Not your typical exhibition game since it was vs Utah. Shelstad not back so our Chinese import played the point. Bittle a double double.

Five items of note from Oregon men's basketball's 73-53 exhibition victory over Utah

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MBB Recap: Oregon vs Utah (Exhibition) | Addicted To Quack

elsewhere yesterday
North Carolina 76-78 at BYU
Kansas 90-82 at Louisville
Villanova 72-75 at Virginia
DePaul 69-62 at Notre Dame
Purdue 65-78 at Kentucky (Purdue is pre-season No. 1, Kentucky No. 9)
Kansas State 91-100 at Missouri

I love football, but am excited to watch basketball, too. Regarding the Ducks exhibition win over Utah, 73-53, it's good to get that first win of the season, although it won't count in the standings. Out of the 16 schools in the Big Twelve, the former PAC 12 schools are not expected to fair too well this season, with the exception of the Arizona Wildcats. The preseason rankings: #4 Arizona, #13 Arizona St., #14 Utah and #16 Colorado.

The Ducks next game is another exhibition against Stanford. Of the 18 schools in the ACC, former PAC 12 schools are also not expected to do very well. #15 California and #16 Stanford will be in the bottom half of their conference.

Always excited for Ducks basketball. No idea how the season will go, we'll be reliant on Bittle and Shelsted. We need both players to be just a little more consistent, we'll need better shooting from our role players. I'm excited to see how the international players do, that's something a bit new for this team.

Seems like Wei Lin will at the very least be exciting to watch, feels like he could offer a new element with his ability to create.