ANAHEIM, Calif. — Dillon Brooks and his top-seeded Oregon Ducks have a golden opportunity to get college basketball’s full attention tonight.

That’s because their Sweet Sixteen opponent, fourth-seeded Duke, travels under the biggest spotlight in the sport.

“I know a lot of the guys are really motivated,” said Brooks, Oregon’s top scorer. “We’ve been watching Duke all our lives, and once we see the lettering, `D-U-K-E,’ we’re going to come out there with red on our face and just really take it to them.”

After a remarkable regular season and a strong start to the NCAA Tournament, the Ducks (30-6) realize the magnitude of their date with the enigmatic Blue Devils (25-10) in the arena better known as the home of the NHL’s Anaheim Ducks.

Although Oregon won the Pac-12 title and reached the NCAA Tournament for a school-record fourth straight year under coach Dana Altman, these Ducks still fly under the national radar. They get only a fraction of the attention given to their school’s football program, or the West’s traditional hoops powers like Arizona, UCLA and Gonzaga.

A win over the defending national champions could help to turn a football school into a national hoops name.

“Our basketball tradition is not that great,” Altman said. “We’re working hard to improve that. This is a point in our time that we need to play well on the national stage against someone that is very good and has proven themselves.”

Altman sees Duke as “a brand all by itself in college basketball,” even in a year in which coach Mike Krzyzewski has only three big contributors left from last season’s run to the Blue Devils’ fifth title.

Duke lost four of its final seven games heading into the NCAAs, but still reached the Sweet Sixteen for the 15th time since 1998.

“I’m proud of our team,” Krzyzewski said after practice. “Young, kind of limited in numbers, but they’ve really grown tough together and earned their way here.”