UO & OSU sports, March 25

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The Oregon men’s basketball team led for all but two minutes of Thursday’s Sweet Sixteen game at Honda Center, Anaheim, CA in beating defending national champion Duke, 82-68, to set up a West Regional final matchup Saturday against Oklahoma for the right to play in the Final Four. The Ducks will face the Sooners in the Elite Eight on Saturday (3:07 p.m., CBS).

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Oregon State’s basketball team takes on DePaul in an NCAA women’s Sweet 16 tournament game Saturday, 3:30 p.m., Dallas, TX. The game will be televised on ESPN.

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Oregon’s baseball team dropped the first game of a three-game Pac-12 series at Washington Thursday, 9-6 (10). The two play tonight, 7 p.m. in Seattle. Oregon State also lost their first game of a three-game series at California Thursday night, 6-2. The two play again tonight, 7 p.m.

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Oregon’s softball team opened their new home stadium, Jane Sanders Stadium (same location as Howe Field) with a 2-0 win over visiting Stanford in a Pac-12 game. The two play again tonight, 6 p.m., in Eugene. Oregon State lost the first game of a three-game series at home to California 4-0. The Beavers and Bears play again today at 3 p.m.