Live Score Updates: Oregon Ducks vs. Maryland Terrapins in Big Ten Tournament

The Oregon Ducks men’s basketball team opened the 2026 Big Ten Tournament with a first-round matchup vs. the Maryland Terrapins. Following a turbulent season, Oregon coach Dana Altman’s squad hoped to still make a deep run in the conference tournament. Instead, the Ducks lost 70-60 due to a rough shooting performance.

The Big Ten No. 16-seeded Ducks entered as the higher-seeded team against the No. 17 Terrapins. Maryland advances to the second round to play the Iowa Hawkeyes, while Oregon's season is likely over.

Full Time: Maryland Wins, 70-60

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The Ducks outscored the Terrapins in the second half by 11 points, but it wasn't enough to overcome the large deficit the program faced early. Maryland led the entire game and never allowed Oregon to take an advantage.

Altman's squad ends Big Ten play with an ugly shooting performance. The Ducks at least finished the game by showing fight and trying to stay alive in March, but the loss likely puts an end to the team's underwhelming 2025-26 season. Five seniors exit the program, but the team will receive notable additions next season with elite recruits Kendre Harrison and Tajh Ariza set to enter. Point guard Jackson Shelstad should also be back after dealing with injury throughout the season.

Second Half

H2 2:13: Oregon cuts it to single digits with less than three minutes left. The Ducks go on an 18-3 run and hit six of their seven shots heading into an Oregon 30-second timeout.

H2 7:31: The Terrapins respond to the Ducks' comeback efforts by pushing it to a 22-point lead. Maryland made six of its last eight field goal attempts entering a media timeout.

H2 13:32: The Ducks continue their improved start to the second half with an 11-2 scoring run. Center Nate Bittle becomes the first Oregon player to reach double-figure scoring. Maryland goes nearly three and a half minutes without a field goal.

H2 15:31: Oregon goes on a 6-0 scoring run entering a media timeout. Forward Kwame Evans Jr. makes a shot inside the paint and draws contact to head to the stripe. The Ducks begin the half by hitting four field goals, two of which were their first 3-pointers.

Halftime

The Terrapins lead 33-12 after the first 20 minutes. The Ducks' cold shooting continued, with Oregon only making three of its 22 first-half attempts.

Bittle scored six points and made all three of the team's field goals. Maryland guard David Coit led all scorers with 12 points in the first half.

The Terrapins only shot 39 percent in the half, but Oregon's lack of scoring outside Bittle and inability to hit jumpers made it a lopsided 21-point game. Maryland finished the half by making five of its last six attempts, including an emphatic dunk before time expired.

First Half

H1 11:43: The game heads into another media timeout with a 12-3 Maryland lead. Oregon remains without a field goal in the game after 10 attempts. The Terrapins also go cold, going two minutes and 35 seconds without scoring.

H1 15:49: The Ducks start the game shooting the ball 0-for-6 from the floor. Maryland begins the game on an 9-0 run, shooting 4-for-7 ahead of a media timeout.

Pregame

Oregon Ducks’ Regular Season

Oregon is used to being in contention for a spot in the NCAA Tournament in the Altman coaching era. Entering the season, fans and analysts predicted another deep tournament run, but that possibility went down the drain when the roster was hit by injuries.

The Ducks lost 10 games in a row during Big Ten play and finished the regular season with under 20 wins. Oregon did end the regular season on a positive note, however. It defeated the Washington Huskies 85-79 at Matthew Knight Arena in the finale on Saturday.

Bittle returned to the lineup at the end of February after being absent for much of the Ducks’ losing streak. Bittle’s return to the lineup added a boost to the team’s on-court performance. His Oregon career is winding down, so the postseason will be the final games for Bittle in a Ducks uniform.

Oregon Ducks Injury Report

Out

Jackson Shelstad, point guard
Ege Demir, center
Devon Pryor, forward

Oregon vs. Maryland History

The Ducks won the regular-season meeting 64-54 in College Park. Bittle scored 16 points and added seven rebounds, while guard Takai Simpkins also scored 16 points and forward Kwame Evans Jr. added 12 points and eight rebounds.

Oregon was able to secure its first Big Ten win of the season in that game, although it went on to win just four more conference games. The Ducks enter this matchup with a 12-19 overall record and a 5-15 conference record, while the Terrapins have an 11-20 overall record and a 4-16 record in conference play.

The two sides met for the first time in the 2024-25 season, when Oregon first entered the Big Ten. The Ducks are 2-0 in the series history, also winning the first meeting 83-79.

What a First-Round Win Would Mean

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The winner of the first-round matchup will advance to play the Iowa Hawkeyes in the second round of the tournament. A potential win in the second-round means playing the Ohio State Buckeyes in the third round, and a win in that game would mean playing the tournament No. 1 seed, the Michigan Wolverines, in the quarterfinals.

The Ducks can’t change their regular-season record, but a deep tournament run would send out Bittle in a positive manner and give the program confidence heading into next season.

Maryland comes into the first-round game off a four-game losing streak. Oregon knows it can beat the Terrapins since it’s taken every meeting so far, and the Ducks enter as the higher seed coming off a win.