Oregon will be hosting the defending champion Baylor

Baylor, the men’s basketball defending champions, will be making a return trip to Eugene on Dec. 18.

The last time Oregon played Baylor, it was in 2018 and it was a defensive slugfest with the Bears coming out on top 57-47.

Don’t expect a similar contest this time around.

Baylor, coming off its first-ever national championship, announced its non-conference portion of its schedule and Oregon sits there with a Dec. 18 date at Matthew Knight Arena.

In that first game with the Bears, Oregon had a hard time scoring in the first before managing to rally after halftime only to run out of gas late as Baylor preserved the 10-point victory.

Baylor won’t quite be the same as they were in 2020-21, but they still possess a lot of firepower and should still be one of the top teams in the country.

Baylor guards Davion Mitchell and Jared Butler were both selected in the 2021 NBA Draft as Mitchell was chosen No. 9 overall in the first round by the Sacramento Kings, while Butler was selected No. 40 overall in the second round by the New Orleans Pelicans, later traded to the Utah Jazz.

The Ducks shouldn’t have any problems with scoring this season as Dana Altman has been able to load his roster with transfer guards such as De’Vion Harmon via Oklahoma and Quincy Guerrier via Syracuse to go with returning starting point guard Will Richardson.

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