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The Associated Press put together their preseason top 25 college basketball teams earlier today and the Oregon Ducks landed in the #15 spot with a total of 742 points. The only other PAC-12 team that was listed in the poll was the #21 Arizona Wildcats. The Washington Huskies, Colorado Buffaloes, and USC Trojans received votes but didn’t make the cut.
Last season, Oregon was picked #14 in the AP preseason poll. This is Oregon’s sixth all-time appearance in the AP preseason poll.
11. Virginia
— NCAA March Madness (@marchmadness) October 21, 2019
12. Seton Hall
13. Texas Tech
14. Memphis
15. Oregon
16. Baylor
17. Utah State
18. Ohio State
19. Xavier
20. Saint Mary’s
21. Arizona
22. LSU
23. Purdue
24. Auburn
25. VCU
Oregon has #14 Memphis and #12 Seton Hall on their non-conference schedule in November. When conference play comes around, the Ducks play #21 Arizona twice (January 9th in Eugene and February 22nd in Tucson).
*Arden Cravalho is a Gonzaga University graduate from the Bay Area... Follow him on Twitter @a_cravalho