Improved Pac-12 Men's Basketball to be tested by ranked, road foes this week

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#PAC12HOOPS STARTING FIVE:
2 - Pac-12 Men’s Basketball programs secured a pair of tournament titles during Feast Week as ARIZONA won the Paycom Wooden Legacy (MVP - Nico Mannion) and COLORADO won the MGM Resorts Main Event (MVP - Tyler Bey).
• The Conference previously won multiple in-season tournaments in 2017 (four titles).

3 - Three top-25 showdowns dot the Pac-12’s weekly schedule as #12 ARIZONA visits #18 Baylor, #20 COLORADO travels to #2 Kansas, and #22 WASHINGTON hosts in-state rival #9 Gonzaga.
• It marks the first week the Pac-12 will have three ranked-vs.-ranked non-conference matchups outside of multi-team event play since 2007.
• The Conference will play half of this week’s 16 games away from home, including seven true road contests.

4 - For the fourth straight week, Pac-12 Men’s Basketball boasts four AP Top 25 teams, trailing only the ACC for the most of any conference - #12 Arizona, #13 OREGON, #20 Colorado, #22 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.

5.9 - Pac-12 Men’s Basketball programs have combined to average 5.9 non-conference wins so far through Dec. 2 games, the most in the nation.
• The league’s .780 Division I non-conference win percentage (71-20) through Dec. 2 games is third-best nationally, and is on pace from the 2015-16 season (71-20) when the Conference sent a record seven teams to the NCAA Tournament.

16, 10, 7 - Pac-12 programs have combined to amass the following victory totals so far in 2019-20, already more than  - and in some cases double - the 2018-19 regular season:
• 16-9 vs. 2019 NCAA Tournament teams (8-25 vs. 2018 NCAA Tourney teams in 2018-19)
• 10-11 vs. Power 6 opponents (7-26 in 2018-19)
• 7-4 vs. Preseason league favorites (5-11 in 2018-19)

PAC-12 TIPOFF:
HOLIDAY HONORS: 10 Pac-12 standouts earned All-Tournament Team accolades during Feast Week events, including two MVP performances:
Chase Jeter, ARIZ - Wooden Legacy
Nico Mannion, ARIZ - Wooden Legacy (MVP)
Dylan Smith, ARIZ - Wooden Legacy
Remy Martin, ASU - Hall of Fame Tip-Off
Tyler Bey, COLO - MGM Main Event (MVP)
Payton Pritchard, ORE - Battle 4 Atlantis
Tyrell Terry, STAN - Hall of Fame Classic
Spencer Jones, STAN - Hall of Fame Classic
Onyeka Okongwu, USC - Orlando Invitational
CJ Elleby, WSU - Cayman Islands Classic

HOT STARTS: Several Pac-12 programs are enjoying notable starts to their seasons:
ARIZONA - First 9-0 start since 2014-15
COLORADO - 6-0 for first time since 2017-18, seeking first 7-0 start since 1982-83
STANFORD - First 8-1 start since 2011-12
OREGON STATE - First 7-1 start since 1986-87
WASHINGTON - First 6-1 start since 2014-15

KEY NON-CONFERENCE WINS:
POWER 6 OPPONENTS (10-11)
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.)
#21 COLORADO 71, Clemson 67 (Las Vegas, Nev.)
#11 OREGON 71, #13 Seton Hall 69 (Nassau, Bahamas)
#14 ARIZONA 73, Wake Forest 66 (Anaheim, Calif.)

PRESEASON CONFERENCE FAVORITES (7-4)
#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
#11 OREGON 71, Seton Hall 69 (Nassau, Bahamas)
USC 77, Harvard 62 (Orlando, Fla.)

2019 NCAA TOURNAMENT TEAMS (16-9)
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.)
WASHINGTON STATE 66, Old Dominion 50 (George Town, Cayman Islands)
#11 OREGON 71, #13 Seton Hall 69 (Nassau, Bahamas)

CONFERENCE STANDINGS (Expanded Standings)

UPCOMING SCHEDULE (All Time Pacific - Expanded Schedule)

1 - Fort Worth, Texas; 2 - Spokane, Wash.