2017–18 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season

Sports season
2017–18 Pac–12 men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams12
TV partner(s)ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, Fox Sports 1, FOX, Pac-12 Network, CBS
Regular season
Season championsArizona Wildcats
Season MVPDeandre Ayton, Arizona
Top scorerAaron Holiday, UCLA
Tournament
ChampionsArizona
  Runners-upUSC Trojans
Finals MVPDeandre Ayton, Arizona
Basketball seasons
2017–18 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 12 Arizona † 14 – 4   .778 27 – 8   .771
USC 12 – 6   .667 24 – 12   .667
UCLA 11 – 7   .611 21 – 12   .636
Utah 11 – 7   .611 23 – 12   .657
Stanford 11 – 7   .611 19 – 16   .543
Oregon 10 – 8   .556 23 – 13   .639
Washington 10 – 8   .556 21 – 13   .618
Colorado 8 – 10   .444 17 – 15   .531
Arizona State 8 – 10   .444 20 – 12   .625
Oregon State 7 – 11   .389 16 – 16   .500
Washington State 4 – 14   .222 12 – 19   .387
California 2 – 16   .111 8 – 24   .250
† Pac-12 Tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll


The 2017–18 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2017 followed by the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season on November 10, 2017. The conference schedule began on December 29, 2017. The season was the seventh season under the Pac–12 Conference name and the 59th since the conference was established under its current charter as the Athletic Association of Western Universities in 1959. Including the history of the Pacific Coast Conference, which operated from 1915 to 1959 and is considered by the Pac-12 as a part of its own history, this was the Pac-12's 103rd season of basketball.[1]

Arizona won the regular season conference championship by two games over second-place USC.

The Pac-12 tournament was held from March 7–10, 2018[2] at the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada. Arizona defeated USC in the tournament championship. As a result, the Wildcats received the conference' automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

Arizona, Arizona State, UCLA received bids to the NCAA tournament. The conference achieved an 0–3 record in the Tournament.

Pre-season

Recruiting classes

Rankings
Team ESPN[4] Rivals[5] Scout[6] 247Sports[7] Signees
Arizona No. 3 No. 3 No. 3 No. 3 5
Arizona State No. 34 No. 36 No. 29 No. 23 2
California - - - No. 54 4
Colorado No. 39 No. 25 No. 27 No. 24 4
Oregon No. 12 No. 13 No. 11 No. 13 4
Oregon State No. 35 - - No. 48 3
Stanford No. 24 No. 12 - No. 14 4
UCLA No. 4 No. 5 No. 5 No. 4 6
USC No. 18 No. 30 - No. 31 3
Utah - - - No. 51 4
Washington No. 32 No. 26 No. 18 No. 66 4
Washington State - - - No. 119 1

Preseason watchlists

Below is a table of notable preseason watch lists.

Wooden[8] Naismith[9] Robertson[10] Cousy[11] West[12] Erving[13] Malone[14] Abdul-Jabbar[15] Olson[16] Tisdale[17]
Rawle Alkins Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Deandre Ayton Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Bennie Boatwright Green tickY Green tickY
Troy Brown Jr. Green tickY
Shannon Evans II Green tickY
Aaron Holiday Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Michael Humphrey Green tickY
Jordan McLaughlin Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
De’Anthony Melton Green tickY
Chimezie Metu Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Kingsley Okoroh Green tickY
Dusan Ristic Green tickY
Reid Travis Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Allonzo Trier Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Thomas Welsh Green tickY
Kris Wilkes Green tickY

Preseason All-American teams

ESPN[18] CBS[19] AP[20] USA
Today [21] 		Blue
Ribbon[22] 		Athlon
Sports[23] 		NBC
Sports [24] 		Street & Smith's [25] Sporting News [26] Sports
Illustrated[27]
Deandre Ayton 3rd 3rd 2nd HM 3rd 2nd 3rd 3rd HM
Beanie Boatright 3rd
Jordan McLaughlin HM
Chimezie Metu 4th
Allonzo Trier 1st 2nd 1st 1st 2nd 2nd 1st 2nd 2nd 1st
Reid Travis 4th HM

Preseason polls

AP[28] Athlon
Sports[29] 		Bleacher
Report[30] 		Blue Ribbon
Yearbook[31] 		CBS Sports[32] Coaches[33] ESPN[34] KenPom[35] Lindy's
Sports[36] 		NBC Sports[37] SBNation[38] Street & Smith's[39] Sports
Illustrated[40] 		USBWA[41]
Arizona No. 3 No. 1 No. 3 No. 1 No. 2 No. 5 No. 1 No. 3 No. 2 No. 3 No. 2 No. 1 No. 1 No. 3
Arizona State No. 57 No. 93 No. 70
California No. 163 No. 100 No. 208
Colorado No. 77 No. 95 No. 101
Oregon RV No. 34 RV No. 45 No. 35 No. 32
Oregon State No. 82 No. 66 No. 99
Stanford No. 42 No. 54 No. 118
UCLA No. 21 No. 18 No. 22 No. 20 No. 18 No. 34 No. 29 No. 14 No. 14 No. 15 No. 20 No. 23
USC No. 10 No. 7 No. 8 No. 11 No. 8 No. 11 No. 11 No. 12 No. 12 No. 12 No. 8 No. 13 No. 9
Utah No. 71 No. 55 No. 67
Washington No. 141 No. 114 No. 117
Washington State No. 201 No. 230 No. 206

Pac-12 Media days

Source:[42]

Men's Basketball Media Preseason Poll
Place Team Points First place votes
1. Arizona 273 pts 22
2. USC 251 pts 1
3. UCLA 223 pts --
4. Oregon 203 pts --
5. Stanford 182 pts --
6. Arizona State 146 pts --
7. Utah 129 pts --
8. Oregon State 125 pts --
9. Colorado 112 pts --
10. Washington 71 pts --
11. California 46 pts --
12. Washington State 33 pts --
(first place votes)
  • October 11–12, 2017 – Pac-12 Men's Basketball Media Day, Pac-12 Networks Studios, San Francisco, Calif.

Early season tournaments

Team Tournament Finish
Arizona Battle 4 Atlantis 8th[43]
Arizona State Las Vegas Invitational 1st[44]
California Maui Invitational 8th[45]
Colorado Paradise Jam 1st[46]
Oregon Phil Knight Invitational – Victory 6th[47]
Oregon State AdvoCare Invitational 7th[48]
Stanford Phil Knight Invitational – Motion 8th[49]
UCLA CBE Hall of Fame Classic 3rd[50]
USC Diamond Head Classic 1st[51]
Utah MGM Resorts Main Event 2nd[52]
Washington 2K Sports Classic 4th[53]
Washington State Wooden Legacy 1st[54]

Midseason watchlists

Below is a table of notable midseason watch lists.

Wooden Midseason[55] Wooden Late Season[56] Olson[16] Robertson[17] Cousy[57] West[58] Erving[59] Malone[60] Abdul-Jabbar[61] Naismith[62]
Deandre Ayton Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Shannon Evans II Green tickY
Tra Holder Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Aaron Holiday Green tickY
Jordan McLaughlin Green tickY
Allonzo Trier Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Thomas Welsh Green tickY

Final Watchlists

Below is a table of notable year end watch lists.

John R. Wooden Award[55] Naismith[63] Malone Abdul-Jabbar[64]
Deandre Ayton Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Thomas Welsh Green tickY

Regular season

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

Records against other conferences

2017-18 records against non-conference foes as of (Dec. 28, 2017):[65]

Regular season

Power 5 Conferences Record
ACC 1–3
Big Ten 1–4
Big 12 3–4
SEC 7–2
Power 5 Total 12–13
Other NCAA Division 1 Conferences Record
American 1–5
American East 1–0
A-10 2–1
ASUN 1–0
Big East 3–5
Big Sky 11–4
Big South 1–0
Big West 12–4
CAA 1–0
C-USA 1–1
Horizon 2–0
Ivy League 0–1
MAAC 2–0
MAC 2–1
MEAC 4–0
MVC 1–0
Mountain West 10–4
OVC 3–0
Patriot League 1–0
SoCon 2–0
Southland 4–1
SWAC 6–0
The Summit 7–0
Sun Belt 0–0
WAC 6–0
WCC 8–4
Other Division I Total 92–31
Division II Total 0–1
NCAA Division I Total 104–45

Record against ranked non-conference opponents

This is a list of games against ranked opponents only (Rankings from the AP Poll):[66]

Date Visitor Home Site Significance Score Conference record
November 20 No. 6 Wichita State California Lahaina Civic Center • Lahaina, HI Maui Invitational L 82–92[1] 0–1
November 20 No. 9 North Carolina Stanford Maples Pavilion • Stanford, CA L 72–96[2] 0–2
November 23 No. 7 Florida Stanford Veterans Memorial Coliseum • Portland, OR PK80 L 87–108[3] 0–3
November 24 No. 15 Xavier Arizona State Orleans Arena • Las Vegas, NV Las Vegas Invitational W 102–86 [4] 1–3
November 24 No. 18 Purdue No. 2 Arizona Imperial Arena • Nassau, Bahamas Battle 4 Atlantis L 64–89[5] 1–4
November 24 No. 21 Saint Mary's Washington State Titan Gym • Fullerton, CA Wooden Legacy W 84–79 [6] 2–4
November 26 No. 18 Texas A&M No. 10 USC Galen Center • Los Angeles, CA L 59–75[7] 2–5
November 26 No. 7 Texas A&M Arizona Talking Stick Resort Arena • Phoenix, AZ Valley of the Sun Shootout W 67–64 [8] 3–5
December 6 Washington No. 2 Kansas Sprint Center • Kansas, KS W 74–65 [9] 4–5
December 9 Colorado No. 13 Xavier Cintas Center • Cincinnati, OH L 69–96[10] 4–6
December 10 No. 16 Arizona State No. 2 Kansas Allen Fieldhouse • Lawrence, KS W 95–85 [11] 5–6
December 10 No. 12 Gonzaga Washington Hec Edmundson Pavilion • Seattle, WA L 70–97 [12] 5–7
December 16 No. 25 Cincinnati UCLA Pauley Pavilion • Los Angeles, CA L 63–77[13] 5–8
December 21 No. 14 Kansas Stanford Maples Pavilion • Stanford, CA L 54–75[14] 5–9
December 23 No. 7 Kentucky UCLA Smoothie King Center • New Orleans, LA CBS Sports Classic W 83–75 6–9

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.[67]

  Arizona Arizona St California Colorado Oregon Oregon St Stanford UCLA USC Utah Washington Washington St
vs. Arizona – 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–0 0–1 0–2 1–0 0–1
vs. Arizona State 2–0 – 0–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–1
vs. California 2–0 2–0 – 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–0
vs. Colorado 1–1 1–1 0–1 – 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–1
vs. Oregon 1–1 0–2 0–1 0–1 – 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–2 1–1
vs. Oregon State 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 – 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–2
vs. Stanford 2–0 0–2 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 – 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–2 0–2
vs. UCLA 0–1 1–0 0–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 – 0–2 1–1 0–1 0–1
vs. USC 1–0 1–0 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–2 1–1 2–0 – 0–2 1–0 0–1
vs. Utah 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 – 0–2 0–2
vs. Washington 0–1 0–1 0–2 0–2 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 – 0–2
vs. Washington State 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 –
Total 14–4 8–10 2–16 8–10 10–8 7–11 11–7 11–7 12–6 11–7 10–8 4–14

Points scored

Team For Against Difference
Arizona 2514 2225 289
Arizona State 2504 2238 266
California 2108 2407 -299
Colorado 2143 2169 -26
Oregon 2440 2217 223
Oregon State 2222 2124 98
Stanford 2351 2322 29
UCLA 2466 2287 179
USC 2424 2209 215
Utah 2139 1994 145
Washington 2311 2254 57
Washington State 2208 2347 -139

Through March 5, 2018[68]

Rankings

The Pac-12 had 3 teams ranked and 1 other receiving votes in the preseason Coaches' Poll & AP Poll.[69][70] There was no coaches poll during week 2 and officially started voting during week 3.
    Improvement in ranking
  Drop in ranking
RV Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25
NV No votes received
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18		 Wk
19		 Final
Arizona AP 3 3 2 RV RV 23 18 17 14 17 14 11 9 13 17 14 19 15 12 –
C 5 4 RV RV 23 19 18 16 21 17 12 9 13 19 14 22 17 15 RV
Arizona State AP NV NV 20 16 5 4 3 3 4 11 16 21 25 RV 25 RV NV NV NV –
C NV NV 21 17 6 4 4 6 11 14 19 23 RV 22 25 RV RV NV NV
California AP NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV –
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Colorado AP NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV –
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Oregon AP RV RV RV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV –
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Oregon State AP NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV –
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Stanford AP NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV –
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UCLA AP 21 23 23 RV RV RV NV RV RV NV NV NV NV NV NV RV NV NV RV –
C 18 23 25 23 RV NV RV RV NV RV NV NV NV RV RV NV NV NV NV
USC AP 10 10 10 14 25 NV NV NV NV NV NV NV RV NV NV NV RV NV RV –
C 11 10 18 25 NV NV NV NV NV NV NV RV RV NV NV NV NV NV NV
Utah 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
Washington AP NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV RV NV NV NV NV NV –
C NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV RV NV NV NV NV NV NV
Washington State AP NV NV NV RV RV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV –
C NV NV RV RV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV

Head coaches

Coaching changes

On March 15, 2017, California head coach Cuonzo Martin resigned. On March 24, the school hired assistant coach Wyking Jones as the new head coach.[71] On March 16, 2017, Washington fired Lorenzo Romar after fifteen years as head coach. On March 19, 2017, the school hired Mike Hopkins[72] as head coach.

Coaches

Note: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season. Overall and Pac-12 records are from time at current school.[73]

Team Head coach Previous job Seasons at school Overall record Pac-12 record Pac-12 titles NCAA tournaments NCAA Final Fours NCAA Championships
Arizona Sean Miller Xavier 9th 244–73 (.770) 121–41 (.747) 5 10 0 0
Arizona State Bobby Hurley Buffalo 3rd 47–41 (.534) 17–30 (.362) 0 0 0 0
California Wyking Jones California (assistant) 1st 8–17 (.320) 2–10 (.167) 0 0 0 0
Colorado Tad Boyle Northern Colorado 8th 163–105 (.608) 70-66 (.515) 0 3 0 0
Oregon Dana Altman Creighton 8th 203–79 (.720) 91–47 (.659) 2 5 0 0
Oregon State Wayne Tinkle Montana 4th 53–65 (.449) 22–43 (.338) 0 4 0 0
Stanford Jerod Haase UAB 2nd 27–29 (.482) 13–17 (.433) 0 0 0 0
UCLA Steve Alford New Mexico 5th 113–52 (.685) 52–32 (.619) 0 3 0 0
USC Andy Enfield Florida Gulf Coast 5th 87–72 (.547) 32–52 (.381) 0 2 0 0
Utah Larry Krystkowiak New Jersey Nets (assistant) 7th 129–94 (.578) 59–60 (.496) 0 4 0 0
Washington Mike Hopkins Syracuse (assistant) 1st 17–7 (.708) 7–4 (.636) 0 0 0 0
Washington State Ernie Kent Oregon 4th 44–72 (.381) 15–50 (.231) 0 6 0 0

Notes:

  • Overall and Pac-12 records, conference titles, etc. are from time at current school and are through the end the 2017–18 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 is scheduled for Wednesday–Saturday March 7–10, 2018 at the T-Mobile Arena, Paradise, NV. The top four teams had a bye on the first day, March 7, 2018. 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 7 		Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 8 		Semifinals
Friday, March 9 		Championship
Saturday, March 10
            
1 Arizona 83
8 Colorado 67
8 Colorado 97
9 Arizona State 85
1 Arizona 78*
4 UCLA 67
4 UCLA 88
5 Stanford 77
5 Stanford 76
12 California 58
1 Arizona 75
2 USC 61
2 USC 61
10 Oregon State 48
7 Washington 66
10 Oregon State 69*
2 USC 74
6 Oregon 54
3 Utah 66
6 Oregon 68
6 Oregon 64*
11 Washington State 62

* denotes overtime period

NCAA tournament

Three teams from the conference were selected to participate: Arizona, UCLA and Arizona State.

Seed Region School First Four First round Second round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four Championship
No. 4 South Arizona
N/A
 eliminated by No. 13 Buffalo 68–89 – – – – –
No. 11 Midwest Arizona State eliminated by No. 11 Syracuse 60–56 – – – – – –
No. 11 East UCLA eliminated by No. 11 St. Bonaventure 65–58 – – – – – –
3 Bids W-L (%): 0–2 (.000) 0–1 (.000) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) TOTAL: 0–3 (.000)

National Invitation Tournament

Five teams from the conference were selected to participate: USC, Utah, Stanford, Oregon & Washington.

Seed Bracket School First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
1 USC USC defeated No. 8 UNC Asheville 103–98 eliminated by No. 4 Western Kentucky 75–79
2 Saint Mary's Utah defeated No. 7 UC Davis 69–59 defeated No. 3 LSU 95–71 defeated No. 1 Saint Mary's 67–58OT defeated No. 4 Western Kentucky 69–64 eliminated by No. 4 Penn State 66–82
3 USC Stanford defeated No. 6 BYU 86–83 eliminated by No. 2 Oklahoma State 65–71
3 Notre Dame Oregon defeated No. 6 Rider 99–86 eliminated by No. 2 Marquette 92–101
5 Saint Mary's Washington defeated No. 4 Boise State 77–74 eliminated by No. 1 Saint Mary's 81–85
5 Bids W-L (%): 5–0 (1.000) 1–4 (.200) 1–0 (1.000) 1–0 (1.000) TOTAL: 8–5 (.615)
Index to colors and formatting
Pac-12 member won
Pac-12 member lost

Awards and honors

Players of the Week

Throughout the conference regular season, the Pac-12 offices named one or two players of the week each Monday.[74]

Week Player of the Week School Ref.
Nov. 13 Allonzo Trier Arizona [75]
Nov. 20 Tra Holder Arizona State [76]
Nov. 27 Tra Holder (2) Arizona State [77]
Dec. 4 Deandre Ayton Arizona [78]
Dec. 11 Shannon Evans II Arizona State [79]
Dec. 18 Jordan McLaughlin USC [80]
Dec. 25 Aaron Holiday UCLA [81]
Jan. 1 Deandre Ayton (2) Arizona [82]
Jan. 8 McKinley Wright IV Colorado [83]
Jan. 15 Daejon Davis Stanford [84]
Jan. 22 Justin Bibbins Utah [85]
Jan. 29 Dušan Ristić Arizona [86]
Feb. 5 Noah Dickerson Washington [87]
Feb. 12 Tres Tinkle Oregon State [88]
Feb. 19 Aaron Holiday (2) UCLA [89]
Feb. 26 Reid Travis Stanford [90]
Mar. 5 Aaron Holiday (3) UCLA [91]

Totals per School

[74]

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

All-Americans

AP

First Team

Honorable Mention


USBWA

First Team


NABC

First Team


Sporting News
[92]

First Team

Third Team

All-District

USBWA[93]

District IX: Player of the Year

District IX: All-District Team


NABC[94]

District 20
First team

Second team

Conference awards

Voting was by conference coaches.

Individual awards

[95]

Pac-12 individual awards
Award Recipient(s)
Player of The Year Deandre Ayton, Fr., Arizona
Coach of the Year Mike Hopkins, Washington
Defensive Player of The Year Matisse Thybulle, Jr., Washington
Freshman of The Year Deandre Ayton, Fr., Arizona
Scholar-Athlete of the Year Dorian Pickens, Sr., Stanford
Most Improved Player of The Year Robert Franks, Jr., Washington State
Sixth Man of The Year Dominique Collier, So., Colorado & Remy Martin, Fr., Arizona State

All-Pac-12

First Team

[96]

Name School Pos. Yr. Ht., Wt. Hometown (Last School)
Deandre Ayton‡ Arizona F Fr. 7-1, 250 Nassau, Bahamas (Hillcrest Prep)
Justin Bibbins Utah G Sr. 5-8, 150 Carson, Calif. (Bishop Montegomery)
Noah Dickerson Washington F Jr. 5-8, 150 Atlanta, Ga. (Montverde Academy)
Tra Holder Arizona State G Sr. 5-8, 150 Los Angeles, Calif. (Brentwood School)
Aaron Holiday UCLA G Jr. 5-8, 150 Chatsworth, Calif. (Campbell Hall)
Jordan McLaughlin USC G Sr. 5-8, 150 Etiwanda, Calif. (Etiwanda High)
Chimezie Metu† USC F Jr. 5-8, 150 Lawndale, Calif. (Lawndale High)
Tres Tinkle Oregon State F R-So. 5-8, 150 Missoula, Mont. (Hellgate High School)
Reid Travis†† Stanford F R-Jr. 6-8, 150 Minneapolis, Minn. (De La Salle)
Allonzo Trier† Arizona G Jr. 6-5, 205 Seattle, Wash.(Findlay Prep (Nev.))
  • ‡ Pac-12 Player of the Year
  • †† two-time All-Pac-12 First Team honoree
  • † two-time All-Pac-12 honoree
Second Team

[97]

Name School Pos. Yr. Ht., Wt.
David Collette Utah F Sr. 6-10, 220
George King Colorado G R-Sr. 6-2, 200
Payton Pritchard Oregon G R-Sr. 6-10, 230
Dusan Ristic Arizona C Sr. 7-0, 245
Thomas Welsh UCLA C Sr. 7-0, 245
Honorable Mention
  • Rawle Alkins (ARIZ, G), Shannon Evans II (ASU, G), Robert Franks (WSU, F), Jaylen Nowell (WASH, G), Dorian Pickens (STAN, G), McKinley Wright IV (COLO, G)

All-Freshman Team

[98]

Name School Pos. Ht., Wt.
Deandre Ayton‡ Arizona F 7-1, 250
Daejon Davis Stanford G 6-3, 175
Jaylen Nowell Washington G 6-4, 190
Kris Wilkes UCLA G 6-8, 195
McKinley Wright IV Colorado G 6-0, 185

‡ Pac-12 Freshman of the Year

Honorable Mention
  • Troy Brown (ORE, F)

All-Defensive Team

[99]

Name School Pos. Yr. Ht., Wt.
Deandre Ayton Arizona F Fr. 7-1, 250
Aaron Holiday UCLA G Jr. 5-8, 150
Jordan McLaughlin USC G Sr. 5-8, 150
Matisse Thybulle‡ Washington F Jr. 6-5, 195
Kenny Wooten Oregon F Fr. 6-9, 220

‡Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year

Honorable Mention
  • Chimezie Metu (USC, F), McKinley Wright IV (COLO, G).

All-Academic team

First Team

[100]

Name School Pos. Ht., Wt. GPA Major
Nick Hamilton California G 6-4, 185 3.75 Media studies & legal studies
Dorian Pickens‡††† Stanford G 6-5, 210 3.42 Communication
Jeff Pollard Washington State F 6-9, 240 3.72 Undeclared
Gligorije Rakocevic Oregon State F 6-11, 250 3.70 Digital communication arts
Stephen Thompson Jr. Oregon State G 6-4, 190 3.73 Digital communication arts
  • ‡ indicates player was Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year
  • †† two-time Pac-12 All-Academic honoree
  • ††† three-time Pac-12 All-Academic honoree
Second Team

[100]

Name School Pos. Ht., Wt. GPA Major
Malachi Flynn Washington State G 6-1, 170 3.48 Undeclared
Jayce Johnson Utah C 7-0, 235 3.49 Psychology
Chimezie Metu USC F 6-11, 225 3.18 Law, history & culture
Tres Tinkle†† Oregon State G 6-8, 220 3.42 Speech communication
Parker Van Dyke†† Utah G 6-3, 181 3.26 Economics
  • †† two-time Pac-12 All-Academic honoree
Honorable Mention
  • Milan Acquaah (WSU, R-Fr.), Robert Cartwright (STAN, R-Jr.), David Collette (UTAH, Sr.), Drew Eubanks (OSU, Jr.), Shannon Evans II (ASU, Sr.), Kodi Justice (ASU, Sr.), Jordan McLaughlin (USC, Sr.), Alex Olesinski (UCLA, R-So.), Kodye Pugh (STAN, R-Fr.), Keith Smith (ORE, So.), Thomas Welsh (UCLA, Sr.)

2018 NBA draft

Round Pick Player Position Nationality Team School/club team
1 1 Deandre Ayton PF  Bahamas Phoenix Suns Arizona (Fr.)
1 15 Troy Brown Jr. SF  United States Washington Wizards Oregon (Fr.)
1 23 Aaron Holiday PG  United States Indiana Pacers UCLA (Jr.)
2 46 De'Anthony Melton SG  United States Houston Rockets USC (So.)
2 49 Chimezie Metu C  United States San Antonio Spurs USC (Jr.)
2 58 Thomas Welsh C  United States Denver Nuggets UCLA (Sr.)
2 59 George King SF  United States Phoenix Suns Colorado (Sr.)

Home game attendance

[68]

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 Game 19 Total Average % of Capacity
Arizona McKale Center 14,644 14,644† 13,496 14,301 13,626 14,644† 14,048 14,392 14,644† 14,644† 14,644† 14,644† 14,644† 14,644† 14,644† 14,644† 14,644† 230,947 14,434 98.56%
Arizona State Wells Fargo Arena 14,100 5,697 6,640 6,189 5,394 8,682 10,797 9,308 10,646 13,693 13,459 11,536 13,943 12,377 14,025 14,233† 11,737 11,895 180,251 10,603 75.19%
California Haas Pavilion 11,858 7,083 6,405 6,102 6,177 7,831 7,813 6,758 6,589 6,915 8,888† 7,721 8,107 7,531 8,581 8,482 6,552 7,851 125,386 7,376 62.20%
Colorado Coors Events Center 11,064 7,740 6,451 7,427 6,610 6,512 6,933 7,740 8,519 7,477 8,787† 7,645 6,385 8,323 7,008 8,176 111,733 7,449 67.32%
Oregon Matthew Knight Arena 12,364 7,232 6,428 8,100 6,916 7,688 7,153 6,249 6,905 6,908 9,661 7,458 9,202 12,364† 12,364† 9,938 9,419 9,940 12,364† 156,289 8,683 70.22%
Oregon State Gill Coliseum 9,604 4,588 3,874 5,438 3,985 3,571 4,344 3,900 8,110† 4,481 4,751 6,482 5,330 6,301 4,235 5,630 4,963 6,147 86,130 5,066 52.74%
Stanford Maples Pavilion 7,233 6,276 3,103 2,799 2,998 7,233† 3,145 3,303 4,031 4,293 4,497 4,087 4,014 6,079 3,601 4,894 3,625 5,233 73,211 4,307 59.54%
UCLA Pauley Pavilion 13,800 6,782 7,035 8,329 5,973 6,109 10,018 5,767 8,089 7,639 8,739 10,164 8,028 10,519 12,837 8,890 13,001† 137,919 8,620 62.46%
USC Galen Center 10,258 6,327 2,402 3,125 5,347 2,712 3,519 4,041 3,104 2,518 3,669 4,822 4,116 6,144 4,322 4,542 10,258† 70,968 4,436 43.24%
Utah Jon M. Huntsman Center 15,000 9,887 9,690 12,064 13,264 13,896 13,125 13,543 12,123 12,378 11,241 14,038 14,358† 13,141 13,598 13,751 190,097 12,673 84.48%
Washington Alaska Airlines Arena 10,000 5,883 5,609 6,428 5,328 4,858 4,903 9,749 4,856 4,452 5,915 5,804 8,256 10,000† 6,904 10,000† 8,170 9,258 6,480 9,912 133,016 7,001 70.01%
Washington State Beasley Coliseum 11,671 2,424 2,340 2,129 3,183 2,240 4,165 2,178 3,477 2,540 3,178 4,607† 2,803 2,249 2,924 2,592 3,148 46,177 2,886 24.72%
Total 11,800 1,542,124 7,749 66.66%

Bold – At or Exceed capacity
†Season High

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