The Oregon Ducks men’s basketball team is off to an 8-0 start in the 2024-2025 season. Oregon won the first ever Players Era Festival this past week with wins o

The Ducks (8-0) are No. 12 with 806 points in this week’s AP men’s college basketball poll and No. 10 with 457 points in the coaches poll after beating Texas A&M, San Diego State and Alabama last week in Las Vegas.

Oregon jumped 14 spots in the AP poll after beating No. 22 Texas A&M, No. 24 San Diego State and No. 10 Alabama to win last week's Players Era Festival championship.

The Oregon Ducks men's basketball program is undefeated with a 7-0 record after beating both Texas A&M and San Diego State in the Players Era Festival

Bittle finished with 19 points and nine rebounds for Oregon, which won despite seeing a six-point lead evaporate in the final minute.

It's still difficult in November to get a lot of people to care about a random basketball game in Las Vegas between two schools that are historically more likely to meet in a College Football Playoff than a Final Four.

Oregon comes into Saturday ranking as the nation’s No. 93 overall scoring team at 81.1 PPG, while also sitting No. 92 nationally with 66.9 allowed to opponents. After that, Oregon’s top statistic as a team is assists per game, ranking No. 51 nationally with 16.7.

Nate Bittle's rebound dunk with 4.4 seconds left secured Oregon's 83-81 win over Alabama to take the Players Era Festival Championship.