Fansided · Oct 13, 2025
Ducks snubbed in first AP basketball poll, which ignores Altman magic
A taskmaster and a genius at development, Dana Altman casts a sour grinchy frown at poor ball movement or a lack of defensive effort. | Grace Hollars/IndyStar / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn ImagesThough Dana Altman has done this more than twenty times, AP voters left the Ducks off the preseason basketball poll, proving once again that writers are slow learners.
The survey at Big Ten Media Day had the Ducks picked to finish fifth in the 18-team Big Ten, which sounds more like it. Altman has his Big Three of Nate Bittle, Jackson Shelstad and Kwame Evans back, though Shelstad will miss a few games with a broken hand.
