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2017-18 SCHEDULE/RESULTS 2018 PAC-12 TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP DATE OPPONENT (TV) TIME/RESULT GAME 34: NO. 15/17 ARIZONA VS. USC 11/1 Eastern New Mexico (Ex.) ........................ W, 91-63 MARCH 10, 2018 » 8:00 P.M. MST » LAS VEGAS, NEV. » T-MOBILE ARENA(18,000) 11/5 Chico State (Ex.) ....................................... W, 91-53 11/10 Northern Arizona .................................... W, 101-67 MEDIA INFORMATION Tip Time: 8:07 p.m. (MST) 11/12 UMBC ...................................................... W, 103-78 TV: FS1 (Davis/Lavin) 11/16 CSU Bakersfield .........................................W, 91-59 Radio: Arizona IMG Sports Network (Jeffries/Hansen) Battle 4 Atlantis Tournament (Paradise Island, Bahamas) Satellite Radio: Sirius 126, XM 198 11/22 vs. NC State ................................................................L, 84-90 Audio Stream: arizonawildcats.com 11/23 vs. SMU ........................................................................L, 60-66 Live Stats: arizonalivestats.com 11/24 vs. No. 18/16 Purdue ................................................L, 64-89 ARIZONA IN THE PAC-12 TOURNAMENT 11/29 Long Beach State ......................................W, 91-56 Overall Record: 32-14 26-7, 14-4 PAC-12 Record 23-10 (12-6 PAC-12) In Miller Era: 16-6 12/2 at UNLV ........................................................... W (OT), 91-88 15/17 Rankings NR/NR In Las Vegas: 12-3 Valley of the Sun Shootout (Phoenix, Ariz.) 18 RPI 33 As No. 1 Seed: 17-4 12/5 vs. No. 7/9 Texas A&M .......................................... W, 67-64 Sean Miller Head Coach Andy Enfield Tournament Championships: 1988, 1989, 1990, 2002, 246-73 (9th yr) Record at School 83-74 (5th yr) 12/9 Alabama ................................................... W, 88-82 2005, 2011, 2015, 2017 366-120 (14th yr) Career Record 134-102 (7th yr) 12/16 at New Mexico ....................................................... W, 89-73 12/18 North Dakota State ................................... W, 83-53 12/21 UConn ....................................................... W, 73-58 OFF THE TOP 12/30 No. 3/4 Arizona State* ............................ W, 84-78 • Arizona heads to the championship game of the Pac-12 Tournament for a second consecutive 1/4 at Utah* .................................................................... W, 94-82 season following a 78-67 overtime victory over UCLA in the semifinals. The UA defense held the Bruins scoreless in the overtime period. Freshman Deandre Ayton finished the game with 32 points 1/6 at Colorado* ............................................................. L, 77-80 and 14 rebounds on an ultra-efficient 13-of-16 shooting from the field. He tied Sean Elliott for the 1/11 Oregon State* ......................................... W, 62-53 second most points by an Arizona player in Pac-12 tournament play and was five points shy of the 1/13 Oregon* .................................................. W, 90-83 Wildcat single game record of 37 points. Ayton did become the first player in Arizona history to tally 1/17 at California* .......................................................... W, 79-58 a 30-point, 10-rebound game in a conference tournament game. 1/20 at Stanford* ............................................................ W, 73-71 • UA has not faced USC in the conference tournament since defeating the Trojans in the semifinals 1/25 Colorado* ................................................ W, 80-71 of the 2011 Pac-10 Tournament. Arizona has won all four head-to-head meetings between the two programs in the history of the Pac-12 and Pac-10 tournaments. 1/27 Utah* ........................................................ W. 74-73 1/31 at Washington State* ......................................... W, 100-72 • Dusan Ristic tallied his first-ever conference tournament double-double with his 16 points and 11 rebounds in his team’s win over Colorado in the quarterfinals before grabbing 10 rebounds in the 2/3 at Washington* ....................................................... L, 75-78 victory against UCLA in the semifinals on Friday. The senior’s back-to-back games of ten or more 2/8 UCLA* ........................................................ L, 74-82 rebounds are his first double-digit rebounding games in the Pac-12 Tournament following eight 2/10 USC* ......................................................... W, 81-67 appearances in his three seasons prior. 2/15 at No. 25/22 Arizona State* ............................... W, 77-70 • After holding the Buffaloes to 67 points, five fewer than their average, the Wildcats also held UCLA 2/22 at Oregon State* ........................................... W (OT), 75-65 to 67 points, which was 15 points below their season average. 2/24 at Oregon* ..................................................... L (OT), 93-98 • Arizona leads the Pac-12 in tournament championships with six, leading UCLA and Oregon 3/1 Stanford* ................................................ W, 75-67 who each have four. Saturday is the program’s 11th appearance in the conference tournament championship game, which also leads the Pac-12. The Cats are 6-4 in Pac-12 tournament title 3/3 California* ............................................... W, 66-54 games entering Saturday. Pac-12 Conference Tournament (Las Vegas, Nev.) 3/8 vs. Colorado ............................................................ W, 83-67 ARIZONA POSSIBLE STARTERS 3/9 vs. UCLA .......................................................... W (OT), 78-67 No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. PPG RPG APG Hometown 3/10 vs. USC (FS1) ................................................................. 8 p.m. 0 Parker Jackson-Cartwright G Sr. 5-11 170 7.8 2.3 4.8 Los Angeles, Calif. 35 Allonzo Trier G Jr. 6-5 205 18.7 3.1 3.3 Seattle, Wash. 1 Rawle Alkins G So. 6-5 220 13.7 4.7 2.8 Brooklyn, N.Y. * indicates Pac-12 conference game 13 Deandre Ayton F/C Fr. 7-1 260 19.9 11.3 1.8 Nassau, Bahamas All times shown are MST 14 Dusan Ristic C Sr. 7-0 245 11.9 7.1 0.9 Novi Sad, Serbia OFF THE BENCH No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. PPG RPG APG Hometown 3 Dylan Smith G R-So. 6-5 175 4.5 1.5 1.0 Mobile, Ala. 5 Brandon Randolph G Fr. 6-6 175 3.8 0.8 1.0 Yonkers, N.Y. 11 Ira Lee F Fr. 6-7 235 2.3 2.3 0.4 Los Angeles, Calif. 20 Talbott Denny F R-Sr. 6-5 215 0.3 0.0 0.0 Tucson, Ariz. 23 Alex Barcello G Fr. 6-2 180 2.4 1.0 1.0 Chandler, Ariz. 24 Emmanuel Akot G Fr. 6-7 200 1.9 1.2 0.9 Winnipeg, Manitoba 25 Keanu Pinder F Sr. 6-9 220 2.3 2.1 0.1 Perth, Australia 50 Tyler Trillo G R-Jr. 5-11 170 3.0 0.0 0.0 Southbury, Conn. 54 Matt Weyand F Fr. 6-5 190 0.0 0.0 0.0 Irvine, Calif. 55 Jake DesJardins F So. 6-6 215 0.7 1.0 0.3 Henderson, Nev. TOURNAMENT BRACKET 2018 PAC-12 MEN’S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT BRACKET March 7-10, 2018 – T-Mobile Arena – Las Vegas Wed., March 7 Thurs., March 8 Fri., March 9 Sat., March 10 No. 8 COLORADO 12:00 p.m. - PAC12 No. 9 ARIZONA STATE 12:00 p.m. - PAC12 No. 1 ARIZONA No. 5 STANFORD 6:00 p.m. - PAC12 2:30 p.m. - PAC12 No. 12 CALIFORNIA 2:30 p.m. - PAC12 No. 4 UCLA No. 7 WASHINGTON 7:00 p.m. - FS1 2018 Pac-12 Tournament 6:00 p.m. - PAC12 Champions No. 10 OREGON STATE 6:00 p.m. - PAC12 No. 2 USC No. 6 OREGON 8:30 p.m. - FS1 8:30 p.m. - PAC12 No. 11 WASHINGTON STATE 8:30 p.m. - FS1 No. 3 UTAH 2018 Pac-12 Men’s Basketball Tournament Schedule T-Mobile Arena (Capacity: 18,000) – Las Vegas Wed., March 7 Network Talent Game 1: No. 8 COLORADO vs. No. 9 ARIZONA STATE, 12:00 p.m. PT PAC12 Roxy Bernstein, Don MacLean, Jill Savage Game 2: No. 5 STANFORD vs. No. 12 CALIFORNIA, 2:30 p.m. PT PAC12 Roxy Bernstein, Don MacLean, Jill Savage Game 3: No. 7 WASHINGTON vs. No. 10 OREGON STATE, 6:00 p.m. PT PAC12 Ted Robinson, Bill Walton, Ashley Adamson Game 4: No. 6 OREGON vs. No. 11 WASHINGTON STATE, 8:30 p.m. PT PAC12 Ted Robinson, Bill Walton, Ashley Adamson Thurs., March 8 Game 5: Game 1 winner vs. No. 1 ARIZONA, 12:00 p.m. PT PAC12 Roxy Bernstein, Don MacLean, Jill Savage Game 6: Game 2 winner vs. No. 4 UCLA, 2:30 p.m. PT PAC12 Roxy Bernstein, Don MacLean, Jill Savage Game 7: Game 3 winner vs. No. 2 USC, 6:00 p.m. PT PAC12 Ted Robinson, Bill Walton, Ashley Adamson Game 8: Game 4 winner vs. No. 3 UTAH, 8:30 p.m. PT FS1 Joe Davis, Steve Lavin Fri., March 9 Game 9: Semifinal 1, 6:00 p.m. PT PAC12 Ted Robinson, Bill Walton, Ashley Adamson Game 10: Semifinal 2, 8:30 p.m. PT FS1 Joe Davis, Steve Lavin Sat., March 10 Game 11: Pac-12 Championship, 7:00 p.m. PT FS1 Joe Davis, Steve Lavin Game times are local to site TRIER VERSUS THE TROJANS PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Allonzo Trier is averaging 19.5 points per game while shooting 54.2 percent from the field and 44.4 percent Emmanuel AKOT ..........................................................................A-COT from deep in four career appearances versus USC. The 19.5 scoring against the Trojans is the junior’s RAWLE ALKINS ......................................................... Raleigh ALL-kins second-highest average against a Pac-12 foe, trailing only his 20.2 points per game versus Arizona State. Alex BARCELLO ..................................................................... Bar-Sell-O Deandre AYTON .............................................................................A-Tin Jake DESJARDINS ..........................................................Des-JAR-dins ON A RUN KEANU PINDER ................................................... Key-An-oo PIN-Der By advancing to the championship of this year’s Pac-12 Tournament, Arizona has now won nine of their last DUSAN RISTIC ....................................................Doo-sahn Wrist-itch ten conference tournament games. Allonzo TRIER .............................................................................Tree-ER SCORING FROM THE POINT GUARD ARIZONA’S CURRENT STREAKS Senior Parker Jackson-Cartwright scored 11 points in Friday’s win, connecting on three of five from beyond All games ............................................................................................ 4 W the arc, for his first double-digit scoring effort in a Pac-12 Tournament game.