2018–19 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season


The 2018–19 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2018 followed by the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season on November 6, 2018. The conference schedule will begin in December 2018. This is 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 is the Pac-12's 103rd season of basketball.
The Pac-12 Tournament was held from March 13–16, 2019, at the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada.

Pre-season

Recruiting classes


TeamESPNRivalsScout247SportsSignees
ArizonaNo. 31No. 35No. 19No. 223
Arizona StateNo. 19No. 24No. 7No. 114
California-No. 41No. 34No. 444
Colorado-No. 92No. 97No. 853
OregonNo. 4No. 4No. 3No. 35
Oregon State-No. 52No. 71No. 843
StanfordNo. 28No. 26No. 22No. 205
UCLANo. 3No. 5No. 10No. 66
USCNo. 15No. 21No. 14No. 183
Utah-No. 29No. 35No. 396
WashingtonNo. 23No. 33No. 43No. 405
Washington State--No. 136No. 1451

Preseason watchlists

Below is a table of notable preseason watch lists.
WoodenNaismithRobertsonCousyWestErvingMaloneAbdul-JabbarOlsonTisdale
Bennie Boatwright
Bol Bol
Moses Brown
Noah Dickerson
Robert Franks
Louis King
Jaylen Hands
Payton Pritchard
Tres Tinkle
Matisse Thybulle
Kris Wilkes

Preseason All-American teams

Preseason polls

APAthlon
Sports
Bleacher
Report
Blue Ribbon
Yearbook
CBS SportsCoachesESPNKenPomLindy's
Sports
NBC SportsSBNationSporting
News
Street &
Smith's
Sports
Illustrated
USBWA
ArizonaNo. 42No. 39No. 76No. 16No. 25No. 49
Arizona StateNo. 60No. 53No. 62
CaliforniaNo. 190No. 157No. 229
ColoradoNo. 24No. 75No. 81No. 60
OregonNo. 14No. 18No. 18No. 9No. 12No. 16No. 27No. 13No. 18No. 16No. 15No. 16
Oregon StateNo. 77No. 90No. 82
StanfordNo. 111No. 105No. 106
UCLANo. 21No. 14No. 17No. 14No. 24No. 20No. 47No. 22No. 16No. 14No. 14No. 21
USCNo. 35No. 38No. 61No. 35No. 48
UtahNo. 81No. 73No. 76
WashingtonNo. 25No. 21No. 22No. 24No. 46No. 29No. 33No. 28
Washington StateNo. 181No. 179No. 247

Pac-12 Media days

Source:

Midseason watchlists

Below is a table of notable midseason watch lists.

Final Watchlists

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

2018-19 records against non-conference foes as of :
Regular Season

Record against ranked non-conference opponents

This is a list of games against ranked opponents only :
DateVisitorHomeSiteSignificanceScoreConference Record
November 9No. 25 WashingtonNo. 11 AuburnAuburn ArenaAuburn, ALL 66-880–1
November 12StanfordNo. 7 North CarolinaDean Smith CenterChapel Hill, NCL 72-900–2
November 19No.15 SyracuseNo.13 OregonMadison Square GardenNew York, NY2K Sports ClassicW 80–65 1–2
November 19No.15 Mississippi StateArizona StateT-Mobile Arena • Paradise, NVMGM Resorts Main EventW 72–67 2–2
November 20No.3 GonzagaArizona†Lahaina Civic CenterMaui, HIMaui Invitational TournamentL 74–912–3
November 21No.8 AuburnArizona†Lahaina Civic Center • Maui, HIMaui Invitational TournamentL 57–73 2–4
November 21No.25 WisconsinStanford†Imperial Arena • Nassau, BahamasBattle 4 AtlantisL 46–62 2–5
November 22No.11 Michigan StateNo. 17 UCLA†Orleans Arena • Paradise, NVLas Vegas InvitationalL 67–87 2–5
November 23No.7 North CarolinaNo. 17 UCLA†Orleans Arena • Paradise, NVLas Vegas InvitationalL 78–94 2–6
December 1No.5 NevadaUSCGalen CenterLos Angeles, CAL 61–73 2–7
December 1StanfordNo.2 KansasAllen FieldhouseLawrence, KSL 84–90OT 2–8
December 5WashingtonNo.1 GonzagaMcCarthey Athletic CenterSpokane, WAL 79–81 2–9
December 7No.6 NevadaNo.20 Arizona State†Staples Center • Los Angeles, CAAir Force Reserve Basketball Hall of Fame ClassicL 66–72 2–10
December 15UtahNo.19 KentuckyRupp ArenaLexington, KYL 61–88 2–11
December 15No. 13 Virginia TechWashington†Boardwalk HallAtlantic City, NJAir Force Reserve Basketball Hall of Fame Boardwalk ClassicL 61–73 2–12
December 22No. 15 Ohio StateUCLA†United CenterChicago, ILCBS Sports ClassicL 66–80 2–13
December 22No. 1 KansasNo.18 Arizona StateWells Fargo ArenaTempe, AZW 80–76 3–13
December 29No.6 NevadaUtahJon M. Huntsman Center • Salt Lake City, UTL 71–86 3–14
March 22Arizona State†No. 15 BuffaloBOK CenterTulsa, OKNCAA First RoundL 74–91 3–15
March 22OregonNo. 21 WisconsinSAP CenterSan Jose, CANCAA First RoundW 72–54 4–15
March 22WashingtonNo. 25 Utah StateNationwide ArenaColumbus, OHNCAA First RoundW 78–61 5–15
March 24Washington†No. 3 North CarolinaNationwide Arena • Columbus, OHNCAA Second RoundL 59–81 https://gohuskies.com/boxscore.aspx?id=16862&path=mbball

Conference schedule

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

Points scored

TeamForAgainstDifference
Arizona2,2042,12777
Arizona State2,3322,187145
California2,0702,331-261
Colorado2,2492,053196
Oregon2,1701,975195
Oregon State2,2172,092125
Stanford2,1832,14835
UCLA2,4292,41217
USC2,3652,26798
Utah2,2892,24544
Washington2,1821,985197
Washington State2,3422,433-91

Through March 11, 2019

Rankings

Head coaches

Coaches

Note: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season. Overall and Pac-12 records are from time at current school.
TeamHead coachPrevious jobSeasons at schoolOverall recordPac-12 recordPac-12 titlesNCAA TournamentsNCAA Final FoursNCAA Championships
ArizonaSean MillerXavier10th247–73 121–40 51000
Arizona StateBobby HurleyBuffalo4th50–47 20–34 0000
CaliforniaWyking JonesCalifornia 2nd8–24 2–16 0000
ColoradoTad BoyleNorthern Colorado9th166–110 72-70 0300
OregonDana AltmanCreighton9th209–83 94–49 2500
Oregon StateWayne TinkleMontana5th57–70 25–47 0400
StanfordJerod HaaseUAB3rd33–33 17–19 0000
UCLA[Murry Bartow interimUCLA 1st0–0 0–0 0000
USCAndy EnfieldFlorida Gulf Coast6th94–76 36–54 0200
UtahLarry KrystkowiakNew Jersey Nets 8th137–97 63–61 0400
WashingtonMike HopkinsSyracuse 2nd21–13 10–8 0000
Washington StateErnie KentOregon5th47–77 18–54 0600

Notes:
  • Overall and Pac-12 records, conference titles, etc. are from time at current school and are through the end the 2018–19 season.
  • NCAA Tournament appearances are from time at current school only.
  • NCAA Final Fours and Championship include time at other schools
  • Steve Allford fired from UCLA on 12/31/18 with a 7-6 record

    Post season

Pac-12 Tournament

Oregon won the conference tournament held March 13–16, 2019, at the T-Mobile Arena, Paradise, NV. The top four teams had 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.

NCAA Tournament

Three teams from the conference were selected to participate: Oregon, Washington and Arizona State.
SeedRegionSchoolFirst FourFirst RoundSecond RoundSweet SixteenElite EightFinal FourChampionship
No. 9MidwestWashington
N/A
defeated No. 8 Utah State 78−61lost to No. 1 UNC 59−81
No. 11WestArizona Statedefeated No. 11 St. John's 74−65lost to No. 6 Buffalo 74−91
No. 12SouthOregon
N/A
defeated vs No. 5 Wisconsin 72−54defeated No. 13 UC Irvine 73−54lost to No. 1 Virginia 49−53
3 BidsW-L :TOTAL:

National Invitation Tournament

One team from the conference were selected to participate: Colorado.
SeedBracketSchoolFirst RoundSecond RoundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
4AlabamaColoradodefeated No. 5 Dayton 78–73defeated No. 8 Norfolk State 76–60lost to No. 2 Texas 55–68
1 BidW-L :TOTAL:

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.
WeekPlayer of the WeekSchoolRef.
Nov. 12KZ OkpalaStanford
Nov. 19Jaylen NowellWashington
Nov. 26Luguentz DortArizona State
Dec. 3Zylan CheathamArizona State
Dec. 10Jaylen Nowell Washington
Dec. 17Remy MartinArizona State
Dec. 24Rob EdwardsArizona State
Dec. 31Josh SharmaStanford
Jan. 7Nick RakocevicUSC
Jan. 14Stephen Thompson Jr.Oregon State
Jan. 21Nick RakocevicUSC
Jan. 28Jaylen Nowell Washington
Feb. 4Tres TinkleOregon State
Feb. 11Robert FranksWashington State
Feb. 18Josh Sharma Stanford
Feb. 25Matisse ThybulleWashington
Mar. 4Jaylen HandsUCLA
Mar. 11Tyler BeyColorado

Totals per School

SchoolTotal
Arizona State4
Washington4
Stanford3
Oregon State2
USC2
Colorado1
UCLA1
Washington State1

All-Americans

All-District

Conference awards

Voting was by conference coaches.

Individual awards

All-Pac-12

;First Team
NameSchoolPos.Yr.Ht., Wt.Hometown
Sedrick BarefieldUtahGSr.7-2, 1+0Corona, Calif.
Tyler BeyColoradoG/FSo.6-7, 206Las Vegas, Nev.
Bennie BoatwrightUSCFSr.6-10, 235Mission Hills, Calif.
Zylan CheathamArizona StateFR-Sr.6-8, 220Phoenix, Ariz.
Robert FranksWashington StateFSr.6-7, 240Vancouver, Wash.
Jaylen Nowell‡WashingtonGSo.6-4, 200Seattle, Wash.
KZ OkpalaStanfordFSo.6-8, 195Orange County, Calif.
Matisse ThybulleWashingtonGSr.6-5, 195Issaquah, Wash.
Tres Tinkle††Oregon StateFR-Jr.6-8, 220Missoula, Mont.
McKinley Wright IVColoradoGSo.6-0, 195North Robbinsdale, Minn.

;Second Team
NameSchoolPos.Yr.Ht., Wt.
Luguentz DortArizona StateGFr.6-4, 215
Jaylen HandsUCLAGSo.6-3, 180
Remy MartinArizona StateGSo.6-0, 170
Stephen Thompson Jr.Oregon StateGSr.6-4, 170
Kris WilkesUCLAGSo.6-8, 195

;Honorable Mention
  • Noah Dickerson, Louis King, Nick Rakocevic, Josh Sharma.

    All-Freshman Team

NameSchoolPos.Ht., Wt.
Timmy AllenUtahF6-6, 210
Moses BrownUCLAC7-1, 245
Luguentz Dort‡Arizona StateG6-4, 215
C. J. EllebyWashington StateF6-6, 200
Louis KingOregonF6-9, 205

Pac-12 Freshman of the Year
;Honorable Mention
  • Brandon Williams

    All-Defensive Team

NameSchoolPos.Yr.Ht., Wt.
Zylan CheathamArizona StateFR-Sr.6-8, 220
Luguentz DortArizona StateFFr.5-4, 215
Kylor KelleyOregon StateFJr.7-0, 215
Matisse Thybulle‡WashingtonFSr.6-5, 195
Kenny WootenOregonFSo.6-9, 220

‡Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year
;Honorable Mention
  • Moses Brown, McKinley Wright IV.

    All-Academic team

;First Team
NameSchoolPos.Ht., Wt.GPAMajor
Chase JeterArizonaF6-10, 2303.54General studies
Gligorije Rakocevic†††Oregon StateF6-11, 2503.66Digital communication arts
Jeff Pollard††Washington StateF6-9, 2403.73Business
Zach ReichleOregon StateG6-5, 1953.78Business information systems
Stephen Thompson Jr.‡†††Oregon StateG6-4, 1903.57Interdisciplinary studies
Isaac WhiteStanfordG6-1, 1853.71Undeclared

  • ‡ 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
NameSchoolPos.Ht., Wt.GPAMajor
Jayce JohnsonUtahC7-0, 2353.53Psychology
Kodye PughStanfordF6-8, 2053.33Film and media studies
D'Shawn SchwartzColoradoF6-7, 2233.28Business
Trevor StanbackStanfordG6-11, 2203.35Psychology
Ethan ThompsonOregon StateG6-5, 1903.55Digital media communications

;Honorable Mention

Home game attendance

TeamStadiumCapacityGame 1Game 2Game 3Game 4Game 5Game 6Game 7Game 8Game 9Game 10Game 11Game 12Game 13Game 14Game 15Game 16Game 17Game 18TotalAverage% of Capacity
ArizonaMcKale Center14,64413,74913,99513,65113,48613,72413,05812,92513,57613,51113,76414,03214,410†13,73214,14513,73713,85914,291233,64513,74493.85%
Arizona StateWells Fargo Arena14,1009,1458,5158,8186,95110,08514,59210,0309,12810,0039,70512,75114,731†9,51712,68610,32711,618168,60210,53874.73%
CaliforniaHaas Pavilion11,8583,3124,1164,0395,2683,9073,4434,1045,8277,868†5,7206,2187,8407,1827,3456,4417,40690,0365,62747.46%
ColoradoCoors Events Center11,0645,6955,7205,5507,8876,4627,2776,1847,7586,8398,654†6,2737,8998,4057,7979,379107,7797,18564.94%
OregonMatthew Knight Arena12,3648,2128,0097,7576,9268,0527,1918,5066,90911,20410,1058,1489,4648,9298,7689,0147,68211,339†146,2158,60169.56%
Oregon StateGill Coliseum9,6043,5903,9314,3695,8023,5344,5874,2104,9355,8535,1006,4624,2935,1229,301†5,4686,02382,5805,16453.74%
StanfordMaples Pavilion7,2333,3653,2403,6632,8213,4523,9093,9693,2793,6485,0525,4183,1395,741†3,82254,5183,89453.84%
UCLAPauley Pavilion13,8005,9317,9206,1276,0766,0628,24212,985†8,0377,4568,0269,0457,55511,1646,9837,2686,94410,58812,427148,8368,26959.92%
USCGalen Center10,2582,5023,8041,5332,3482,0313,1253,1273,3713,7685,226†4,1255,1112,9523,9743,4254,77255,1943,45033.63%
UtahJon M. Huntsman Center15,00010,97110,80410,77510,88711,23912,83510,48111,35810,37211,30111,88411,47812,58511,00712,914†170,89711,39377.03%
WashingtonAlaska Airlines Arena10,0005,7216,2196,0546,5336,6886,8885,0838,0287,8529,2259,12110,000†8,26810,000†9,86310,000†125,5347,84678.46%
Washington StateBeasley Coliseum11,6712,0901,7741,2031,9092,7481,6731,7762,7232,1302,3642,4972,5594,233†1,9113,1992,0652,54939,4032,31819.86%
Total11,8001,423,2427,37462.49%

Bold – At or Exceed capacity
†Season High
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