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SAN FRANCISCO -- Coaches in the deep-as-ever Pac-12 Conference are determined to continue some serious momentum in mens basketball that was built up during a special March.A conference-record seven teams reached the 2016 NCAA Tournament.The biggest key for us as a league is we all have to take care of business and have great Novembers and Decembers, given our schedules, Colorado coach Tad Boyle said at Pac-12 media day Friday. We all have different schedules, go to different schools, play in different tournaments. We have to play well and win games in November and December. It will help everybody come January and February, and certainly March.Defending Pac-12 champion Oregon is picked to repeat as the regular-season conference winner. The Ducks received 23 first-place votes from a panel of 27 media members covering the conference, the Pac-12 announced.Were going to have a target on our back. We have to be ready, Oregon guard Tyler Dorsey said.Coach Dana Altman is eager to see how his team responds to opponents taking their best shot at the Ducks -- in the preseason, during the Pac-12 schedule, in the tournament.It will be an adjustment our team will have to make. Ill be interested to see how they handle it, Altman said. Weve always come from the back of the pack. This year the expectations are higher.Oregon returns four starters from last seasons team that won a school-record 31 games and earned a top seed in the NCAA Tournament, led by junior forward Dillon Brooks, who averaged 16.7 points, 5.4 rebounds and 3.1 assists.Oregon has all the pieces to be one of college basketballs brightest teams this year, said Arizona coach Sean Miller, whose Wildcats received four first-place votes and were picked second.UCLA coach Steve Alford wrote a letter to fans after last seasons failures letting them know we care. The Bruins are picked to bounce back and place third in the Pac-12.Coach Wooden raised that bar at UCLA, Alford said. That bar was raised a long time ago in Westwood, by a guy that won a bucket-load of games and a lot of championships and established something that, quite honestly, hasnt been established anywhere else in the country. So when that bar is that way, theres expectations.California was chosen fourth, followed by Colorado, Washington, USC, Utah, Oregon State, Stanford, Arizona State and Washington State.Theres great depth to the conference, said Stanfords Jerod Haase, the only first-year coach in the Pac-12.Commissioner Larry Scott expects to announce next month the conferences plans regarding games played in China. Last year, the Pac-12 began a two-year commitment, opening the season in China with Washington beating Texas. On Nov. 11, Stanford will play Harvard in Shanghai.Were in discussions with current partners, and others, about whats next, Scott said. Its going well. 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Dabrowski has never been stopped.Said Alvarez: I am happy to come back to the Montreal Casino, where I had my first three pro fights. I asked my team to keep me active and to also evaluate what I do well and what I do badly against southpaws. I want to be fully ready for (southpaw) Adonis Stevenson and become the first Colombian light heavyweight champion of the world.The 39-year-old Stevenson (28-1, 23 KOs), who is from Haiti but fights out of MMontreal, has made seven title defenses since winning the world championship by first-round knockout of Chad Dawson in 2013.dddddddddddd He is coming off a fourth-round knockout of Thomas Williams on July 29.The mandatory bout with Alvarez was supposed to take place before the end of this year, but the fight has been delayed, Michel said.We are waiting for a television date, Michel said. Meantime, Alvarez needs to stay active.Alvarez, 32, a 2008 Olympian for his native Colombia, also fights out of Montreal and is a natural rival for Stevenson. Alvarez is coming off a one-sided, 10-round decision against Robert Berridge on July 29. In Alvarezs previous bout, he became Stevensons mandatory challenger with a tight majority decision win against Isaac Chilemba in November 2015.Dabrowski, 28, of Poland, will be fighting for only the second time outside of his home country. He is coming off an eight-round decision win against then-undefeated countryman Marek Matyja on Oct. 22. ' ' '