OH YES HE DID.(Sports)(Luke Jackson offers another game worth comparing to the greats)

Byline: Bob Clark The Register-Guard

And on Thursday, the Ducks rested, relished their overtime win over Colorado in the first round of the NIT and tried to put some perspective on Luke Jackson's 40-point performance against the Buffaloes.

That was the tough part. There's seemingly no way to overstate the impact of a player scoring 31 of his team's final 33 points in a postseason game, as Jackson did Wednesday night, including 29 consecutive points for the Ducks, their final 17 of regulation and the first 12 of overtime.

`The single best performance that I've ever seen in athletics,' UO coach Ernie Kent said. `That was an amazing feat. That's something that should be talked about all across the country (on Thursday), but unfortunately we're here in the West and the people in the East were sleeping and they probably don't have a clue about what went on out here.'

The 9 p.m. tip-off - or midnight in the Eastern time zone - will cause that, and the Ducks (16-12) have another late start coming in the second round, a home game Tuesday at 8:30 p.m. that also will be Oregon's 1,000th game at McArthur Court. The opponent will be the winner of tonight's contest between Austin Peay and George Mason, a pair of teams each 22-9 after they won NIT openers.

Tickets are on sale over the Internet at goducks.com, by calling 346-4461 or 1-800-WEBFOOT, or at the ticket building on the south side of Autzen Stadium, which is open from 9 a.m. until 6:30 p.m. today, from noon to 6 p.m. on Sunday and from 8 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. on Monday. Reserved seats are priced at $22 with general admission in the third balcony at $13 and UO student tickets $5.

If they're not all on spring break, there are likely to be some repeat buyers from …