— Oregon football was ranked No. 19 in the final AP Top 25 poll released Monday night. The ranking was the Ducks’ lowest to finish the season since 2007, the last time the team won less than 10 games in a season.
For those already counting down the days until next season, Oregon was ranked No. 18 in ESPN’s Way-To-Early Top 25.
— Oregon will reportedly hire Washington State’s Dave Yost as its quarterbacks coach, according to Football Scoop. Yost was a member of Mike Leach’s staff in Pullman, Washington for the last three seasons.
— Dylan Ennis was ruled out for the rest of the season last Wednesday, however the Ducks responded to the news with back-to-back wins. His departure also leaves the door open for talented guards Dillon Brooks and Tyler Dorsey to become leaders, writes Emerald associate editor Hayden Kim. 
— Kevin Geniza flipped his commitment from Santa Clara to Oregon last fall. The prospect of playing for head coach Casey Martin, who played in the PGA Tour, as well as the ultra-competitive Pac-12 schedule ultimately swayed his decision. 
“I’ve known Casey pretty much through my whole junior career and I know that he’s been a great coach there,” Geniza said. “And Pac-12 golf, there’s no more competitive place to play. It was also a very personal decision, because I knew I needed to see myself advancing my game as far as I can and I could see myself down the road (doing that) at Oregon.”
— Oregon baseball was ranked No. 14 in D1Baseball’s preseason poll released Tuesday. The Ducks  also announced that Mitch Karraker will become the team’s new pitching coach. Karraker fills the void that Dean Stiles left after he took a coaching job at Florida International.
— Brooke Hamilton, a New Zealand native who is currently competing in the Australian Amateur, will join the Oregon women’s golf team this summer, according to GoDucks.com.
— Oregon men’s golf’s Aaron Wise won the Australian Master of the Amateurs in Black Rock, Australia. The win helped Wise jump to No. 11 in Golfweek’s men’s amateur world ranking. 
— Pac-12 basketball is experiencing an unordinary amount of parity this season. Ever team in the league has a wining record and nine of the team have an RPI above 50. But, the conference only has one team ranked in the top 25 and may be sabotaged by being so balanced. At least, that’s what Oregon head coach Dana Altman believes.
“It hurts, there’s no doubt about that,” Altman said. “They don’t pay as much attention. Last couple years with Arizona at the top, the Pac-12 was always in the conversation. But without that elite team it does hurt, no doubt.”
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