2018-19 Pac-12 Men's Basketball Standings
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For Immediate Release \\ Tuesday, January 15, 2019 Contacts \\ Jesse Hooker ([email protected], 607-329-3925), Carly Fasciglione ([email protected]) 2018-19 PAC-12 MEN’S BASKETBALL STANDINGS (thru 1/14/19) PAC-12 POW PAC-12 OVERALL vs. W-L Pct. H A W-L Pct. H A N AP Coach Top 25 Streak Arizona 4-0 1.000 2-0 2-0 13-4 .765 9-1 3-1 1-2 - - 0-2 W6 Washington 3-0 1.000 1-0 2-0 12-4 .750 8-0 2-2 2-2 - - 0-3 W5 Oregon State 3-0 1.000 2-0 1-0 11-4 .733 7-1 2-1 2-2 - - 0-0 W4 UCLA 3-1 .750 2-0 1-1 10-7 .588 9-2 1-2 0-3 - - 0-3 L1 Arizona State 2-2 .500 1-1 1-1 11-5 .688 7-2 2-2 2-1 - - 2-1 L1 USC 2-2 .500 2-0 0-2 9-8 .529 8-2 0-4 1-2 - - 0-1 L2 PAC-12 PLAYER OF THE WEEK Utah 2-2 .500 1-1 1-1 8-8 .500 6-2 1-3 1-3 - - 0-2 W1 1/14/19 Oregon 1-2 .333 1-2 0-0 10-6 .625 8-3 1-2 1-1 - - 1-0 W1 Stephen Thompson Jr., OSU Colorado 1-3 .250 1-1 0-2 10-6 .625 7-1 2-4 1-1 - - 0-0 L1 Stanford 1-3 .250 1-1 0-2 8-8 .500 6-1 1-5 1-2 - - 0-3 W1 • Averaged 25.5 points on 50 Washington State 0-3 .000 0-0 0-3 7-9 .438 7-1 0-5 0-3 - - 0-0 L6 percent shooting (17-34), 8.0 California 0-4 .000 0-2 0-2 5-11 .313 5-4 0-4 0-3 - - 0-0 L5 rebounds and 5.5 assists to lead OSU to victories over USC and UCLA 22-22 .500 14-8 8-14 114-80 .600 87-20 15-35 12-25 3-15 to begin Conference play 3-0 for the first time since the 1992-93 season. #PAC12HOOPS STARTING FIVE • Career-high 34 points, 10 OREGON STATE currently leads the Pac-12 in both field goal percentage (.469) and field goal rebounds and five assists against .469/.393 percentage defense (.393). USC, only the second Division I u Only four teams have led the Conference in both categories dating to 1982-83: 1986-87 UCLA, player this season with 34/10/5. 1987-88 Arizona, 1989-90 Arizona, 1991-92 Arizona, 1995-96 UCLA. Three Pac-12 teams have made it through the opening two weeks of Conference play unscathed: PAC-12 TIPOFF u ARIZONA is 4-0 in the league for the third time in both the Pac-12 and Sean Miller eras following a sweep 3-0/4-0 of the Bay Area, its league-leading 13th road sweep in the Pac-12 era. The Wildcats opened 10-0 in 2016-17. ROAD SWEEPS: They’ve been u OREGON STATE is 3-0 in league play for the first time since 1992-93, the same year it most recently difficult to come by - just 45 in total started 5-0 in Conference play. - since the Pac-12 expanded prior u WASHINGTON is 3-0 for the first time since 2015-16 and coming off its first Pac-12 road sweep to the 2011-12 season. Below since 2013. The Huskies last started 4-0 in 2012-13 and 5-0 in 1983-84 (started 6-0). is the number of road sweeps OREGON STATE’s Kylor Kelley ranks first nationally with 4.20 blocks per game. through each region and the most u Kelley is on pace to break the Conference’s record block rate held by ARIZONA STATE’s Jordan recent team to accomplish the 4.20 Bachynski, who led NCAA Division I and set the league-record with 133 blocks (4.03 bpg) in 2013-14. feat: The fifth-longest series win streak in the Pac-12 will be on the line this week as OREGON visits ARIZONA ARIZ/ASU - 4 times, most recently 8 STATE with Pac-12 Networks’ “Pac-12 Basketball Pregame Show” live from Wells Fargo Arena in Tempe. by UCLA in 2016-17. u 18 - ARIZONA vs. STANFORD (dating to 2009) ORE/OSU - 5 times, most recently u 13 - ARIZONA vs. WASHINGTON STATE (2010) by USC in 2017-18. u 10 - UTAH vs. WASHINGTON STATE (2014) COLO/UTAH - 6 times, most u 9 - COLORADO vs. STANFORD (2012) recently by Washington in 2018- u 8 - OREGON vs. ARIZONA STATE (2014) 19. Through 22 league games as of Jan. 14, the average scoring margin is 13.3 points. UCLA/USC - 7 times, most recently u 8 games have been decided by single digits by Arizona in 2016-17. 13.3 u 2 games have been decided by one possession (3 pts. or less) CAL/STAN - 8 times, most recently u 3 overtime games (3 total OT periods) by Arizona in 2018-19. WASH/WSU - 15 times, most THIS WEEK’S PAC-12 MEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE recently by Utah in 2017-18. DATE MATCHUP TIME (PT) TV Thurs., Jan. 17 OREGON at ARIZONA* 6:00 p.m. ESPN A school-by-school total of road Thurs., Jan. 17 STANFORD at WASHINGTON* 6:00 p.m. ESPN2 sweeps in the Pac-12 era: Thurs., Jan. 17 OREGON STATE at ARIZONA STATE* 7:00 p.m. FS1 ARIZONA - 13 Thurs., Jan. 17 CALIFORNIA at WASHINGTON STATE* 7:00 p.m. PAC12 OREGON - 9 Sat., Jan. 19 STANFORD at WASHINGTON STATE* 12:00 p.m. PAC12 CALIFORNIA - 6 Sat., Jan. 19 UCLA at USC* 1:00 p.m. CBS UTAH - 5 Sat., Jan. 19 CALIFORNIA at WASHINGTON* 2:00 p.m. PAC12 UCLA - 4 Sat., Jan. 19 OREGON STATE at ARIZONA* 4:00 p.m. PAC12 USC, WASHINGTON - 3 Sat., Jan. 19 OREGON at ARIZONA STATE* 6:30 p.m. PAC12 COLORADO, STANFORD - 1 Sun., Jan. 20 COLORADO at UTAH* 3:00 p.m. ESPNU ASU, OSU, WSU - 0 * Pac-12 Conference game PAC-12 RECORDS WATCH PAC-12 PLAYER OF THE WEEK STEPHEN THOMPSON JR., OREGON STATE CAREER STEALS LIST 2018-19 PAC-12 POW (Min. 2 seasons) Senior, 6-4, G, Los Angeles, Calif. Nov. 12 ........KZ Okpala, So., Stanford 1. 321 Gary Payton, OSU, 1986-90 Nov. 19 ...Jaylen Nowell, So., Washington 2. 298 Brevin Knight, STAN, 1994-97 • Oregon State senior guard Stephen Thompson Jr. earns his first Nov. 26 ..Luguentz Dort, Fr., Arizona State 3. 258 Eddie House, ASU, 1997-2000 career Pac-12 Player of the Week award as voted on by media Dec. 3 ..Zylan Cheatham, R-Sr., Arizona State 4. 247 MATISSE THYBULLE, WASH, 2016-PRES. who cover the league. Dec. 10 ...Jaylen Nowell, So., Washington 5. 246 Stevin Smith, ASU, 1990-94 Dec. 17 .. Remy Martin, So., Arizona State 6. 245 Jason Terry, ARIZ, 1996-99 • Thompson Jr. averaged 25.5 points on 50 percent shooting Dec. 24 . Rob Edwards, R-Jr., Arizona State 7. 238 Hassan Adams, ARIZ, 2003-06 Dec. 31 ......Josh Sharma, Sr., Stanford (17-34), 8.0 rebounds and 5.5 assists to lead OSU to victories Jan. 7 .........Nick Rakocevic, Jr., USC Lafayette Lever, ASU, 1979-82 over USC and UCLA to begin Conference play 3-0 for the first 9. 235 Earl Watson, UCLA, 1998-2001 Jan. 14 ..Stephen Thompson Jr., Sr., Oregon State time since the 1992-93 season. 10. 228 Brandon Granville, USC, 1999-2002 Jan. 21 ........................... Jan. 28 ........................... • With team scoring leader Tres Tinkle out due to injury, the 6-4 Feb. 4 ............................ PAC-12 AWARDS NOMINEES guard from Los Angeles lifted the Beavers past the Trojans in Feb. 11 ........................... overtime, 79-74, on Thursday with a career-high 34 points, 10 Feb. 18 ........................... Feb. 25 ........................... NAISMITH MEMORIAL rebounds and five assists. Per College Basketball Reference, BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME AWARDS March 4........................... Thompson Jr. is only the second Division I player this season, PRESEASON WATCH LISTS and only the 40th in the past nine years, to post at least 34/10/5 in a game. NATIONAL HONORS Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year NCAA.com POW .......Luguentz Dort, Arizona State (Nov. 26) Jaylen Hands, UCLA NCAA.com TOW ..............................Arizona State (Dec. 24) Payton Pritchard, Oregon • Thompson Jr. then followed up with team-high tying 17 points, six rebounds, six assists and two steals in a Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year 79-66 victory over UCLA on Sunday, becoming the seventh OSU player to surpass the 1,500 career points Jaylen Nowell, Washington plateau in the process. Julius Erving Small Forward of the Year ALSO NOMINATED: Chase Jeter, ARIZONA; Tyler Bey, COLORADO; Louis King, OREGON; KZ Okpala, Louis King, Oregon STANFORD; Prince Ali, UCLA; David Crisp, WASHINGTON; Isaiah Wade, WASHINGTON STATE. Tres Tinkle, Oregon State Kris Wilkes, UCLA Matisse Thybulle, Washington Robert Franks Jr., Washington State Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Bennie Boatwright, USC Noah Dickerson, Washington Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year PAC-12 MOMENTUM Bol Bol, Oregon Moses Brown, UCLA Pac-12 men’s basketball has experienced some of its most competitive campaigns over the past several years, marked by consistent regular-season and postseason depth, and top-flight talent and recruiting: NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR WATCH LISTS u 2018-19: - The Pac-12 boasts some of the best incoming talent in Division I basketball, including eight top 40 recruit- Oscar Robertson Trophy Midseason Watch List (1) ing classes featuring 10 freshmen rated as Top 50 recruits and 19 Top 100 newcomers, both second-best Bol Bol, Oregon nationally.