Pac-12 Men's Basketball Weekly Release - November 15, 2022

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#PAC12MBB STARTING FIVE:

1-of-5 - ARIZONA junior Kerr Kriisa recorded the second triple-double of his career with 14 points, 12 assists and 11 rebounds in Friday’s 95-78 victory over Southern.

• Kriisa is only the fifth player with multiple triple-doubles in Conference history, joining CALIFORNIA's Jason Kidd (four), ARIZONA's Andre Iguodala (three) and Loren Woods (two), and OREGON's Luke Jackson (two).

6 - Six Pac-12 Men's Basketball standouts were named to the Top 50 Watch List for the Naismith Trophy National Player of the Year: Azuolas Tubelis, Arizona; Will Richardson, Oregon; Harrison Ingram, Stanford; Tyger Campbell & Jaime Jaquez Jr., UCLA; Drew Peterson, USC.

• The quintet of Tubelis, Richardson, Ingram, Campbell & Jaquez Jr. were also named to the John R. Wooden Award National Player of the Year Top 50 Watch List.

6, 4, 3 - Among the 27 games scheduled for the second week of the 2022-23 Pac-12 Men’s Basketball season:

• At least six (and up to eight) 2022 NCAA Tournament teams - Montana State at OREGON, #17 San Diego State at STANFORD, Vermont at USC, #8 UCLA vs. #19 Illinois, #3 Houston at OREGON, #14 ARIZONA vs. Ohio State/#17 San Diego State
• At least four (and up to six) Power 6 conference opponents - ARIZONA STATE vs. Michigan/Pittsburgh, UCLA vs. Illinois, UCLA vs. Baylor/Virginia, UTAH vs. Georgia Tech
• At least three (and up to seven) AP Top 25 opponents - #17 San Diego State at STANFORD, #19 Illinois vs. #8 UCLA, #3 Houston at OREGON

#11 - COLORADO collected the Conference’s first AP ranked victory of the season with a 78-66 upset of then-No. 11 Tennessee in Nashville on Sunday.

• It marked the Buffaloes’ best non-conference win since knocking off No. 6 Kansas in Boulder in Dec. 2013.
• It was CU’s best non-conference win away from home since March 1990 (No. 6 Missouri in Kansas City).

22 - Pac-12 Men’s Basketball programs have combined to sign 22 prospects to National Letters of Intent during the early signing period.

• Of the 22, 15 are ranked as either 4-Star prospects or better, including five 5-Star signees with OREGON and STANFORD signing a pair apiece and COLORADO inking its first 5-Star under Tad Boyle.
• Half of the 22 are ranked in the Top 100 of 247 Sports Composite rankings, including six in the Top 50.

PAC-12 NOTES

BREAKOUT BRUIN: UCLA’s Jaylen Clark has had a breakout start to his junior campaign in helping the Bruins to a 3-0 mark.

• Through the Bruins’ first three games, Clark is the only NCAA Division I player with averages of at least 17 points (17.3), eight rebounds (8.0) and four steals (4.3) according to College Basketball Reference.
• Clark is also shooting 66.7 percent (20-30) from the floor and 54 percent (7-13) behind the arc, and is the national leader in Box Plus/Minus (+25.0) according to College Basketball Reference.

UW-WW: WASHINGTON is 3-0 for the first time since 2015-16 and for the first time under head coach Mike Hopkins.

• The Huskies last started a season 4-0 in 2014-15 en route to an 11-0 start and 11-1 non-conference record.
• UW’s start has been ignited by Keyon Menifield, whose 18.3 points per game are the most among NCAA Division I freshmen.

PRESEASON AWARDS CANDIDATES

NAISMITH TROPHY NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Top 50 Watch List
Azuolas Tubelis, Arizona
Will Richardson, Oregon
Harrison Ingram, Stanford
Tyger Campbell, UCLA
Jaime Jaquez Jr., UCLA
Drew Peterson, USC

WOODEN AWARD NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Top 50 Watch List
Azuolas Tubelis, Arizona
Will Richardson, Oregon
Harrison Ingram, Stanford
Tyger 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 AWARDS
Watch Lists

Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year
Kerr Kriisa, Arizona
Will Richardson, Oregon
Tyger Campbell, UCLA

Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year
Amari Bailey, UCLA

Julius Erving Small Forward of the Year
Pelle Larsson, 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
Oumar Ballo, Arizona
Adem Bona, UCLA
Branden Carlson, Utah
Kel’el Ware, Oregon

PAC-12 MEDIA PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS
First Team
Tyger Campbell, R-Sr., G, UCLA
Branden Carlson, Sr., C, Utah
Boogie Ellis, Sr., G, USC
Mouhamed Gueye, So., F, Washington State
Harrison Ingram, So., 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, So., F, Arizona State
Tristan da Silva, Jr., F, Colorado
DJ Horne, Jr., G, Arizona State
Kerr Kriisa, Jr., G, Arizona
Pelle Larsson, Jr., G, Arizona

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

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