Start of inaugural 20-game league schedule on deck for Pac-12 Men's Basketball

.765 - Pac-12 Men’s Basketball programs combined to post a 13-4 record (.765) against NCAA Division I countable competition during the opening days of non-conference play for the 2020-21 season.
• The record included three victories over Power 6 opponents (STANFORD over Alabama, COLORADO over Kansas State, OREGON STATE over CALIFORNIA in a non-conference contest) and a pair of wins by WASHINGTON STATE over preseason conference favorites.

5 - As part of its inaugural 20-game league schedule in 2020-21, five Conference contests are scheduled to tip off league play this week starting with OREGON STATE at WASHINGTON STATE on Wednesday night.
• A sixth league game - COLORADO at ARIZONA, originally set for Wednesday - has been postponed as CU does not have the minimum number of scholarship student-athletes available for the game due to previously reported COVID-19 issues within the program and associated contact tracing protocols. 

6 - Six Pac-12 student-athletes are on the Naismith Trophy National Player of the Year Preseason Watch List:
Remy Martin, Sr., Arizona State
McKinley Wright IV, Sr., Colorado
Oscar da Silva, Sr., Stanford
Ziaire Williams, Fr., Stanford
Chris Smith, Sr., UCLA
Evan Mobley, Fr., USC

6 - Newcomers represent half of the league’s top 12 scorers early in the 2020-21 season:
T4. Jordan Brown, ARIZ - 19.0 ppg
T4. James Akinjo, ARIZ - 19.0 ppg
T4. Ziaire Williams, STAN - 19.0 ppg
7. Josh Christopher, ASU - 18.7 ppg
T10. Evan Mobley, USC - 16.0 ppg
T12. Marcus Bagley, ASU - 15.7 ppg

13 - Pac-12 Men’s Basketball programs signed 13 Top 100 recruits according to 247Sports Composite and ESPN during the early signing period (full NLI signing list on Pg. 6 of notes).
• A national-best six Pac-12 programs currently rank in ESPN’s Top 25 recruiting classes - #2 OREGON, #12 STANFORD, #15 USC, #18 UCLA, #20 ARIZONA, #25 COLORADO

KEY NON-CONFERENCE VICTORIES:

POWER 6 OPPONENTS (3-3)
at Oregon State 71, California 63
Colorado 76, at Kansas State 58
Stanford 82, Alabama 64 (Asheville, N.C.)

PRESEASON CONFERENCE FAVORITES (2-2)
Washington State 56, Texas Southern 52
Washington State 71, Eastern Washington 68

CONFERENCE STANDINGS (Expanded Standings) 

PAC-12 WEEKLY SCHEDULE  (All games, tip times & TV broadcasts are subject to change)
For the most up-to-date schedules, visit Expanded Schedule

PAC-12 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK