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The 2021-22 Men's Basketball Season By The Numbers

Apr 6, 2022

With the 2021-22 men's basketball season officially in the books, here's a look at where some of the numbers that the Wildcats put up rank nationally, in the Pac-12 and in school history:

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  • School record for most assists in a season (726)
  • Led the country in total assists and assists per game (19.6)
  • School record for most blocked shots in a season (210)
  • School record for most 3FG shot attempts in a season (815)
  • The 33 wins are tied for the third-most in a season in UA history
  • Arizona's 726 assists rank 21st in NCAA history for a single-season
  • The 726 assists are the most in a season by any school since UCLA in 2016-17 (771)
  • Christian Koloko tied the school record for blocked shots in a season (102)
  • Bennedict Mathurin's 655 points scored are the 10th-most in a season in UA history and ranked 24th in the country this season
  • Scored the 4th-most points in a season in UA history (3,107)
  • Made the 3rd-most shots in a season in UA history (1,117)
  • Shot the 2nd-most shots in a season in UA history (2,269)
  • Made the 2nd-most 3FG shots in a season in UA history (287)
  • Grabbed the 3rd-most rebounds in a season in UA history (1,531)
  • Had the 8th-best rebound margin in a season in UA history (+7.6)
  • Bennedict Mathurin's 83 made 3FG are the 8th-most in a season in UA history
  • Kerr Kriisa's 80 made 3FG are the 9th-most in a season in UA history
  • Kerr Kriisa's 238 3FG attempts are tied for the 4th-most in a season in UA history
  • Bennedict Mathurin's 225 3FG attempts are the 7th-most in a season in UA history
  • Dalen Terry's assist-to-turnover ratio of 2.84 ranked 11th in the country
  • Christian Koloko's 210 blocked shots ranked sixth nationally and his 2.76 blocked shots per game ranked 14th in the country
  • Ranked second in defensive rebounds per game (29.78) and total rebounds (1,531)
  • Ranked third in the country in free throws made (586) and fifth in free throws attempted (793)
  • Ranked third in the country in scoring (84.0) and scoring margin (+15.9)
  • Ranked fourth in the country in total blocked shots (210)
  • Ranked fourth in the country in field goal percentage (49.2%) and 10th in field goal percentage defense (38.7%)
  • Ranked ninth in the country in rebound margin (+7.6)

 Most Assists by a Division I team in a Season since the start of the 1996-97 season (last 26 seasons)
1) Kentucky        776         1996-97
2) UCLA                771         2016-17
3) Kansas             767         2001-02
4) Kansas             746         1997-98
5) Illinois              727         2004-05
6) Arizona            726         2021-22
 
Pac-12 Records since the conference expanded to 12 teams starting with the 2011-12 season
 
Team (all games)                          Wins       Loss     Pct.
ARIZONA                                              289           90     .763              
Oregon                                                  279          107     .723              
UCLA                                                      246          127     .660              
Colorado                                              230           141     .620              
Stanford                                               205          157     .566              
USC                                                        203          162     .556              
Utah                                                        194          159     .550              
Arizona State                                       189          162     .538              
Washington                                          188          169     .527              
California                                               179          180     .499              
Oregon State                                        167          186     .473              
Washington State                               152         200     .432
 
Team (pac-12 only games)              W              L       Pct
ARIZONA                                                144            58      .713
Oregon                                                  136            64    .680
UCLA                                                      128            73     .637
Colorado                                                110            92     .545
Stanford                                                  98          104     .485
Utah                                                         95          106     .473
Arizona State                                         94          105     .472
USC                                                           94          108     .465
Washington                                            93          109    .460
California                                                84           118      .416
Oregon State                                         72          130     .356
Washington State             60                   141                   .299