It's Pac-12 Media Release day for men's basketball, and the preseason conference media poll has been released. Arizona, the defending regular season and conference tournament champions, are the pick to repeat, garnering 18 of 36 first place votes, and 406 total points.
Oregon State, with the entirety of their lineup returning, and supported by the best recruiting class the Beavers have had in modern times, is picked for 6th in Coach Wayne Tinkle's second season, with 235 points. It's the highest the Beavers have been picked to finish since the conference expanded to be the Pac-12.