No. 12 Oregon and USC meet with first place in the Pac-12 on the line Thursday at 8 p.m. at Matthew Knight Arena (ESPNU).
THE STARTING FIVE
• 1 – Oregon is the only school in the nation with its men's basketball, women's basketball and football teams all currently ranked in the Associated Press top 12. Women's basketball is No. 4, football is No. 5 and men's basketball is No. 12.
• 2 – Entering the week, Oregon is one of just six teams nationally with at least five NET Quadrant 1 wins (Arizona, Memphis, at Michigan, Seton Hall, at Washington).