Ranked wins for ASU, Oregon bolster Pac-12 Men's Basketball entering Feast Week

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#PAC12HOOPS STARTING FIVE:

2 - The Pac-12 has picked up two AP Top 25 victories in the past five days. OREGON knocked of then No. 15 Syracuse, 80-65, on Friday, followed by ARIZONA STATE upsetting current No. 15 Mississippi State, 72-67, on Monday.

• ASU’s victory marked its fourth AP Top 25 upset under fourth-year head coach Bobby Hurley. The Sun Devils had two such upsets the 20 seasons prior to Hurley’s arrival in Tempe.

20 - There have been 20 double-doubles recorded by Pac-12 players through the opening 43 games.

• OREGON STATE’s Tres Tinkle is second nationally with four double-doubles, while USC’s Nick Rakocevic has three along with UCLA’s Moses Brown, the first Bruins’ freshman to record double-doubles in each of his first three collegiate contests.

22 - Eight Pac-12 programs have announced a total of 22 National Letter of Intent signees during the early signing period. 

• Included among the 22 are eight top 100 recruits and the nation’s top JUCO recruit, as well as the nation’s No. 1 recruiting class (USC) according to 247 Sports.

30.5 - While not yet qualifying for league and national stats rankings, WASHINGTON STATE’s Robert Franks is averaging what would be a league-best and national third-best 30.5 points through his first two games.

33-10 - The Pac-12 has a combined 33-10 record through the opening two weeks of the 2018-19 season. The .767 win percentage is fourth nationally behind only the ACC, Big Ten and Big 12.

PAC-12 TIPOFF

CONFERENCE OF CAROMS: At 40.5 rebounds per game through Nov. 19 games, the Pac-12 leads all conferences on the boards. Additionally, seven of the top-50 rebounders in the nation hail from the Conference:

2. Nick Rakocevic, USC (13.8 rpg)
T7. Moses Brown, UCLA (12.0)
21. Tres Tinkle, OSU (10.6)
T22. Tyler Bey, COLO (10.5)
T35. Bol Bol, ORE (10.0)
T35. Jalen Hill, UCLA (10.0)
T43. Zylan Cheatham, ASU (9.8)

HOLY MOSES: In a 95-58 victory over Saint Francis U on Nov. 16, UCLA freshman Moses Brown posted a line of 23 points, 14 rebounds and eight blocks.

According to College Basketball Reference, Brown is one of only five Division I players to post such a line over the past nine seasons, and the only freshman to do so:

• Moses Brown, Fr., UCLA (2018)
• Ajdin Penava, Jr., Marshall (2017)
• Jameel Warney, Sr., Stony Brook (2015)
• Javon McCrea, Jr., Buffalo (2013)
• Andrew Nicholson, Sr., St. Bonaventure (2012)