SAN FRANCISCO – The Pac-12 Conference released its annual Men's Basketball Preseason Media Poll, and the Arizona Wildcats were picked to finish fourth in the conference while receiving one first-place vote. Arizona won the regular season conference title and the Pac-12 Tournament in the same season in each of the last two seasons, marking just the second time in conference history a program has won four conference championships in two seasons.
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2018-19 PAC-12 MEN'S BASKETBALL PRESEASON MEDIA POLL
TEAM (1st place votes)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â POINTS
1. Oregon (16)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 288
2. UCLA (6)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 264
3. Washington (2)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 249
4. Arizona (1)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 205
5. USCÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 203
6. Arizona State                 165
7. Colorado                    161
8. Utah                                              122
9. Stanford                     109
10. Oregon State                102
11. California                    45
12. Washington State             37  Â
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The Wildcats were picked fourth behind Oregon, UCLA and Washington while USC was the only other program to receive more than 200 points in the poll.
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UA unofficially opens its season with the First Watch Red-Blue Game at 12 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 14 on the Pac-12 Networks. Arizona will play a pair of home exhibitions before its season opener versus Houston Baptist at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 7 on the Pac-12 Networks.
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