Oregon in Final Four for 1st time in 78 years

Tyler Dorsey poured in 27 points, Dillon Brooks added 17 and plucky Oregon ended Kansas’ romp through the NCAA Tournament with a 74-60 victory Saturday night in Kansas City, Mo., that gave the Ducks their first Final Four trip in nearly 80 years.

Dylan Ennis added 12 points for the Ducks (33-5), who took the lead with 16 minutes left in the first half and never trailed again, giving coach Dana Altman his first trip to the national semifinals.

“You feel so good for so many people,” Altman said. “It’s a team effort. You feel good for a lot of people.”

Oregon will face the winner of Sunday’s game between North Carolina and Kentucky in Glendale, Ariz.

Player of the Year front-runner Frank Mason III had 21 points in his final game for the Jayhawks (31-5), who had rolled to the Elite Eight by an average margin of 30 points.

Star freshman Josh Jackson was mired in early foul trouble. Sharpshooting guard Devonte Graham never got on track. And the swagger that the Big 12 champs showed in humiliating Purdue in the Sweet 16 quickly became a distant memory.

The last time the Ducks were in the Final Four was 1939 — the very first NCAA Tournament — and the Tall Firs took home the title over Ohio State.

Indiana hires coach: Indiana hired Archie Miller, who spent the past six seasons as the coach at Dayton, as its new coach. The move came less than 24 hours after UCLA coach and Hoosiers alum Steve Alford said he wouldn’t take the job and nine days after Tom Crean was fired after nine seasons.