For Immediate Release \\ Wednesday, February 24, 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 USC 13-3 .813 7-2 6-1 19-4 .826 12-2 6-1 1-1 19 18 1-0 W1 UCLA 12-3 .800 8-0 4-2 16-5 .762 11-0 4-3 1-2 RV RV 0-1 W3 Oregon 9-4 .692 5-2 4-2 14-5 .737 9-2 4-2 1-1 RV 23 0-1 L1 Colorado 11-6 .647 6-1 5-5 17-7 .708 8-1 6-6 3-0 RV - 1-1 W1 Stanford^ 10-7 .588 2-2 4-5 14-9 .609 2-2 6-5 6-2 - - 1-2 L1 Arizona* 9-8 .529 4-4 5-3 15-8 .652 10-4 5-3 0-1 - - 1-0 W1 PAC-12 PLAYER OF THE WEEK Oregon State 7-9 .438 6-3 1-6 11-11 .500 10-5 1-6 0-0 - - 1-1 L1 2/22/21 Washington State 7-10 .412 4-5 3-4 14-10 .583 11-5 3-4 0-1 - - 0-1 W2 Noah Williams, WASHINGTON STATE Utah 6-9 .400 3-3 3-6 9-10 .474 6-3 3-7 0-0 - - 0-1 L3 Arizona State 5-8 .385 4-4 1-4 8-11 .421 5-6 2-4 1-1 - - 0-3 W1 • NCAA.com and USBWA National Washington 4-14 .222 3-6 1-7 5-18 .217 4-7 1-7 0-4 - - 0-2 L1 Player of the Week averaged 28.0 California 3-15 .167 2-6 1-9 8-17 .320 6-6 1-11 1-0 - - 0-3 L2 points, 7.0 rebounds and 5.3 assists 96-96 .500 54-38 38-54 150-115 .566 94-43 42-59 14-13 5-16 in a three-game week. *Ineligible for Pac-12 & NCAA Tournaments due to self-imposed postseason ban. Remains eligible for Pac-12 regular-season championship. ^Played five neutral site games in Santa Cruz, Calif. (5-0), including four Conference contests (4-0). #PAC12HOOPS STARTING FIVE According to BracketMatrix.com, an aggregator of bracketologies, the Pac-12 is currently slated for four NCAA Tournament bids (4-USC; 8-COLORADO; 9-UCLA; 9-OREGON) plus a fifth among First Four Out (STANFORD). 4 + 1 u STANFORD (19) and COLORADO (15) lead all major conference programs in games away from home. Four future and former Pac-12 stars earned recognition as 2021 McDonald’s All-Americans or 2021 NBA PAC-12 FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK All-Stars this week: 2/22/21 4 Nathan Bittle - OREGON; Harrison Ingram - STANFORD; Peyton Watson - UCLA; McDonald’s All-Americans: Azuolas Tubelis, ARIZONA Jackson Grant - WASHINGTON. NBA All-Stars: James Harden - ARIZONA STATE; Jaylen Brown - CALIFORNIA; Zach LaVine - UCLA; Nikola Vucevic - USC. • Averaged a double-double of 17.0 u It marks the seventh time in the past decade the Pac-12 boasted at least four McDonald’s All-Americans. points and 11.5 rebounds in Arizona’s split through Los Angeles, highlighted Seven Pac-12 programs have reached 14 overall victories through Feb. 23 games, 1-of-3 conferences in the by 16-point, 15-rebound, 3-assist country with as many teams with 14-or-more wins (Big Ten - 7; Big 12 - 7). effort in win over league-leading and 7 x 14 u USC currently leads all major conference programs with 19 overall victories. nationally ranked USC. No. 19 USC is enjoying one of its best seasons in recent history at 19-4 overall and 13-3 in league play. Both marks are program bests since opening 19-4 in 2016-17 and 13-3 in 1991-92. #19 u Last week, USC head coach Andy Enfield was named to the Naismith Trophy late season top 15 watch list. u The Trojans are seeking at least a share of their first Conference title since 1984-85 (shared). USC’s last PAC-12 TIPOFF outright league title came in 1960-61. COLORADO is currently shooting 82.7 percent (335-405) from the free throw line as a team, which ranks u The Pac-12 Conference has part- first in NCAA Division I. nered with StatBroadcast for all 12 82.7% u Not only is Colorado’s free throw rate the best in the country so far, it is currently ahead of ARIZONA’s member schools to utilize its software Conference-record rate of 78.6 percent (511-650) set in 2003-04 as well as the NCAA Division I record of for Media Stats display for all men’s 82.2 percent (535-651) set by Harvard in 1983-84. & women’s basketball games for the 2020-21 seasons. THIS WEEK’S PAC-12 MEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE All games can be sorted by date, school All games, start times & TV broadcasts are subject to change and sport FOR MEDIA USE ONLY at: For the most up-to-date schedules, visit https://pac-12.com/mens-basketball/schedule pac12.statbroadcast.com DATE MATCHUP TIME (PT) TV u The Pac-12 Conference has re- Thurs., Feb. 25 WASHINGTON at ARIZONA STATE 4:00 p.m. PT FS1 Thurs., Feb. 25 UCLA at UTAH 5:00 p.m. PT PAC12 leased COVID-19 testing protocols and Thurs., Feb. 25 OREGON at STANFORD 6:00 p.m. PT ESPNU its game cancellation policy, hallmarks Thurs., Feb. 25 #19 USC at COLORADO 6:00 p.m. PT ESPN2 of which strive to protect health and Thurs., Feb. 25 OREGON STATE at CALIFORNIA 7:00 p.m. PT PAC12 safety through daily antigen testing, Thurs., Feb. 25 WASHINGTON STATE at ARIZONA 8:00 p.m. PT FS1 weekly PCR testing and game-day Sat., Feb. 27 WASHINGTON at ARIZONA 11:00 a.m. PT CBS rapid result PCR testing in the event of Sat., Feb. 27 OREGON at CALIFORNIA 1:00 p.m. PT PAC12 a positive antigen test. Sat., Feb. 27 OREGON STATE at STANFORD 3:30 p.m. PT PAC12 Sat., Feb. 27 #19 USC at UTAH 5:00 p.m. PT ESPN2 Sat., Feb. 27 WASHINGTON STATE at ARIZONA STATE 6:00 p.m. PT PAC12 Complete details can be found at: Sat., Feb. 27 UCLA at COLORADO 7:00 p.m. PT ESPN2 pac12.me/BKBTesting Mon., March 1 WASHINGTON STATE at ARIZONA STATE 12:00 p.m. PT PAC12 Mon., March 1 ARIZONA at OREGON TBD ESPN/2 Rankings listed are AP poll PAC-12 TIPOFF PAC-12 PLAYER/FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK NOAH WILLIAMS, WASHINGTON STATE THIRD FASTEST TO 300: ARIZONA head coach 2020-21 PAC-12 POW Sean Miller collected his 300th career win with So., G, Seattle, Wash. Nov. 30 .......McKinley Wright IV, Colorado the Wildcats last week to become only the 11th in Dec. 7 ...........Eugene Omoruyi, Oregon league history - and the third-fastest behind only • The NCAA.com and USBWA National Player of the Week averaged Dec. 14 ..........Jemarl Baker Jr., Arizona Dec. 21 ...........Oscar da Silva, Stanford Lute Olson and Hec Edmundson - to reach that 28.0 points, 7.0 rebounds and 5.3 assists in a three-game week, in- mark within the Conference. Dec. 28 .......McKinley Wright IV, Colorado cluding 36.0 points in Washington State’s first weekend sweep of the Jan. 4 ..............Chris Duarte, Oregon Jan. 11 ...........Oscar da Silva, Stanford TRACKING LEAGUE PLAY: Through 96 league Bay Area schools since 2011-12. Jan. 18 .......McKinley Wright IV, Colorado games as of Feb. 23, the average scoring margin • Erupted for career-high 40 points in triple overtime victory over Stanford Jan. 25 ........... Jamal Bey, Washington is 10.7 points. on Saturday. It marked the first 40-point performance in a Conference Feb. 1 ............ Alfonso Plummer, Utah u 51 games have been decided by single digits contest since Andrew Andrews scored 47 for Washington in March 2016. Feb. 8 ................Evan Mobley, USC u 19 games have been decided by one posses- Feb. 15 ............Johnny Juzang, UCLA sion (3 pts. or less) • Program-record 54 minutes played, career-high eight 3-pointers Feb. 22 ....Noah Williams, Washington State u 4 overtime games (7 OT periods) against the Cardinal. March 1............................. u 6 decided on team's final possession • Scored then career-high 32 points and added nine rebounds and March 8............................. u 20 games have been postponed (8 resched- seven assists in just 30 minutes in rout of California on Thursday. uled and played; 9 rescheduled) • Williams’ 72 total points over the weekend were the most in program NATIONAL HONORS Naismith POW ...Ziaire Williams, Stanford (1/11) NON-CONFERENCE: Pac-12 programs have history surpassing Bennie Seltzer’s 68 in 1993, the last time a Cougar NCAA.com POW ....Evan Mobley, USC (2/8) combined to post a .732 win percentage (52-19) posted back-to-back 30-point outings. Naismith POW .....Evan Mobley, USC (2/15) in countable NCAA Division I non-conference NCAA.com POW . Noah Williams, WSU (2/22) contests so far in 2020-21. ALSO NOMINATED: James Akinjo, Arizona; McKinley Wright IV, Colorado; USBWA POW ....Noah Williams, WSU (2/23) u The .732 win percentage is the second-best for Chris Duarte, Oregon; Ethan Thompson, Oregon State; Oscar da Silva, the Pac-12 over the past five seasons, just behind the .739 posted in 2019-20 when the league was Stanford; Jaime Jaquez Jr., UCLA; Evan Mobley, USC; Timmy Allen, Utah.