Pac-12 Men's Basketball seeks strong Feast Week finish following fast start

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#PAC12HOOPS STARTING FIVE:
4 - For the third straight week, Pac-12 Men’s Basketball boasts four AP Top 25 teams, tied for the most of any conference in the country - #11 OREGON, #14 ARIZONA, #21 COLORADO, #23 WASHINGTON.
• The league most recently had as many teams ranked for as many weeks from Dec. 12, 2016 - Jan. 9, 2017, a stretch of five weeks.

4.5 - Pac-12 Men’s Basketball programs have combined to average 4.5 non-conference wins so far through Nov. 25 games, tied with the Big East and SEC for the most in the nation.
• The league’s .794 non-conference win percentage (54-14) through Nov. 25 games is fourth-best nationally, and remains three games ahead of the pace from the 2015-16 season (51-17) when the Conference sent a record seven teams to the NCAA Tournament.

7-0 - At 7-0, STANFORD is enjoying its best start to a season since the 2008-09 campaign when it opened 10-0.
• The Cardinal are one of six NCAA Division I unbeaten teams to win all its games by double figures, joining Colorado, Indiana, North Carolina, Tennessee and Texas Tech.

14, 7, 5 - Pac-12 programs have combined to amass the following victory totals so far in 2019-20, already more or equal to the 2018-19 regular season:
• 14-5 vs. 2019 NCAA Tournament teams (8-25 vs. 2018 NCAA Tourney teams in 2018-19)
• 7-7 vs. Power 6 opponents (7-26 in 2018-19)
• 5-2 vs. Preseason league favorites (5-11 in 2018-19)

1,791 - OREGON STATE senior Tres Tinkle has risen to fourth in Beavers’ history and 41st in Pac-12 history with 1,791 career points.
• Tinkle is attempting to become the first player in Conference history to reach 2,000 points (1,791), 1,000 rebounds (727), 300 assists (304) and 150 steals (151).

PAC-12 TIPOFF:
TOP CATS: Arizona boasts two national statistical category leaders through Nov. 25 games to highlight top-5 individuals from the Pac-12.
• Zeke Nnaji, ARIZ - 80.7% FG (1st)
• Jemarl Baker Jr., ARIZ - 11.0 assist/turnover ratio (1st)
• Kylor Kelley, OSU - 4.33 bpg (T-2nd)
• Anthony Mathis, ORE - 64.5% 3FG (4th)

FRESH STARTS: Through Nov. 25 games, four of NCAA Division I’s top-15 freshman scorers hail from the Pac-12.
• Zeke Nnaji, ARIZ - 19.5 ppg, third among NCAA freshmen
• Onyeka Okongwu, USC - 18.0 ppg, sixth among NCAA freshmen
• Isaiah Stewart, WASH - 17.3 ppg, eighth among NCAA freshmen
• Tyrell Terry, STAN - 15.9 ppg, 14th among NCAA freshmen

KEY NON-CONFERENCE WINS:
POWER 6 OPPONENTS (7-7)
at OREGON STATE 80, Iowa State 74
WASHINGTON 67, #16 Baylor 64 (Anchorage, Alaska)
COLORADO 81, ARIZONA STATE 71 (Shanghai, China)
at #19 ARIZONA 90, Illinois 69
at UTAH 73, Minnesota 69
ARIZONA STATE 80, St. John’s 67 (Uncasville, Conn.)
STANFORD 73, Oklahoma 54 (Kansas City, Mo.)

PRESEASON CONFERENCE FAVORITES (5-2)
#14 OREGON 82, #13 Memphis 74 (Portland, Ore.)
at #23 COLORADO 69, UC Irvine 53
at CALIFORNIA 54, Prairie View A&M 50
at #19 ARIZONA 83, New Mexico State 53
at #11 OREGON 78, Houston 66

2019 NCAA TOURNAMENT TEAMS (14-5)
at OREGON STATE 80, Iowa State 74
WASHINGTON 67, #16 Baylor 64 (Anchorage, Alaska)
UTAH 79, at Nevada 74
COLORADO 81, ARIZONA STATE 71 (Shanghai, China)
at STANFORD 73, Montana 62
at CALIFORNIA 54, Prairie View A&M 50
at #19 ARIZONA 83, New Mexico State 53
at #23 COLORADO 69, UC Irvine 53
USC 76, at Nevada 66
at UTAH 73, Minnesota 69
at #25 WASHINGTON 73, Montana 56
ARIZONA STATE 80, St. John’s 67 (Uncasville, Conn.)
at #11 OREGON 78, Houston 66
STANFORD 73, Oklahoma 54 (Kansas City, Mo.)

CONFERENCE STANDINGS (Expanded Standings)

UPCOMING SCHEDULE (All Time Pacific - Expanded Schedule)

1 - MGM Resorts Main Event, Las Vegas, Nev.; 2 - Cayman Islands Classic, George Town, Cayman Islands; 3 - CBE Hall of Fame Classic, Kansas City, Mo.; 4 - Maui Jim Maui Invitational, Lahaina, Hawai’i (Lahaina Civic Center); 5 - Battle 4 Atlantis, Nassau, Bahamas; 6 - Las Vegas Classic, Las Vegas, Nev.; 7 - Orlando Invitational, Orlando, Fla.; 8 - The Wooden Legacy, Fullerton, Calif.

PAC-12 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK