text: On paper, there were many categories where the Oregon Ducks had a disadvantage this basketball season.
  
  One of the best sites for getting statistical analysis of a basketball team is Kenpom.com, and down toward the bottom of the Ducks' page is a trio of personnel stats that were awfully telling of this year's Oregon team.
  
  The Ducks ranked 225th in the country in bench minutes, they were 267th with an average of 1.39 years of experience and the Ducks' average height of 76.4 inches was 224th in the nation.
  
  These stats don't do anything but further cement most of what people knew about Oregon this year. The Ducks were young, the Ducks were short and the Ducks didn't have much depth.
  
  Despite this, the Ducks rode on the back of Joseph Young to a second-place finish in the Pac-12, a second-round NCAA Tournament win over Oklahoma State and gave No. 1 Wisconsin everything it could handle in a Round of 32 loss.
  
  The on-paper numbers weren't in Oregon's favors, but the Ws still showed up in the win column. Next year, those three stats should be different. Oregon is expected to just lose Young and Jalil Abdul-Bassit next season. With a core of Dillon Brooks, Elgin Cook, Dwayne Benjamin, Casey Benson, Ahmaad Rorie and Jordan Bell returning, the Ducks should see increases in their average age and number of bench minutes.
  
  The Ducks should also be bigger. Roman Sorkin and Michael Chandler are both 6-foot-10 forwards who were limited this season -- Chandler due to injury and Sorkin due to his adjustment to the American came. If those two come along, paired with the addition of 6-foot-9 commit Trevor Manuel, Oregon should no longer have the size issues it faced all this season.
  
  Losing Young will certainly hurt the Ducks, though, on paper, next season is already shaping up in Oregon's favor.
  
  On to the links:
  
  Six newcomers to watch this spring.
  
  Former Duck Casey Matthews signed with Minnesota.
  
  If drafted, Marcus Mariota would be Tennessee's starter.
  
  Oregon softball started the week with a sweep.
  
  Oregon baseball gets some momentum.