SAN FRANCISCO – For the first time in the 28-year history of the conference preseason poll, Oregon has been chosen the favorite to win the 2016-17 Pac-12 men's basketball title in a vote of 27 media members who cover the league.
The Ducks, who return four starters from last year's Pac-12 regular-season and tournament championship team, received 23 first-place votes and 320 points to sit atop the preseason poll. Arizona collected the remaining four first-place votes and 298 points as the predicted runner-up.
"They've picked us wrong for the last six years, so I don't know how much stock I'd put into (the No.