Pac-12 Men's Basketball Weekly Rundown - December 27, 2022

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8 - No. 11 UCLA enters this week’s Pac-12 trip through the Pacific Northwest on a league-leading eight-game win streak.

• The eight-game win streak is the longest of head coach Mick Cronin’s tenure and equals the third-longest for the Bruins over the past decade.
• UCLA had 10- and 13-game win streaks during the 2016-17 season, and started the 2013-14 season 8-0.

10 - Pac-12 league play resumes with 10 games this week, headlined by a pair of Saturday rivalry games as ARIZONA STATE hosts No. 5 ARIZONA (11 a.m. PT, FOX) and OREGON welcomes OREGON STATE (5 p.m. PT, PAC12).

• The Wildcats will be seeking a fifth straight series win and third straight in Tempe against the Sun Devils. ARIZONA won 24-of-25 meetings from 1996-2007; since then, the Wildcats hold only a slight 8-7 edge at Desert Financial Arena.
• At stake for ARIZONA STATE is the potential for its first 3-0 start to league play since 2012-13, and just its fourth since joining the Conference (1979-80 - 5-0, 1987-88 - 4-0, 2007-08 - 4-0, 2012-13 - 3-0).
• The Beavers and Ducks will be meeting for the 361st time, the most-played rivalry in NCAA Division I history.

10 & 13 - Pac-12 Men’s Basketball programs combined for 10 victories over AP Top 25 opponents and 13 over Power 6 Conference opponents during non-conference play.

• The 10 ranked victories are currently the most of any NCAA Division I conference, and the most for the Conference  since expanding to the Pac-10 in 1978-79 (previous high was nine in 1994-95 & 1999-00).
• The 13 Power 6 Conference victories are the most for the league since registering 15 during the 2019-20 season when as many as six Pac-12 teams were projected to make the canceled 2020 NCAA Tournament.

11-0 - ARIZONA finished non-conference play undefeated at 11-0, its best non-league performance since going 13-0 in 2013-14.

• Including the pandemic-shortened 2020-21 season, the Wildcats are the ninth Pac-12 program to go perfect in non-conference play over the last decade and 1-of-2 to accomplish the feat multiple times (ARIZONA 2022-23, 2020-21 & 2013-14; ARIZONA STATE 2017-18; OREGON 2013-14; UCLA 2016-17; USC 2021-22 & 2016-17; WASHINGTON STATE 2020-21).

12 - The Pac-12’s longest active series streak will be contested Sunday when USC puts its 12-game win streak against WASHINGTON STATE on the line in Pullman.

• USC’s last loss in the WSU series came in Los Angeles in 2015; the Trojans have also won seven straight in Pullman dating to 2014.
• ARIZONA also extended its series streak against CALIFORNIA to 12 with an 81-68 victory in Tucson on Dec. 4.

PAC-12 NOTES

UTAH! GET ME TWO?: UTAH has started 2-0 in league play for only the third time since joining the Pac-12 (2014-15, 2017-18, 2022-23).

• This week, UTAH will seek to match its best Pac-12 start - 4-0 in 2014-15, a season when it reached the Sweet 16.

KEY NON-CONFERENCE WINS

AP TOP 25 OPPONENTS (10-11)
COLORADO 78, #11 Tennessee 66 (Nashville, Tenn.)
ARIZONA STATE 87, #20 Michigan 62 (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
COLORADO 103, #24 Texas A&M 75 (Conway, S.C.)
#14 ARIZONA 87, #17 San Diego State 70 (Lahaina, Hawai’i)
#14 ARIZONA 81, #10 Creighton 79 (Lahaina, Hawai’i)
#10 ARIZONA 89, #14 Indiana 75 (Las Vegas, Nev.)
#16 UCLA 87, at #20 Maryland 60
#16 UCLA 63, #13 Kentucky 53 (New York City, N.Y.)
at #9 Arizona 75, #6 Tennessee 70
at USC 74, #19 Auburn 71

POWER 6 OPPONENTS (13-20)
COLORADO 78, #11 Tennessee 66 (Nashville, Tenn.)
ARIZONA STATE 87, #20 Michigan 62 (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
COLORADO 103, #24 Texas A&M 75 (Conway, S.C.)
UTAH 68, Georgia Tech 64 (Fort Myers, Fla.)
#14 ARIZONA 81, #10 Creighton 79 (Lahaina, Hawai’i)
STANFORD 70, Florida State 60 (Orlando, Fla.)
OREGON 74, Villanova 67 (Portland, Ore.)
#10 ARIZONA 89, #14 Indiana 75 (Las Vegas, Nev.)
ARIZONA STATE 73, Creighton 71 (Las Vegas, Nev.)
#16 UCLA 87, at #20 Maryland 60
#16 UCLA 63, #13 Kentucky 53 (New York City, N.Y.)
at #9 Arizona 75, #6 Tennessee 70
at USC 74, #19 Auburn 71

PRESEASON CONFERENCE FAVORITES (11-6)
at UCLA 86, Norfolk State 56
at OREGON 81, Montana State 51
at USC 59, Vermont 57
#14 ARIZONA 87, #17 San Diego State 70 (Lahaina, Hawai’i)
#14 ARIZONA 81, #10 Creighton 79 (Lahaina, Hawai’i)
at WASHINGTON STATE 68, Northern Kentucky 47
#10 ARIZONA 89, #14 Indiana 75 (Las Vegas, Nev.)
ARIZONA STATE 73, Creighton 71 (Las Vegas, Nev.)
at #9 Arizona 99, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 61
#16 UCLA 63, #13 Kentucky 53 (New York City, N.Y.)
at #5 ARIZONA 85, Montana State 64

2022 NCAA TOURNAMENT TEAMS (19-20)
COLORADO 78, #11 Tennessee 66 (Nashville, Tenn.)
at UCLA 86, Norfolk State 56
at OREGON 81, Montana State 51
at USC 59, Vermont 57
#14 ARIZONA 87, #17 San Diego State 70 (Lahaina, Hawai’i)
#14 ARIZONA 81, #10 Creighton 79 (Lahaina, Hawai’i)
WASHINGTON 68, Saint Mary’s 64 (OT) (Anaheim, Calif.)
OREGON 74, Villanova 67 (Portland, Ore.)
at COLORADO 65, Yale 62
at COLORADO 93, Colorado State 65
#10 ARIZONA 89, #14 Indiana 75 (Las Vegas, Nev.)
ARIZONA STATE 73, Creighton 71 (Las Vegas, Nev.)
at #9 Arizona 99, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 61
#16 UCLA 63, #13 Kentucky 53 (New York City, N.Y.)
at #9 Arizona 75, #6 Tennessee 70
at USC 74, #19 Auburn 71
at #5 ARIZONA 85, Montana State 64
USC 73, Colorado State 64 (Phoenix, Ariz.)
STANFORD 75, Loyola Chicago 62 (Santa Cruz, Calif.)

PRESEASON AWARDS CANDIDATES

NAISMITH TROPHY NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Top 50 Watch List
Azuolas Tubelis, Arizona
Will Richardson, Oregon
Harrison Ingram, Stanford
Tyger Campbell, UCLA
Jaime Jaquez Jr., UCLA
Drew Peterson, USC

WOODEN AWARD NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Top 50 Watch List
Azuolas Tubelis, Arizona
Will Richardson, Oregon
Harrison Ingram, Stanford
Tyger Campbell, UCLA
Jaime Jaquez Jr., UCLA

NABC NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Top 20 Watch List
Jaime Jaquez Jr., UCLA

NAISMITH MEMORIAL BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME AWARDS
Watch Lists

Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year
Kerr Kriisa, Arizona
Will Richardson, Oregon
Tyger Campbell, UCLA

Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year
Amari Bailey, UCLA

Julius Erving Small Forward of the Year
Pelle Larsson, Arizona
Harrison Ingram, Stanford
Jaime Jaquez Jr., UCLA

Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year
Azuolas Tubelis, Arizona

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year
Oumar Ballo, Arizona
Adem Bona, UCLA
Branden Carlson, Utah
Kel’el Ware, Oregon

PAC-12 MEDIA PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS
First Team
Tyger Campbell, R-Sr., G, UCLA
Branden Carlson, Sr., C, Utah
Boogie Ellis, Sr., G, USC
Mouhamed Gueye, So., F, Washington State
Harrison Ingram, So., F, Stanford
Jaime Jaquez Jr., Sr., G/F, UCLA
Spencer Jones, Sr., F, Stanford
Drew Peterson, 5th, G, USC
Will Richardson, Sr., G, Oregon
Azuolas Tubelis, Jr., F, Arizona

Second Team
Marcus Bagley, So., F, Arizona State
Tristan da Silva, Jr., F, Colorado
DJ Horne, Jr., G, Arizona State
Kerr Kriisa, Jr., G, Arizona
Pelle Larsson, Jr., G, Arizona

Honorable Mention
Amari Bailey (Fr., UCLA), Oumar Ballo (R-Jr., ARIZ), Jaylen Clark (Jr., UCLA); Quincy Guerrier (Sr., ORE), K.J. Simpson (So., COLO), Kel’el Ware (Fr., ORE).

CONFERENCE STANDINGS (Expanded Standings) 

WEEKLY SCHEDULE (Full Schedule) | * - Pac-12 Conference game

PAC-12 PERFORMANCE AWARDS PRESENTED BY NEXTIVA (Weekly Awards History)

NATIONAL WEEKLY HONORS