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There was a little bit of a role reversal for the Oregon Ducks men’s and women’s basketball teams this past week when it came to their poll position heading deeper into the month of February.
After a blazing hot January for both teams, the past couple of weeks has seen a brief return to reality. For Dana Altman and the men’s team, that stumble came at the end of January with a home loss to Colorado. However, they bounced back with some vengeance this past weekend, picking up the program’s first-ever win in Boulder by blowing out the Buffaloes on Thursday, and then going on to beat the Utah Utes on Saturday and end their mountain road trip with an unlikely sweep.
The weekend’s success wasn’t quite enough to get the Ducks back into the top-25 of the Ferris Mower’s Coaches Poll, but they did receive 5 votes, which was up from the one vote they got last week.
| Rank | Team | Record | Points | Change |
| 1 | Gonzaga | 19-2 | 786 (18) | – |
| 2 | Auburn | 22-1 | 784 (16) | -1 |
| 3 | Purdue | 20-3 | 698 | – |
| 4 | Kentucky | 19-4 | 682 | +3 |
| 5 | Arizona | 19-2 | 666 | – |
| 6 | Duke | 19-3 | 649 | – |
| 7 | Houston | 20-2 | 605 | +2 |
| 8 | Kansas | 19-3 | 602 | +2 |
| 9 | Texas Tech | 18-5 | 481 | +5 |
| 10 | Baylor | 19-4 | 478 | -2 |
| 11 | Providence | 20-2 | 477 | +4 |
| 12 | UCLA | 16-4 | 424 | -8 |
| 13 | Illinois | 17-5 | 411 | +5 |
| 14 | Wisconsin | 18-4 | 389 | -3 |
| 15 | Villanova | 17-6 | 368 | -3 |
| 16 | Ohio State | 14-5 | 308 | – |
| 17 | Michigan State | 17-5 | 280 | -4 |
| 18 | Tennessee | 16-6 | 231 | +2 |
| 19 | Marquette | 16-7 | 193 | +5 |
| 20 | Texas | 17-6 | 157 | +1 |
| 21 | USC | 19-4 | 148 | -2 |
| 22 | Saint Mary’s | 19-4 | 89 | +6 |
| 23 | Connecticut | 15-6 | 85 | -6 |
| 24 | Murray State | 22-2 | 68 | +9 |
| 25 | Wake Forest | 19-5 | 51 | +9 |
For Kelly Graves and the women’s team, the weekend will definitely hurt them a bit. After dropping both games during their Arizona road top, losing to both the Wildcats and the Arizona State Sun Devils, the Ducks are expected to drop from No. 22 in the USA Today Coaches Poll.
While the coaches’ poll is one way to look at the standings, a different way is by using the NET Rankings. The men’s team moved up to No. 49 in the NET after entering the weekend at No. 51. Meanwhile, the women’s team dropped to No. 13 after starting the road trip at No. 11.
The coming stretch of basketball is going to be critically important for both schools as they try to close in on March with their best basketball on the court. Dana Altman’s team is hovering a little too close to the tournament bubble for comfort, and while Kelly Graves’ team is in a good position to make the tournament, there’s a good chance that they can play host to their early games if they continue to win.
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