Oregon Basketball: 2017 Pac-12 Slate Taking Shape
The Oregon Ducks are coming off a historic season on the hardwood and it appears Oregon will have some home court advantage again in 2017.
On Thursday the Pac-12 Conference announced the matchups for the upcoming Conference season. Oregon will once again play host to UCLA(and USC). Dana Altman will have to have his team ready for an early season trip to Arizona and Arizona State before hosting the Wildcats and Sundevils to close out the Pac-12 Regular Season slate at Matthew Knight Arena.
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The Oregon Ducks will visit the Washington schools to finish out the Regular season before the Pac-12 Tournament.
Oregon will get a break of sorts to end the month of January hosting in-state rival Oregon State in the Civil War.
The Oregon Ducks return Payton Pritchard with a handful of young talent including Michael Cage and a handful of recruits that should help make an immediate impact for the upcoming season. Exact dates for Conference games are still being finalized with Pac-12 Television Partners. Every game will again be televised on several networks including ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU/FOX/FS1 or CBS.
Oregon enters 2017 on quite a roll. The Oregon Ducks have been undefeated at home the last two seasons which has led to back to back Elite 8 appearances in the NCAA Tournament. There are key games to start the Pac-12 season including UCLA, Utah and Arizona at home. Oregon will not face Utah or Colorado on the road this year.
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The Oregon Men’s Basketball team will play in the Phil Knight Invitational November 23rd-26th and will host Boise State and travel to Fresno State. The complete schedule will be released later this summer.