For Immediate Release \\ Tuesday, January 7, 2020 Contacts \\ Jesse Hooker ([email protected], 607-329-3925), Nicole Mitchell ([email protected]) 2019-20 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 Stanford 1-0 1.000 1-0 0-0 12-2 .857 9-1 1-0 2-1 - - 0-1 W1 Arizona 1-0 1.000 1-0 0-0 11-3 .786 8-2 0-1 3-1 24 24 0-2 W1 Colorado 1-1 .500 1-1 0-0 12-3 .800 7-2 1-1 4-0 25 RV 2-1 L1 Oregon 1-1 .500 0-0 1-1 12-3 .800 8-0 2-1 2-2 9 9 3-2 W1 USC 1-1 .500 0-0 1-1 12-3 .800 6-1 3-1 3-1 - - 0-0 L1 Oregon State 1-1 .500 0-0 1-1 11-3 .786 7-0 2-2 2-1 - - 0-0 W1 PAC-12 PLAYER OF THE WEEK Washington 1-1 .500 1-1 0-0 11-4 .733 8-2 1-0 2-2 RV RV 1-1 W1 1/6/20 Utah 1-1 .500 1-1 0-0 10-4 .714 6-1 1-1 3-2 - - 1-2 L1 McKinley Wright IV, COLORADO Washington State 1-1 .500 1-1 0-0 10-5 .667 8-2 1-1 1-2 - - 0-0 W1 UCLA 1-1 .500 0-0 1-1 8-7 .533 6-2 1-2 1-3 - - 0-1 L1 • Averaged a near triple-double of 17.5 Arizona State 0-1 .000 0-0 0-1 9-5 .643 6-1 2-1 1-3 - - 0-2 L1 points on 55 percent shooting (12-22), 9.0 assists and 6.0 rebounds as Colo- California 0-1 .000 0-0 0-1 6-8 .429 6-2 0-3 0-3 - - 0-2 L4 rado split opening week, highlighted 10-10 .500 6-4 4-6 124-50 .713 85-15 15-14 24-21 7-14 by an upset of then No. 4 Oregon. #PAC12HOOPS STARTING FIVE PAC-12 FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK 1/6/20 Several national media outlets have revealed their National Player of the Year midseason watch lists, Isaiah Stewart, WASHINGTON 3 x NPOY with three Pac-12 standouts in contention highlighted by OREGON's Payton Pritchard among the top-3 (Stadium - 2nd; The Athletic - 3rd). • Averaged a double-double of 21.0 u WASHINGTON’s Isaiah Stewart (The Athletic - T-10th; Stadium - 12th) and OREGON STATE’s Tres points and 10.5 rebounds while adding Tinkle (Stadium - 19th) are also among Pac-12 players receiving NPOY consideration. 3.5 blocks and shooting 50 percent u All three appeared on 3-of-4 major preseason NPOY watch lists (Wooden, Naismith, Robertson, NABC). from the field (12-24) and 86 percent at the foul line (18-21) a Conference- As of Jan. 7, the Pac-12 boasts six teams ranked inside the top 50 of the NCAA Evaluation Tool (NET) opening split. - tied for the second-most in the nation. 6 x Top 50 u The Pac-12 also has nine top-75 NET teams, tied for the second-most nationally. The Pac-12 is 1-of-3 conferences in the country with a national-best nine teams with double-digit PAC-12 TIPOFF victories (Big East, Big Ten). 9 x 10 u It equals the earliest point in a season the Conference had nine teams reach double-digit victories, ROAD SWEEPS: As the opening along with the conclusion of the first league week of the 2015-16 campaign. week of Conference play illustrated, road sweeps have been difficult to The second week of Pac-12 Conference play again will feature 10 games, again highlighted by a mar- come by - just 52 in total in 388 tries #9 vs. #24 quee Thursday night matchup as #9 OREGON hosts #24 ARIZONA on ESPN. - since the Pac-12 expanded prior to u It will mark the first Conference clash of AP Top 25 teams since Feb. 15, 2018 (#17 Arizona 77, the 2011-12 season. #25 Arizona State 70). u It’s also the first ranked matchup in the series since the seventh-ranked Wildcats edged the fifth- ARIZ/ASU - swept 5 times, most re- ranked Ducks, 83-80, in the 2017 Pac-12 Tournament title game. cently by WSU in 2018-19. ORE/OSU - swept 6 times, most re- Through 10 league games as of Jan. 7, the average scoring margin is 13.1 points. cently by WASH in 2018-19. 13.1 u 5 games have been decided by single digits COLO/UTAH - swept 7 times, most u 1 game has been decided by one possession (3 pts. or less) recently by OSU in 2018-19. u 1 overtime game (1 total OT period) UCLA/USC - swept 9 times, most re- cently by COLO in 2018-19. THIS WEEK’S PAC-12 MEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE CAL/STAN - swept 9 times, most re- cently by UTAH in 2018-19. DATE MATCHUP TIME (PT) TV WASH/WSU - swept 16 times, most Thurs., Jan. 9 #24 ARIZONA at #9 OREGON 6:00 p.m. PT ESPN recently by ORE in 2018-19. Thurs., Jan. 9 WASHINGTON at STANFORD 6:00 p.m. PT FS1 Thurs., Jan. 9 WASHINGTON STATE at CALIFORNIA 7:30 p.m. PT PAC12 A school-by-school total of road Thurs., Jan. 9 ARIZONA STATE at OREGON STATE 8:00 p.m. PT ESPNU sweeps in the Pac-12 era: Sat., Jan. 11 WASHINGTON STATE at STANFORD 3:00 p.m. PT PAC12 ARIZ - 13 Sat., Jan. 11 WASHINGTON at CALIFORNIA 5:00 p.m. PT PAC12 ORE - 10 Sat., Jan. 11 USC at UCLA 7:00 p.m. PT ESPN2 UTAH - 7 Sat., Jan. 11 ARIZONA STATE at #9 OREGON 7:30 p.m. PT PAC12 CAL - 6 Sun., Jan. 12 UTAH at #25 COLORADO 3:00 p.m. PT ESPNU UCLA, WASH - 4 Sun., Jan. 12 #24 ARIZONA at OREGON STATE 7:00 p.m. PT FS1 USC - 3 COLO - 2 Rankings listed are AP poll OSU, STAN, WSU - 1 ASU - 0 PAC-12 TIPOFF PAC-12 PLAYER/FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK NON-CONFERENCE REBOUND: The Pac-12 MCKINLEY WRIGHT IV, COLORADO 2019-20 PAC-12 POW enjoyed one of its best non-conference seasons in Junior, 6-2, G, North Robbinsdale, Minn. Nov. 11 .......Tres Tinkle, Sr., Oregon State recent history in 2019-20. Nov. 18 ..........Nick Rakocevic, Sr., USC u .739 Division I non-conference win percentage, • The Naismith Trophy and Wooden, Robertson and Cousy Awards candi- Nov. 25 ........ Onyeka Okongwu, Fr., USC best for the league since 2015-16. date averaged a near triple-double of 17.5 points on 55 percent shooting Dec. 2 ...... Remy Martin, Jr., Arizona State u Seven teams with 10+ non-conference wins, tied (12-22), 9.0 assists and 6.0 rebounds as Colorado split opening week, Dec. 9 .............Timmy Allen, So., Utah for the most nationally (Big East). highlighted by an upset of then No. 4 Oregon. Dec. 16 .......Payton Pritchard, Sr., Oregon u 11-8 non-conference record (.579) in true road Dec. 23 ............Timmy Allen, So., Utah • Led CU with 21 points, eight assists and five rebounds in Thursday’s games, the best mark by percentage among major Dec. 30 .......... Chris Duarte, Jr., Oregon conferences. 74-65 upset of the Ducks. Jan. 6 ..... McKinley Wright IV, Jr., Colorado • Recorded his third double-double of the season and eighth of his career Jan. 13 ............................. PAYTON’S PLACE: OREGON senior guard Payton with 14 points and 10 assists against Oregon State. Flirted with triple-double Jan. 20 ............................. Pritchard is the only player in the country averaging with seven rebounds. Jan. 27 ............................. at least 18 points (18.7 ppg) on 50 percent (50% • Became the second player in Colorado history to reach 1,000 points, Feb. 3 .............................. FG) shooting along with five assists (5.9 apg) and 400 assists and 400 rebounds in a career against Beavers. Feb. 10 ............................. four rebounds (4.4 rpg). Feb. 17 ............................. u Pritchard is 24 assists and 18 rebounds shy ALSO NOMINATED: Zeke Nnaji, ARIZONA; Payton Pritchard, OREGON; Feb. 24 ............................. of becoming the first player in Conference history Ethan Thompson, OREGON STATE; Daejon Davis, STANFORD; Chris Smith, March 3............................. with 1,500 points, 600 assists and 500 rebounds UCLA; Onyeka Okongwu, USC; Timmy Allen, UTAH; Isaiah Stewart, in a career. WASHINGTON; Tony Miller, WASHINGTON STATE. NATIONAL HONORS NABC Team of the Week ....................... Oregon (12/17) TRES’ RACE TO 2,000: OREGON STATE senior USBWA POTW ............... Payton Pritchard, ORE (12/17) forward Tres Tinkle (1,937 points, 23rd) is 63 points ISAIAH STEWART, WASHINGTON USBWA FrOTW .............Onyeka Okongwu, USC (12/17) shy of becoming the 16th member of the Confer- Freshman, 6-9, F, Rochester, N.Y. USBWA FrOTW ................Isaiah Stewart, WASH (12/24) ence’s 2,000-point club. Tinkle is also tied for 81st on the Conference’s career rebounds list (767). • The Wooden Award, Naismith Trophy and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar u Tinkle is on pace to become only the fifth mem- Center of the Year candidate averaged a double-double of 21.0 points and 2019-20 PAC-12 FrOW ber of the league’s 2,000-point, 900-rebound club Nov. 11 ..............Zeke Nnaji, Arizona 10.5 rebounds while adding 3.5 blocks and shooting 50 percent from the (Lew Alcindor-UCLA, Don MacLean-UCLA, Adam Nov.