For Immediate Release \\ Tuesday, February 9, 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 9-2 .818 5-1 4-1 15-3 .833 10-1 4-1 1-1 20 20 1-0 W4 UCLA 9-2 .818 6-0 3-2 13-4 .765 9-0 3-3 1-1 RV 24 0-1 L1 Colorado 9-4 .692 6-1 3-3 15-5 .750 8-1 4-4 3-0 RV RV 1-1 W2 Oregon 5-3 .625 3-2 2-1 10-4 .714 7-2 2-1 1-1 RV RV 0-0 W1 Stanford 8-5 .615 5-1 3-4 12-7 .632 6-1 5-4 1-2 - - 1-2 W2 Arizona* 7-6 .538 3-3 4-3 13-6 .684 9-3 4-3 0-0 - - 0-0 L2 PAC-12 PLAYER & FRESHMAN Oregon State 6-6 .500 5-2 1-4 10-8 .556 9-4 1-4 0-0 - - 1-1 L1 OF THE WEEK Utah 5-6 .455 3-3 2-3 8-7 .533 6-3 2-4 0-0 - - 0-1 W2 2/8/21 Arizona State 3-5 .375 2-3 1-2 6-8 .429 3-5 2-2 1-1 - - 0-2 W2 Evan Mobley, USC Washington State 4-8 .333 1-3 3-5 11-8 .579 8-3 3-5 0-0 - - 0-0 L1 Washington 2-10 .167 2-3 0-7 3-14 .176 3-4 0-7 0-3 - - 0-1 L3 • Averaged a double-double of 16.0 California 2-12 .143 1-5 1-7 7-14 .333 5-5 1-9 1-0 - - 0-3 L6 points and 10.0 rebounds along with 69-69 .500 42-27 27-42 123-88 .583 83-32 31-47 9-9 4-12 3.0 blocks in a 2-0 week that lifted *Ineligible for Pac-12 & NCAA Tournaments due to self-imposed postseason ban. Remains eligible for Pac-12 regular-season championship. USC into a tie for first place in the Pac-12 standings. #PAC12HOOPS STARTING FIVE • Second to win both Player and Freshman awards in the same week COLORADO senior McKinley Wright IV (1,660p/589r/614a) is 11 rebounds shy of what would be a unique (O. Okongwu, 11/25/19); fifth Fresh- IV > 1st benchmark in Conference history. The senior guard can become the first player in Pac-12 Men’s Basketball man of the Week honor is most since history to reach 1,600 points, 600 rebounds and 600 assists in his career; two weeks ago, he became only award’s creation in 2019-20. the second in Conference history to reach 1,600 points and 600 assists. • Scored a game-high 23 points on u McKinley Wright IV, COLO - 1,660p/589r/614a 8-of-13 shooting and perfect 7-of-7 at u Payton Pritchard, ORE - 1,938p/550r/659a the foul line in road win at Stanford, u *Andre Miller, UTAH - 1,618p/643r/721a (prior to UTAH joining Pac-12) the Trojans’ first win at Maples Pavilion Five Pac-12 programs (ARIZONA, COLORADO, STANFORD, UCLA, USC) have reached 12 overall victories in six tries. 5 x 12 so far this season, 1-of-5 conferences in the country with as many teams with 12-or-more wins (Big Ten - 7; • Added 11 rebounds against the Big 12 - 6; Mountain West - 5; SEC - 5). Cardinal for his league-leading eighth u COLORADO & USC are among the 20 NCAA Division I teams to reach 15 wins so far this season, including double-double of the season. Mobley’s two of the five from power conferences (Baylor - 17; Ohio State - 16; Alabama - 15). eight double-doubles are the second- According to BracketMatrix.com, an aggregator of bracketologies, the Pac-12 is currently slated for five NCAA most among NCAA Division I freshmen Tournament bids (5-USC; 7-COLORADO; 7-UCLA; 11-OREGON; 12-STANFORD). (N. Omier, Arkansas St. - 10). 5 u Five bids would be the most for the Pac-12 since a record seven in 2015-16 (Bracket Matrix predicted six postseason teams prior to the cancellation of the 2020 NCAA Tournament). With its rivalry win on Saturday, USC climbed into a tie for first place in the Pac-12 standings along with UCLA. The win also helped move USC into this week’s AP Top 25 at No. 20. PAC-12 TIPOFF #20, 24 u It marks the first AP ranking for the Trojans since Dec. 4, 2017 (#25) and highest since Nov. 27, 2017 (#14). u Using the second week of February as the benchmark, it marks the first time the Trojans have held the u The Pac-12 Conference has part- league lead this late in a season since they were tied at 8-3 with the Bruins in Feb. 1997 - a span of 24 years. nered with StatBroadcast for all 12 member schools to utilize its software COLORADO is currently shooting 83.0 percent (288-347) from the free throw line as a team, which ranks for Media Stats display for all men’s first in NCAA Division I. & women’s basketball games for the 83.0% u Not only is Colorado’s free throw rate the best in the country so far, it is currently ahead of ARIZONA’s 2020-21 seasons. Conference-record rate of 78.6 percent (511-650) set in 2003-04 as well as the NCAA Division I record of 82.2 percent (535-651) set by Harvard in 1983-84. All games can be sorted by date, school and sport FOR MEDIA USE ONLY at: THIS WEEK’S PAC-12 MEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE pac12.statbroadcast.com 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 u The Pac-12 Conference has re- leased COVID-19 testing protocols and DATE MATCHUP TIME (PT) TV Thurs., Feb. 11 UTAH at CALIFORNIA 3:00 p.m. PT PAC12 its game cancellation policy, hallmarks Thurs., Feb. 11 COLORADO at STANFORD 4:00 p.m. PT ESPNU of which strive to protect health and Thurs., Feb. 11 OREGON STATE at ARIZONA 5:00 p.m. PT PAC12 safety through daily antigen testing, Thurs., Feb. 11 OREGON at ARIZONA STATE 6:00 p.m. PT ESPN weekly PCR testing and game-day Thurs., Feb. 11 #20 USC at WASHINGTON 7:00 p.m. PT PAC12 rapid result PCR testing in the event of Thurs., Feb. 11 UCLA at WASHINGTON STATE 8:00 p.m. PT FS1 Sat., Feb. 13 OREGON at ARIZONA 11:00 a.m. PT ESPN2 a positive antigen test. Sat., Feb. 13 UCLA at WASHINGTON 4:30 p.m. PT PAC12 Sat., Feb. 13 #20 USC at WASHINGTON STATE 5:00 p.m. PT ESPNU Complete details can be found at: Sat., Feb. 13 UTAH at STANFORD 7:00 p.m. PT PAC12 pac12.me/BKBTesting Sat., Feb. 13 COLORADO at CALIFORNIA 7:00 p.m. PT ESPNU Sun., Feb. 14 OREGON STATE at ARIZONA STATE 4:00 p.m. PT ESPN2 Mon., Feb. 15 WASHINGTON at WASHINGTON STATE 5:00 p.m. PT PAC12 Rankings listed are AP poll PAC-12 TIPOFF PAC-12 PLAYER/FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK EVAN MOBLEY, USC NATIONAL RECOGNITION: A Pac-12 standout picked 2020-21 PAC-12 POW up the league’s first national weekly honor as USC’s Fr., F, Murrieta, Calif. Nov. 30 .......McKinley Wright IV, Colorado Evan Mobley was named NCAA.com National Player Dec. 7 ...........Eugene Omoruyi, Oregon of the Week on Monday. • Averaged a double-double of 16.0 points and 10.0 rebounds along Dec. 14 ..........Jemarl Baker Jr., Arizona Dec. 21 ...........Oscar da Silva, Stanford u Per KenPom.com, Mobley along with STANFORD’s with 3.0 blocks in a 2-0 week that lifted USC into a tie for first place Oscar da Silva and COLORADO’s McKinley Wright Dec. 28 .......McKinley Wright IV, Colorado in the Pac-12 standings. Jan. 4 ..............Chris Duarte, Oregon IV are top candidates for Pac-12 Player of the Year. Jan. 11 ...........Oscar da Silva, Stanford u Mobley is tied with Iowa’s Luka Garza for the na- • Second to win both Player and Freshman awards in the same week Jan. 18 .......McKinley Wright IV, Colorado tional lead with 12 Game MVP honors, a distinction (O. Okongwu, 11/25/19); fifth Freshman of the Week honor is most Jan. 25 ........... Jamal Bey, Washington bestowed each game on KenPom.com. da Silva and since award’s creation in 2019-20. Feb. 1 ............ Alfonso Plummer, Utah Wright are tied for 10th nationally with seven Game • Scored a game-high 23 points on 8-of-13 shooting and perfect 7-of-7 Feb. 8 ................Evan Mobley, USC MVPs apiece. Feb. 15 ............................. at the foul line in road win at Stanford, the Trojans’ first win at Maples Feb. 22 ............................. TRACKING LEAGUE PLAY: Through 69 league games Pavilion in six tries. March 1............................. as of Feb. 9, the average scoring margin is 10.7 points. • Added 11 rebounds against the Cardinal for his league-leading March 8............................. u 36 games have been decided by single digits eighth double-double of the season. Mobley’s eight double-doubles u 12 games has been decided by one possession are the second-most among NCAA Division I freshmen (N.