The Ducks head into the new year on a five-game winning streak, which includes a key road victory at Michigan. Oregon has been relying less on Payton Pritchard offensively and focusing more on a group effort, keeping this team in the Top Ten nationally. Road trips to Colorado and Utah will be a nasty introduction to conference play in 2020, for the likely Pac-12 favorites.
Like Oregon, USC has rattled off five-straight wins and recently, they’ve secured some quality victories over Harvard, at TCU and against LSU. Big man Onyeka Okongwu has emerged as one of the elite freshmen forwards in the country, not just the league, while the veteran duo of Jonah Mathews and Nick Rakocevic are anchoring a young and excitable roster in Los Angeles.