For Immediate Release \\ Wednesday, January 27, 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 8-1 .889 5-0 3-1 12-3 .800 8-0 3-2 1-1 23 21 0-1 L1 USC 6-2 .750 3-1 3-1 12-3 .800 8-1 3-1 1-1 RV RV 0-0 W1 Arizona* 6-3 .667 2-2 4-1 12-3 .800 8-2 4-1 0-0 RV - 0-0 W3 Colorado 6-3 .667 3-0 3-3 12-4 .750 5-0 4-4 3-0 RV RV 1-1 W1 Oregon 4-2 .667 2-1 2-1 9-3 .750 6-1 2-1 1-1 RV 25 0-0 L1 Stanford 5-3 .625 4-0 1-3 9-5 .643 5-0 3-3 1-2 - - 1-2 W1 PAC-12 PLAYER OF THE WEEK Oregon State 4-3 .571 3-2 1-1 8-5 .615 7-4 1-1 0-0 - - 1-0 W3 1/25/21 Utah 3-6 .333 2-3 1-3 6-7 .462 5-3 1-4 0-0 - - 0-1 L1 Jamal Bey, WASHINGTON Washington State 2-6 .250 1-3 1-3 9-6 .600 8-3 1-3 0-0 - - 0-0 L5 Washington 2-7 .222 2-2 0-5 3-11 .214 3-3 0-5 0-3 - - 0-1 W2 • Led Washington to sweep of Colorado California 2-8 .200 1-4 1-4 7-10 .412 5-4 1-6 1-0 - - 0-3 L2 and Utah by averaging 21.0 points on Arizona State 1-5 .167 0-3 1-2 4-8 .333 1-5 2-2 1-1 - - 0-2 L6 79 percent shooting (15-19) from the 49-49 .500 28-21 21-28 103-68 .602 69-26 25-33 9-9 3-11 field, including 6-of-7 behind the arc. *Ineligible for Pac-12 & NCAA Tournaments due to self-imposed postseason ban. Remains eligible for Pac-12 regular-season championship. #PAC12HOOPS STARTING FIVE Three Pac-12 standouts have been named Top 10 candidates for the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Start- ing Five positional awards, with two more positions to be announced later this week. 3 u Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year: McKinley Wright IV, COLORADO u Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year: Chris Duarte, OREGON u Julius Erving Small Forward of the Year: Ziaire Williams, STANFORD PAC-12 FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK u Current Watch List candidates: Malone Award - Oscar da Silva, STAN; Kareem Award - Evan Mobley, USC. 1/25/21 Four Pac-12 programs (ARIZONA, COLORADO, UCLA, USC) have reached a dozen overall victories so far this Evan Mobley, USC 4 x 12 season, tied with the Big Ten for the most to reach 12-or-more wins. COLORADO senior McKinley Wright IV (1,606p/580r/593a) is quickly approaching what would be a unique • Averaged a double-double of 18.5 benchmark in Conference history. The senior guard is on pace to become the first player in Pac-12 Men’s points and 10.5 rebounds as USC IV > 1st Basketball history to reach 1,600 points, 600 rebounds and 600 assists in his career; with seven assists, he split a pair of road games last week. can become only the second to reach 1,600 points and 600 assists in the Conference. Fourth Pac-12 Freshman of the Week u McKinley Wright IV, COLO - 1,606p/580r/593a honor ties the most since the award’s u Payton Pritchard, ORE - 1,938p/550r/659a creation prior to the 2019-20 season. u *Andre Miller, UTAH - 1,618p/643r/721a (prior to UTAH joining Pac-12) According to BracketMatrix.com, an aggregator of bracketologies, the Pac-12 is currently slated for five NCAA Tournament bids (5-UCLA; 6-COLORADO; 6-USC; 8-OREGON; 12-STANFORD). PAC-12 TIPOFF 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). u The Pac-12 Conference has part- nered with StatBroadcast for all 12 COLORADO is currently shooting 83.9 percent (235-280) from the free throw line as a team, which ranks member schools to utilize its software 83.9% first in NCAA Division I. for Media Stats display for all men’s u Not only is Colorado’s free throw rate the best in the country so far, it is currently ahead of ARIZONA’s & women’s basketball games for the Conference-record rate of 78.6 percent (511-650) set in 2003-04 as well as the NCAA Division I record of 2020-21 seasons. 82.2 percent (535-651) set by Harvard in 1983-84. All games can be sorted by date, school THIS WEEK’S PAC-12 MEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE and sport FOR MEDIA USE ONLY at: All games, start times & TV broadcasts are subject to change pac12.statbroadcast.com For the most up-to-date schedules, visit https://pac-12.com/mens-basketball/schedule u The Pac-12 Conference has re- DATE MATCHUP TIME (PT) TV leased COVID-19 testing protocols and Wed., Jan. 27 WASHINGTON STATE at COLORADO 6:00 p.m. PT ESPNU Thurs., Jan. 28 OREGON at #23 UCLA PPD its game cancellation policy, hallmarks Thurs., Jan. 28 OREGON STATE at USC 2:00 p.m. PT ESPNU of which strive to protect health and Thurs., Jan. 28 STANFORD at ARIZONA 7:00 p.m. PT ESPN2 safety through daily antigen testing, Thurs., Jan. 28 CALIFORNIA at ARIZONA STATE 8:00 p.m. PT FS1 weekly PCR testing and game-day Sat., Jan. 30 OREGON at USC PPD rapid result PCR testing in the event of Sat., Jan. 30 UTAH at COLORADO 11:30 a.m. PT PAC12 Sat., Jan. 30 CALIFORNIA at ARIZONA 2:00 p.m. PT PAC12 a positive antigen test. Sat., Jan. 30 OREGON STATE at #23 UCLA 4:00 p.m. PT PAC12 Sat., Jan. 30 STANFORD at ARIZONA STATE 7:00 p.m. PT ESPN2 Complete details can be found at: Sun., Jan. 31 WASHINGTON STATE at WASHINGTON 5:00 p.m. PT PAC12 pac12.me/BKBTesting Mon., Feb. 1 OREGON at #23 UCLA PPD Tues., Feb. 2 UTAH at ARIZONA STATE 1:00 p.m. PT PAC12 Tues., Feb. 2 USC at STANFORD 6:00 p.m. PT FS1 Rankings listed are AP poll PAC-12 TIPOFF PAC-12 PLAYER/FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK JAMAL BEY, WASHINGTON WESTWOOD WIN STREAK: With OREGON 2020-21 PAC-12 POW STATE halting OREGON’s 28-game home win Jr., G, Las Vegas, Nev. Nov. 30 .......McKinley Wright IV, Colorado streak last week, UCLA has assumed the mantle Dec. 7 ...........Eugene Omoruyi, Oregon • Led Washington to a home sweep of Colorado and Utah by averaging Dec. 14 ..........Jemarl Baker Jr., Arizona for the longest home-court win streak among ma- Dec. 21 ...........Oscar da Silva, Stanford jor conference programs at 15 - a total that is tied 21.0 points on 79 percent shooting (15-19) from the field, including Dec. 28 .......McKinley Wright IV, Colorado for the ninth-longest in NCAA Division I. 6-of-7 behind the arc. Jan. 4 ..............Chris Duarte, Oregon • Hyper-efficient in victory over Utah, scoring a career-high 28 points Jan. 11 ...........Oscar da Silva, Stanford BEAVERS BUILDING: One of the hottest teams Jan. 18 .......McKinley Wright IV, Colorado on just 11 field goal attempts (10-11 FG, 4-4 3FG) while adding five in the Pac-12 is OREGON STATE, which takes a Jan. 25 ........... Jamal Bey, Washington rebounds and four steals. Feb. 1 .............................. three-game win streak (ASU, USC, at Oregon) into Feb. 8 .............................. LA this week. During the streak, the Beavers have • Opened week with 14 points, three rebounds and two blocks to help Feb. 15 ............................. improved 85 spots in the NET (233 - 145) and Huskies earn first Conference win of season in snapping the Buffaloes’ Feb. 22 ............................. now boast the league’s best Quadrant 1 record six-game win streak. March 1............................. (2-1). • First career weekly award for Bey, who currently paces the Pac-12 March 8............................. in three-point percentage (51.5%) and is averaging 15.3 points on 57 TRACKING LEAGUE PLAY: Through 49 league percent shooting (32-56) from the field and 52 percent behind the arc (13-25) over the last six games. games as of Jan. 25, the average scoring margin is 10.7 points. u 26 games have been decided by single digits ALSO NOMINATED: James Akinjo, Arizona; Grant Anticevich, California; Evan Battey, Colorado; Ethan Thompson, u 8 games has been decided by one possession Oregon State; Oscar da Silva, Stanford; Johnny Juzang, UCLA; Evan Mobley, USC; Timmy Allen, Utah; Noah Wil- (3 pts. or less) liams, Washington State. u 3 overtime game (4 OT periods) u 17 games have been postponed (3 resched- EVAN MOBLEY, USC 2020-21 PAC-12 FrOW uled and played, 6 rescheduled) Fr., F, Murrieta, Calif. Nov. 30 ..... Josh Christopher, Arizona State Dec. 7 ................Evan Mobley, USC NON-CONFERENCE: Pac-12 programs have Dec. 14 ...............Evan Mobley, USC combined to post a .732 win percentage (52-19) • Wooden Award and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year candi- Dec.