For Immediate Release \\ Wednesday, February 3, 2021 Contacts \\ Jesse Hooker ([email protected], 607-329-3925) 2020-21 PAC-12 MEN’S BASKETBALL STANDINGS PAC-12 AWARDS PAC-12 OVERALL vs. W-L Pct. H A W-L Pct. H A N AP Coach Top 25 Streak UCLA 9-1 .900 6-0 3-1 13-3 .813 9-0 3-2 1-1 21 21 0-1 W1 USC 8-2 .800 4-1 4-1 14-3 .824 9-1 4-1 1-1 RV RV 0-0 W3 Oregon 4-2 .667 2-1 2-1 9-3 .750 6-1 2-1 1-1 RV RV 0-0 L1 Arizona* 7-4 .636 3-3 4-1 13-4 .765 9-3 4-1 0-0 - - 0-0 W1 Colorado 7-4 .636 4-1 3-3 13-5 .722 6-1 4-4 3-0 RV RV 1-1 L1 Stanford 6-5 .545 4-1 2-4 10-7 .588 5-1 4-4 1-2 - - 1-2 L2 PAC-12 PLAYER OF THE WEEK Oregon State 4-5 .444 3-2 1-3 8-7 .533 7-4 1-3 0-0 - - 1-1 L2 2/1/21 Utah 4-6 .400 2-3 2-3 7-7 .500 5-3 2-4 0-0 - - 0-1 W1 Alfonso Plummer, UTAH Arizona State 3-5 .375 2-3 1-2 6-8 .429 3-5 2-2 1-1 - - 0-2 W2 Washington State 3-7 .300 1-3 2-4 10-7 .588 8-3 2-4 0-0 - - 0-0 W1 • Scored all 23 of his points in 15 Washington 2-8 .200 2-3 0-5 3-12 .200 3-4 0-5 0-3 - - 0-1 L1 second-half minutes to help Utah California 2-10 .167 1-4 1-6 7-12 .368 5-4 1-8 1-0 - - 0-3 L4 overcome a 19-point deficit and win at 59-59 .500 34-25 25-34 113-78 .592 75-30 29-39 9-9 3-12 Colorado for the first time since 2017. *Ineligible for Pac-12 & NCAA Tournaments due to self-imposed postseason ban. Remains eligible for Pac-12 regular-season championship. #PAC12HOOPS STARTING FIVE USC freshman Evan Mobley was named a late season finalist for three national awards last week - Wooden Award Late Season Top 20, Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Top 15, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center 3 of the Year Top 10. u Mobley is 1-of-2 players, and the lone freshman, in NCAA Division I averaging 16 points, nine rebounds and two blocks (Charles Bassey, WKU) according to College Basketball Reference. PAC-12 FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK Four Pac-12 programs (ARIZONA, COLORADO, UCLA, USC) have reached 13 overall victories so far this 2/1/21 season, 1-of-2 conferences in the country (Big Ten) with as many teams with 13-or-more wins. 4 x 13 u Saturday’s four-game slate will finish with a flurry with two matchups between such teams as ARIZONA Michael O’Connell, STANFORD travels to COLORADO, and USC hosts rival UCLA in a battle for the top of the Pac-12 standings. • Averaged 13.0 points (7-12 FG, 11- COLORADO senior McKinley Wright IV (1,637p/584r/604a) is quickly approaching what would be a unique 12 FT), 3.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists and benchmark in Conference history. The senior guard is on pace to become the first player in Pac-12 Men’s IV > 1st Basketball history to reach 1,600 points, 600 rebounds and 600 assists in his career; last week, he became 2.5 steals as Stanford split the Arizona only the second in Conference history to reach 1,600 points and 600 assists. road trip, including a career-high 14 u McKinley Wright IV, COLO - 1,637p/584r/604a points in win at Arizona. u Payton Pritchard, ORE - 1,938p/550r/659a u *Andre Miller, UTAH - 1,618p/643r/721a (prior to UTAH joining Pac-12) Five Pac-12 standouts have been named Top 10 candidates for the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Starting Five positional awards. 5 u Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year: McKinley Wright IV, COLORADO PAC-12 TIPOFF u Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year: Chris Duarte, OREGON u The Pac-12 Conference has part- u Julius Erving Small Forward of the Year: Ziaire Williams, STANFORD nered with StatBroadcast for all 12 u Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year: Oscar da Silva, STANFORD member schools to utilize its software u Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year: Evan Mobley, USC for Media Stats display for all men’s COLORADO is currently shooting 84.1 percent (260-309) from the free throw line as a team, which ranks & women’s basketball games for the first in NCAA Division I. 2020-21 seasons. 84.1% u Not only is Colorado’s free throw rate the best in the country so far, it is currently ahead of ARIZONA’s Conference-record rate of 78.6 percent (511-650) set in 2003-04 as well as the NCAA Division I record of All games can be sorted by date, school 82.2 percent (535-651) set by Harvard in 1983-84. and sport FOR MEDIA USE ONLY at: pac12.statbroadcast.com THIS WEEK’S PAC-12 MEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE u The Pac-12 Conference has re- All games, start times & TV broadcasts are subject to change For the most up-to-date schedules, visit https://pac-12.com/mens-basketball/schedule leased COVID-19 testing protocols and its game cancellation policy, hallmarks DATE MATCHUP TIME (PT) TV of which strive to protect health and Thurs., Feb. 4 ARIZONA STATE at COLORADO PPD safety through daily antigen testing, Thurs., Feb. 4 ARIZONA at UTAH 4:00 p.m. PT FS1 weekly PCR testing and game-day Thurs., Feb. 4 STANFORD at CALIFORNIA 6:00 p.m. PT ESPN2 Thurs., Feb. 4 WASHINGTON at OREGON STATE 6:00 p.m. PT PAC12 rapid result PCR testing in the event of Thurs., Feb. 4 WASHINGTON STATE at OREGON 8:00 p.m. PT FS1 a positive antigen test. Sat., Feb. 6 WASHINGTON at OREGON 1:00 p.m. PT CBS Sat., Feb. 6 WASHINGTON STATE at OREGON STATE 3:00 p.m. PT PAC12 Complete details can be found at: Sat., Feb. 6 ARIZONA at COLORADO 5:00 p.m. PT FS1 pac12.me/BKBTesting Sat., Feb. 6 #21 UCLA at USC 7:00 p.m. PT ESPN/2 Sun., Feb. 7 ARIZONA STATE at UTAH PPD Sun., Feb. 7 CALIFORNIA at STANFORD 7:00 p.m. PT FS1 Mon., Feb. 8 OREGON STATE at COLORADO 4:00 p.m. PT PAC12 Rankings listed are AP poll PAC-12 TIPOFF PAC-12 PLAYER/FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK ALFONSO PLUMMER, UTAH BRACKETOLOGY: According to BracketMatrix. 2020-21 PAC-12 POW com, an aggregator of bracketologies, the Pac-12 Sr., G, Fajardo, Puerto Rico Nov. 30 .......McKinley Wright IV, Colorado is currently slated for five NCAA Tournament bids Dec. 7 ...........Eugene Omoruyi, Oregon • Scored all 23 of his points in 15 second-half minutes to help Utah Dec. 14 ..........Jemarl Baker Jr., Arizona (6-UCLA; 7-COLORADO; 7-USC; 9-OREGON; Dec. 21 ...........Oscar da Silva, Stanford 12-STANFORD). overcome a 19-point deficit with 8:46 remaining and win at Colorado Dec. 28 .......McKinley Wright IV, Colorado u Five bids would be the most for the Pac-12 since for the first time since 2017. Finished 8-of-13 from the field and 4-of-6 Jan. 4 ..............Chris Duarte, Oregon a record seven in 2015-16 (Bracket Matrix predicted from three-point range. Jan. 11 ...........Oscar da Silva, Stanford six postseason teams prior to the cancellation of the Jan. 18 .......McKinley Wright IV, Colorado • Had 21 points over the final 7:49 to power the Utes to a game-ending 2020 NCAA Tournament). Jan. 25 ........... Jamal Bey, Washington 31-9 run. Went 7-of-9 from the field, including 4-of-5 behind the arc, Feb. 1 ............ Alfonso Plummer, Utah Feb. 8 .............................. TRACKING LEAGUE PLAY: Through 59 league and 3-of-3 at the foul line after the penultimate media timeout. Feb. 15 ............................. games as of Feb. 2, the average scoring margin • Four-point play with 3:24 left gave Utah its first lead (70-69) since Feb. 22 ............................. is 10.5 points. 6-3, then made three more critical crunch-time baskets including the March 1............................. u 32 games have been decided by single digits game-deciding jumper with 13 seconds left. March 8............................. u 9 games has been decided by one possession • First career weekly award for Plummer. (3 pts. or less) u 3 overtime game (4 OT periods) ALSO NOMINATED: James Akinjo, Arizona; Remy Martin, Arizona State; Matt Bradley, California; Ethan Thompson, u 3 decided on team's final possession u 20 games have been postponed (3 resched- Oregon State; Jaiden Delaire, Stanford; Cody Riley, UCLA; Noah Williams, Washington State. uled and played) NON-CONFERENCE: Pac-12 programs have MICHAEL O’CONNELL, STANFORD combined to post a .732 win percentage (52-19) Fr., G, Mineola, N.Y. 2020-21 PAC-12 FrOW in countable NCAA Division I non-conference Nov. 30 ..... Josh Christopher, Arizona State contests so far in 2020-21. Dec. 7 ................Evan Mobley, USC u The .732 win percentage is the second-best for • Averaged 13.0 points (7-12 FG, 11-12 FT), 3.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists Dec.