Oregon Ducks take on Stanford live on Wednesday night in Pac-12 College Basketball action at 11:00 PM ET.
The Oregon Ducks have been one of the most surprising teams in college basketball this season and are ranked in the 10 for the first time since 2007. The team will try to keep the early success going as they visit the Stanford Cardinal on Wednesday night.
Coach Dana Altman has the team at 18-2, dropping games to Cincinnati and UTEP. The team has won nine straight games since falling 91-84 in overtime against UTEP and is coming off of an 81-76 win over Washington State on Saturday.
The team has started off perfect in conference play and is looking to win its first title since 2002.
"It's still too early," said Altman, whose team is the last unbeaten in Pac-12 play. "This is a league of big swings. We're not even halfway through. It's nice to be 7-0, but we've got a lot of work ahead of us. A bad week changes things really quickly. We've got to work a lot harder because teams are going to come after us more."
Oregon has gone 4-1 on the road this season and is undefeated at home with a 14-0 record. Stanford has been solid at home and is coming off of an 87-56 victory against Utah on Sunday.
The Ducks have been playing well within the Pac-12, but the team has had trouble keeping control of the ball, leading the conference in turnovers per game. The team is averaging 76 points per game and is ranked 28th in the nation in rebounding with nearly 40 per contest.
Oregon offered up 23 turnovers in the win against Washington State and will look to improve against Stanford.
"The turnovers really took away from the performance," Altman said. "We made a lot of bad decisions, things that we're going to have to work on."
The Ducks' schedule doesn't get much easier going forward, with road games against California and Washington as well as home games with Colorado and Utah.
"It's going to be harder on the road," he said. "When you're leading the league, when you go on the road everything gets a little more intense. We'll be tested a lot more on the road because people want to get you."
The Ducks will have their hands full with Stanford, who is coming off of their largest conference victory in nearly a decade. The team defeated Utah behind 16 points from Chasson Randle, who is averaging nearly 20 over the past four games.
"I thought our guys did a good job for the most part of putting bodies on guys and making plays on the basketball," said coach Johnny Dawkins, whose team held a 43-27 rebounding edge. "That's something we've got to continue to do."
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