Pac-12 Men's Basketball Weekly Rundown - January 10, 2023

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2 - Two Pac-12 standouts were named to the John R. Wooden Award Midseason Top 25 Watch List on Jan. 4.

• Azuolas Tubelis, ARIZONA - Currently leads the Pac-12 in both scoring (20.6 ppg) and rebounding (9.1 rpg), 1-of-5 NCAA Division I players currently leading their league in both categories (Armando Bacot, North Carolina; Zach Edey, Purdue; Gerrale Gates, Holy Cross; Jake Stephens, Chattanooga).
• Jaime Jaquez Jr., UCLA - Joins Tubelis and teammate Jaylen Clark as the only players in the Pac-12 in the top 15 in scoring (3rd, 16.9 ppg), rebounding (T-11th, 6.4 rpg), steals (T-3rd, 1.6 spg) and FG percentage (13th, 52.6%).

5-0/5-1/4-1 - The teams currently occupying the top three spots in the Pac-12 Men’s Basketball standings are enjoying some of their strongest starts to Conference play:

• UCLA is 5-0 for the second time under Mick Cronin (8-0 in 2020-21), for just the third time in the Pac-12 era (5-0 in 2012-13) and the ninth time in the 45 seasons since league expansion to 10 teams in 1978-79 (9-0 in 1982-83; 7-0 in 1993-94; 6-0 in 1991-92; 5-0 in 2003-04, 1995-96 & 1989-90).
• UTAH is 5-1 in Pac-12 play for just the second time since joining the league and will seek to match its best one-loss start (6-1 in 2014-15) with this Thursday’s visit to No. 7 UCLA.
• ARIZONA STATE is 4-1 in Conference play for the first time since 2007-08 (4-1), and just the sixth time since joining the league in 1978-79 (11-1 in 1979-80 & 1980-81; 4-1 in 1987-88 & 2002-03).

8 x 75 - The Pac-12 boasts eight teams ranked in the top 75 in NCAA Evaluation Tool (NET) through Jan. 9 games.

• Tied for the third-most nationally (Big Ten 11, Big 12 10, Pac-12 8, SEC 8, ACC 8).
• Half of this week’s 12-game league schedule will pit NET Top 75 teams against each other - ASU at ORE; COLO at USC; UTAH at UCLA; ARIZ at ORE; COLO at UCLA; UTAH at USC.

11 - As part of its 5-0 league start, UCLA has won 11 consecutive games overall for its longest win streak since the 2016-17 season (opened 13-0).

• As of Jan. 10, the Bruins’ 11-game win streak is currently the fourth-longest in NCAA Division I - the longest among Power Conference programs (College of Charleston 15, Florida Atlantic 13, UNCW 13, UCLA 11).
• UCLA last had a win streak longer than 13 games in 2007-08 - a 14-game win streak that ended in the 2008 NCAA Final Four.

10.1 - Through 32 league games as of Jan. 8, the average scoring margin is 10.1 points.

• 16 games have been decided by single digits, 11 by 5 pts. or less
• 8 games have been decided by one possession (3 pts. or less)
• 1 overtime game (1 OT period)
• 4 decided on team’s final possession (ASU at COLO; OSU vs. WASH; UTAH at WSU; UCLA at WSU)

KEY NON-CONFERENCE WINS

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).
• Five different Pac-12 teams (ARIZONA, ARIZONA STATE, COLORADO, UCLA, USC) amassed the 10 AP Top 25 wins, trailing only the Big Ten’s seven teams (nine wins).
• 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.

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 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
Midseeason Top 25 Watch List
Azuolas Tubelis, Arizona
Jaime Jaquez Jr., UCLA

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)

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