2022–23 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season

Sports season
2022–23 Pac–12 men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams12
TV partner(s)ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, Pac-12 Network, Fox Sports 1, FOX, CBS
Regular season
Regular season championsUCLA Bruins
Season MVPJaime Jaquez Jr., UCLA
Top scorerĄžuolas Tubelis, Arizona Wildcats
Pac-12 tournament
ChampionsArizona Wildcats
  Runners-upUCLA Bruins
Tournament MVPĄžuolas Tubelis, Arizona
Pac-12 men's basketball seasons
2022–23 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball standings
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Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 7 UCLA 18 2   .900 31 6   .838
No. 8 Arizona 14 6   .700 28 7   .800
USC 14 6   .700 22 11   .667
Oregon 12 8   .600 21 15   .583
Arizona State 11 9   .550 23 13   .639
Washington State 11 9   .550 17 17   .500
Utah 10 10   .500 17 15   .531
Washington 8 12   .400 16 16   .500
Colorado 8 12   .400 18 17   .514
Stanford 7 13   .350 14 19   .424
Oregon State 5 15   .250 11 21   .344
California 2 18   .100 3 29   .094
Conference tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2022–23 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October followed by the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season which started on November 7, 2022. Conference play began in December 2022. This was the eleventh season under the Pac–12 Conference name and the 64th since the current Pac-12 charter was established in 1959. Because the Pac-12 includes the history of the Pacific Coast Conference, which existed from 1915 to 1959, in its own history, this was the 108th season of Pac-12 men's basketball.

The Pac-12 tournament took place in March 2023 at the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada.

Pre-season

Recruiting classes

Rankings
Team ESPN[1] Rivals[2] On3 Recruits[3] 247 Sports[4] Signees
Arizona No. 37 No. 19 No. 73 4
Arizona State No. 49 No. 44 No. 54 2
California No. 73 No. 92 No. 70 2
Colorado No. 67 No. 65 No. 86 2
Oregon No. 42 No. 4 No. 48 3
Oregon State No. 58 No. 96 No. 66 6
Stanford No. 51 No. 47 No. 50 3
UCLA No. 9 No. 10 No. 12 4
USC No. 15 No. 18 No. 7 4
Utah No. 58 No. 72 No. 89 3
Washington No. 60 No. 43 3
Washington State No. 91 No. 38 No. 79 4

Preseason watchlists

Below is a table of notable preseason watch lists.

Player Wooden [5] Naismith [6] Cousy [7] West [8] Erving [9] Malone[10] Abdul-Jabbar [11] Olson[12]
Amari Bailey Green tickY
Oumar Ballo Green tickY
Adem Bona Green tickY
Tyger Campbell Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Harrison Ingram Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Jaime Jaquez Jr. Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Kerr Kriisa Green tickY
Pelle Larsson Green tickY
Drew Peterson Green tickY
Will Richardson Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Ąžuolas Tubelis Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Kel'el Ware Green tickY

Preseason All-American teams

Player The Athletic[13] Blue Ribbon Sports[14] CBS[15] College Hoops Today[16]
Jaime Jaquez Jr. 1st 2nd 1st 2nd

Preseason polls

247 Sports[17] AP[18] Blue Ribbon[19] CBS Sports[20] Coaches[21] ESPN[22] KenPom[23] Lindy's
Sports
NCAA Sports[24] Sports
Illustrated
[25]
Arizona No. 17 No. 19 No. 17 No. 13 No. 17 No. 10 No. 18 No. 31 No. 17
Arizona State No. 75
California No. 146
Colorado No. 61
Oregon No. 24 No. 21 No. 22 No. 21 No. 19 No. 29 No. 22 No. 24
Oregon State No. 228
Stanford No. 58
UCLA No. 9 No. 8 No. 8 No. 10 No. 7 No. 10 No. 11 No. 12 No. 4 No. 7
USC RV RV No. 36 No. 38 No. 23
Utah No. 72
Washington No. 113
Washington State No. 71

Pac-12 Media days

The Pac-12 will conduct its 2022 Pac-12 media days at the Pac-12 Studio, in San Francisco, California, on October 26, 2022 on the Pac-12 Network.[26]

The teams and representatives in respective order were as follows:

Men's Basketball Preseason Poll
Place Team Points First place votes
1. UCLA 386 26
2. Arizona 352 3
3. Oregon 336 3
4. USC 300 --
5. Stanford 239 1
6. Colorado 207 --
7. Arizona State 193 --
8. Washington State 185 --
9. Washington 158 --
10. Utah 102 --
11. California 69 --
12. Oregon State 47 --

Source:[27]

Pac-12 Preseason All-Conference

First Team

[28]

Name School Pos. Yr. Ht. Hometown (Last School)
Tyger Campbell UCLA PG R-Sr. 5−11, 180 La Porte, IN (La Lumiere School)
Branden Carlson Utah C Sr. 7−0, 228 South Jordan, UT (Bingham High School)
Boogie Ellis USC PG Jr. 6−3, 185 San Diego, CA (Mission Bay)
Mouhamed Gueye Washington State PF So. 6−11, 210 Dakar, Senegal (Prolific Prep)
Harrison Ingram Stanford SF So. 6−7, 230 Dallas, Tex. (St. Mark's)
Jaime Jaquez Jr. UCLA SF Jr. 6−7, 225 Camarillo, Calif. (Camarillo High School)
Spencer Jones Stanford SF Jr. 6−7, 225 Roeland Park, Kan. (Bishop Miege)
Drew Peterson USC SG Sr. 6−9, 205 Libertyville, Ill. (Brother Rice High School)
Will Richardson Oregon PG Sr. 6−5, 180 Hinesville, Ga. (Oak Hill Academy)
Ąžuolas Tubelis Arizona PF So. 6−11, 245 Vilnius, Lithuania (Rytas Vilnius)
Second Team
Name School Pos. Yr. Ht., Wt. Hometown (Last School)
Marcus Bagley Arizona State SF So. 6−8, 225 Phoenix, Ariz. (Sheldon High School)
Tristan da Silva Colorado PF Jr. 6−9, 217 Munich, Germany
DJ Horne Arizona State PG Jr. 6−1, 175 Raleigh, N.C. (Cary High School)
Kerr Kriisa Arizona PG Jr. 6−3, 180 Tartu, Estonia
Pelle Larsson Arizona SF Jr. 6−5, 220 Nacka, Sweden
Honorable Mention

Midseason watchlists

Below is a table of notable midseason watch lists.

Player Wooden[29] Naismith[30] Naismith DPOY[31] Robertson[32] Cousy [33] Erving [34] Malone[35] Abdul-Jabbar [36]
Oumar Ballo Green tickY Green tickY
Tyger Campbell Green tickY
Jaylen Clark Green tickY Green tickY
Jaime Jaquez Jr. Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Ąžuolas Tubelis Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY

Final watchlists

Below is a table of notable year end watch lists.

Player Wooden[37] Naismith[38] Naismith DPOY[39] Robertson[40] Erving[41] Malone[42] Olson[43]
Jaylen Clark Green tickY
Jaime Jaquez Jr. Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Ąžuolas Tubelis Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY

Regular season

The Schedule will be released in late October. Before the season, it was announced that for the seventh consecutive season, all regular season conference games and conference tournament games would be broadcast nationally by ESPN Inc. family of networks including ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU, FOX and FS1, CBS Sports, and the Pac-12 Network.

Early season tournaments

Team Tournament Finish
Arizona Maui Invitational 1st
Arizona State Legends Classic 1st
California Emerald Coast Classic 4th
Colorado Myrtle Beach Invitational 6th
Oregon Phil Knight Invitational 7th
Oregon State Phil Knight Legacy 8th
Stanford ESPN Events Invitational 6th
UCLA Continental Tire Main Event 4th
USC Battle 4 Atlantis 4th
Utah Fort Myers Tip-Off 2nd
Washington Wooden Legacy 1st
Washington State Diamond Head Classic 4th

Records against other conferences

Records against non-conference foes for the 2022–23 season. Records shown for regular season only.

Regular season

Power Conferences Record
ACC 2–2
Big East 3–2
Big Ten 3–4
Big 12 0–7
SEC 5–5
Power Conferences Total 13–20
Other NCAA Division I Conferences Record
American 3–2
America East 1–0
A-10 3–1
ASUN 4–1
Big Sky 9–3
Big West 9–4
C-USA 1–0
Horizon 4–0
Independent 1–0
Ivy League 1–0
MAAC 1–0
MEAC 2–0
Mountain West 5–5
NEC 1–0
Southland 2–0
SWAC 6–4
The Summit 3–0
Sun Belt 1–1
WAC 8–3
WCC 6–4
Other Division I Total 71–29
Division II NAIA Total 1–0
NCAA Division I Total 85–48


Postseason

Power Conferences Record
Big East 1–0
Big Ten 1–2
Big 12 0–1
Power Conferences Total 2–3
Other NCAA Division 1 Conferences Record
American 1–0
Big Sky 0–1
Big South 1–0
Big West 1–0
Ivy League 0–1
Mountain West 1–0
WAC 0–1
WCC 0–1
Other Division I Total 4–4
NCAA Division I Total 6–7

Record against ranked non-conference opponents

This is a list of games against ranked opponents only (rankings from the AP Poll):

Date Visitor Home Site Significance Score Conference record
Nov. 13 No. 11 Tennessee Colorado Bridgestone ArenaNashville, TN Colorado 78−66 1−0
Nov. 15 No. 17 San Diego State Stanford Maples PavilionStanford, CA San Diego State 74−62 1−1
Nov. 17 No. 20 Michigan Arizona State Barclays CenterBrooklyn, NY Legends Classic Arizona State 87−62 2−1
Nov. 18 No. 24 Texas A&M Colorado HTC CenterConway, SC Myrtle Beach Invitational Colorado 103−75 3−1
Nov. 18 No. 19 Illinois No. 8 UCLA T-Mobile ArenaParadise, NV Continental Tire Main Event Illinois 79−70 3−2
Nov. 20 No. 5 Baylor No. 8 UCLA† T-Mobile Arena ● Paradise, NV Continental Tire Main Event Baylor 80−75 3−3
Nov. 20 No. 3 Houston Oregon Matthew Knight ArenaEugene, OR Houston 66−56 3−4
Nov. 22 No. 17 San Diego State No. 14 Arizona Lahaina Civic CenterMaui, HI Maui Invitational tournament Arizona 87−70 4−4
Nov. 23 No. 10 Creighton No. 14 Arizona Lahaina Civic Center ● Maui, HI Maui Invitational Tournament Arizona 81−79 5−4
Nov. 24 No. 22 Tennessee USC Imperial ArenaNassau, BAH Battle 4 Atlantis Tennessee 73−66 5−5
Nov. 24 No. 8 Duke Oregon State Veterans Memorial Coliseum ● Portland, OR Phil Knight Legacy Duke 54−51 5−6
Nov. 24 No. 20 UConn Oregon† Moda Center ● Portland, OR Phil Knight Invitational UConn 83−59 5−7
Nov. 25 No. 12 Michigan State Oregon† Moda Center ● Portland, OR Phil Knight Invitational Michigan State 74−70 5−8
Dec. 9 Washington No. 18 Gonzaga McCarthey Athletic CenterSpokane, WA Gonzaga–Washington men's basketball rivalry Gonzaga 77−60 5−9
Dec. 10 No. 14 Indiana No. 10 Arizona MGM Grand Garden Arena ● Paradise, NV Las Vegas Clash Arizona 85−75 6−9
Dec. 14 No. 20 Maryland No. 16 UCLA Xfinity Center ● College Park, MD UCLA 87−60 7−9
Dec. 17 No. 20 Kentucky No. 16 UCLA Madison Square GardenNew York, NY CBS Sports Classic UCLA 63−53 8−9
Dec. 17 No. 6 Tennessee No. 9 Arizona McKale CenterTucson, AZ Arizona 75−70 9−9
Dec. 18 No. 7 Texas Stanford† American Airlines CenterDallas, TX Pac-12 Coast-to-Coast Challenge Texas 72−62 9−10
Dec. 18 No. 19 Auburn USC Galen CenterLos Angeles, CA USC 74−71 10−10
Dec. 18 No. 11 Baylor Washington State American Airlines Center ● Dallas, TX Pac-12 Coast-to-Coast Challenge Baylor 65−59 10−11
Dec. 21 No. 23 Auburn Washington Hec Edmundson PavilionSeattle, WA Auburn 84−61 10−12
Dec. 21 No. 20 TCU Utah Vivint ArenaSalt Lake City, UT TCU 75−71 10−13

Pac-12/SWAC Legacy Series

On September 20, 2021 the Pac-12 and Southwestern Athletic Conference will debut the Pac-12/SWAC Legacy Series, an educational and basketball scheduling partnership between the two collegiate athletics conferences, to tip off the 2022-23 season. The Legacy Series will incorporate an array of educational opportunities for competing teams and student-athletes featuring expert speakers and prominent alumni, community engagement, campus traditions, historic site visits, and book/film discussions.[44] The two conferences split the series 3−3.

Date Visitor Home Site Significance Score Conference record
Nov. 7 Florida A&M No. 21 Oregon Matthew Knight ArenaEugene, OR Pac-12/SWAC Legacy Series Oregon 80−55 1−0
Nov. 10 Alabama State USC Galen CenterLos Angeles, CA Pac-12/SWAC Legacy Series USC 96−58 2−0
Nov. 11 Grambling State Colorado CU Events CenterBoulder, CO Pac-12/SWAC Legacy Series Grambling State 83−74 2−1
Nov. 11 Southern No. 17 Arizona McKale CenterTucson, AZ Pac-12/SWAC Legacy Series Arizona 95−78 3−1
Nov. 13 Arizona State Texas Southern H&PE ArenaHouston, TX Pac-12/SWAC Legacy Series Texas Southern 67−66OT 3−2
Nov. 15 Washington State Prairie View A&M William J. Nicks BuildingPrairie View, TX Pac-12/SWAC Legacy Series Prairie View A&M 70−59 3−3

Team rankings are reflective of AP poll when the game was played, not current or final ranking

Conference schedule

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.

  Arizona ASU California Colorado Oregon OSU Stanford UCLA USC Utah Washington WSU
vs. Arizona 1–1 0–2 0–1 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–1
vs. Arizona State 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–2 2–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 1–1
vs. California 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0
vs. Colorado 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–1
vs. Oregon 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 0–1 0–2 1–0 1–1
vs. Oregon State 2–0 2–0 0–2 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–0
vs. Stanford 0–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–2 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–0
vs. UCLA 1–1 0–2 0–1 0–2 0–2 0–1 0–2 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–2
vs. USC 2–0 0–2 0–2 0–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–1
vs. Utah 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–1 2–0 2–0 0–1 0–2
vs. Washington 2–0 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–0
vs. Washington State 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–2 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–2
Total 14–6 11–9 2–18 8–12 12–8 5–15 7–13 18–2 14–6 10–10 8–12 11–9

Points scored

Team For Against Difference
Arizona 2,866 2,490 376
Arizona State 2,559 2,447 112
California 1,866 2,243 -377
Colorado 2,445 2,348 97
Oregon 2,542 2,386 156
Oregon State 1,959 2,144 -185
Stanford 2,321 2,256 65
UCLA 2,743 2,245 498
USC 2,391 2,224 167
Utah 2,197 2,043 154
Washington 2,213 2,250 -37
Washington State 2,324 2,235 96

Through the 2023 season[45]

Rankings

*AP does not release post-NCAA tournament rankings

    Improvement in ranking
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RV Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25
NV No votes received
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Arizona AP 17 14 14 4 10 9 5 5 5 9 11 6 5 4 8 7 8 8 8
C 13 12 12 4 9 9 5 5 4 9 11 8 6 4 8 7 9 9 8 17
Arizona State AP NV RV RV RV RV RV 25 NV NV NV RV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
C NV NV RV NV NV RV RV RV NV NV RV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
California AP NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
C NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
Colorado AP NV RV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
C NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
Oregon AP 21 RV RV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
C 21 RV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
Oregon State AP NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
C NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
Stanford AP NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
C NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
UCLA AP 8 8 19 21 19 16 13 11 10 7 5 8 9 7 4 4 4 2 7
C 7 7 17 21 18 14 9 8 8 7 5 7 7 4 3 4 2 6 8
USC AP RV NV NV NV NV NV RV RV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV RV NV
C RV NV NV NV NV NV RV RV NV NV NV NV NV RV NV NV RV NV NV RV
Utah AP NV NV NV NV RV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
C NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
Washington AP NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
C NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
Washington State AP NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
C NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV

Head coaches

Coaching changes

Coaches

Note: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season. Pac-12 records are from time at current school.

Team Head coach Previous job Seasons at school Record at school Pac-12 record Pac-12 titles NCAA tournaments NCAA Final Fours NCAA Championships
Arizona Tommy Lloyd Gonzaga (assistant) 2nd 33–4 (.892) 18–2 (.900) 1 1 0 0
Arizona State Bobby Hurley Buffalo 7th 118–100 (.541) 60–67 (.472) 0 2 0 0
California Mark Fox† Georgia 4th 34–58 (.370) 15–43 (.259) 0 0 0 0
Colorado Tad Boyle Northern Colorado 13th 254–155 (.621) 118–100 (.541) 0 5 0 0
Oregon Dana Altman Creighton 13th 300–125 (.706) 143–75 (.656) 3 7 1 0
Oregon State Wayne Tinkle Montana 9th 116–136 (.460) 53–95 (.358) 1 2 0 0
Stanford Jerod Haase UAB 7th 98–90 (.521) 52–60 (.464) 0 0 0 0
UCLA Mick Cronin Cincinnati 4th 68–30 (.694) 40–17 (.702) 0 2 1 0
USC Andy Enfield Florida Gulf Coast 10th 183–118 (.608) 84–82 (.506) 0 3 0 0
Utah Craig Smith Utah State 2nd 11–20 (.355) 4–16 (.200) 0 0 0 0
Washington Mike Hopkins Syracuse (assistant) 6th 85–75 (.531) 45–49 (.479) 0 1 0 0
Washington State Kyle Smith San Francisco 4th 52–44 (.542) 24–33 (.421) 0 0 0 0

Notes:
† On March 9, 2023 Cal fired head coach Mark Fox.[46]

  • Pac-12 records, conference titles, etc. are from time at current school and are through the end the 2021–22 season.
  • NCAA tournament appearances are from time at current school only.
  • NCAA Final Fours and Championship include time at other schools.

Post season

Pac-12 tournament

The conference tournament was played in March 8−11, 2023 at the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, NV. The top four teams received a bye on the first day. Teams were seeded by conference record, with ties broken by record between the tied teams followed by record against the regular-season champion, if necessary.

First round
Wednesday, March 8
Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 9
Semifinals
Friday, March 10
Championship
Saturday, March 11
1 #2 UCLA 80
8 Washington 68 9 Colorado 69
9 Colorado 74 1 #2 UCLA 75
4 Oregon 56
4 Oregon 75
5 Washington State 69 5 Washington State 70
12 California 52 1 #2 UCLA 59
2 #8 Arizona 61
2 #8 Arizona 95
7 Utah 62 10 Stanford 84
10 Stanford 73 2 #8 Arizona 78
6 Arizona State 59
3 USC 72
6 Arizona State 63 6 Arizona State 77
11 Oregon State 57

* denotes overtime period

All-Tournament Team

Name Pos. Height Weight Year Team
Ąžuolas Tubelis Power forward 6–11 245 Junior Arizona
Oumar Ballo Center 7−0 260 RS-Junior Arizona
Jaime Jaquez Jr. Small forward 6−7 225 Senior UCLA
Tyger Campbell Point guard 5−11 180 Senior UCLA
Amari Bailey Shooting guard 6−5 185 Freshman UCLA
Desmond Cambridge Jr. Shooting guard 6−4 180 Graduate Senior Arizona State

Most Outstanding Player

Name Pos. Height Weight Year Team
Ąžuolas Tubelis PF 6–11 245 Junior Arizona

NCAA tournament

Four teams from the conference were selected to participate: Arizona, Arizona State, UCLA & USC.

Seed Region School First Four 1st round 2nd round Sweet 16 Elite Eight Final Four Championship
No. 2 South Region Arizona - lost to No. 15 Princeton 55−59 - - - - -
No. 2 West Region UCLA - defeated No. 15 UNC Asheville 86−53 defeated No. 7 Northwestern 68−63 lost to No. 3 Gonzaga 76−79 - - -
No. 10 East Region USC - lost to No. 7 Michigan State 62−72 - - - - -
No. 11 West Region Arizona State defeated No. 11 Nevada 98−73 lost to No. 6 TCU 70−72 - - - - -
Bids W-L (%): 1–0 (1.000) 1–3 (.250) 1–0 (1.000) 0–1 (.000) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) TOTAL: 3–4 (.429)

National Invitation Tournament

Three members from the conference were selected to participate: Colorado, Oregon & Washington State.

Seed Bracket School First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
3 Rutgers Colorado defeated Seton Hall 65−64 lost Utah Valley 69−81
1 Oregon Oregon defeated UC Irvine 84−58 defeated UCF 68−54 lost to Wisconsin 58−61
4 Oklahoma State Washington State lost to Eastern Washington 65−64
Bid W-L (%): 2–1 (.667) 1–1 (.500) 0–1 (.000) 0–0 (–) TOTAL: 3–3 (.500)
Index to colors and formatting
Pac-12 member won
Pac-12 member lost

Awards and honors

Players of the Week

Throughout the regular season, the Pac-12 offices will honor 2 players based on performance by naming them player of the week and freshman of the week.

Week Player of the Week School Freshman of the Week School Ref.
Nov. 14 KJ Simpson Colorado Jordan Pope Oregon State [47]
Nov. 21 Desmond Cambridge Jr. Arizona State Austin Nunez Arizona State [48]
Nov. 28 Oumar Ballo Arizona Amari Bailey UCLA [49]
Dec. 5 Rollie Worster Utah Amari Bailey (2) UCLA [50]
Dec. 12 Will Richardson Oregon Dylan Andrews UCLA [51]
Dec. 19 Jaime Jaquez Jr. UCLA Tre White USC [52]
Dec. 26 Ąžuolas Tubelis Arizona Grant Newell California [53]
Jan. 2 KJ Simpson (2) Colorado Adem Bona UCLA [54]
Jan. 9 Tristan da Silva Colorado Adem Bona (2) UCLA [55]
Jan. 16 Desmond Cambridge Jr.(2) Arizona State Koren Johnson Washington [56]
Jan. 23 Branden Carlson Utah Jordan Pope (2) Oregon State [57]
Jan. 30 Boogie Ellis USC Jordan Pope (3) Oregon State [58]
Feb. 6 Ąžuolas Tubelis (2) Arizona Tre White USC [59]
Feb. 13 Jaime Jaquez Jr. (2) UCLA Amari Bailey (3) UCLA [60]
Feb. 20 Boogie Ellis (2) USC Keyon Menifield Washington [61]
Feb. 27 Desmond Cambridge Jr.(3) Arizona State Amari Bailey (4) UCLA [62]
Mar. 6 Jaime Jaquez Jr. (3) UCLA Kylan Boswell Arizona [63]

Totals per School

School Total
UCLA 10
Arizona 4
Arizona State 4
USC 4
Colorado 3
Oregon State 3
Utah 2
Washington 2
California 1
Oregon 1
Stanford 0
Washington State 0

National honors

All-Americans

Player School Position Selector Consensus
Second Team All-Americans
Jaime Jaquez Jr. UCLA SF AP, NABC, SN, USBWA, ESPN, John R. Wooden, SI Green tickY
Ąžuolas Tubelis Arizona PF AP, NABC, SN, USBWA, ESPN, John R. Wooden, SI Green tickY

AP Honorable Mention:

Sources:
*Associated Press All-America Team
*National Association of Basketball Coaches All-America Team
*Sporting News All-America Team
*USBWA All-America Team
*John R. Wooden
*ESPN
*Sports Illustrated

Awards

Player School Position Selector
Award
Jaylen Clark UCLA SG NABC Defensive Player of the Year
Naismith Defensive Player of the Year
Jaime Jaquez Jr. UCLA SG/SF Lute Olson Award

All-District

The United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) named the following from the Pac-12 to their All-District Teams:[64]

District VIII

All-District Team

District IX

Player of the Year Jaime Jaquez Jr., UCLA

All-District Team

The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) named the following from the Pac-12 to their All-District Teams:[65]

District 19

First Team

  • Oumar Ballo, Arizona
  • Branden Carlson, Utah
  • Boogie Ellis, USC
  • Jaime Jaquez Jr., UCLA
  • Ąžuolas Tubelis, Arizona

Second Team

  • Desmond Cambridge Jr., Arizona State
  • Tyger Campbell, UCLA
  • N'Faly Dante, Oregon
  • Mouhamed Gueye, Washington State
  • Drew Peterson, USC

Coach of the Year Mick Cronin, UCLA

Pac-12 season awards

Pac-12 individual awards
Award Recipient(s)
Player of the Year Jaime Jaquez Jr., UCLA
Coach of the Year Mick Cronin, UCLA
Defensive Player of the Year Jaylen Clark, UCLA
Freshman of the Year Adem Bona, UCLA
Most Improved Player of the Year Oumar Ballo, Arizona
Sixth Player of the Year Reese Dixon-Waters, USC
Scholar-Athlete of the Year James Keefe, Stanford

All-Pac-12

All-Pac-12 first team[66]
Name School Pos. Yr. Ht. Hometown (Last School)
Oumar Ballo Arizona C R-Jr. 7−0, 260 Koulikoro, Mali (Gonzaga)
Tyger Campbell††† UCLA G R-Jr. 5−11, 180 Cedar Rapids, Iowa (La Lumiere School)
Branden Carlson Utah C Sr. 7−0, 228 South Jordan, Utah (Bingham)
N'Faly Dante Oregon C Sr. 6−11, 230 Bamako, Mali (Sunrise Christian Academy)
Tristan da Silva Colorado F Jr. 6−9, 217 Munich, Germany (Ludwigsgymnasium Munich)
Boogie Ellis USC G Sr. 6−3, 185 Camarillo, Calif. (Memphis)
Mouhamed Gueye Washington State F So. 6−1, 210 Dakar, Senegal (Prolific Prep)
Jaime Jaquez Jr.‡†† UCLA G/F Sr. 6−7, 225 Camarillo, Calif. (Camarillo HS)
Drew Peterson†† USC G G-Sr. 6−9, 205 Libertyville, Ill. (Brother Rice High School)
Ąžuolas Tubelis†† Arizona F Jr. 6−11, 245 Vilnius, Lithuania (Rytas Vilnius)
  • ‡ Pac-12 Player of the Year
  • ††† three-time All-Pac-12 First Team honoree
  • †† two-time All-Pac-12 First Team honoree
All-Pac-12 second team[66]
Name School Pos. Yr. Ht. Hometown (Last School)
Keion Brooks Jr. Washington F Sr. 6−7, 210 Fort Wayne, Ind. (Kentucky)
Desmond Cambridge Jr. Arizona State G G-Sr. 6−4, 180 Nashville, Tenn. (Nevada)
Jaylen Clark UCLA G Jr. 6−5, 205 Riverside, Calif. (Etiwanda)
Spencer Jones Stanford F Sr . 6−7, 225 Roeland Park, Kan. (Bishop Miege)
KJ Simpson Colorado G So. 6−2, 175 West Hills, Calif. (Chaminade)
Honorable Mention

All-Freshman Team

Name School Pos. Ht.
Amari Bailey UCLA G 6−5,185
Adem Bona UCLA F 6−10, 235
Keyon Menifield Washington G 6−1, 150
Jordan Pope Oregon State G 6−2, 165
Tre White USC G 6−7, 210

‡ Pac-12 Freshman of the Year

Honorable Mention
  • Kylan Boswell, (Arizona, G)
  • Grant Newell, (California, F)

All-Defensive Team

Name School Pos. Yr. Ht.
Adem Bona UCLA F Fr. 6−10, 235
Jaylen Clark‡†† UCLA G Jr. 6−5, 205
Kobe Johnson USC G So. 6−6, 200
Braxton Meah Washington C Jr. 7−1, 250
Joshua Morgan USC F R-Jr . 6−11, 235
  • ‡Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year
  • †† two-time Pac-12 All-Defensive Team honoree
Honorable Mention
  • Marco Anthony, (Utah, G)
  • Oumar Ballo, (Arizona, G)
  • Mouhamed Gueye, (Washington State, F)
  • Warren Washington, (Arizona State, F)

Scholar Athlete of the year

The Pac-12 moved to seasonal Academic Honor Rolls, discontinuing sport-by-sport teams, starting in 2019-20

Name School Pos. Ht., Wt. GPA Major
James Keefe Stanford F 6−9, 240 3.86 Economics

2022–23 Season statistic leaders

Source:[67]

Scoring leaders
Rk Player PTS PPG
1 Ąžuolas Tubelis 672 19.8
2 Jaime Jaquez Jr. 659 17.8
3 Keion Brooks Jr. 531 17.7
3 Boogie Ellis 583 17.7
5 Branden Carlson 507 16.4
Rebound leaders
Rk Player REB RPG
1 Ąžuolas Tubelis 320 9.1
2 Oumar Ballo 302 8.6
3 N'Faly Dante 260 8.4
3 Mouhamed Gueye 276 8.4
5 Jaime Jaquez Jr. 304 8.2
Field goal leaders (avg 5 fga/gm)
Rk Player FG FGA PCT
1 Braxton Meah 108 153 70.6%
2 Adem Bona 104 154 67.5%
3 Oumar Ballo 189 292 64.7%
4 N'Faly Dante 172 280 61.4%
5 Ąžuolas Tubelis 274 481 57.0%

Assist leaders
Rk Player AST APG
1 Kerr Kriisa 180 5.1
1 Will Richardson 168 5.1
3 Rollie Worster 149 5.0
3 Tyger Campbell 186 5.0
5 Drew Peterson 146 4.3
Block leaders
Rk Player BLK BPG
1 Joshua Morgan 63 2.2
2 Branden Carlson 63 2.0
3 Warren Washington 60 1.8
3 Adem Bona 57 1.7
5 Braxton Meah 50 1.6


Free throw leaders
Rk Player FT FTA PCT
1 Tyger Campbell 101 118 85.6%
2 Kobe Johnson 69 82 84.1%
3 Pelle Larsson 111 133 83.5%
4 Kuany Kuany 93 113 82.3%
5 KJ Simpson 107 131 81.7%

Steal leaders
Rk Player STL SPG
1 Jaylen Clark 78 2.6
2 Kobe Johnson 72 2.2
3 Desmond Cambridge Jr. 57 1.7
4 Jaime Jaquez Jr. 57 1.5
4 KJ Simpson 49 1.5
Three point leaders
Rk Player 3P 3PA %
1 Jabe Mullins 55 128 43.0%
2 Justin Powell 78 183 42.6%
3 David Singleton 73 172 42.4%
4 Courtney Ramey 83 206 40.3%
5 Cedric Henderson 37 92 40.2%

2023 NBA draft

Round Pick Player Position Nationality Team School/club team
1 18 Jaime Jaquez Jr. SF  United States Miami Heat UCLA (Sr.)
2 39 Mouhamed Gueye PF  Senegal Charlotte Hornets Washington State (So.)
2 41 Amari Bailey SG  United States Charlotte Hornets UCLA (Fr.)
2 53 Jaylen Clark SG  United States Minnesota Timberwolves UCLA (Jr.)

Home game attendance

Team Stadium Capacity Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6 Game 7 Game 8 Game 9 Game 10 Game 11 Game 12 Game 13 Game 14 Game 15 Game 16 Game 17 Game 18 Total Average % of Capacity
Arizona McKale Center 14,644 12,635 13,485 12,752 14,352 13,854 14,688 13,606 14,021 13,562 14,176 14,688 14,688 14,688 14,688 14,688 14,688 14,688 239,947 14,115 96.38%
Arizona State Desert Financial Arena 14,198 6,304 6,925 6,263 5,263 7,243 6,336 12,582 5,860 7,020 13,363† 10,505 8,032 9,815 7,501 8,046 121,058 8,071 56.84%
California Haas Pavilion 11,858 3,128 3,607 1,364 1,211 3,648† 1,297 2,040 1,130 1,468 1,253 3,648† 2,341 2,072 3,289 2,088 1,329 1,725 36,638 2,155 18.17%
Colorado Coors Events Center 11,064 5,388 5,780 6,917 10,033† 5,125 6,015 5,108 6,325 6,203 6,974 6,712 6,974 6,638 8,680 8,432 101,304 6,754 61.04%
Oregon Matthew Knight Arena 12,364 5,897 6,454 5,347 7,002 5,379 5,416 4,738 5,074 5,064 7,001 5,955 7,970 5,680 8,228† 7,005 10,272 5,908 7,458 115,848 6,436 52.05%
Oregon State Gill Coliseum 9,604 3,320 4,778 2,973 3,482 3,303 2,537 2,581 2,617 4,126 3,789 3,252 3,789 3,524 3,796 7,270† 3,122 3,390 61,649 3,626 37.76%
Stanford Maples Pavilion 7,233 3,380 3,945 2,263 4,848 2,583 2,640 2,759 2,782 3,542 2,406 5,112 3,923 5,313† 2,530 4,738 52,764 3,518 48.63%
UCLA Pauley Pavilion 13,800 6,096 9,811 6,056 8,107 6,001 8,093 6,459 7,421 13,659 11,771 8,106 8,309 10,117 10,241 13,659 10,132 13,659 157,697 9,276 67.21%
USC Galen Center 10,258 2,355 2,076 1,838 1,590 3,273 1,531 1,835 4,517 3,178 4,671 9,605† 3,751 5,706 3,698 5,374 7,043 10,258 72,799 4,253 41.46%
Utah Jon M. Huntsman Center 15,000 5,878 6,283 6,328 5,503 5,109 6,495 5,295 5,223 6,471 8,235 6,599 7,815 7,318 6,731 6,133 8,497 10,134† 114,047 6,709 44.72%
Washington Alaska Airlines Arena 10,000 6,445 6,786 5,401 5,666 7,261 4,888 5,733 8,502 7,690 7,494 5,692 6,297 7,332 9,268† 7,079 7,512 9,268 118,314 6,960 69.60%
Washington State Beasley Coliseum 11,671 2,443 3,275 2,009 2,268 3,238 2,650 3,208 3,590 5,225 4,120 5,647† 2,691 4,467 44,831 3,449 28.74%
Total 11,835 1,236,537 6,341 53.58% -


Bold – At or exceed capacity
†Season high

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