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(GoDucks.com)

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but the Oregon Ducks' men's basketball uniforms for Thursday night's game against Utah do not, in fact, glow in the dark.

They are very green, however.

How did we get here? You can thank the bang-up detective work of ESPN's business reporter Darren Rovell, who took Oregon's Thursday morning uniform announcement and ran with it.

Oregon unveiled the neon green uniforms Thursday morning through several well produced videos on their Instagram account, accompanied by a silhouetted picture of Oregon junior Jordan Bell wearing the bright uniform.

Rovell decided to screenshot the picture and then posted it for his 1.7 million followers with the caption, "Oregon unveils glow in the dark uniforms on Instagram."

The Oregon account didn't mention "glow in the dark" and an Oregon spokesman confirmed that the uniforms are, sadly, just very "bright."

The Ducks and Utes tip off at 6 p.m. on ESPN.

-- Tyson Alger

talger@oregonian.com

@tysonalger