The votes are in: See where Oregon landed in the preseason men’s basketball media poll

Jackson Shelstad’s reputation as a playmaker on the rise is following him to the Big Ten Conference.

The sophomore point guard for the Oregon men’s basketball team was named to the preseason all-Big Ten second team on Wednesday in a vote by 33 media members who cover the conference. The poll was a joint project between The Columbus Dispatch and The Indianapolis Star.

Shelstad averaged 12.8 points, 2.8 rebounds and 2.8 assists last season for an Oregon team that went 24-12, won the Pac-12 Tournament and lost in double overtime to Creighton in the third round of the NCAA Tournament.

The Ducks were picked to finish sixth in the 18-team conference, behind projected champion Purdue — the 2023-24 national runner up — then Indiana, UCLA, Illinois and Michigan State.

The Ducks’ season begins Nov. 4 against UC Riverside at Matthew Knight Arena.

Projected Big Ten men’s basketball standings

(First-places votes in parenthesis)

1. Purdue, 572 (20); 2. Indiana, 549 (7); 3. UCLA, 510 (2); 4. Illinois, 458 (2); 5. Michigan State, 448 (1); 6. Oregon, 412; 7. Rutgers, 391; 8. Ohio State, 369 (1); 9. Michigan, 342; 10. Maryland, 263; 11. Iowa, 249; T-12 Wisconsin, 212; T-12 Nebraska, 212; 14. USC, 196; 15. Washington, 158; 16. Northwestern, 153; 17. Penn State, 87; 18. Minnesota, 62

Big Ten preseason player of the year: Braden Smith, Purdue

Big Ten freshman of the year: Dylan Harper, Rutgers

Big Ten transfer of the year: Oumar Ballo, Indiana

First-team all-Big Ten: Braden Smith, Purdue; Payton Sandford, Iowa; Oumar Ballo, Indiana; Bruce Thornton, Ohio State; Dylan Harper, Rutgers

Second-team all-Big Ten: Jackson Shelstad, Oregon; Ace Baldwin Jr., Penn State; Great Osobor, Washington; Ace Bailey, Rutgers; Dawson Garcia, Minnesota

Chris Hansen covers University of Oregon football, men’s basketball, track and field, cross country and softball for The Register-Guard. You can reach him on X @chansen_RG or by email at chansen@registerguard.com. 

This article originally appeared on Register-Guard: Where did Oregon men’s basketball land in preseason media poll?