Tuesday night in their Big Ten opener Oregon fell to 4-4 with an 82-77 loss to USC and Dana Altman sounds as low as he's even been in 15 seasons with the Ducks.
Though they played without star center Nate Bittle and battled hard, taking a 61-60 lead with eight minutes to play at Matthew Knight Arena when Kwame Evans hit a free throw, they fell to a late Trojan run, dropping behind by five when SC's Chad Baker-Mazara hit a 3-pointer with a minute to play.
Altman has always taken defeats hard, but he sounded ready for therapy or a retirement speech in the postgame press conference.