{"id":457093,"date":"2025-12-06T08:30:38","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T08:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/457093\/"},"modified":"2025-12-06T08:30:38","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T08:30:38","slug":"oregon-arrives-at-matchup-with-ucla-on-4-game-skid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/457093\/","title":{"rendered":"Oregon arrives at matchup with UCLA on 4-game skid"},"content":{"rendered":"

UCLA<\/a>, looking to get back into the Top 25 rankings after a one-week absence, hosts slumping Oregon<\/a> on Saturday in Los Angeles in a battle of former Pac-12 basketball rivals.<\/p>\n

The Bruins (6-2, 1-0 Big Ten) escaped with an 82-80 win over Washington in both teams’ conference opener in Seattle on Wednesday, almost losing a 16-point lead in the last six minutes of the game. UCLA managed to hold on, led by Skyy Clark’s 25 points and six 3-pointers plus 21 points from Tyler Bilodeau.<\/p>\n

“Skyy is one of the best scorers in the country when he is really going,” Bruins coach Mick Cronin said. “Tyler gives us consistent games. … That’s our system and that is what will help us win games. We can continue to work from there.”<\/p>\n

UCLA has been a better first-half team, outscoring opponents by 71 points in the first 20 minutes of games and only 28 points in second halves.<\/p>\n

The Bruins are 1-2 against teams from power conferences, losing to Arizona of the Big 12 and Cal of the Atlantic Coast Conference before beating Washington. Now come the Ducks, who are on a four-game losing streak after winning their first four games of the season.<\/p>\n

Oregon (4-4 ,0-1) went to the Players Era men’s tournament in Las Vegas and lost three straight games during Thanksgiving week, then returned home to Eugene, Ore., and fell 82-77 to No. 24 Southern California on Tuesday. Kwame Evans Jr. paced the Ducks with 23 points and nine rebounds against the Trojans.<\/p>\n

The Ducks have played their past two games without injured star big man Nate Bittle, a preseason All-Big Ten team selection.<\/p>\n

Beyond that, longtime coach Dana Altman criticized his own work.<\/p>\n

“We’re a poorly coached team, this is all on me,” Altman said this week. “Our parts are better than how we’re playing right now, our players are better, we’ve got a great staff. Coaching is about trust, and players don’t trust what I am saying, and there’s no connection there.”<\/p>\n

–Field Level Media<\/p>\n

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