Arizona held on in the final minute after trailing 19-4 in the first half to beat Oregon 87-83 and advance to the Sweet 16 to play Duke on Thursday night in Newark, New Jersey. Arizona rallied to lead 42-38 at halftime and extended the lead to 54-43 early in the second half.
Oregon methodically chipped away and cut it to one twice in the last two minutes. Arizona led 80-73 when Caleb Love made a three-point shot with 2:01 remaining in the game. Keeshawn Barthelemy made a three for Oregon with 1:35 left, Nate Bittle scored with 49 seconds left to cut the deficit to 80-78.
After an Arizona timeout, Jaden Bradley turned the ball over on the sideline when he was trapped. T.J. Bamba missed a shot in the lane with 32 seconds remaining that would have tied the game. Bradley subsequently got fouled with 21 seconds left and split a pair of free throws to extend the lead to 81-78…