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Includes Sooner opponent, Gonzaga, and local team, Tulsa.
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5. Gonzaga: This represents a season of transition for the Zags, who already had to replace plenty of seniors even before Austin Daye decided to leave school early to enter the NBA draft. Gonzaga's only full-time returning starter is guard Matt Bouldin, though guard Steven Gray made 11 starts last season. A return to the Sweet 16 seems unlikely, but the Zags remain the class of the West Coast Conference. Gonzaga has won nine consecutive WCC regular-season titles and should make it 10 in a row, particularly since Saint Mary's guard Patrick Mills left school early to begin his pro career. Mills' departure leaves Portland as Gonzaga's toughest challenger in the WCC.
8. Tulsa: Memphis has been the only C-USA representative in each of the past three NCAA tournaments, but Tulsa could give the Tigers some company this season. Tulsa returns four starters from the team that went 25-11 and reached the second round of the NIT last season. The list of returning starters includes guard Ben Uzoh and 7-foot center Jerome Jordan, who led the league in field-goal percentage (.586) and blocks (2.5) last season. If Jordan improves his offense this season, Tulsa just might end Memphis' C-USA monopoly.
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5. Gonzaga: This represents a season of transition for the Zags, who already had to replace plenty of seniors even before Austin Daye decided to leave school early to enter the NBA draft. Gonzaga's only full-time returning starter is guard Matt Bouldin, though guard Steven Gray made 11 starts last season. A return to the Sweet 16 seems unlikely, but the Zags remain the class of the West Coast Conference. Gonzaga has won nine consecutive WCC regular-season titles and should make it 10 in a row, particularly since Saint Mary's guard Patrick Mills left school early to begin his pro career. Mills' departure leaves Portland as Gonzaga's toughest challenger in the WCC.
8. Tulsa: Memphis has been the only C-USA representative in each of the past three NCAA tournaments, but Tulsa could give the Tigers some company this season. Tulsa returns four starters from the team that went 25-11 and reached the second round of the NIT last season. The list of returning starters includes guard Ben Uzoh and 7-foot center Jerome Jordan, who led the league in field-goal percentage (.586) and blocks (2.5) last season. If Jordan improves his offense this season, Tulsa just might end Memphis' C-USA monopoly.
