For Immediate Release \\ Thursday, March 25, 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 21-6 .778 11-2 7-2 3-2 RV 25 1-1 W1 USC (NCAA) 15-5 .750 8-2 7-3 24-7 .774 13-2 7-3 4-2 24 23 2-1 W2 Colorado (NCAA) 14-6 .700 9-1 5-5 23-9 .719 11-1 6-6 6-2 22 22 3-2 L1 UCLA (NCAA) 13-6 .684 8-1 5-4 20-9 .690 11-1 5-5 4-3 - RV 1-1 W3 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 19-12 .613 10-6 4-6 5-0 - - 3-1 W5 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 46-66 189-146 .564 106-51 50-71 33-24 13-21 ! 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 For the fourth time in Conference history, four Pac-12 Men's Basketball teams advanced to the NCAA Tour- nament Sweet 16 (2021, 2001, 1998, 1997). The Pac-12 is the first conference all-time to have four teams 4 seeded 4th-or-worse reach the Sweet 16. u No. 6 seed USC - fifth Sweet 16, first since 2007; head coachAndy Enfield’s second Sweet 16 (2013). u No. 7 seed OREGON - eighth Sweet 16, including each of program’s last four NCAA appearances (2016, 2017, 2019, 2021) and five in 11 seasons under head coachDana Altman. SIXTH MAN OF THE YEAR: u No. 11 seed UCLA - 35th Sweet 16, fourth in last seven NCAA Tournaments; head coach Mick Cronin’s Jordan Brown, R-So., F, ARIZONA second Sweet 16 (2012). u No. 12 seed OREGON STATE - seventh Sweet 16, first since 1982; head coach Wayne Tinkle’s first Sweet 16. Pac-12 teams combined for four AP Top 25 wins, four “upsets” (team seeded five spots lower than oppo- nent), and six wins over power conference opponents in going 9-1 through the first two rounds of the 2021 4, 4, 6 NCAA Tournament. u The four upsets comprised a quarter of the record 12 in the 2021 NCAA Tournament’s first two rounds. u The six power conference wins are tied for second-most in any single NCAA Tournament for the league JOHN R. WOODEN COACH OF THE YEAR: (8 - 1997; 6 - 2021, 2001). Andy Enfield, USC With OREGON and USC slated to meet in Sunday’s West Region semifinals, the Pac-12 is likely assured at least one entrant into the Elite Eight. Elite 8 u It would mark the fifth time in the past seven tournaments, and sixth time in the past 10, the Conference PAC-12 TIPOFF advance a team to the Elite Eight. OREGON was the league’s most recent Final Four entrant in 2017. WESTSIDE CONNECTIONS: The Pac-12 program’s have combined for a 9-1 record* (.900 win%) through the first two rounds of the 2021 UCLA and USC men’s basketball NCAA Tournament. *OREGON was advanced past the First Round via No Contest vs. VCU. teams are simultaneously in the Sweet 9-1 u The nine wins are tied for the sixth-most in the Conference’s history: 13 - 2001, 1997; 11 - 1998; 10 - 2017, 16 for just the third time (2021, 2007, 2007; 9 - 2021, 2002, 1995. 2001), while OREGON and OREGON STATE are both in the same Sweet 16 The Pac-12 was dominant in posting a 9-1 record through the first two rounds of the 2021 NCAA Tournament, for the first time in tourney history. +13.1 winning eight games by double figures and posting an average margin of +13.1 points (+16.6 margin in victories). u Since the NCAA expanded the field to 64 teams in 1985, the +13.1 margin is the fifth-largest among #BACKTHEPAC: Along with the leagues with five-or-more teams in the field. NCAA-leading (by two) four men’s u 1993 ACC - +16.3 (9-2 record); 1996 Big East - +14.4 (8-2); 2001 Pac-12 - +14.0 (8-1); 2009 Big East - basketball programs in the NCAA +13.5 (11-2); 2021 Pac-12 - +13.1 (9-1 record). Sweet 16, three Pac-12 women’s basketball programs also advanced 2021 NCAA TOURNAMENT REGIONAL SCHEDULE to the Sweet 16 (ARIZ, ORE, STAN). DATE MATCHUP (ALL GAMES IN INDIANAPOLIS, IND.) TIME (PT) TV u The seven combined Sweet 16 Sat., March 27 12-OREGON STATE vs. 8-#17 Loyola Chicago (Midwest Regional SF) 11:40 a.m. PT CBS teams are the most (by two) of any Sun., March 28 11-UCLA vs. 2-#5 Alabama (East Regional SF) 4:15 p.m. PT TBS league in the country and just one Sun., March 28 7-OREGON vs. 6-#24 USC (West Regional SF) 6:45 p.m. PT TBS shy of the league’s record of eight set in 2017 (5 WBB/3 MBB). *Mon., March 29 12-OREGON STATE vs. 2-#6 Houston/11-Syracuse TBD TBD u Through the first two rounds of *Tues., March 30 11-UCLA vs. 1-#4 Michigan/4-#14 Florida State TBD TBD both tournaments, the Pac-12 has Tues., March 30 7-OREGON/6-USC vs. 1-#1 Gonzaga/5-#19 Creighton TBD TBD combined to go an NCAA-best 17-4 Rankings listed are AP poll; * if advances (.810). PAC-12 IN 2021 NCAA TOURNAMENT & SWEET 16/ELITE 8/FINAL FOUR HISTORY The Pac-12 equaled its league record with four men’s basketball programs advancing to the Sweet 16 of the 2021 NCAA Tournament on Monday. No. 6 seed USC, No. 7 seed OREGON, No. 11 seed UCLA and No. 12 seed OR- EGON STATE all advanced from the Second Round with double-digit victories. While OREGON reached the Sweet 16 for the fourth time in as many appear- ances (2016, 2017, 2019, 2021) and UCLA advanced for the fourth time in the past seven tournaments (2014, 2015, 2017), it marks the triumphant returns for OREGON STATE (first Sweet 16 since 1982) and USC (first since 2007). It marks the fourth time in Conference history that four member programs reached the Regionals of the NCAA Tournament along with 1997, 1998 and 2001. The Pac-12’s nine total wins so far in the 2021 NCAA Tournament are tied NCAA SWEET 16 NCAA ELITE EIGHT for the sixth-most in the Conference’s history: FROM THE PAC-12 (67) FROM THE PAC-12 (26) 13 - 2001, 1997 (since 1979): (since 1979): 11 - 1998 1979 - UCLA 1980 - UCLA 1980 - UCLA 1988 - Arizona 10 - 2017, 2007 1982 - Oregon State 1992 - UCLA 9 - 2021, 2002, 1995 1983 - Utah* 1994 - Arizona 1984 - Washington 1995 - UCLA With five teams combining to go 9-1 through the first two rounds of the 2021 1988 - Arizona 1997 - Arizona, UCLA, Utah* NCAA Tournament, the Pac-12 equaled the third-best record for any league 1989 - Arizona 1998 - Arizona, Stanford, Utah* with five-or-more teams in the field since the tourney’s expansion in 1985: 1990 - UCLA 2001 - Arizona, Stanford, USC 1991 - Arizona, Utah* 2002 - Oregon 2016 ACC - 12-1 1992 - UCLA 2003 - Arizona 2015 ACC - 11-1 1993 - California 2005 - Arizona 1994 - Arizona 2006 - UCLA 2021 Pac-12 - 9-1 1995 - Arizona State, UCLA 2007 - Oregon, UCLA 1990 ACC - 9-1 1996 - Arizona, Utah* 2008 - UCLA 1989 Big Ten - 9-1 1997 - Arizona, California, Stanford, 2011 - Arizona 1985 ACC - 9-1 UCLA, Utah* 2014 - Arizona 1998 - Arizona, Stanford, UCLA, 2015 - Arizona Pac-12 teams were dominant in going 9-1 through the first two rounds with Utah*, Washington 2016 - Oregon eight wins by double figures and an average margin of +13.1 points, which 2000 - UCLA 2017 - Oregon 2001 - Arizona, Stanford, UCLA, USC is the fifth-largest of any league with five-or-more teams in the field since the * - Utah not a member of Pac-12 at tourney’s expansion in 1985: 2002 - Arizona, Oregon, UCLA 2003 - Arizona time of Elite Eight appearance 2005 - Arizona, Utah*, Washington 1993 ACC - +16.3 (9-2 record) 2006 - UCLA, Washington NCAA FINAL FOUR 1996 Big East - +14.4 (8-2) 2007 - Oregon, UCLA, USC FROM THE PAC-12 (12) 2001 Pac-12 - +14.0 (8-1) 2008 - Stanford, UCLA, Washington (since 1979): 2009 Big East - +13.5 (11-2) State 1980 - UCLA 2009 - Arizona 2021 Pac-12 - +13.1 (9-1) 1988 - Arizona 2010 - Washington 1994 - Arizona 2011 - Arizona Six of the Pac-12’s nine Tournament wins so far have come against power 1995 - UCLA 2013 - Arizona, Oregon conference opponents, which is tied for the second-most in any single tour- 1997 - Arizona 2014 - Arizona, Stanford, UCLA 1998 - Stanford, Utah* nament for the Conference (8 - 1997, 6 - 2021, 2001).