First the good news. Forward Malique Ewin won his court case and will be eligible to play for the Ducks this season. Here are the B1G Ten preseason predictions for the Ducks in 2026-2027.

New York Times and ESPN have Oregon at #13. CBS, Detroit News, USA Today and Yahoo list the Ducks at #14. Hoops HQ has Oregon at #16. Their comment:

The loss of long time head coach Dana Altman could be a fatal blow before it even begins. Substack writer Campbell Manahan has Oregon at #17. His comment: Dana Altman saw this roster and quit. He has Rutgers at #18 and said the Scarlet Knights are worse than Oregon? This is bad.

From CBS Sports and the cost of competing in college basketball.

Tier 1 - 20 million plus rosters

Duke Florida Kentucky Illinois Louisville Michigan North Carolina St. Johns Tennessee Texas Texas Tech

Tier 2 - just under 20 million

Arkansas UConn Indiana Kansas

Tier 3 - 15.1 - 17.5 million

Arizona Auburn Cincinnati Gonzaga Houston Miami Michigan St. LSU Missouri Oklahoma Oklahoma St. Mississippi South Carolina Texas A&M USC Vanderbilt

Tier 4 - 12.1 - 15 million

Alabama Baylor BYU Creighton Georgetown Marquette Maryland Mississippi St. Ohio St. OREGON Pittsburgh Providence SMU UCLA Villanova Virginia West Virginia Xavier

Tier 5 - 10 - 12 million

Clemson Georgia Iowa St. MInnesota North Carolina St. Nebraska Syracuse TCU Wisconsin

Tier 6 - 7.1 - 9.9 million

ASU Butler California DePaul FSU Iowa Northwestern Penn St. Purdue Rutgers Seton Hall UCF Utah Virginia Tech

Tier 7 - 5 - 7 million

Boston College Colorado Georgia Tech Kansas St. Notre Dame Stanford Wake Forest Washington

College basketball is hard to watch, IMO, with all of the roster turnover. I don’t even know who is on the Oregon team anymore.

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