THE STARTING 5
No. 21 Oregon opens the 116th season of basketball with a pair of games in Omaha, Neb. The Ducks will face Missouri on Wednesday (6 p.m. PT, FS1) followed by Seton Hall on Friday (6 p.m. PT, FS1).
• 1 – The Dec. 2 start date is the latest Oregon has opened a season in 51 years. The Ducks began the 1969-70 campaign with a 97-84 loss to Wichita State on Dec. 2, 1969.
• 2 – Oregon will go 271 days in between games. The Ducks' final game of the 2019-20 season was an 80-67 win against Stanford on March 7.