I’ll preface the following with this: it was one game.
Just the one.
However, it felt like a much more positive vibe than one game into last season.
Oregon Men’s Basketball defeated Montana 87-69 at Matthew Knight Arena, and did it with points in the paint, ball movement, and what seemed to be more of a commitment on the defensive end.
There were enough dunk highlights to make you think it was a Globetrotters event, and Oregon held the Grizzlies to 38 percent shooting from the field.
Meanwhile, they did something that has been notably lacking in past seasons…they got to the hoop.