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21 games fill the Pac-12s weekly calendar with 10 away from home - five true road contests (possibly six with COLORADO in Hawaii), five neutral site games (four if CU faces Hawai'i) - along with three power league opponents, two preseason favorites, and two ranked matchups with UCLA facing No. 15 Ohio State in Chicago and No. 18 ARIZONA STATE hosting No. 1 Kansas.
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The last time a Pac-12 program hosted the nations No. 1 team, UCLA upset Kentucky, 87-77, at Pauley Pavilion on Dec. 3, 2015.
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For the third time in
Tad Boyle
s nine seasons, COLORADO has started the season 8-1. The Buffaloes reached the NCAA Tournament in each of those two previous seasons (2014 - 10-1; 2016 - 11-1). In the CU programs 116 seasons, this marks only the 13th start of 8-1 or better including only the fourth in the past 39 years.
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CUs current six-game win streak is the longest in the Pac-12 and tied for 12th-longest in NCAA Division I.
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Two of the top six leading freshmen scorers in the country play in the Pac-12 in OREGONs
Bol Bol
(21.0, 4th among freshmen) and ARIZONA STATEs
Luguentz Dort
(19.8 ppg, 6th). The ACC is the only other league with multiple rookies in the category.
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The Pac-12 also has three of the nations top 10 rookie rebounders in UCLAs
Moses Brown
(9.7 rpg, 2nd among freshmen), Bol (9.6 rpg, 3rd) and WASHINGTON STATEs
CJ Elleby
(7.8, 8th).
50/50 -
COLORADOs
Lucas Siewert
and OREGONs
Bol Bol
are currently the only qualified Pac-12 players (3 FGM/1 3FGM per game) shooting at least 50 percent both from the field and behind the arc.
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Since 1992-93, only three Conference players have accomplished that for a full season: OREGONs Jason Calliste (2013-14) and ARIZONAs Derrick Williams (2010-11) and Salim Stoudamire (2004-05).
1000, 300, 200, 200, 100
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When WASHINGTONs
Matisse Thybulle
surpassed 1,000 career points against Virginia Tech on Saturday, he became the only player in Conference history to reach the 1,000 points, 300 rebounds, 200 assists, 200 steals and 100 blocks thresholds.
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Donnie Boyce (1992-95 - 1995p/644r/405a/245s/114b) accomplished the feat during COLORADOs membership in the Big 8, the only other player from current Pac-12 membership to do so.
PAC-12 TIPOFF
STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE:
Based on opponents win percentage through Dec. 17 games, WASHINGTON has faced the second-most difficult schedule so far this season as its foes have a cumulative .732 (90-33) win percentage, trailing only No. 1 Kansas (.792). ARIZONA ranks 15th (.695) in the nation in the same category.
DAM GOOD DEFENSE:
With his school-record nine blocks in Mondays win over Pepperdine, OREGON STATEs
Kylor Kelley
moved to first nationally with 4.0 blocks per game.
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Kelleys nine blocks were the most by a Pac-12 player since OREGONs Chris Boucher had nine against Arkansas State in Nov. 2015.
MEN OF STEAL:
NCAA Division Is career steals leaders both hail from the Pac-12 as WASHINGTONs
Matisse Thybulle
(236) and OREGONs
Ehab Amin
(233) rank first and second, respectively
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Teams
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Pac-12 Record
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Overall Record
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Colorado
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0-0
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8-1
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Arizona State
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0-0
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8-2
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Oregon
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0-0
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7-3
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Oregon State
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0-0
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7-3
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UCLA
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0-0
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7-3
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Washington State
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0-0
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6-3
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Arizona
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0-0
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7-4
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Washington
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0-0
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7-4
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Stanford
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0-0
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5-4
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USC
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0-0
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5-5
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Utah
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0-0
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5-5
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California
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0-0
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4-5
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Tuesday, Dec. 18
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TV
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Time
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Florida A&M at OREGON
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PAC12
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3 p.m.
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San Jose State at STANFORD
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PAC12
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7 p.m.
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USC at Santa Clara
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TheW.tv
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7 p.m.
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Wednesday, Dec. 19
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TV
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Time
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Montana at ARIZONA
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PAC12
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5:30 p.m.
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UCLA at Cincinnati
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ESPN2
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6 p.m.
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CALIFORNIA at Fresno State
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MWN/Stadium
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7 p.m.
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SIUE at WASHINGTON STATE (1)
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PAC12
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7:30 p.m.
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Friday, Dec. 21
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TV
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Time
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Kent State at OREGON STATE
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PAC12
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12 p.m.
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OREGON at Baylor
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ESPN2
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4 p.m.
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Northern Arizona at UTAH
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PAC12
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6 p.m.
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Sacramento State at WASHINGTON
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PAC12
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6 p.m.
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San Jose State at CALIFORNIA
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PAC12
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7 p.m.
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Southern Utah at USC
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PAC12
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8 p.m.
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Saturday, Dec. 22
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TV
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Time
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Indiana State vs. COLORADO (2)
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ESPNU
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12 p.m.
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#15 Ohio State vs. UCLA (3)
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CBS
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12 p.m.
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STANFORD at San Francisco
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PAC12
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2 p.m.
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UC Davis at ARIZONA
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PAC12
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4 p.m.
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#1 Kansas at #18 ARIZONA STATE
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ESPN2
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6 p.m.
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San Diego vs. WASHINGTON STATE (4)
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FS1
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7 p.m.
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Sunday, Dec. 23
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TV
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Time
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UNLV/Hawaii vs. COLORADO (2)
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ESPN2/U
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1:30/4 p.m.
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Drake/New Mexico State vs. WASHINGTON STATE (4)
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FS1
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4:30/7 p.m.
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1 - Las Vegas Classic, Campus Games; 2 - Diamond Head Classic, Honolulu, Hawaii (Stan Sheriff Center); 3 - CBS Sports Classic, Chicago, Ill. (United Center); 4 - Las Vegas Classic, Las Vegas, Nev. (Orleans Arena)