Maybe No. 15 Oregon shouldn’t have spruced up its home court in the offseason.Because so far, the more “transparent” look of the hardwood at Matthew Knight Arena has been far less intimidating for Big Ten Conference opponents than it was for Pac-12 foes.The Ducks (15-3, 4-3 Big Ten), who are scheduled to host Washington on Tuesday night in Eugene, Ore., have suffered all three of their losses at home.The latest was a 65-58 defeat to then-No. 17 Purdue on Saturday. The Ducks went more than eight minutes without a point early in the second half, were outrebounded 12-5 on the offensive glass, shot a season-worst 36.0 percent from the field — including 7 of 29 from 3-point range — and committed 16 turnovers.”I didn’t recognize a lot of the shots we took and the turnovers — no idea where a lot of those came from,” Ducks coach Dana Altman said. “We just lost our composure and our discipline and that’s on me.”Leaving our feet making plays, throwing it out of bounds when we weren’t even running or trying to execute anything. It wasn’t like we were trying to make a play for our teammate or anything like that. We went off on our own and tried to make something happen and it sure didn’t work.”Even 7-foot Ducks center Nate Bittle, who had a team-high 18 points and blocked six shots, criticized his own play. Perhaps because nine of his 12 field-goal attempts were 3-pointers and he grabbed only two rebounds.”I didn’t get myself in the paint enough,” Bittle said. “I shot way too many 3s. I got to get a couple of those shots inside. When they come inside people are starting to double (team), so I got to look for my open teammates, kick it out (and) make the right play.”The Ducks have also lost 73-71 at home to UCLA and suffered a record-breaking 109-77 defeat to then-No. 22 Illinois.
