For Immediate Release \\ Wednesday, March 10, 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 14-4 .778 7-2 7-2 19-5 .792 11-2 7-2 1-1 RV 25 0-1 W5 USC 15-5 .750 8-2 7-3 21-6 .778 13-2 7-3 1-1 24 23 1-0 W2 Colorado 14-6 .700 9-1 5-5 20-7 .741 11-1 6-6 3-0 23 RV 2-1 W4 UCLA 13-6 .684 8-1 5-4 17-8 .680 11-1 5-5 1-2 - RV 0-1 L3 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 10-10 .500 6-4 4-6 14-12 .538 10-6 4-6 0-0 - - 1-1 L1 Stanford^ 10-10 .500 2-4 4-6 14-12 .538 2-4 6-6 6-2 - - 1-2 L4 FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: Utah 8-11 .421 5-5 3-6 11-12 .478 8-5 3-7 0-0 - - 1-1 W1 Evan Mobley, Fr., F, USC Arizona State 7-10 .412 6-4 1-6 10-13 .435 7-6 2-6 1-1 - - 0-4 L2 Washington State 7-12 .368 4-5 3-6 14-12 .538 11-5 3-6 0-1 - - 0-1 L2 Washington 4-16 .200 3-6 1-9 5-20 .200 4-7 1-9 0-4 - - 0-2 L3 California 3-17 .150 2-8 1-9 8-19 .296 6-8 1-11 1-0 - - 0-3 L4 116-116 .500 66-46 46-66 170-135 .557 106-51 50-71 14-13 7-17 *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 u OREGON claimed the 2021 Pac-12 Tournament’s No. 1 seed by virtue of winning the regular-season 1 title with the league’s best win percentage. It marked the Ducks’ fourth regular-season crown (three outright, one shared) in six years and their third No. 1 seed in that span. u USC’s Evan Mobley became the first player in Conference history to be voted Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year & Freshman of the Year in the same season. He is only the second major SIXTH MAN OF THE YEAR: conference player to accomplish the feat (Kentucky’s Anthony Davis, 2011-12). Jordan Brown, R-So., F, ARIZONA According to BracketMatrix.com, an aggregator of bracketologies, the Pac-12 is currently slated for four NCAA Tournament bids (5-USC; 6-COLORADO; 7-OREGON; 10-UCLA), which would be the most for 4 the Conference since also securing four bids in 2016-17. Five Pac-12 programs have reached 17 overall victories through March 9 games, 1-of-3 conferences in the country with as many teams with 17-or-more wins (Big 12 - 6; Big Ten - 5). 5 x 17 u The Pac-12 is also 1-of-7 leagues to have multiple 20-win teams, including 1-of-3 major confer- ences (OVC - 3; Big Ten - 2; CUSA - 2; MVC - 2; SEC - 2; WCC - 2). JOHN R. WOODEN COACH OF THE YEAR: Andy Enfield, USC The Pac-12 boasts two teams ranked in the Associated Press Top 25 for just the third time this season #23 & #24 (Weeks 2 & 9) as #23 COLORADO was joined this week by #24 USC. u Should the Buffaloes and Trojans advance to Friday’s semifinals, it would mark the first meeting PAC-12 TIPOFF between ranked Conference teams this season. u The Pac-12 Conference has part- COLORADO is currently shooting 83.4 percent (381-457) from the free throw line as a team, which nered with StatBroadcast for all 12 ranks first in NCAA Division I. member schools to utilize its software 83.4% u Not only is Colorado’s free throw rate the best in the country so far, it is currently ahead of ARIZONA’s for Media Stats display for all men’s Conference-record rate of 78.6 percent (511-650) set in 2003-04 as well as the NCAA Division I record & women’s basketball games for the 2020-21 seasons. of 82.2 percent (535-651) set by Harvard in 1983-84. All games can be sorted by date, school 2021 PAC-12 MEN’S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT (T-Mobile Arena; Las Vegas) and sport FOR MEDIA USE ONLY at: All games, start times & TV broadcasts are subject to change pac12.statbroadcast.com DATE MATCHUP TIME (PT) TV u The Pac-12 Conference has re- leased COVID-19 testing protocols and Wed., March 10 8-ARIZONA STATE vs. 9-WASHINGTON STATE 1:00 p.m. PT PAC12 its game cancellation policy, hallmarks Wed., March 10 7-UTAH vs. 10-WASHINGTON 4:00 p.m. PT* PAC12 of which strive to protect health and Wed., March 10 6-STANFORD vs. 11-CALIFORNIA 7:00 p.m. PT* PAC12 safety through daily antigen testing, Thurs., March 11 1-OREGON vs. 8/9 winner 11:30 a.m. PT PAC12 weekly PCR testing and game-day Thurs., March 11 4-UCLA vs. 5-OREGON STATE 2:30 p.m. PT* PAC12 rapid result PCR testing in the event of Thurs., March 11 2-#24 USC vs. 7/10 winner 5:30 p.m. PT* PAC12 a positive antigen test. Thurs., March 11 3-#23 COLORADO vs. 6/11 winner 8:30 p.m. PT* ESPN Complete details can be found at: Fri., March 12 Semifinal 1 5:30 p.m. PT PAC12 pac12.me/BKBTesting Fri., March 12 Semifinal 2 8:30 p.m. PT* ESPN Sat., March 13 Championship 7:30 p.m. PT ESPN Rankings listed are AP poll; * approximate tip time PLAYER OF THE YEAR, PRESENTED BY NEXTIVA: Evan Mobley, Fr., F, USC PAC-12 TIPOFF DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR, PRESENTED BY NEXTIVA: Evan Mobley, Fr., F, USC FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR, PRESENTED BY NEXTIVA: Evan Mobley, F, USC TRACKING LEAGUE PLAY: Through 116 regular- MOST IMPROVED PLAYER OF THE YEAR, PRESENTED BY NEXTIVA: Jaiden Delaire, Jr., F, STANFORD season league games, the average scoring margin SIXTH MAN OF THE YEAR, PRESENTED BY NEXTIVA: Jordan Brown, R-So., F, ARIZONA was 10.9 points. SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: Oscar da Silva, Sr., F, STANFORD u 60 games were decided by single digits u 24 games were decided by one possession (3 JOHN R. WOODEN COACH OF THE YEAR: Andy Enfield, USC pts. or less) u 5 overtime games (8 OT periods) FIRST TEAM u 9 decided on team's final possession James Akinjo Arizona G Jr. Oakland, Calif. u 4 games canceled Timmy Allen Utah F Jr. Mesa, Ariz. Tyger Campbell UCLA G R-So. Cedar Rapids, Iowa NON-CONFERENCE: Pac-12 programs com- Oscar da Silva** Stanford F Sr. Munich, Germany bined to post a .732 win percentage (52-19) in Chris Duarte Oregon G Sr. Puerto Plata, D.R. countable NCAA Division I non-conference con- tests in 2020-21. Remy Martin** Arizona State G Sr. Chatsworth, Calif. u The .732 win percentage is the second-best for Evan Mobley USC F Fr. Murietta, Calif. the Pac-12 over the past five seasons, just behind Eugene Omoruyi Oregon F R-Sr. Rexdale, Ontario the .739 posted in 2019-20 when the league was Ethan Thompson Oregon State G Sr. Los Angeles, Calif. projected to earn as many as six NCAA bids. McKinley Wright IV*** Colorado G Sr. North Robbinsdale, Minn. SECOND TEAM PAC-12 AWARD NOMINEES Isaac Bonton Washington State G Sr. Portland, Ore. Matt Bradley California G Jr. San Bernardino, Calif. NAISMITH MEN’S COACH OF THE YEAR Tahj Eaddy USC G R-Sr. West Haven, Conn. LATE SEASON TOP 15 WATCH LIST Jaime Jaquez Jr. UCLA G/F So. Camarillo, Calif. Andy Enfield, USC Johnny Juzang UCLA G So. Tarzana, Calif. WOODEN AWARD PLAYER OF THE YEAR NATIONAL BALLOT TOP 15 HONORABLE MENTION (receiving at least three votes): Evan Battey, COLO; Jaiden Delaire, STAN; Quade Green, Evan Mobley, USC WASH; Azuolas Tubelis, ARIZ; Noah Williams, WSU. WOODEN AWARD PLAYER OF THE YEAR MIDSEASON TOP 25 WATCH LIST PAC-12 ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM Remy Martin, Arizona State Efe Abogidi Washington State C Delta State, Nigeria Evan Mobley, USC Bennedict Mathurin Arizona G/F Montreal, Quebec WOODEN AWARD PLAYER OF THE YEAR Evan Mobley USC F Murietta, Calif. PRESEASON TOP 50 WATCH LIST Azuolas Tubelis Arizona F Vilnius, Lithuania Remy Martin, Arizona State Jabari Walker Colorado F Inglewood, Calif. McKinley Wright IV, Colorado Oscar da Silva, Stanford Ziaire Williams, Stanford HONORABLE MENTION (receiving at least three votes): Marcus Bagley, ASU; Josh Christopher, ASU; Dishon Jackson, Chris Smith, UCLA WSU; Ziaire Williams, STAN. Evan Mobley, USC PAC-12 ALL-DEFENSIVE TEAM NAISMITH TROPHY PLAYER OF THE YEAR TOP 10 SEMIFINALIST Oscar da Silva Stanford F Sr. Munich, Germany Evan Mobley, USC Chris Duarte Oregon State G Sr. Puerto Plata, D.R. Jaime Jaquez Jr. UCLA G/F So. Camarillo, Calif. NAISMITH TROPHY DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR Evan Mobley USC F Fr. Murietta, Calif.