OR severs ties with Helfrich

Brooks, a preseason All-America selection, had five points and shot 1 of 9 in 21 minutes off the bench in his fourth game back from offseason foot surgery.

“It’s kind of the way it worked out”, Altman said. “I was hoping he’d get a chance to climb out of it, but this season was a disaster by Oregon’s new standards”. The loss snapped an eight-game OR winning streak in the series. 29 39 – 683-point goals-Boise State 11-28 (Duncan, Nick 5-13; Jessup, Justinian 3-6; Reid, James 2-4; Austin, Paris 1-2; Haney, Zach 0-2; Hutchison, Chandler 0-1), OR 6-20 (Dorsey, Tyler 3-7; Benson, Casey 2-3; Ennis, Dylan 1-2; Brooks, Dillon 0-3; Pritchard, Payton 0-2; Smith, Keith 0-1; Boucher, Chris 0-2).

Due to terms of his buyout, Helfrich is owed $11.6 million for the final three years on a five-year contract extension signed in February 2015, weeks after Oregon’s loss to Ohio State in the playoff national championship game.

The Ducks started the season with promise, ranked No. 24 in the preseason AP poll. OR allowed an average of 41.4 points per game, ranked 125th nationally.

Last year, the Ducks and Wolves were tied 40-40 early in the second half before OR won 88-60.

“I just felt bad for Mark”, Kelly said of his reaction to Tuesday’s news. Rebounds-Boise State 32 (Hutchison, Chandler 9), OR 39 (Boucher, Chris 8).

OR didn’t lead the Pac-12 in rushing for the first time in 10 seasons. “Guys were kind of doing it for themselves, or so they could go to the league and not really worrying about how the season is going; more anxious about what their stats are”. Sorkin’s first three-pointer gave OR an 18-5 lead and Casey Benson converted a three-point play that put the Ducks up 21-7. He won at least a share of the conference title every season he was head coach and led the Ducks to the 2011 BCS national championship game, where they lost to Auburn.

“He had great success except for one year”, Bidwell said. The Ducks’ season ended without a bowl game for the first time since 2004.

STAT OF THE NIGHT: The Ducks attempted 11 free throws, making nine, before the Wolves, who were whistled for 15 fouls in the first half, tried their first. OR had finished every season ranked in the AP Top 25 since 2007.

HE SAID IT: Altman saw some body language from his players that he didn’t like during the rout.

The players said that they received a text Tuesday night at 6:38 p.m. which called for a team meeting at HDC at 7 p.m.

“Last year we had a few growing pains and at the end of the year we got it right, and that can happen this year as well”. I’ve heard that everywhere traveling around the United States. And the issues on defense were again on display Saturday against the Beavers.

Coming into this season, the Oregon Ducks started off slow, but were still able to pull-off decisive wins against U.C. Davis and Virginia in their first two matchups.