EUGENE -- Oregon men's basketball will open the season in the top 15.
The Ducks are ranked No. 14 with 638 points in the preseason AP poll released Monday. Oregon is the highest-ranked Pac-12 team, with No. 21 UCLA (297 points) and No. 25 Washington (165 points) also ranked from the conference.
Oregon has an exhibition with Western Oregon on Nov. 1 (7 p.m.) before opening the 2018-19 season against Portland State on Nov. 6 (8 p.m.).