This was head coach Ernie Kent's 13th and final season at Oregon.

The Ducks played their home games at McArthur Court and were members of the Pacific-10 Conference.

They finished the season 16–16, 7–11 in Pac-10 play and lost in the quarterfinals of the 2010 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball tournament.

They were not invited to a post season tournament and Ernie Kent was fired at the end of the season, leading to an extensive coaching search in the subsequent offseason.

In the Pac-10 preseason poll, released October 29 in Los Angeles, California during the Pac-10 media days Oregon was selected to finish 6th in the conference.