Pac-12 Men's Hoops Tips Off the Season Friday
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For Immediate Release \\ Tuesday, November 11, 2014 Contacts \\ Dave Hirsch ([email protected]), Kyra Geithman ([email protected]) 2014-15 PAC-12 MEN’S BASKETBALL STANDINGS PAC-12 OVERALL W-L Pct. Home Away W-L Pct. Home Away Neut. AP Coach vs. T25 Streak Arizona 0-0 .--- 0-0 0-0 0-0 .--- 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 2 - - Arizona State 0-0 .--- 0-0 0-0 0-0 .--- 0-0 0-0 0-0 - - - - California 0-0 .--- 0-0 0-0 0-0 .--- 0-0 0-0 0-0 - - - - Colorado 0-0 .--- 0-0 0-0 0-0 .--- 0-0 0-0 0-0 28 t36 - - Oregon 0-0 .--- 0-0 0-0 0-0 .--- 0-0 0-0 0-0 - 35 - - Oregon State 0-0 .--- 0-0 0-0 0-0 .--- 0-0 0-0 0-0 - - - - Stanford 0-0 .--- 0-0 0-0 0-0 .--- 0-0 0-0 0-0 26 t26 - - UCLA 0-0 .--- 0-0 0-0 0-0 .--- 0-0 0-0 0-0 29 33 - - USC 0-0 .--- 0-0 0-0 0-0 .--- 0-0 0-0 0-0 - - - - Utah 0-0 .--- 0-0 0-0 0-0 .--- 0-0 0-0 0-0 t25 30 - - Washington 0-0 .--- 0-0 0-0 0-0 .--- 0-0 0-0 0-0 - - - - Washington State 0-0 .--- 0-0 0-0 0-0 .--- 0-0 0-0 0-0 - - - - PAC-12 MEN’S HOOPS TIPS OFF THE SEASON FRIDAY THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE AROUND THE PAC-12 Fri., Nov. 14 (#FullCourtFriday) Time Network Mount St. Mary’s at No. 2 ARIZONA ..................................... 6 p.m. MT .................. P12N • The 99th season of Pac-12 men’s basketball Drexel at COLORADO ........................................................... 6 p.m. MT .................. P12N season gets underway with Full Court Friday as Rice at OREGON STATE ....................................................... 7 p.m. PT ................... P12N Alcorn State at CALIFORNIA .................................................. 7 p.m. PT ................... P12N 11 Pac-12 teams are in action, and 10 of those Ball State at No. 25 UTAH .................................................... 8 p.m. MT .................. P12N games will be televised on the Pac-12 Net- Chicago State at ARIZONA STATE ......................................... 8 p.m. MT .................. P12N works... USC will open the season on Saturday, South Carolina State at WASHINGTON ................................. 7 p.m. PT ................... P12N Nov. 15... It’s actually the 100th year as league Wofford at STANFORD .......................................................... 9 p.m. PT ................... P12N play began in 1915-16. However, the Confer- Montana State at UCLA ........................................................ 9 p.m. PT ................... P12N ence did not hold competition during the 1917- Coppin State at OREGON ..................................................... 9 p.m. PT ................... P12N 18 season. WASHINGTON STATE at UTEP ............................................. 8 p.m. MT • Pollsters... ARIZONA and UTAH are ranked in Sat., Nov. 15 the Associated Press preseason poll, while the Portland State at USC ........................................................... 7:30 p.m. PT .............. P12N Wildcats are the league’s lone representation Sun., Nov. 16 in the USA Today Coaches preseason poll. The South Dakota at STANFORD .................................................. 3 p.m. PT ................... P12N Wildcats are No. 2 in both polls, while the Utes Cal State Northridge at No. 2 ARIZONA ................................. 6 p.m. MT .................. P12N are tied for No. 25 in the Coaches poll. Kennesaw State at CALIFORNIA ............................................ 7 p.m. PT ................... P12N Coastal Carolina at UCLA ...................................................... 7 p.m. PT ................... P12N • Returning All-Pac-12 Performers... Three first team All-Pac-12 performers, and two second Neutral Sites & Tournaments team selections return in 2014-15. First team honorees include STANFORD guard Chasson Rankings listed are AP poll; Game times local to site Randle, COLORADO forward Josh Scott, UTAH guard Delon Wright. Returning second-team se- lections include ARIZONA guard T.J. McConnell and OREGON guard Joseph Young. • Just around the corner... The National Letter of Intent early signing period is Nov. 12-19. PAC-12 IN THE NBA A LOOK AHEAD A total of 62 former Pac-12 student-athletes appeared on NBA opening day rosters. Each Pac-12 Mon., Nov. 17 member institution has representation in the NBA, with UCLA leading the way with 15 former stu- Washington State at TCU dent-athletes. The Pac-12 had nine players taken in the latest NBA Draft and have had 16 players Bethune-Cookman at Arizona State 6 p.m./P12N selected over the last two years. Detroit at Oregon 8 p.m./ESPNU Tennessee Tech at USC 8 p.m./P12N Here’s a breakdown of players in the NBA by UCLA Auburn at Colorado 10 p.m./ESPN2 conference (top five): Kevin Love - Cleveland Arron Afflalo - Denver Tues., Nov. 18 ACC: 70 Trevor Ariza - Houston Utah at San Diego State 1 PM/ESPN Pac-12: 62 Corban at Oregon State 7 PM/P12N Matt Barnes - Los Angeles Clippers SEC: 58 Jordan Farmar - Los Angeles Clippers Wed., Nov. 19 Big 12: 34 Jordan Adams - Memphis UC Irvine at Arizona 6 PM/P12N Big Ten: 33 Zach LaVine - Minnesota Thurs., Nov. 20 Shabazz Muhammad - Minnesota Syracuse vs California (1) 6 PM/ESPN2 Arizona Jrue Holiday - New Orleans Loyola Marymount at Arizona State 6 PM/P12N Richard Jefferson - Dallas Travis Wear - New York Nicholls State at UCLA 8 PM/P12N Andre Iguodala - Golden State Russell Westbrook - Oklahoma City Akron vs USC (2) 9:30 AM/ESPN3 Nick Johnson - Houston Luc Richard Mbah a Moute - Philadelphia Fri., Nov. 21 Jason Terry - Houston Darren Collison - Sacramento Toledo at Oregon 4 PM/P12N Solomon Hill - Indiana Ryan Hollins - Sacramento UNLV vs Stanford (3) 4 PM/TruTv Jordan Hill - Los Angeles Lakers Kyle Anderson - San Antonio Oral Roberts at Oregon State 6 PM/P12N Jerryd Bayless - Milwaukee Idaho State at Washington State 6 PM/P12N Chase Budinger - Minnesota USC UC Riverside at Utah 6 PM/P12N Taj Gibson - Chicago Iowa or Texas vs California (1) TBD/ESPN2/ESPNU Grant Jerrett - Oklahoma City Channing Frye - Orlando Nick Young - Los Angeles Lakers Washington at Seattle 7 PM O.J. Mayo - Milwaukee Miami or Drexel vs USC (2) TBD/ESPN TBD Aaron Gordon - Orlando Derrick Williams - Sacramento Dewayne Dedmon - Orlando Sat., Nov. 22 Nikola Vucevic - Orlando Duke or Temple vs Stanford (3) TBD/TruTv Arizona State DeMar DeRozan - Toronto Colorado at Wyoming 3:30 or 4:30 PM/ESPN3 James Harden - Houston Utah Sun., Nov. 23 Jeff Ayres (Pendergraph) - San Antonio Pacific at Washington (4) 5 PM/Pac-12 Andrew Bogut - Golden State Long Beach State at UCLA 7 PM/Pac-12 California Andre Miller - Washington TBD vs USC (2) TBD/ESPN TBD Jorge Gutierrez - Brooklyn Ryan Anderson - New Orleans Washington Mon., Nov. 24 Allen Crabbe - Portland Nate Robinson - Denver Missouri vs Arizona (5) 2 PM/ESPN2 Justin Holiday - Golden State Maryland vs Arizona State (6) 4 PM/ESPNU Spencer Hawes - LA Clippers Oklahoma State vs Oregon State (7) 5:30 PM/ESPN3 Colorado Michigan vs Oregon (8) 6:30 PM/ESPN3 Spencer Dinwiddie - Detroit C.J. Wilcox - Los Angeles Clippers Chris Copeland - Indiana Quincy Pondexter - Memphis Tues., Nov. 25 Andre Roberson - Oklahoma City Tony Wroten - Philadelphia Air Force at Colorado 6 PM/P12N Alec Burks - Utah Isaiah Thomas - Phoenix Delaware at Stanford 8 PM/P12N Terrence Ross - Toronto Cal State Fullerton at USC 8 PM/P12N Oregon Kansas State/Purdue vs Arizona (5) TBD/ESPN or 2 Washington State Villanova or VCU vs Oregon (8) TBD/ESPN or 2 Aaron Brooks - Chicago Alabama/Iowa St. vs Arizona State (6) TBD/ESPNU or 3 Luke Ridnour - Orlando Klay Thompson - Golden State Aron Baynes - San Antonio Wed., Nov. 26 Oregon State Oklahoma vs UCLA (9) 11:30 AM/ESPN2 Jared Cunningham - LA Clippers Texas-Pan American at Utah (10) 5 PM/P12N Eric Moreland - Sacramento Cal Poly at California 7 PM/P12N TBD vs Arizona (5) TBD/ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU Stanford Auburn/Tulsa vs Oregon State (7) TBD/ESPN2 or 3 Dwight Powell - Boston Thurs., Nov. 27 Brook Lopez - Brooklyn UCSB vs Washington State (11) 9 PM/CBSSN Robin Lopez - Portland San Jose State vs Washington (16) 8 PM/ESPN2 Landry Fields - Toronto Butler/North Carolina vs UCLA (9) TBD/ESPN/AXSTV Fri., Nov. 28 North Dakota at Utah (10) 7 PM/P12N LB State or W. Mich. vs Washington (12) TBD/ESPN2 or 3 AROUND THE PAC-12 Rice or Mercer vs Washington State (11) TBD/TBD TBD vs UCLA (9) TBD/ESPN/AXSTV The Pac-12 has three players listed on the Bob Cousy Award Watch List recognizing the nation’s top colle- giate point guard - ARIZONA’s T.J. McConnell, STANFORD’s Chasson Randle, and UTAH’s Delon Wright. Sat., Nov. 29 Alabama State at Utah (9) 4 or 7 PM/P12N Preseason Top 25 non-conference opponents to visit Pac-12 arenas: Colgate at Arizona State 4 or 7 PM/P12N TBD vs Washington State (11) TBD/TBD No. 3 Wisconsin at CALIFORNIA (Dec. 22, 2014) No. 11 Wichita State at No. 25 UTAH ( Dec. 3, 2014) Sun., Nov. 30 No. 13 Gonzaga at No. 2 ARIZONA (Dec. 6, 2014) Lipscomb at Colorado 11 AM/P12N No. 13 Gonzaga at UCLA ( Dec. 13, 2014) California at Fresno State 3 PM/CBSSN No. 16 San Diego State at WASHINGTON (Dec. 7, 2014) Portland State at Oregon 5 PM/P12N Stanford at DePaul 11:30 AM/FOX Sports 1 No. 17 Connecticut at STANFORD (Jan. 17, 2015) TBD vs Washington (12) TBD/ESPN TBD No. 24 Michigan at No. 2 ARIZONA (Dec. 13, 2014) USC at New Mexico 1 PM/CBSSN No. 25 Harvard at ARIZONA STATE (Dec. 28, 2014) PAC-12 MEN’S BASKETBALL WEEKLY RELEASE // November 11, 2014 2 ARIZONA UCLA • Wildcats have posted five consecutive 20-win seasons, second straight with • Four players off last year’s team that captured the Pac-12 Tournament crown 30 wins.