Me too.  I've liked the Zags for over a decade, always pulled for them.  They just haven't had enough overall talent to win the Championship.    But you can have a very good program and never make it through the 64 team grind of the tourney.    Winning is more fun that losing, but I fell in love with Oregon programs in football and basketball when neither was anywhere close to contending for the conference champs, let alone national championship.     I love the watching the 'stories' of individual players and their progress, winning really isn't everything to a person who loves the beauty and challenge of sports.   (I think Oregon's style of basketball is beautiful to watch).  

Ducks women' coach Kelly Graves won 10 CONSECUTIVE conference championship at Gonzaga,.    Duck women will be national contenders for the forseable future, UConn or not.  Graves and Altman were A+++ hires for Oregon.