2022–23 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season
The 2022–23 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season will begin with practices in October followed by the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season which will start in November 2022. Conference play will begin in December 2022. This will be the eleventh season under the Pac–12 Conference name and the 37th since the conference first sponsored women's sports, including basketball, in the 1986–87 school year.
2022–23 Pac–12 men's basketball season | |
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League | NCAA Division I |
Sport | Basketball |
Number of teams | 12 |
TV partner(s) | ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, Pac-12 Network |
Regular season | |
Pac-12 Tournament |
2022–23 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arizona | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arizona State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
California | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colorado | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oregon | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oregon State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stanford | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UCLA | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
USC | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Utah | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Washington | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Washington State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2023 Pac-12 Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll |
The Pac-12 Tournament will take place in March 2023 at the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada.
Pre-season
Recruiting classes
Team | ESPN | Rivals[1] | On3 Recruits[2] | 247 Sports[3] | Signees |
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Arizona | ― | No. 64 | No. 31 | No. 73 | 1 |
Arizona State | ― | No. 41 | No. 43 | No. 49 | 2 |
California | ― | No. 79 | ― | No. 61 | 2 |
Colorado | ― | No. 58 | No. 53 | No. 76 | 2 |
Oregon | ― | No. 19 | No. 5 | No. 16 | 4 |
Oregon State | ― | No. 52 | No. 87 | No. 91 | 2 |
Stanford | ― | No. 40 | No. 40 | No. 44 | 2 |
UCLA | ― | No. 6 | No. 6 | No. 8 | 3 |
USC | ― | No. 10 | No. 9 | No. 6 | 4 |
Utah | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― |
Washington | ― | ― | No. 64 | No. 36 | 3 |
Washington State | ― | ― | ― | No. 130 | 2 |
Preseason watchlists
Below is a table of notable preseason watch lists.
Wooden | Naismith | Robertson | Cousy | West | Erving | Malone | Abdul-Jabbar | Olson |
Preseason polls
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, 2022 (Pac-12 Network).
The teams and representatives in respective order were as follows:
- Pac-12 Commissioner – George Kliavkoff
- Deputy Commissioner and Chief Operating Officer(MBB) – Jamie Zaninovich
- Arizona – Tommy Lloyd (HC)
- Arizona State – Bobby Hurley (HC)
- California – Mark Fox (HC)
- Colorado – Tad Boyle (HC)
- Oregon – Dana Altman (HC)
- Oregon State – Wayne Tinkle (HC)
- Stanford – Jerod Haase (HC)
- UCLA – Mick Cronin (HC)
- USC – Andy Enfield (HC)
- Utah – Craig Smith (HC)
- Washington – Mike Hopkins (HC)
- Washington State – Kyle Smith (HC)
Place | Team | Points | First place votes |
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1. | Arizona | -- | |
2. | Arizona State | -- | |
3 | California | -- | |
4. | Colorado | -- | |
5. | Oregon | -- | |
6. | Oregon State | -- | |
7. | Stanford | -- | |
8. | UCLA | -- | |
9. | USC | -- | |
10. | Utah | -- | |
11. | Washington | -- | |
12. | Washington State | -- | |
Source:
Pac-12 Preseason All-Conference
Name | School | Pos. | Yr. | Ht. | Hometown (Last School) |
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- Honorable Mention
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 |
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Arizona | Maui Invitational | |
Arizona State | Legends Classic | |
California | ||
Colorado | Myrtle Beach Invitational | |
Oregon | Phil Knight Invitational | |
Oregon State | Phil Knight Legacy | |
Stanford | ESPN Events Invitational | |
UCLA | Roman Main Event | |
USC | Battle 4 Atlantis | |
Utah | Fort Myers Tip-Off | |
Washington | Wooden Legacy | |
Washington State | Diamond Head Classic | |
Records against other conferences
2022–23 records against non-conference foes as of (November, 2022):
Regular Season
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Postseason
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Record against ranked non-conference opponents
This is a list of games against ranked opponents only (rankings from the AP Poll):
Team rankings are reflective of AP Poll when the game was played, not current or final ranking
† denotes game was played on neutral site
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 | |
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vs. Arizona | – | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
vs. Arizona State | 0–0 | – | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
vs. California | 0–0 | 0–0 | – | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
vs. Colorado | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | – | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
vs. Oregon | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | – | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
vs. Oregon State | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | – | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
vs. Stanford | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | – | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
vs. UCLA | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | – | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
vs. USC | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | – | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
vs. Utah | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | – | 0–0 | 0–0 |
vs. Washington | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | – | 0–0 |
vs. Washington State | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | – |
Total | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
Points scored
Team | For | Against | Difference |
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Arizona | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Arizona State | 0 | 0 | 0 |
California | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Colorado | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Oregon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Oregon State | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Stanford | 0 | 0 | 0 |
UCLA | 0 | 0 | 0 |
USC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Utah | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Washington | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Washington State | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rankings
Improvement in ranking | ||
Drop in ranking | ||
RV | Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 | |
NV | No votes received | |
Team | Poll | Pre | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | Wk 13 | Wk 14 | Wk 15 | Wk 16 | Wk 17 | Wk 18 | Wk 19 | Final |
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Head coaches
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 |
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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 | 300–124 (.708) | 143–73 (.662) | 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 | 1 | 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 | 11–19 (.367) | 4–16 (.200) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Washington | Mike Hopkins | Syracuse (assistant) | 6th | 85–75 (.531) | 45–48 (.484) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Washington State | Kyle Smith | San Francisco | 4th | 50–44 (.532) | 24–33 (.421) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Notes:
- 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 will be played in March 2023 at the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, NV. The top four teams will have a bye on the first day. Teams will be 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 | ||||||||||||||||
* denotes overtime period
NCAA Tournament
Teams from the conference that will be selected to participate:
Seed | Region | School | First Four | 1st Round | 2nd Round | Sweet 16 | Elite Eight | Final Four | Championship |
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Bids | W-L (%): | 0–0 (–) | 0–0 (–) | 0–0 (–) | 0–0 (–) | 0–0 (–) | 0–0 (–) | TOTAL: 0–0 (–) |
National Invitation Tournament
Members from the conference that will be selected to participate:
Seed | Bracket | School | First Round | Second Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals |
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− | − | − | − | − | |||
Bid | W-L (%): | 0–0 (–) | 0–0 (–) | 0–0 (–) | 0–0 (–) | TOTAL: 0–0 (–) |
Index to colors and formatting |
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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. |
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Totals per School
School | Total |
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Arizona | 0 |
Arizona State | 0 |
California | 0 |
Colorado | 0 |
Oregon | 0 |
Oregon State | 0 |
Stanford | 0 |
UCLA | 0 |
USC | 0 |
Utah | 0 |
Washington | 0 |
Washington State | 0 |
All-District
The United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) named the following from the Pac-12 to their All-District Teams:
- District VIII
All-District Team
- District IX
Player of the Year
All-District Team
Conference awards
The Pac-12 presents two separate sets of major awards—one voted on by conference coaches and the other by media.
Individual awards
2023 Pac-12 Men's Basketball Individual Awards | |||||||
Award | Recipient(s) | ||||||
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Player of the Year | |||||||
Coach of the Year | |||||||
Defensive Player of the Year | |||||||
Freshman of the Year | |||||||
Most Improved Player of the Year | |||||||
Sixth Player of the Year | |||||||
Scholar-Athlete of the Year | |||||||
All-Pac-12
- First Team
Name | School | Pos. | Yr. | Ht. | Hometown (Last School) |
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- ‡ Pac-12 Player of the Year
- ††† three-time All-Pac-12 First Team honoree
- †† two-time All-Pac-12 First Team honoree
- † two-time All-Pac-12 honoree
- Second Team
Name | School | Pos. | Yr. | Ht. | Hometown (Last School) |
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- Honorable Mention
All-Freshman Team
Name | School | Pos. | Ht. |
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† Pac-12 Player of the Year ‡ Pac-12 Freshman of the Year
- Honorable Mention
All-Defensive Team
Name | School | Pos. | Yr. | Ht. |
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- † Pac-12 Player of the Year
- ‡Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year
- †† two-time Pac-12 All-Defensive Team honoree
- Honorable Mention
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 |
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2023 NBA Draft
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team | School/club team |
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− | − | − | ||||
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 |
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Arizona | McKale Center | 14,644 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Arizona State | Desert Financial Arena | 14,100 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
California | Haas Pavilion | 11,858 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
Colorado | Coors Events Center | 11,064 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
Oregon | Matthew Knight Arena | 12,364 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Oregon State | Gill Coliseum | 9,604 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Stanford | Maples Pavilion | 7,233 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
UCLA | Pauley Pavilion | 13,800 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
USC | Galen Center | 10,258 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Utah | Jon M. Huntsman Center | 15,000 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Washington | Alaska Airlines Arena | 10,000 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Washington State | Beasley Coliseum | 11,671 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Total | 11,800 | – | – | – | |||||||||||||||||||
Bold – At or exceed capacity
†Season high