Pac-12 Men’s Basketball Weekly Rundown – January 17, 2023

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#PAC12MBB Starting Five:

Los Angeles –> Arizona – This week’s Pac-12 Men’s Basketball brings a quartet of massive midseason matchups as Los Angeles schools head into the desert.

• Thursday night saw ARIZONA STATE host No. 5 UCLA (7:30pm PT, FS1) in a showdown for first place on the Pac-12, while third-placed USC will face off on the Pac-12 Network. Visit No. 11 ARIZONA in 5th place. (6pm PT).
• No. 11 ARIZONA meets No. 5 UCLA on Saturday for a ranked rivalry showdown on network TV (11am ABC). Both teams are ranked within the top 15, making it their fourth consecutive match in the series.

#5 vs #11 – One of the biggest NCAA college basketball games of the week is in Tucson on Saturday. No. 5 UCLA travels to No. 11 Arizona for the first Pac-12 matchup of the AP Top 25 teams this season.

• The sport’s ranked matchups this week are 5-1, improved only by Tuesday’s match between No. 2 Kansas and No. 13 Kansas State in terms of cumulative rankings.
• This will be the 34th matchup between the conference rivals with both teams ranked in the AP Top 25, dating back to their first ranked league clash on January 13, 1990. In Tucson, he won four of the last six such ranked face-offs.

8×75～ The Pac-12 has eight teams in the top 75 of the NCAA Ratings Tool (NET) through the game on January 16 (#6 UCLA, #13 ARIZONA, #40 ARIZONA STATE, #60 COLORADO, #75) 63 UTAH, #67 USC, #68 Oregon, #71 Washington).

• After debuting at No. 146 in its original NET rankings on December 4, USC won 8 of their 10 games and moved up 79 places to a season-high No. 67 by January 16.
• From a season-low 94th place at Christmas, WASHINGTON STATE have won four of their last six games (losing by seven points alongside league leaders UCLA (67-66) and ARIZONA STATE (77-71)). only). Go to #71.

13 – As of January 16, UCLA’s 13-game winning streak is currently the third-longest in the NCAA Division I and the longest among power conference programs (College of Charleston 18, Florida Atlantic 16, UCLA 13).

• The Bruins are only the second in three seasons to have opened 7-0 in Pac-12 play (8-0 in 2020-21), but they have been in the league’s 10-team expansion since 1978-79 (9-0 in 1982). -83; 7-0 1993-94).
• UCLA had its last winning streak over 13 in 2007-08. This is his 14th straight win ending in his 2008 NCAA Final Four.
• The Pac-12 had a 13+ game winning streak in 2016-17, while Arizona had a 15-game winning streak (the next longest since being ejected due to an NCAA penalty was Arizona’s 2014-15). 14 games).

42- It has been 42 seasons since ARIZONA STATE (15-3, 6-1) last had a good start in conference play, starting the 1980-81 campaign 11-1 in Pac-10 action. His 15-3 overall start for the Sun Devils is the best since 2008-09 (16-3).

• In both seasons, the ASU won at least 24 total games (24-4 in 1981 and 25-10 in 2009) to earn a general berth to the NCAA Tournament.

Major wins in non-meetings

10 & 13: In their combined Pac-12 Men’s Basketball program, they won 10 against AP Top 25 opponents and 13 against Power 6 conference opponents in non-conference play.

• Their 10 ranked wins are currently the most by any NCAA Division I conference and the most by any conference since it expanded to the Pac-10 in 1978-79 (the previous high was 1994-95). and 9 times in 1999-00).
• Five different Pac-12 teams (ARIZONA, ARIZONA STATE, COLORADO, UCLA, USC) achieved 10 wins in the AP Top 25, trailing only 7 teams in the Big Ten (9 wins).
• Their 13 wins in the Power 6 conference is the most in the league since they recorded 15 wins during the 2019-20 season. His NCAA Tournament in 2020 was expected to see him field as many as six Pac-12 teams.

AP Top 25 Opponents (10-11)
COLORADO 78, #11 Tennessee 66 (Nashville, Tennessee)
ARIZONA STATE 87, #20 Michigan 62 (Brooklyn, NY)
Colorado 103, #24 Texas A&M 75 (Conway, SC)
#14 ARIZONA 87, #17 San Diego State 70 (Lahaina, Hawaii)
#14 ARIZONA 81, #10 Clayton 79 (Lahaina, Hawaii)
#10 ARIZONA 89, #14 Indiana 75 (Las Vegas, Nevada)
#16 UCLA 87, #20 Maryland 60
#16 UCLA 63, #13 Kentucky 53 (New York City, NY)
#9 Arizona 75, #6 Tennessee 70
USC 74, #19 Auburn 71

Power 6 opponents (13-20)
COLORADO 78, #11 Tennessee 66 (Nashville, Tennessee)
ARIZONA STATE 87, #20 Michigan 62 (Brooklyn, NY)
Colorado 103, #24 Texas A&M 75 (Conway, SC)
UTAH 68, Georgia Tech 64 (Fort Myers, Florida)
#14 ARIZONA 81, #10 Clayton 79 (Lahaina, Hawaii)
STANFORD 70, FL 60 (Orlando, FL)
OREGON 74, Villanova 67 (Portland, Oregon)
#10 ARIZONA 89, #14 Indiana 75 (Las Vegas, Nevada)
ARIZONA STATE 73, Creighton 71 (Las Vegas, Nevada)
#16 UCLA 87, #20 Maryland 60
#16 UCLA 63, #13 Kentucky 53 (New York City, NY)
#9 Arizona 75, #6 Tennessee 70
USC 74, #19 Auburn 71

preseason award nominees

Naismith Trophy National Player of the Year
Top 50 watch list
Azuolas Tubelis, Arizona
Will Richardson, Oregon
Harrison Ingram, Stanford
Tiger Campbell, UCLA
Jaime Jaquez Jr., UCLA
Drew Peterson, USC

WOODEN AWARD NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Midseason Top 25 Watch List
Azuolas Tubelis, Arizona
Jaime Jaquez Jr., UCLA

Top 50 watch list
Azuolas Tubelis, Arizona
Will Richardson, Oregon
Harrison Ingram, Stanford
Tiger Campbell, UCLA
Jaime Jaquez Jr., UCLA

NABC NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Top 20 watch list
Jaime Jaquez Jr., UCLA

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Award
Watch list

Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year
Kerr Cletha, Arizona
Will Richardson, Oregon
Tiger Campbell, UCLA

Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year
Amari Bailey, UCLA

Julius Erving Small Forward of the Year
Pere Larson, Arizona
Harrison Ingram, Stanford
Jaime Jaquez Jr., UCLA

Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year
Azuolas Tubelis, Arizona

Kareem Abdul Jabbar Center of the Year
Omarboro, Arizona
Adem Bona, UCLA
Branden Carlson, Utah
Kerellware, Oregon

PAC-12 Media Preseason All Conference Teams
first army
Tiger Campbell, R-Sr., G, UCLA
Branden Carlson, Sr., C, Utah
Boogie Ellis, Sr., G, USC
Mouhamed Gueye, So., F, Washington
Harrison Ingram, yes, F, Stanford
Jaime Jaquez Jr., Sr., G/F, UCLA
Spencer Jones, Sr., F, Stanford
Drew Peterson, 5th, G, USC
Will Richardson, Sr., G, Oregon
Azuolas Tubelis, Jr., F, Arizona

second team
Marcus Bagley, yes F, Arizona
Tristan da Silva, Jr., F, Colorado
DJ Horn, Jr., G, Arizona
Kerr Kriisa, Jr., G, Arizona
Pere Larson Jr., G, Arizona

honorable mention
Amari Bailey (Fr., UCLA), Oumar Ballo (R-Jr., ARIZ), Jaylen Clark (Jr., UCLA); Quincy Guerrier (Sr., ORE), KJ Simpson (So., COLO), Kel’el Ware (Fr., ORE).

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