ASU basketball picked 2nd in 2020-21 Pac-12 preseason media poll

Media members picked the Arizona State Sun Devils to finish behind the favorite UCLA Bruins in the Pac-12 basketball preseason media poll for 2020-21.

The top-two doesn’t reflect the national perception of the two programs, as the Associated Press top-25 rankings had ASU slotted 18th in the country, two spots ahead of No. 20 UCLA.

The Sun Devils earned 246 total points and five first-place votes.

UCLA earned nine first-place votes and 251 points, while the No. 22 Oregon Ducks earned seven first-place nods and 241 points in third place.

The 10 points separating the top three teams makes for the closest vote for that grouping in the 37-year history of the conference’s preseason media voting.

The Arizona Wildcats came in fifth in the poll with 173 points but had no first-place votes.

Stanford and USC each earned a single first-place nod from voters.

2020-21 Pac-12 men’s basketball preseason media poll

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