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.407 - Pac-12 road teams went 44-64 (.407) through 108 regular-season league games.

• That eclipsed the Conference’s previous best road win percentage in the Pac-12 era of .398 (43-65) in 2012-13.

1 vs. 2? - The Pac-12 Tournament Championship has featured the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds in each of the last five seasons.

• The No. 1 seed has reached the title game every year since the event moved to Las Vegas in 2013.

50 - Over 21 prior Pac-12 Tournaments, there have been 50 upsets - victories by lower seeded teams - in 194 total games.

• Over the past four Pac-12 Tournaments, there have been just six upsets in 44 total games (2 in 2015, 2017 & 2018; zero in 2016).
• Since the event moved to Las Vegas in 2013, there have been just 13 upsets in 66 total games.

11.8 - Through 108 regular-season league games, the average scoring margin was 11.8 points.

• 50 games were decided by single digits
• 15 games were decided by one possession (3 pts. or less)
• 7 overtime games (7 total OT periods)
• 2 games decided on teams final possession (P. Van Dyke - UTAH at UCLA; D. Doutrive - ARIZ at OSU)

315... - WASHINGTON’s Matisse Thybulle, among 10 semifinalists for Naismith Trophy Defensive Player of the Year, has 315 career steals, the most of any active player in NCAA Division I and second-most in Pac-12 history

• At 3.55 spg, Thybulle would need two more games to reach Gary Payton’s all-time Pac-12 Conference mark and NCAA Division I’s 26th-best total of 321.
• Thybulle also has 110 steals this season, which is tied for the most in a season in Conference history with California’s Jason Kidd in 1992-93.
• Thybulle is the only D-I player in the top 50 nationally in both steals (1st, 3.55) and blocks (18th, 2.32).
• Since 1992-93, Thybulle is the only NCAA Division I player with multiple 100-steal/40-block seasons and the only player with 300+ steals and 150+ blocks in a career.

PAC-12 TIPOFF:

MORE HUSKIES HISTORY: Regular season champion WASHINGTON made history in the postseason awards, becoming the first team to sweep the Player, Defensive Player and Coach of the Year awards in the same season.

• Matisse Thybulle became just the second player to repeat as the league’s Defensive Player of the Year along with OREGON STATE’s Gary Payton II (2015, 2016).
• Mike Hopkins became the first coach in Conference history to garner Coach of the Year honors in each of his first two seasons with a program.

A SUNNY RESUME: Through March 11 games, ARIZONA STATE boasts a total of 11 Quadrant 1 and Quadrant 2 wins, tied for the 21st-most in the country.

• The Sun Devils’ .688 win percentage (11-5) in Q1/Q2 games is the best among teams widely considered to be on the bubble.

DEFENSIVE DUCKS: OREGON enters the Pac-12 Tournament on a league-best four-game win streak, allowing season-low totals to each of its four opponents and just 51.5 ppg.

PAC-12 RECORDS WATCH:
Career Steals List (Min. 2 seasons)

1. 321 - Gary Payton, OSU, 1986-90
2. 315 - MATISSE THYBULLE, WASH, 2016-PRES
3. 298 - Brevin Knight, STAN, 1994-97 

Single-Season Steals List

1. 110 - MATISSE THYBULLE, WASH, 2019
    110 - Jason Kidd, CAL 1993
2. 101 - Matisse Thybulle, WASH, 2018
4. 100 - Gary Payton, OSU, 1990
5. 95 - Jordan Adams, UCLA, 2014
    95 - Gary Payton II, OSU, 2015

Single-Seaon FG Pct. (3 FGM/GM)

1.  .756 - Jelani McCoy, UCLA, 1997
2.  .746  - Steve Johnson, OSU, 1981
3.  .710 - Steve Johnson, OSU, 1980
4.  .702 - Mark McNamara, CAL, 1982
5.  .687 - JOSH SHARMA, STAN, 2019

Single-Season Blocked Shots List

1. 133 - Jordan Bachynski, ASU, 2014
2. 120 - Jordan Bachynski, ASU, 2013
3. 115 - Mario Bennett, ASU, 1995
4. 113 - Rodger Farrington, ASU, 1997
5. 110 - Chris Boucher, ORE, 2016
6. 102 - KYLOR KELLEY, OSU, 2019
    102 - Jelani McCoy, UCLA, 1996
    102 Loren Woods, ARIZ, 2000
9. 100 - Taj Gibson, USC, 2009

​Single-Season Blocked Shots List (Freshman)

1. 102 - Jelani McCoy, UCLA, 1996
2. 94 - Jordan Bell, ORE, 2015
3. 92 - Kenny Wooten, ORE, 2018
4. 73 - Robin Lopez, STAN, 2007
5. 69 - Taj Gibson, USC, 2007
    69 - Eric Moreland, OSU, 2012
7. 66 - Deandre Ayton, ARIZ, 2018
8. 63 - Jakob Poeltl, UTAH, 2015
9. 60 - MOSES BROWN, UCLA, 2019
10. 59 - Michael Stewart, CAL, 1994