Oregon suffered its first loss away from home this season at Minnesota — the lowest ranked Big Ten team in NET.

The Oregon Ducks lost their first road contest of the season in a 77-69 loss at the Minnesota Golden Gophers. Ducks' leading scoring, center Nate Bittle, was held scoreless in the defeat.

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Oregon dropped in the polls after splitting games with Washington and Minnesota.

Oregon men's basketball turned an 18-point deficit into an eventual one-shot lead Saturday afternoon before losing steam against Minnesota

The Gophers (11-9, 3-6 Big Ten) were playing in front of their biggest home crowd of the season, and they fed off their energy as soon as the game tipped off. Minnesota started 10-for-14 shooting from the field and quickly jumped out to a 27-11 lead before giving Oregon (16-4, 5-4) a chance to even settle into the game.

The red-hot Gophers men's basketball team knocked off No. 15 Oregon, 77-69, at Williams Arena on Saturday in front of one of their best home crowds of the season. It resulted in the second straight court storm at The Barn.

The Ducks found themselves playing catch-up for most of the game and they could never erase that 18-point deficit in loss to Minnesota.

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