UO mbxb, July 30

EUGENE, Ore. – Oregon will play five of its last seven Pac-12 men’s basketball games at home in 2019-20. The conference announced the Pac-12 pairings for the 2019-20 season. Oregon will open the league season at the mountain schools, Colorado and Utah, the weekend of Jan. 4. The Ducks’ Pac-12 home opener will come a week later against Arizona and Arizona State. The only regular season meetings between Oregon and the Washington schools comes the weekend of Jan. 18 when Oregon treks to Seattle and Pullman. The Ducks return to Matthew Knight Arena to host UCLA and USC the weekend of Jan. 25. Oregon will not play in Los Angeles this year. Then it’s three straight road games for the Ducks with California and Stanford in the Bay Area the weekend of Feb. 1 and a trip to Corvallis the weekend of Feb. 8. After the Civil War, the schedule flips with five-of-seven games at Matthew Knight Arena. Colorado and Utah are in town the weekend of Feb. 15. The Ducks make their final road trip of the year to Arizona and ASU the weekend of Feb. 22. The 2019-20 regular season wraps with OSU visiting Eugene the weekend of Feb. 29 followed by Cal and Stanford the weekend of March 7. This will be the first time since the 2015-16 season that the Ducks will play five of their last seven games at home. The 2019 Pac-12 Tournament will be held March 11-14 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The announcement reflects the games being played and the home/away designations each week of the Pac-12 regular season. Specific dates and times for each game within a week will be announced later this summer after selections by the league’s television partners are finalized. All 108 Conference games will be televised by either Pac-12 Network, ESPN/2/U, FOX/FS1 or CBS. Oregon’s 2019-20 non-conference schedule will also be released in the coming weeks. Some non-conference dates previously announced include Memphis in the Phil Knight Invitational Nov. 12 at the Moda Center in Portland, the Battle for Atlantis Nov. 27-29 in the Bahamas and a road game at Michigan on Dec. 14. This will be the final season that teams will play an 18-game Pac-12 schedule. The conference announced this past May that it will transition to a 20-game league schedule beginning with the 2020-21 season.