Pac-12 VB Poll
The Oregon volleyball team was selected fifth in the Pac-12 preseason coaches’ poll, Wednesday, while senior outside hitter Liz Brenner was named to the preseason all-conference team. The Ducks are coming off a fourth-place conference finish in 2013 with a 12-8 mark in conference and 20-12 overall. Oregon finished the season ranked 24th by the AVCA after exiting the NCAA tournament in the second round. Oregon received 70 points in the poll, tied with California. Stanford is favored, followed by USC, Washington and Arizona State. Oregon State came in last.
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For the first time ever, Oregon has been selected to take part in ESPN’s College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon on Nov. 17-18. The annual event is a 24-hour marathon of continuous live basketball games broadcast on the ESPN family of networks. The Ducks’ Tip-Off Marathon appearance will come in their opening game of the Legends Classic versus Detroit on Monday, Nov. 17 at Matthew Knight Arena. The game will be shown live on ESPNU at 8 p.m. Pacific time. Detroit returns four players who started at least 12 games last season for a team that went 13-19.
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It will be OSU vs. OSU and Orange & Black vs. Orange & Black when Oregon State and Oklahoma State open the MGM Grand Main Event Heavyweight bracket at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 24 in Las Vegas, Nev. The MGM Grand Main Event features two four-team brackets with each team playing two games at the resort on Monday, Nov. 24 and Wednesday, Nov. 26. The Heavyweight bracket includes Oregon State, Auburn, Oklahoma State and Tulsa, while the Middleweight bracket will feature Louisiana-Lafayette, Milwaukee, Oral Roberts and a final team to be announced.