UA, OSU, UW seize early control of Pac-12 Men's Basketball race

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.469/.393 - OREGON STATE currently leads the Pac-12 in both field goal percentage (.469) and field goal percentage defense (.393).

• Only four teams have led the Conference in both categories dating to 1982-83: 1986-87 UCLA, 1987-88 Arizona, 1989-90 Arizona, 1991-92 Arizona, 1995-96 UCLA.

3-0/4-0 - Three Pac-12 teams have made it through the opening two weeks of Conference play unscathed:

• ARIZONA is 4-0 in the league for the third time in both the Pac-12 and Sean Miller eras following a sweep of the Bay Area, its league-leading 13th road sweep in the Pac-12 era. The Wildcats opened 10-0 in 2016-17.
• OREGON STATE is 3-0 in league play for the first time since 1992-93, the same year it most recently started 5-0 in Conference play.
• WASHINGTON is 3-0 for the first time since 2015-16 and coming off its first Pac-12 road sweep since 2013. The Huskies last started 4-0 in 2012-13 and 5-0 in 1983-84 (started 6-0).

4.20 - OREGON STATE’s Kylor Kelley ranks second nationally with 4.20 blocks per game.

• Kelley is on pace to break the Conference’s record block rate held by ARIZONA STATE’s Jordan Bachynski, who led NCAA Division I and set the league-record with 133 blocks (4.03 bpg) in 2013-14.

8 - The fifth-longest series win streak in the Pac-12 will be on the line this week as OREGON visits ARIZONA STATE with Pac-12 Networks’ “Pac-12 Basketball Pregame Show” live from Wells Fargo Arena in Tempe.

• 18 - ARIZONA vs. STANFORD (dating to 2009)
• 13 - ARIZONA vs. WASHINGTON STATE (2010)
• 10 - UTAH vs. WASHINGTON STATE (2014)
• 9 - COLORADO vs. STANFORD (2012)
• 8 - OREGON vs. ARIZONA STATE (2014)

13.3 - Through 22 league games as of Jan. 14, the average scoring margin is 13.3 points.

• 8 games have been decided by single digits
• 2 games have been decided by one possession (3 pts. or less)
• 3 overtime games (3 total OT periods)

PAC-12 TIPOFF:

ROAD SWEEPS: They’ve been difficult to come by - just 45 in total - since the Pac-12 expanded prior to the 2011-12 season. Below is the number of road sweeps through each region and the most recent team to accomplish the feat:

• ARIZ/ASU - 4 times, most recently by UCLA in 2016-17.
• ORE/OSU - 5 times, most recently by USC in 2017-18.
• COLO/UTAH - 6 times, most recently by Washington in 2018- 19.
• UCLA/USC - 7 times, most recently by Arizona in 2016-17.
• CAL/STAN - 8 times, most recently by Arizona in 2018-19.
• WASH/WSU - 15 times, most recently by Utah in 2017-18.

A school-by-school total of road sweeps in the Pac-12 era:

• ARIZONA - 13 
• OREGON - 9
• CALIFORNIA - 6
• UTAH - 5
• UCLA - 5
• USC, WASHINGTON - 3
• COLORADO, STANFORD - 1
• ASU, OSU, WSU - 0