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For Immediate Release \\ Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017 Contacts \\ Jesse Hooker ([email protected], 607-329-3925), Molly Babcock ([email protected]) 2016-17 PAC-12 MEN’S BASKETBALL STANDINGS (thru 2/26) PAC-12 POW PAC-12 OVERALL vs. W-L Pct. H A W-L Pct. H A N AP Coach Top 25 Streak Arizona 15-2 .882 8-1 7-1 26-4 .867 15-1 8-1 3-2 7 8 2-3 L1 Oregon 15-2 .882 9-0 6-2 26-4 .867 17-0 6-3 3-1 6 6 3-1 W5 UCLA 13-3 .813 6-1 7-2 26-3 .897 14-1 8-2 4-0 3 2 3-2 W7 California 10-6 .625 7-2 3-4 19-9 .679 15-3 3-4 1-2 - RV 1-6 W1 Utah 9-7 .563 5-2 4-5 18-10 .643 12-3 5-6 1-1 - - 1-6 W1 USC 8-8 .500 4-3 4-5 21-8 .724 12-3 6-5 3-0 RV RV 1-5 L4 PAC-12 PLAYER OF THE WEEK Arizona State 7-10 .412 4-4 3-6 14-16 .467 9-6 4-6 1-4 - - 0-7 W1 2/27/17 Colorado 6-10 .375 4-3 2-7 16-13 .552 11-4 4-8 1-1 - - 3-4 L2 Dillon Brooks, OREGON Stanford 6-10 .375 5-4 1-6 14-14 .500 10-5 1-8 3-1 - - 0-8 L1 Washington State 6-10 .375 4-5 2-5 13-15 .464 10-7 2-6 1-2 - - 0-5 W2 • Averaged 18 points on 52 percent Washington 2-14 .125 2-7 0-7 9-19 .321 7-9 1-9 1-1 - - 0-5 L10 shooting (16-31) in Oregon’s road Oregon State 1-16 .059 1-7 0-9 5-25 .167 5-11 0-13 0-1 - - 0-5 L2 sweep through the Bay Area. • Scored seven of his 22 points in TOTALS 98-98 .500 59-39 39-59 207-140 .597 136-53 48-71 23-16 14-57 the nal 2:36, including a go-ahead jumper with 58 seconds left before #PAC12HOOPS STARTING FIVE his second game-deciding triple of Pac-12 play with 0.2 seconds left Entering the nal week and 10 games of regular-season play, 10-of-12 seeds remain up for grabs for in 68-65 win over California. next week’s Pac-12 Tournament, including the coveted No. 4 seed and its rst-round bye as well as 1 the regular-season champion and No. 1 seed. >> Should there be a tie for rst, the group of tied teams will be crowned regular-season co-champions. Seeding will then be determined by tiebreak procedures (Pg. 7 of notes). PAC-12 TIPOFF For the rst time in Conference history, three teams have reached the 25-victory plateau during the DRAWING A CROWD: 98 games into regular season. It marks the seventh season in league history that at least three teams have reached the 108-game Pac-12 slate, league 3x25 contests are drawing 8,624 fans per 25 wins (2006-07 (4), 2007-08, 2008-09, 2012-13, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17). game. That mark would be the highest Three Pac-12 teams are ranked in the top 10 of this week’s AP Top 25 poll in #3 UCLA, #6 OREGON average since the formation of the Pac- and #7 ARIZONA - the only conference in the nation with three in the top 10. It marks the fth week 12 for 2011-12, besting the 8,380 dur- 3 this season the league placed three teams in the top 10, the second-longest stretch in league history. ing 2015-16, which featured an 8,323 >> All-time weeks with three Conference teams in top 10 in AP poll history (since Jan. 1949): average through 98 league games. 1997-98: 7 weeks (12/23/97 - 2/3/98); 2016-17: 5 weeks (1/23/17, 2/6/17 - 2/27/17); EVERY GAME’S A BATTLE: Through 1974-75: 4 weeks (1/7/75 - 1/21/75, 2/4/75); 1980-81: 4 weeks (1/27/81, 2/10/81 - 2/17/81, 3/10/81); 98 league games as of Feb. 26: 1998-99: 3 weeks (12/29/98, 1/12/99, 2/9/99) >> Average scoring margin is 12.9 ppg. Five Pac-12 teams (ARIZONA, CALIFORNIA, OREGON, UCLA, USC) are projected for the 2017 NCAA >> 45 have been decided by single digits. Tournament eld by a majority of major media bracketology sites as of Feb. 28: >> 16 have been decided by one posses- 5 sion (3 pts or less). CBS Sports (5 teams, Avg. seed: 5.0) ESPN (5, 6.0) >> 9 decided by a team’s nal possession. Sporting News (5, 5.6) FOX Sports (4 +1 First Four Out, 4.5) >> 3 overtime games (4 total OT periods). NBC Sports (5, 5.6) USA Today (4 +1 First Four Out, 4.8) SI.com (5, 5.8) Bleacher Report (4 +1 First Four Out, 5.0) HOME SWEET HOME: OREGON owns It has been 60 years since the Conference featured three teams with three-or-fewer league losses in the nation’s longest home court win- the regular season (1956-57: California - 14-2, UCLA - 13-3, Washington - 13-3). ning streak at 42 consecutive games. 60 The Ducks (2016-17) have joined ARI- >> The best Conference record for regular-season co-champions is 15-3 (1999-00: Arizona/Stanford; ZONA (1988-91, 1998-2000, 2014- 1989-90: Arizona/Oregon State; 1983-84: Oregon State/Washington). 15) and STANFORD (2003-04) as the only Conference programs to go a per- THIS WEEK’S PAC-12 MEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE fect 9-0 at home in consecutive league DATE MATCHUP (Rankings listed are AP poll) TIME (PT/LOCAL) TV seasons. Wed., Mar. 1 WASHINGTON STATE at USC 7 p.m. PAC12 WASHINGTON at #3 UCLA 8 p.m. FS1 INSIDE THE RANKINGS: ARIZONA’s Thurs., Mar. 2 STANFORD at COLORADO 6 p.m./7 p.m. ESPN2 95 consecutive weeks in the AP Top CALIFORNIA at UTAH 8 p.m./9 p.m. ESPNU 25 dates back to 2013 and is the sec- Sat., Mar. 4 CALIFORNIA at COLORADO 11 a.m./12 p.m. PAC12 ond-longest nationally behind Kansas’ #7 ARIZONA at ARIZONA STATE 1 p.m./2 p.m. CBS streak of 159. OREGON’s stretch of 25 STANFORD at UTAH 1 p.m./2 p.m. PAC12 consecutive appearances is its longest #6 OREGON at OREGON STATE 3 p.m. ESPN2 in program history, surpassing 21 from WASHINGTON at USC 3:30 p.m. PAC12 2007-08. WASHINGTON STATE at #3 UCLA 7:15 p.m. ESPN RECORDS WATCH PAC-12 PLAYER OF THE WEEK ARIZONA’s Sean Miller is the 21st coach in league his- DILLON BROOKS, OREGON 2016-17 PAC-12 POW tory to reach 100 career Conference victories. His .741 Junior, 6-7, F, Mississauga, Ontario Nov. 14 ........Tres Tinkle, Oregon State winning percentage in league games (106-37) is fourth Nov. 21 ........Charlie Moore, California to only John Wooden (.810), Lute Olson (.764) and Jim • National Player of the Year candidate Dillon Brooks earned his Nov. 28 .............Lonzo Ball, UCLA Harrick (.743) among those to reach 100 wins. third Pac-12 Player of the Week award of the season and fourth Dec. 5 .................TJ Leaf, UCLA of his career in voting conducted by media who cover the league. Dec. 12 .........Derrick White, Colorado OREGON (6.8 bpg, 2nd in NCAA) is ahead of WASH- • Brooks averaged 18 points on 52 percent shooting (16-31) in Dec. 19 ................TJ Leaf, UCLA INGTON’s Pac-12 single-season record block mark of Dec. 26 ........Jordan McLaughlin, USC Oregon’s road sweep through the Bay Area, highlighted a team- 6.59 set last season. Jan. 2 ...........Dillon Brooks, Oregon high 22 points and the game-winning three pointer with two-tenths Jan. 9 ............Ivan Rabb, California ARIZONA STATE is only the fourth team in league his- of a second remaining in Wednesday’s 68-65 come-from-behind Jan. 16 ............Bryce Alford, UCLA tory to reach 300 made three pointers in a season along victory at California. Jan. 23 .......Lauri Markkanen, Arizona with OREGON (350 in 2007), WASHINGTON (305 in • Brooks scored seven of his 22 points against the Golden Bears Jan. 30 ......... Shaqquan Aaron, USC 2011), and OREGON (304 in 2002). UCLA (293) is in the nal 2:36, including a go-ahead jumper with 58 seconds left Feb. 6 ...........Dillon Brooks, Oregon also on pace to join the Sun Devils this season. before his second game-deciding triple of the Conference season. Feb. 13 .............Lonzo Ball, UCLA Feb. 20 .......Lauri Markkanen, Arizona • Brooks’ fourth career weekly honor is tied for the most ever by While not on pace to break marks, UCLA’s offense has Feb. 27 ..........Dillon Brooks, Oregon an Oregon player with Blair Rasmussen (1983-85) and Kenya March 6........................... proven to be one of the most-prolic in modern Con- Wilkins (1994-97). His three selections this season match ference and Division I history as it would rank among the most in a single season by a Ducks player (Jerry Ad- the best of the past three-plus decades in several cat- NATIONAL HONORS egories: ams - 3, 1985-86). NCAA.com Team of Week (TOW) .................Lonzo Ball, UCLA (Nov.