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Pac-12 basketball preview: It should be an entertaining conference race … for second place

It’s far too early to place full faith in the NET rankings — they list San Diego State as the No. 1 team in the land — but the primary evaluation tool used by the NCAA selection committee is accurate in one regard for the Pac-12:

Oregon’s superiority.

The Ducks, who beat Memphis, Michigan and Seton Hall, are No. 10 in the latest rankings — the only Pac-12 team in the top 16 and comfortably ahead of their competition.

Arizona is next (20th), followed by Stanford (21st).

Overall, the Pac-12’s position in the NET suggests a high probability of four or five at-large bids, but we see only one team, Oregon, with a resume worthy of a top-four seed.