EUGENE – Oregon will open the 2022 NCAA Tournament in the Louisville Regional and face Big Ten Tournament champion Michigan at 4 p.m. (PT) on Friday in the first round at Jim Patterson Stadium. No. 12 seed Louisville will face Southeast Missouri State at 11 a.m. (PT) in the opening game.
Oregon earned the No. 2 seed in the regional after finishing 35-23 and in fourth place in the Pac-12 Conference with an 18-12 league record. The Ducks are making their ninth postseason appearance, and their seventh since the program restarted before the 2009 season.