This week in Pac-12 Men's Basketball - March 17, 2021

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#PAC12HOOPS STARTING FIVE:

1 - OREGON STATE claimed the Conference’s automatic NCAA Tournament bid by winning its first-ever Pac-12 Tournament title last Saturday. It was only the Beavers' second title-game appearance in the tourney's 24 stagings (1988).
• OREGON STATE became the first team picked last in the Pac-12 preseason poll to both reach the Pac-12 title game and win the Conference Tournament crown.

5 - Five Pac-12 programs earned bids to the 2021 NCAA Tournament (COLORADO, OREGON, OREGON STATE, UCLA, USC), the most for the league since a record seven selections in 2016.
• The five bids are tied for the seventh-most in Conference history (7 - 2016; 6 - 2014, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2002; 5 - 2021, 2013, 2003, 2001, 1997, 1995).

6 x 17 - Thanks to OREGON STATE’s run to the Pac-12 Tournament title, the Pac-12 is 1-of-3 leagues to boast six 17-win teams along with the Big 12 and Big Ten.
• The Pac-12 is also 1-of-5 conferences to have at least three 20-win teams (Big Ten - 4; Big 12, Conference USA, Ohio Valley - 3).

82.2% - COLORADO is currently shooting 82.2 percent (419-510) from the free throw line as a team, which ranks second in NCAA Division I behind only Summit League Tournament champion and NCAA Tournament automatic qualifier Oral Roberts (82.4%, 364-442).
• Colorado’s free throw rate is currently ahead of ARIZONA’s Conference-record rate of 78.6 percent (511-650) set in 2003-04 and on the heels of the current NCAA Division I record of 82.2 percent (535-651) set by Harvard in 1983-84.

126 - The Pac-12 played 126 of a possible 130 Conference games in 2020-21 - 116-of-120 scheduled regular-season contests and all 10 games of the 11-team Pac-12 Tournament.
• Only the Missouri Valley (98.9%), Ohio Valley (99.2%) and Big Ten (97.4%) played a larger percentage of their scheduled league contests than the Pac-12 (96.9%).

PAC-12 TIPOFF

ALL-AMERICANS: USC freshman Evan Mobley will earn consensus Second Team All-America honors to give the Pac-12 at least one consensus All-American for the seventh time in the past eight seasons and 124 consensus selections all-time.
• Mobley will be USC's first consensus All-American since Sam Clancy earned Second Team status in 2002.
• Additionally, OREGON’s Chris Duarte has been named a Third Team All-American by the Associated Press and USBWA.

THE UNICORN & THE BROW: USC’s Evan Mobley is the first player in Pac-12 Men’s Basketball history, and only the second in major conference history (Kentucky’s Anthony Davis, 2011-12) to be voted league Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year & Freshman of the Year in the same season.

NON-CONFERENCE: Pac-12 programs combined to post a .732 win percentage (52-19) in countable NCAA Division I non-conference contests in 2020-21.
• The .732 win percentage was the second-best for the Pac-12 over the past five seasons, just behind the .739 posted in 2019-20 when the league was projected to earn as many as six NCAA Tournament bids.

PAC-12 ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AWARDS, PRESENTED BY NEXTIVA
PLAYER OF THE YEAR, PRESENTED BY NEXTIVA: Evan Mobley, Fr., F, USC
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR, PRESENTED BY NEXTIVA: Evan Mobley, Fr., F, USC
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR, PRESENTED BY NEXTIVA: Evan Mobley, F, USC
MOST IMPROVED PLAYER OF THE YEAR, PRESENTED BY NEXTIVA: Jaiden Delaire, Jr., F, STANFORD
SIXTH MAN OF THE YEAR, PRESENTED BY NEXTIVA: Jordan Brown, R-So., F, ARIZONA
SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: Oscar da Silva, Sr., F, STANFORD
JOHN R. WOODEN COACH OF THE YEAR: Andy Enfield, USC

Click here for the complete Pac-12 All-Conference Teams

2021 PAC-12 ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
All-Tournament Team
Evan Mobley, F, USC
Evan Battey, F, COLORADO
McKinley Wright IV, G, COLORADO
Jarod Lucas, G, OREGON STATE
Ethan Thompson, G, OREGON STATE

Most Outstanding Player
Warith Alatishe, F, OREGON STATE

PAC-12 NATIONAL AWARDS

ASSOCIATED PRESS ALL-AMERICA
Evan Mobley, USC (Second Team)
Chris Duarte, Oregon (Third Team)
Remy Martin, Arizona State (Honorable Mention)
McKinley Wright IV, Colorado (Honorable Mention)

USBWA ALL-AMERICA
Evan Mobley, USC (Second Team)
Chris Duarte, Oregon (Third Team)

SPORTING NEWS ALL-AMERICA
Evan Mobley, USC (Second Team)

USBWA WAYMAN TISDALE
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR TOP 4 FINALIST
Evan Mobley, USC

NAISMITH MEN’S COACH OF THE YEAR
LATE SEASON TOP 15 WATCH LIST
Andy Enfield, USC

WOODEN AWARD PLAYER OF THE YEAR
NATIONAL BALLOT TOP 15
Evan Mobley, USC

NAISMITH TROPHY PLAYER OF THE YEAR
TOP 10 SEMIFINALIST
Evan Mobley, USC

NAISMITH TROPHY DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
TOP 10 SEMIFINALISTS
Evan Mobley, USC

NAISMITH MEMORIAL BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME AWARDS
TOP 10 CANDIDATES/FINALISTS

Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year
McKinley Wright IV, Colorado (Top 10 Candidate)

Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year
Chris Duarte, Oregon (Finalist)

Julius Erving Small Forward of the Year
Ziaire Williams, Stanford (Top 10 Candidate)

Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year
Oscar da Silva, Stanford (Top 10 Candidate)

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year
Evan Mobley, USC (Finalist)

SENIOR CLASS AWARD
TOP 10 CANDIDATE
Oscar da Silva, Stanford

CONFERENCE STANDINGS (Expanded Standings) 

! Pac-12 regular-season champion (based on Conference win percentage) | # Pac-12 Tournament champion
*Ineligible for Pac-12 & NCAA Tournaments due to self-imposed postseason ban.

2021 NCAA TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE (Full NCAA Tournament bracket)
All games in Indianapolis, Ind., unless otherwise denoted; * if advances

PAC-12 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

NATIONAL HONORS