2.4 rebounds per game; eight points, 6-for-6 shooting from free throw line in Pac-12 Tournament championship win vs. Washington
• Freshman center Francis Okoro (34 games, 19 starts): 3.1 points per game; 3.4 rebounds per game