2021–22 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season
Sports season
The 2021–22 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season began with practices starting in October, followed by the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season which started on November 9. Conference play began on November 28. This was the tenth season under the Pac–12 Conference name and the 62nd since the conference was established under its current charter as the Athletic Association of Western Universities in 1959. Including the history of the Pacific Coast Conference , which operated from 1915 to 1959 and is considered by the Pac-12 as a part of its own history, this was the Pac-12's 106th season of basketball.[ 1]
The Pac-12 tournament was played March 9–12, 2022 at the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada .
Pre-season
Recruiting classes
Rankings
Team
ESPN[ 2]
Rivals[ 3]
On3 Recruits [ 4]
Scout/247 Sports[ 5]
Signees
Arizona
—
No. 44
No. 50
No. 79
2
Arizona State
―
No. 14
No. 11
No. 28
6
California
―
No. 38
―
No. 64
3
Colorado
No. 17
No. 9
No. 37
No. 13
5
Oregon
―
―
No. 7
No. 73
2
Oregon State
―
―
―
No. 69
2
Stanford
No. 16
No. 15
No. 20
No. 21
4
UCLA
No. 15
No. 5
No. 14
No. 36
2
USC
―
―
No. 44
No. 41
3
Utah
―
―
―
―
1
Washington
―
No. 46
No. 47
No. 48
3
Washington State
―
No. 58
No. 30
No. 59
2
Preseason watchlists
Below is a table of notable preseason watch lists.
Preseason All-American teams
Preseason polls
AP [ 19]
Athlon Sports [ 20]
Blue Ribbon [ 21]
CBS Sports [ 22]
Coaches [ 23]
ESPN [ 24]
KenPom [ 25]
Lindy's Sports [ 26]
Sports Illustrated [ 27]
Sporting News [ 28]
Arizona
RV
–
–
No. 29
RV
–
No. 47
–
No. 29
–
Arizona State
–
–
–
No. 82
–
–
No. 58
–
No. 58
–
California
–
–
–
No. 119
–
–
No. 101
–
No. 163
–
Colorado
RV
–
–
No. 62
RV
–
No. 35
–
No. 72
–
Oregon
No. 13
No. 13
No. 19
No. 12
No. 12
No. 12
No. 29
No. 8
No. 12
No. 12
Oregon State
–
–
–
No. 78
–
–
No. 73
–
No. 92
–
Stanford
–
–
–
No. 73
–
–
No. 68
–
No. 75
–
UCLA
No. 2
No. 2
No. 2
No. 6
No. 2
No. 3
No. 7
No. 2
No. 4
No. 2
USC
RV
No. 22
–
No. 21
RV
–
No. 20
–
No. 37
–
Utah
–
–
–
No 103
–
–
No. 93
–
No. 99
–
Washington
–
–
–
No. 94
–
–
No. 102
–
No. 105
–
Washington State
–
–
–
No. 52
–
–
No. 63
–
No. 51
–
The Pac-12 will conduct its 2021 Pac-12 media days at the Pac-12 Studio , in San Francisco, California , on October 13, 2021 (Pac-12 Network ).[ 29]
The teams and representatives in respective order were as follows:
Pac-12 Commissioner – George Kliavkoff
Deputy Commissioner and Chief Operating Officer(MBB) – Jamie Zaninovich
Arizona – Tommy Lloyd (HC), Bennedict Mathurin (G/F), Ąžuolas Tubelis (PF)
Arizona State – Bobby Hurley (HC), Marcus Bagley (SF), Kimani Lawrence (PF)
California – Mark Fox (HC), Grant Anticevich (PF), Andre Kelly (SF)
Colorado – Tad Boyle (HC), Evan Battey (PF), Elijah Parquet (SG)
Oregon – Dana Altman (HC), Will Richardson (PG), Eric Williams Jr. (SG)
Oregon State – Wayne Tinkle (HC), Warith Alatishe (SF), Jarod Lucas (PG)
Stanford – Jerod Haase (HC), Jaiden Delaire (SF), Spencer Jones (SF)
UCLA – Mick Cronin (HC), Jaime Jaquez Jr. (SF), Johnny Juzang (SG)
USC – Andy Enfield (HC), Isaiah Mobley (PF), Drew Peterson (SG)
Utah – Craig Smith (HC), Riley Battin (PF), Branden Carlson (C)
Washington – Mike Hopkins (HC), Jamal Bey (SG), Nate Roberts (PF)
Washington State – Kyle Smith (HC), Efe Abogidi (PF), Tyrell Roberts (PG)
Men's Basketball Media Preseason Poll
Place
Team
Points
First place votes
1.
UCLA
404
32
2.
Oregon
373
2
3.
USC
320
--
T4.
Arizona
245
--
T4.
Oregon State
245
--
6.
Colorado
235
--
7.
Arizona State
224
--
8.
Washington State
221
--
9.
Stanford
151
--
10.
Utah
105
--
11.
Washington
85
--
12.
California
44
--
Source:[ 30]
Pac-12 Preseason All-Conference
First Team
[ 31]
Name
School
Pos.
Yr.
Ht., Wt.
Hometown (Last School)
Warith Alatishe
Oregon State
Sr.
F
6'8”, 210
Westside HS
Marcus Bagley
Arizona State
So.
F
6'8", 215
Sheldon HS
Evan Battey
Colorado
R-Sr.
F
6'8”, 259
Villa Park HS
Tyger Campbell
UCLA
R-Jr.
G
5'11”, 180
La Lumiere School
Jaime Jaquez Jr.
UCLA
Jr.
G/F
6'7”, 225
Camarillo HS
Johnny Juzang
UCLA
Jr.
G
6'7”, 215
Harvard-Westlake School
Bennedict Mathurin
Arizona
So.
G
6'6”, 210
NBA Academy Latin America (MX)
Isaiah Mobley
USC
Jr.
F
6'10”, 240
Rancho Christian School
Will Richardson
Oregon
Sr.
G
6'5”, 180
Oak Hill Academy
Noah Williams
Washington State
Jr.
G
6'5”, 195
O'Dea HS
Second Team
[ 31]
Honorable Mention
Efe Abogidi (So., WSU); Daejon Davis (Gr., WASH); Jaiden Delaire (Sr., STAN); Harrison Ingram (Fr., STAN); Jabari Walker (So., COLO); Peyton Watson (Fr., UCLA).
Midseason watchlists
Below is a table of notable midseason watch lists.
Final watchlists
Below is a table of notable year end watch lists.
Regular season
The Schedule will be released in late October. Before the season, it was announced that for the seventh consecutive season, all regular season conference games and conference tournament games would be broadcast nationally by CBS Sports, FOX Sports, ESPN Inc. family of networks including ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU, and the Pac-12 Network.
Early season tournaments
Records against other conferences
2021–22 records against non-conference opponents through the 2022 Season:
Regular season
Postseason
Record against ranked non-conference opponents
This is a list of games against ranked opponents only (rankings from the AP Poll):
Date
Visitor
Home
Site
Significance
Score
Conference record
Nov 12
No. 4 Villanova
No. 2 UCLA
Pauley Pavilion ● Los Angeles, CA
―
UCLA 86 ―77 OT
1―0
Nov 20
Stanford
No. 9 Baylor
Ferrell Center ● Waco, TX
―
Baylor 86 ―48
1―1
Nov 21
No. 4 Michigan
Arizona †
T-Mobile Arena ● Las Vegas, NV
Roman Main Event
Arizona 80 ―62
2―1
Nov 22
No. 23 Florida
California †
Suncoast Credit Union Arena ● Fort Myers, FL
Fort Myers Tip-Off
Florida 80 ―60
2―2
Nov 23
No. 1 Gonzaga
No. 2 UCLA†
T-Mobile Arena ● Las Vegas, NV
Empire Classic
Gonzaga 83 ―63
2―3
Nov 24
No. 12 Houston
Oregon †
Michelob Ultra Arena ● Las Vegas, NV
Maui Invitational tournament
Houston 78 ―49
2―4
Nov 24
No. 21 Seton Hall
California†
Suncoast Credit Union Arena ● Fort Myers, FL
Fort Myers Tip-Off
Seton Hall 62 ―59
2―5
Nov 24
No. 6 Baylor
Arizona State †
Imperial Arena ● Nassau, Bahamas
Battle 4 Atlantis
Baylor 75 ―63
2―6
Nov 27
No. 18 BYU
Utah
Jon M. Huntsman Center ● Salt Lake City, UT
BYU–Utah rivalry
BYU 75 ―64
2―7
Dec 4
No. 13 Tennessee
Colorado
CU Events Center ● Boulder, CO
―
Tennessee 69 ―54
2―8
Dec 18
No. 1 Baylor
Oregon
Matthew Knight Arena ● Eugene, OR
―
Baylor 78 ―70
2―9
Dec 19
No. 17 Texas
Stanford†
T-Mobile Arena ● Las Vegas, NV
Pac-12 Coast-to-Coast Challenge
Texas 60 ―53
2―10
Dec 22
No. 6 Arizona
No. 19 Tennessee
Thompson-Boling Arena ● Knoxville, TN
―
Tennessee 77 ―73
2―11
Team rankings are reflective of AP poll when the game was played, not current or final ranking
† denotes game was played on neutral site
Conference schedule
This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.[ 53]
Arizona
ASU
California
Colorado
Oregon
OSU
Stanford
UCLA
USC
Utah
Washington
WSU
vs. Arizona
–
0–2
0–2
1–1
0–1
0–2
0–2
1–1
0–2
0–2
0–2
0–1
vs. Arizona State
2–0
–
1–1
1–1
0–2
0–1
1–1
1–1
2–0
0–2
1–0
1–1
vs. California
2–0
1–1
–
1–0
0–1
0–2
1–1
2–0
2–0
2–0
2–0
2–0
vs. Colorado
1–1
1–1
0–1
–
1–1
0–2
0–2
2–0
1–0
0–2
1–1
1–1
vs. Oregon
1–0
2–0
1–0
1–1
–
0–2
1–1
0–2
1–1
0–2
1–1
1–1
vs. Oregon State
2–0
1–0
2–0
2–0
2–0
–
1–0
2–0
2–0
1–1
2–0
2–0
vs. Stanford
2–0
1–1
1–1
2–0
1–1
0–1
–
2–0
0–2
1–0
1–1
1–1
vs. UCLA
1–1
1–1
0–2
0–2
2–0
0–2
0–2
–
1–1
0–1
0–2
0–1
vs. USC
2–0
0–2
0–2
0–1
1–1
0–2
2–0
1–1
–
0–2
0–1
0–2
vs. Utah
2–0
2–0
0–2
2–0
2–0
1–1
0–1
1–0
2–0
–
2–0
2–0
vs. Washington
2–0
0–1
0–2
1–1
1–1
0–2
1–1
2–0
1–0
0–2
–
1–1
vs. Washington State
1–0
1–1
0–2
1–1
1–1
0–2
1–1
1–0
2–0
0–2
1–1
–
Total
18–2
10–10
5–15
12–8
11–9
1–19
8–12
15–5
14–6
4–16
11–9
11–9
Points scored
Team
For
Against
Difference
Arizona
3,107
2,518
589
Arizona State
2,027
2,084
-57
California
2,018
2,114
-96
Colorado
2,345
2,224
121
Oregon
2,532
2,440
92
Oregon State
2,117
2,422
-305
Stanford
2,124
2,198
-74
UCLA
2,639
2,256
383
USC
2,461
2,243
218
Utah
2,091
2,115
-24
Washington
2,260
2,314
-54
Washington State
2,644
2,400
244
Through 2022 Season [ 54]
Rankings
Improvement in ranking
Drop in ranking
RV
Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25
NV
No votes received
Team
Poll
Pre
Wk 2
Wk 3
Wk 4
Wk 5
Wk 6
Wk 7
Wk 8
Wk 9
Wk 10
Wk 11
Wk 12
Wk 13
Wk 14
Wk 15
Wk 16
Wk 17
Wk 18
Wk 19
Final
Arizona
AP
RV
RV
17
11
11
8
6
9
8
6
3
3
7
4
3
2
2
2
2
−
C
RV
RV
19
11
8
6
4т
7
7
6
3
3
5
5
4
2
3
2
2
6
Arizona State
AP
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
−
C
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
California
AP
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
−
C
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
Colorado
AP
RV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
−
C
RV
RV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
Oregon
AP
13
12
RV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
RV
RV
NV
RV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
−
C
12
12
23
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
RV
RV
RV
RV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
Oregon State
AP
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
−
C
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
Stanford
AP
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
−
C
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
UCLA
AP
2
2
2
5
4
4
5
5
5
3
9
7т
3
12
13
12
17
13
11
−
C
2
2
2
5
4
3
6
5
5
3
9
8
4
12
14
13
18
13
12
11
USC
AP
RV
25
24
20
16
10
8
7
7
5
16
15
19
21
17
16
16
21
22
−
C
RV
RV
24
18
15
9
9
9
8
7
15
15
19
21
17
16
16
21
22
RV
Utah
AP
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
−
C
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
Washington
AP
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
−
C
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
Washington State
AP
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
−
C
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
NV
^AP poll is not released for the Final Week.
Head coaches
Coaching changes
On March 16, 2021, Utah fired Larry Krystkowiak as head coach after 10 seasons.[ 55] Utah hired former Utah State coach Craig Smith in March 27, 2021.[ 56]
On April 7, 2021, Arizona fired Sean Miller as head coach after 12 seasons. April 15, Arizona announced it hired long time Gonzaga assistant coach Tommy Lloyd .[ 57]
Coaches
Note: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season. Overall and Pac-12 records are from time at current school.[ 58]
Notes:
Overall and Pac-12 records, conference titles, etc. are from time at current school and are through the end the 2020–21 season.
NCAA tournament appearances are from time at current school only.
NCAA Final Fours and Championship include time at other schools
Conference titles refer to amount of tournament titles each coach has and not regular season titles.
Post season
Pac-12 tournament
The conference tournament is scheduled to be played from March 9–12, 2022, at the T-Mobile Arena, Paradise, NV. The top four teams had a bye on the first day. Teams were seeded by conference record, with ties broken by record between the tied teams followed by record against the regular-season champion, if necessary.
First round Wednesday, March 9
Quarterfinals Thursday, March 10
Semifinals Friday, March 11
Championship Saturday, March 12
1
#2 Arizona
84
8
Arizona State
70
9
Stanford
80
9
Stanford
71
1
#2 Arizona
82
4
Colorado
72
4
Colorado
80
5
Oregon
86
5
Oregon
69
12
Oregon State
72
1
#2 Arizona
84
2
#13 UCLA
76
2
#13 UCLA
75
7
Washington State
66
7
Washington State
65
10
California
59
2
#13 UCLA
69
3
#21 USC
59
3
#21 USC
65
6
Washington
82
6
Washington
61
11
Utah
70
* denotes overtime period
NCAA tournament
Three teams from the conference were selected to participate: Arizona, UCLA, and USC
Seed
Region
School
First Four
First round
Second round
Sweet Sixteen
Elite Eight
Final Four
Championship
No. 1
South Region
Arizona
-
defeated No. 16 Wright State 87–70
defeated No. 9 TCU 85–80 OT
lost to No. 5 Houston 60–72
–
–
–
No. 4
East Region
UCLA
–
defeated No. 13 Akron 57–53
defeated No. 5 Saint Mary's 72–56
lost to No. 8 North Carolina 66–73
–
–
–
No. 7
Midwest Region
USC
–
lost to No. 10 Miami 66–68
–
–
–
–
–
3 Bids
W-L (%):
0–0 (–)
2–1 (.667)
2–0 (1.000)
0–2 (.000)
0–0 (–)
0–0 (–)
TOTAL: 4–3 (.571)
National Invitation Tournament
Three teams from the conference were selected to participate: Colorado, Oregon, and Washington State.
Index to colors and formatting
Pac-12 member won
Pac-12 member lost
Awards and honors
Players of the Week
Throughout the conference regular season, the Pac-12 offices named one or two players of the week each Monday.[ 59]
Week
Player of the Week
School
Freshman of the Week
School
Ref.
Nov. 15
Johnny Juzang
UCLA
Harrison Ingram
Stanford
[ 60]
Nov. 22
Christian Koloko
Arizona
Mouhamed Gueye
Washington State
[ 61]
Nov. 29
Terrell Brown Jr.
Washington
K.J. Simpson
Colorado
[ 62]
Dec. 6
Bennedict Mathurin
Arizona
Lazar Stefanovic
Utah
[ 63]
Dec. 13
Bennedict Mathurin (2)
Arizona
Harrison Ingram (2)
Stanford
[ 64]
Dec. 20
Chevez Goodwin
USC
Harrison Ingram (3)
Stanford
[ 65]
Dec. 27
Grant Anticevich
California
Harrison Ingram (4)
Stanford
[ 66]
Jan. 3
Will Richardson
Oregon
Glenn Taylor Jr.
Oregon State
[ 67]
Jan. 10
Tyger Campbell
UCLA
Julian Hammond III
Colorado
[ 68]
Jan. 17
Will Richardson (2)
Oregon
Mouhamed Gueye (2)
Washington State
[ 69]
Jan. 24
Johnny Juzang (2)
UCLA
Lazar Stefanovic (2)
Utah
[ 70]
Jan. 31
Terrell Brown Jr. (2)
Washington
Harrison Ingram (5)
Stanford
[ 71]
Feb. 7
Ąžuolas Tubelis
Arizona
Mouhamed Gueye (3)
Washington State
[ 72]
Feb. 14
Drew Peterson
USC
Harrison Ingram (6)
Stanford
[ 73]
Feb. 21
Bennedict Mathurin (3)
Arizona
K.J. Simpson (2)
Colorado
[ 74]
Feb. 28
Drew Peterson (2)
USC
Mouhamed Gueye (4)
Washington State
[ 75]
Mar. 7
Jaime Jaquez Jr.
UCLA
Mouhamed Gueye (5)
Washington State
[ 76]
Totals per School
[ 59]
School
Total
Stanford
6
Arizona
5
Washington State
5
UCLA
4
Colorado
3
USC
3
Oregon
2
Utah
2
Washington
2
California
1
Oregon State
1
Arizona State
0
National honors
All-Americans
Coach of the year
All-District
The United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) named the following from the Pac-12 to their All-District Teams:[ 84]
District VIII
All-District Team
District IX
Coach of the Year
Tommy Lloyd , Arizona
All-District Team
The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) named the following from the Pac-12 to their All-District Teams:[ 85]
District 19
Coach of the Year
Tommy Lloyd , Arizona
All-District First Team
All-District Second Team
Conference awards
Voting was by conference coaches.
Individual awards
Pac-12 individual awards[ 86]
Award
Recipient(s)
Player of The Year
Bennedict Mathurin , So., Arizona
Coach of the Year
Tommy Lloyd , Arizona
Defensive Player of The Year
Christian Koloko , Jr., Arizona
Freshman of The Year
Harrison Ingram , Fr., Stanford
Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Sam Beskind, RS Jr., Stanford
Most Improved Player of The Year
Christian Koloko, Jr., Arizona
Sixth Man of The Year
Pelle Larsson , So., Arizona
All-Pac-12
First Team[ 86]
Name
School
Pos.
Yr.
Ht., Wt.
Hometown (Last School)
Terrell Brown Jr.
Washington
PG
Gr.
6−3, 185
Seattle, Wash. (Garfield High School)
Tyger Campbell ††
UCLA
PG
R-Jr.
5−11, 180
Cedar Rapids, Iowa (La Lumiere School)
Jaime Jaquez Jr.
UCLA
SF
Jr.
6−7, 225
Camarillo, Calif. (Camarillo HS)
Johnny Juzang
UCLA
Jr.
Jr.
6−6, 210
Tarzana, Calif. (Harvard-Westlake School)
Christian Koloko
Arizona
C
Jr.
7−1, 230
Douala, Cameroon (Sierra Canyon)
Bennedict Mathurin ‡
Arizona
SG
So.
6−6, 210
Montreal, Canada (NBA Academy Latin America)
Isaiah Mobley
USC
PF
Sr.
6−10, 240
Murrieta, Calif. (Rancho Christian High School)
Drew Peterson
USC
SG
Sr.
6−6, 195
Libertyville, Ill. (Brother Rice High School)
Ąžuolas Tubelis
Arizona
PF
So.
6−11, 245
Vilnius, Lithuania (Rytas Vilnius)
Jabari Walker
Colorado
PF
So.
6−9, 215
Inglewood, Calif. (AZ Compass Prep)
‡ Pac-12 Player of the Year
††† three-time All-Pac-12 First Team honoree
†† two-time All-Pac-12 First Team honoree
† two-time All-Pac-12 honoree
Second Team
Name
School
Pos.
Yr.
Ht., Wt.
Hometown (Last School)
Evan Battey
Colorado
PF
Sr.
6−8, 259
Los Angeles, Calif. (Villa Park High School)
Branden Carlson
Utah
C
Sr.
6−9, 215
South Jordan, Utah (Bingham High School)
Michael Flowers
Washington State
PG
Gr.
6−1, 190
Southfield, Mich. (Southfield A&T High School)
Jalen Graham
Arizona State
PF
Jr.
6−9, 220
Phoenix, Ariz. (Mountain Pointe High School)
Will Richardson
Oregon
PG
Sr.
6−5, 180
Hinesville, Ga. (Oak Hill Academy)
Honorable Mention
Boogie Ellis , (USC, PG)
Harrison Ingram , (STAN, SF)
Spencer Jones, (STAN, SF)
Andre Kelly, (Cal, PF)
Jordan Shepherd, (CAL, SG)
Dalen Terry , (ARIZ, SG)
All-Freshman Team
Name
School
Pos.
Ht., Wt.
Mouhamed Gueye †
Washington State
PF
6−11, 210
Harrison Ingram ‡
Stanford
SF
6−7, 230
KJ Simpson
Colorado
PG
6−2, 177
Lazar Stefanovic
Utah
SG
6−7, 186
Glenn Taylor Jr.
Oregon State
SF
6−6, 200
† Pac-12 Player of the Year
‡ Pac-12 Freshman of the Year
Honorable Mention
All-Defensive Team
† Pac-12 Player of the Year
‡ Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year
†† two-time Pac-12 All-Defensive Team honoree
Honorable Mention
Efe Abogidi , (WSU, C)
Evan Battey , (COLO, PF)
Marreon Jackson , (ASU, SG)
Spencer Jones, (STAN, SF)
Franck Kepnang, (ORE, C)
Isaiah Mobley , (USC, PF)
Scholar Athlete of the year
The Pac-12 moved to seasonal Academic Honor Rolls, discontinuing sport-by-sport teams, starting in 2019-20 [ 87] [ 88] [ 89]
Name
School
Pos.
Ht., Wt.
GPA
Major
Sam Beskind
Stanford
G
6'4”, 190
3.64
Management Science & Engineering
Home game attendance
Team
Stadium
Capacity
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Game 4
Game 5
Game 6
Game 7
Game 8
Game 9
Game 10
Game 11
Game 12
Game 13
Game 14
Game 15
Game 16
Game 17
Game 18
Total
Average
% of Capacity
Arizona
McKale Center
14,655
12,421
11,862
12,059
11,733
13,077
11,943
14,263
12,496
13,515
14,164
14,644†
14,644†
14,644†
12,905
14,644†
14,382
14,644†
228,040
13,414
91.60%
Arizona State
Desert Financial Arena
14,100
6,912
7,594
6,977
6,793
11,391
6,403
7,548
6,482
7,246
9,135
13,233†
8,296
7,234
7,061
6,860
119,165
7,944
56.34%
California
Haas Pavilion
11,858
3,936
4,218
3,977
3,857
4,505
3,132
4,606
3,977
3,712
2,976
4,811
8,325†
7,582
4,038
4,361
4,396
4,248
8,773
85,430
4,746
49.02%
Colorado
Coors Events Center
11,064
6,931
7,115
5,633
6,221
8,688
5,782
6,388
5,888
5,543
6,145
7,475
8,774
7,611
6,918
7,988
7,211
11,079 †
121,390
7,141
64.54%
Oregon
Matthew Knight Arena
12,364
7,037
8,164
5,739
5,739
6,130
5,251
7,682
5,350
5,655
6,378
6,176
10,712†
6,952
6,762
5,786
8,959
10,021
118,683
6,981
56.47%
Oregon State
Gill Coliseum
9,604
4,448
3,491
3,368
3,918
2,954
3,015
2,873
3,245
5,422†
3,833
3,180
3,684
3,060
3,685
4,584
3,888
58,648
3,666
38.17%
Stanford
Maples Pavilion
7,233
3,080
2,492
2,722
2,379
4,181
2,352
100
100
100
3,072
2,172
2,655
4,288†
2,437
3,263
35,393
2,360
32.62%
UCLA
Pauley Pavilion
13,800
5,618
13,659†
7,129
7,103
7,001
7,941
236
119
141
11,268
7,457
10,283
7,916
10,586
8,037
13,659†
118,153
7,385
53.51%
USC
Galen Center
10,258
3,321
2,189
3,754
2,608
5,561
3,253
0
0
2,438
4,148
4,293
2,189
10,258†
3,218
4,268
10,258†
61,756
3,860
37.63%
Utah
Jon M. Huntsman Center
15,000
2,355
6,805
6,638
11,443†
6,548
6,645
7,673
6,964
7,578
7,785
7,846
7,388
7,756
8,263
8,940
7,724
118,351
7,397
49.31%
Washington
Alaska Airlines Arena
10,000
6,356
6,297
5,315
5,670
5,703
6,084
5,618
5,448
6,627
5,593
7,729†
5,154
8,503
7,269
6,248
8,922
8,884
111,420
6,554
65.54%
Washington State
Beasley Coliseum
12,058
2,572
3,878
2,928
2,370
2,720
4,069
2,900
2,702
2,438
2,612
3,051
3,064
2,647
5,012†
3,394
4,510
3,099
4,169
58,135
3,230
26.78%
Total
11,833
1,234,564
6,235
52.69%
Bold – At or exceed capacity
†Season high
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