For Immediate Release \\ Wednesday, March 17, 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 Oregon! (NCAA) 14-4 .778 7-2 7-2 20-6 .769 11-2 7-2 2-2 RV 25 0-1 L1 USC (NCAA) 15-5 .750 8-2 7-3 22-7 .759 13-2 7-3 2-2 24 23 1-1 L1 Colorado (NCAA) 14-6 .700 9-1 5-5 22-8 .733 11-1 6-6 5-1 22 22 3-1 L1 UCLA (NCAA) 13-6 .684 8-1 5-4 17-9 .654 11-1 5-5 1-3 - RV 0-1 L4 PLAYER OF THE YEAR, Arizona* 11-9 .550 6-4 5-4 17-9 .654 12-4 5-4 0-1 - - 1-0 L1 DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR, Oregon State# (NCAA) 10-10 .500 6-4 4-6 17-12 .586 10-6 4-6 3-0 - - 2-1 W3 Stanford^ 10-10 .500 2-4 4-6 14-13 .519 2-4 6-6 6-3 - - 1-2 L5 FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: Utah 8-11 .421 5-5 3-6 12-13 .480 8-5 3-7 1-1 - - 1-2 L1 Evan Mobley, Fr., F, USC Arizona State 7-10 .412 6-4 1-6 11-14 .440 7-6 2-6 2-2 - - 0-4 L1 Washington State 7-12 .368 4-5 3-6 14-13 .519 11-5 3-6 0-2 - - 0-1 L3 Washington 4-16 .200 3-6 1-9 5-21 .192 4-7 1-9 0-5 - - 0-2 L4 California 3-17 .150 2-8 1-9 9-20 .296 6-8 1-11 2-1 - - 0-4 L1 116-116 .500 66-46 46-66 180-145 .554 106-51 50-71 24-23 9-20 ! Pac-12 regular-season champion (based on Conference win percentage) | # Pac-12 Tournament champion * Ineligible for Pac-12 & NCAA Tournaments due to self-imposed postseason ban. ^ Played five neutral site games in Santa Cruz, Calif. (5-0), including four Conference contests (4-0). MOST IMPROVED PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Jaiden Delaire, Jr., F, STANFORD #PAC12HOOPS STARTING FIVE OREGON STATE claimed the Conference’s automatic NCAA Tournament bid by winning its first-ever Pac-12 Tournament title last Saturday. It was only the Beavers' second title-game appearance in the 1 tourney’s 24 stagings (1988). u OREGON STATE became the first team picked last in the Pac-12 preseason poll to both reach the Pac-12 title game and win the Conference Tournament crown. SIXTH MAN OF THE YEAR: Five Pac-12 programs earned bids to the 2021 NCAA Tournament (COLORADO, OREGON, OREGON Jordan Brown, R-So., F, ARIZONA STATE, UCLA, USC), the most for the league since a record seven selections in 2016. 5 u The five bids are tied for the seventh-most in Conference history (7 - 2016; 6 - 2014, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2002; 5 - 2021, 2013, 2003, 2001, 1997, 1995). Thanks to OREGON STATE’s run to the Pac-12 Tournament title, the Pac-12 is 1-of-3 leagues to boast six 17-win teams along with the Big 12 and Big Ten. 6 x 17 u The Pac-12 is also 1-of-5 conferences to have at least three 20-win teams (Big Ten - 4; Big 12, Conference USA, Ohio Valley - 3). JOHN R. WOODEN COACH OF THE YEAR: COLORADO is currently shooting 82.2 percent (419-510) from the free throw line as a team, which Andy Enfield, USC ranks second in NCAA Division I behind only Summit League Tournament champion and NCAA Tour- 82.2% nament automatic qualifier Oral Roberts (82.4%, 364-442). u Colorado’s free throw rate is currently ahead of ARIZONA’s Conference-record rate of 78.6 percent PAC-12 TIPOFF (511-650) set in 2003-04 and on the heels of the current NCAA Division I record of 82.2 percent (535- ALL-AMERICANS: USC freshman 651) set by Harvard in 1983-84. Evan Mobley will earn consensus The Pac-12 played 126 of a possible 130 Conference games in 2020-21 - 116-of-120 scheduled Second Team All-America honors to regular-season contests and all 10 games of the 11-team Pac-12 Tournament. give the Pac-12 at least one consensus 126 u Only the Missouri Valley (98.9%), Ohio Valley (99.2%) and Big Ten (97.4%) played a larger percent- All-American for the seventh time in age of their scheduled league contests than the Pac-12 (96.9%). the past eight seasons and 124 con- sensus selections all-time. 2021 NCAA TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE u Mobley will be USC's first consensus All-American since Sam Clancy earned DATE MATCHUP TIME (PT) TV Second Team status in 2002. Thurs., March 18 11-UCLA vs. 11-Michigan State (West Lafayette, Ind.) 6:57 p.m. PT TBS u Additionally, OREGON’s Chris Du- Fri., March 19 12-OREGON STATE vs. 5-Tennessee (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1:30 p.m. PT TNT arte has been named a Third Team Sat., March 20 12-Georgetown vs. 5-#22 COLORADO (Indianapolis, Ind.) 9:15 a.m. PT CBS All-American by the Associated Press Sat., March 20 11-Wichita State/11-Drake vs. 6-#24 USC (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1:30 p.m. PT TNT and USBWA. *Sat., March 20 11-UCLA vs. 6-BYU (Indianapolis, Ind.) 6:40 p.m. PT CBS Sat., March 20 10-VCU vs. 7-OREGON (Indianapolis, Ind.) 6:57 p.m. PT TNT THE UNICORN & THE BROW: USC’s *Sun., March 21 12-OREGON STATE vs. 4-#11 Oklahoma State/13-Liberty TBD TBD Evan Mobley is the first player in Pac- *Mon., March 22 5-#22 COLORADO vs. 4-#14 Florida State/13-UNC Greensboro TBD TBD 12 Men’s Basketball history, and only the second in major conference history *Mon., March 22 6-#24 USC vs. 3-#12 Kansas/14-Eastern Washington TBD TBD (Kentucky’s Anthony Davis, 2011-12) *Mon., March 22 7-OREGON vs. 2-#8 Iowa/15-Grand Canyon TBD TBD to be voted league Player of the Year, *Mon., March 22 11-UCLA vs. 3-#9 Texas/14-Abilene Christian TBD TBD Defensive Player of the Year & Fresh- Rankings listed are AP poll; * if advances man of the Year in the same season. 2021 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship First Round Second Round Sweet 16 Elite 8 National Semifinals National Championship National Semifinals Elite 8 Sweet 16 Second Round First Round March 20 March 22 March 27-28 March 29-30 April 3 April 5 April 3 March 29-30 March 27-28 March 21 March 19 Wichita St. (16 - 5) Michigan St. (15 - 12) Norfolk St. (16 - 7) Mount St. Mary's (12 - 10) 1 Gonzaga (26 - 0) Drake (25 - 4) UCLA (17 - 9) First Four® App State (17 - 11) Texas Southern (16 - 8) Baylor (22 - 2) 1 Lucas Oil Unity 20-Mar 9:20 p.m. TBS Mackey / 6:27 p.m. TBS Mackey / 9:57 p.m. March 18 Assembly Hall / 8:40 p.m. truTV Assembly Hall / 5:10 p.m. 19-Mar 3:30 p.m. truTV Life Bankers Fieldhouse 16 Norfolk St./App State Hartford (15 - 8) 16 Mackey 8 Oklahoma (15 - 10) North Carolina (18 - 10) 8 Arena 20-Mar 7:25 p.m TNT 19-Mar 7:10 p.m. CBS Equality Lucas Oil 9 Missouri (16 - 9) Wisconsin (17 - 12) 9 Coliseum 5 Creighton (20 - 8) Villanova (16 - 6) 5 Farmers 20-Mar 3:30 p.m truTV 19-Mar 9:57 p.m. TNT Unity Lucas Oil 12 UC Santa Barbara (22 - 4) Winthrop (23 - 1) 12 Lucas Oil 4 Virginia (18 - 6) Purdue (18 - 9) 4 Equality 20-Mar 7:15 p.m truTV 19-Mar 7:25 p.m. TNT Hall Assembly 13 Ohio (16 - 7) North Texas (17 - 9) 13 6 Southern California (22 - 7) West South Texas Tech (17 - 10) 6 Assembly Hall 20-Mar 4:30 p.m TNT 19-Mar 1:45 p.m. TNT Life Bankers Fieldhouse 11 Wichita St./Drake Utah St. (20 - 8) 11 Fieldhouse 3 Kansas (20 - 8) Arkansas (22 - 6) 3 Bankers Life 20-Mar 1:15 p.m TBS 19-Mar 12:45 p.m. truTV Farmers Coliseunm 14 Eastern Wash. (16 - 7) Colgate (14 - 1) 14 Fieldhouse 7 Oregon (20 - 6) Florida (14 - 9) 7 Hinkle 20-Mar 9:57 p.m TNT 19-Mar 12:15 p.m. CBS Farmers Coliseunm 10 VCU (19 - 7) Virginia Tech (15 - 6) 10 Mackey 2 Iowa (21 - 8) Ohio St. (21 - 9) 2 Arena 20-Mar 6:25 p.m TBS 19-Mar 3 p.m. CBS Farmers Coliseunm 15 Grand Canyon (17 - 6) Oral Roberts (16 - 10) 15 Coliseum 1 Michigan (20 - 4) Illinois (23 - 6) 1 Farmers 20-Mar 3 p.m CBS 19-Mar 1:15 p.m. TBS Arena Mackey 16 Mount St. Mary's/Texas Southern Drexel (12 - 7) 16 Fieldhouse 8 LSU (18 - 9) Loyola Chicago (24 - 4) 8 Hinkle 20-Mar 1:45 p.m TNT 19-Mar 4 p.m. TBS Hall Assembly 9 St. Bonaventure (16 - 4) Georgia Tech (17 - 8) 9 Fieldhouse 5 Colorado (22 - 8) Tennessee (18 - 8) 5 Bankers Life 20-Mar 12:15 p.m CBS 19-Mar 4:30 p.m.