2011-12 Preseason Men's Basketball Prospectus
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2011-12 Preseason Men's Basketball Prospectus Pac-12 Men's Basketball Media Day Fri., Oct. 28 – 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Nokia Plaza and The Conga Room at LA Live Los Angeles, Calif. Pacific Life Pac-12 Men's Basketball Tournament March 7-10, 2012 STAPLES Center • Los Angeles, Calif. Having a strong financial partner like Pacific Life can help you reach your goals. Mutual Funds Annuities Life Insurance www.PacificLife.com Pacific Life Insurance Company is licensed to issue individual life insurance and annuity products in all states except New York. Product availability and features may vary by state. Variable insurance products and mutual funds are available through licensed third party broker-dealers and are distributed by Pacific Select Distributors, Inc. (member FINRA and SIPC), a subsidiary of Pacific Life. © 2011 Pacific Life Insurance Company, Newport Beach, CA. PL-11A Josh Watkins, Utah Kyle Fogg, Arizona 2011-12 PAC-12 MEN'S HOOP PROSPECTUS Pac-12 Notebook ......................................................2 Arizona Wildcats .......................................................6 Arizona State Sun Devils ............................................8 California Golden Bears ...........................................10 Colorado Buffaloes ..................................................12 Oregon Ducks .........................................................14 Oregon State Beavers ..............................................16 Stanford Cardinal ....................................................20 UCLA Bruins ...........................................................22 USC Trojans ............................................................24 Utah Utes ...............................................................26 Washington Huskies ................................................28 Washington State Cougars .......................................30 2010-11 Review ......................................................31 2010-11 Statistics ...................................................33 Postseason Recap ...................................................36 On the Cover: Jared Cunningham, Oregon State and Reeves Nelson, UCLA. Josh Owens, Stanford PAC-12 NOTEBOOK 2011-12 SEASON PREVIEW Home Sweet Home...For the second straight season, Conference teams finished the year with a winning Returning All-Pac-10 Performers... There'll be plenty record at home... League teams posted a 87-16 (.845) of opportunities for Pac-10 student-athletes to make record at home in non-conference action. a name for themselves as the league returns just two first team All-Pac-10 performers, and three second Home Away from Home... Check the Pac-12 rosters team selections. First team honorees include Califor- and you'll find 21 student-athletes who hail from 10 nia guard Jorge Gutierrez and UCLA forward Reeves different countries outside the United States. Those Nelson. Second team picks include Oregon State guard countries are: Australia (6), Canada (6), Denmark, Jared Cunningham, California forward Harper Kamp Germany, Mexico, Russia, Senegal (2), Sudan, Swe- and Arizona State guard Trent Lockett. den, and Ukraine. Opportunities Abound... Once again the young and How I Spent My Summer... Four Pac-12 teams took talented student-athletes in the Pac-12 will have the the opportunity to polish their games on foreign soil. opportunity to fill the roles of those who have moved California hit the Scandinavian countries of Sweden, on. Missing will be the league's top seven scorers, Norway and Denmark. Oregon ventured to Italy, while including the top four who were NBA draft picks. Stanford toured Spain. USC went south of the equator Missing will be eight of the league's top nine rebounders. for a series of games in Brazil. Coach Speak... UCLA coach Ben Howland needs three Older and Wiser... Last year, Conference rosters in- conference wins to reach 100 league victories, while cluded a total of just 17 seniors (1.7 per team). This Washington coach Lorenzo Romar needs five wins. year, 39 seniors (3.3 per team) grace the Pac-12 When they reach that milestone, they'll join current rosters. Here is the breakdown of seniors by team: California coach Mike Montgomery (247) as a select group of 20 coaches in Pac-12 history to record 100 Arizona 5 or more league victories. The last time three or more Arizona State 0 coaches had 100 league victories at the same time? California 2 It was 1964 - Oregon State's Slats Gill (276), UCLA's Colorado 4 John Wooden (171) and USC's Forrest Twogood (121). Oregon 5 Oregon State 1 Jorge Gutierrez, California Huskies Prevail, Again... Washington successfully Stanford 4 defended its Conference Tournament crown. The UCLA 7 NBA Raids Pac-12 Talent, Again... With Arizona's Huskies are just the second team to win back-to-back USC 3 Derrick Williams selected 2nd overall in the NBA postseason titles since the Arizona Wildcats won four Utah 2 Draft, the Pac-12 has now had a player selected in the straight from 1988-90 and 2002. Washington 2 Washington State 4 first round in the NBA Draft for the 23rd consecutive year. The league has had 17 first-round picks over What's New?... Two teams and one coach. With the the last four years of the NBA Draft. Over the last expansion from the Pac-10 to the Pac-12, the league four NBA Drafts a total of 30 Pac-12 players have welcomes Colorado and Utah. While Colorado head been selected representing 10 of the Conference's coach Tad Boyle has past experience in the Pac-12 12 member institutions. as an Oregon assistant (1995-97), Utah welcomes first-year coachLarry Krystkowiak. First Round 2. Derrick Williams, ARIZ Minnesota Scheduling... The Pac-12 will continue to play an 11. Klay Thompson, WSU Golden State 18-game schedule. However, with the expansion, the 12. Alec Burks, COLO Utah league slate will include a pair of "misses" at home 16. Nikola Vucevic, USC Philadelphia and on the road for each set of travel partners. Here's Second Round a look at which pair of games will be absent from the 35. Tyler Honeycutt, UCLA Sacramento schedule: 43. Malcolm Lee, UCLA Chicago 60. Isaiah Thomas, WASH Sacramento Travel Partners Home Misses Road Misses ARIZ, ASU CAL, STAN ORE, OSU CAL, STAN WASH, WSU ARIZ, ASU PACIFIC LIFE PAC-12 TOURNAMENT COLO, UTAH UCLA, USC WASH, WSU ORE, OSU ARIZ, ASU UCLA, USC Wed., March 7 - Sat., March 10 UCLA, USC ORE, OSU COLO, UTAH STAPLES Center WASH, WSU COLO, UTAH CAL, STAN Los Angeles, Calif. PAC-12 MEN'S BASKETBALL MEDIA DAY Nokia Plaza and The Conga Room at LA Live Friday, October 28 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Marcus Capers, Washington State 2 2011-12 Pac-12 Hoops Prospectus www.pac-12.org www.pac-12.org 2011-12 Pac-12 Hoops Prospectus 3 PAC-12 NOTEBOOK TEAM PRODUCTION CAREER LEADERS RETURNING IN 2011-12 RETURNING IN 2010-11 SCORING ASSISTS POINTS ASSISTS 1. California . 76.5% 1. Stanford ................ 91.7% Kyle Fogg (Sr.), ARIZ ....................... 869 Nate Tomlinson (Sr.), COLO ............. 297 2. Stanford ................ 74.8% 2. California . 88.0% Jorge Gutierrez (Sr.), CAL ................ 803 Jorge Guiterrez (Sr.), CAL ................ 287 3. Oregon State ............. 67.3% 3. Oregon State ............. 70.9% Reeves Nelson (Jr.), UCLA .............. 786 Jarrett Mann (Sr.), STAN ................. 281 4. UCLA .................. 64.1% 4. Arizona ................. 69.0% Harper Kamp (Sr.), CAL .................. 740 Jerime Anderson (Sr.), UCLA ........... 231 5. Washington State . 54.7% 5. UCLA .................. 67.5% 6. Arizona ................. 53.7% 6. Washington State . 63.3% Austin Dufault (Sr.), COLO ............... 678 Kyle Fogg (Sr.), ARIZ ....................... 226 7. Arizona State............. 52.7% 7. USC . 53.5% Garrett Sim (Sr.), ORE ..................... 664 Reggie Moore (Jr.), WSU ................. 226 8. Oregon ................. 46.4% 8. Utah ................... 52.0% Reggie Moore (Jr.), WSU ................. 649 Garrett Sim (Sr.), ORE ..................... 165 9. Washington . 42.2% 9. Oregon ................. 46.2% E.J. Singler (Jr.), ORE ...................... 653 Marcus Capers (Sr.), WSU ............... 151 10. Utah ................... 41.9% 10. Arizona State............. 40.2% Josh Owens (Sr.), STAN................... 629 Brandon Smith, (Jr.), CAL ............... 152 11. USC . 31.0% 11. Colorado ................ 37.2% Jared Cunningham (Jr.), OSU .......... 626 Lazeric Jones (Sr.), UCLA ................ 124 12. Colorado ................ 24.7% 12. Washington . 29.7% REBOUNDS STEALS REBOUNDING STEALS Reeves Nelson (Jr.), UCLA .............. 466 Jared Cunningham (Jr.), OSU .......... 128 1. Stanford ................ 90.1% 1. Stanford ................ 89.3% Harper Kamp (Sr.), CAL .................. 373 Jorge Gutierrez (Sr.), CAL ................ 109 2. California . 77.5% 2. California . 86.2% Austin Dufault (sr.), COLO ............... 370 Kyle Fogg (Sr.), ARIZ ......................... 87 3. UCLA .................. 73.3% 3. UCLA .................. 72.6% E.J. Singler (Jr.), ORE ...................... 357 Nate Tomlinson (Sr.), COLO ............... 79 4. Arizona State............. 68.8% 4. Oregon State ............. 71.3% 5. Oregon State ............. 66.0% 5. Arizona ................. 61.9% Marcus Capers (Sr.), WSU ............... 354 Jerime Anderson (Sr.), UCLA ............. 71 6. Washington State . 65.3% 6. Washington State . 58.2% Josh Owens (Sr.), STAN................... 348 Garrett Sim (Sr.), ORE ....................... 69 7. Arizona ................. 61.7% 7. USC . 48.2% Darnell Gant (Sr.), WASH ................. 332 Maurice Jones (So.), USC ................