2019–20 Oregon Ducks Men's Basketball Team
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The 2019–20 Oregon Ducks men's basketball team represented the
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during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Ducks, led by 10th-year head coach
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, played their home games at Matthew Knight Arena as members of the
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. They finished the season 24–7, 13–5 in Pac-12 play to win the regular season Pac-12 championship. They were set to take on rival Oregon State in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 tournament. However, the Pac-12 Tournament, along with all postseason tournaments, was cancelled amid the
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.


Previous season

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finished the season with a 25–13 record, 10–8 in conference play, and finished tied for fourth in the Pac-12. As the 6 seed in the Pac-12 tournament, Oregon upset No. 3-seeded
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, No. 2-seeded
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, and No. 1-seeded
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to win the tournament championship and receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Oregon entered the NCAA Tournament as a No. 12 seed and upset the No. 5 seed
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in the first round. Oregon made it to the Sweet Sixteen where they lost to
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, who would eventually become National Champions.


Off-season


Departures


Incoming transfers


2019 recruiting class


Roster

* Freshman center N'Faly Dante missed first nine games of the season due to academic ineligibility.


Depth chart


Schedule and results

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Ranking movement

*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings.
^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.


References

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Oregon Ducks men's basketball The Oregon Ducks men's basketball team is an college basketball, intercollegiate basketball program that competes in the NCAA Division I and is a member of the Big Ten Conference, representing the University of Oregon. The Ducks play their home ga ...
Oregon Ducks men's basketball The Oregon Ducks men's basketball team is an college basketball, intercollegiate basketball program that competes in the NCAA Division I and is a member of the Big Ten Conference, representing the University of Oregon. The Ducks play their home ga ...