2022–23_Pac-12_Conference_men's_basketball_season

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

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

Sports season


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.

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

Pre-season

Recruiting classes

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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.1st2nd1st2nd

Preseason polls

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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:

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Source:[27]

Pac-12 Preseason All-Conference

First Team

[28]

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Second Team
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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

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Records against other conferences

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

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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):

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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.

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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.

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Points scored

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Through the 2023 season[45]

Rankings

*AP does not release post-NCAA tournament rankings

    Improvement in ranking
  Drop in ranking
RV Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25
NV No votes received
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Head coaches

Coaching changes

Coaches

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

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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

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Most Outstanding Player

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NCAA tournament

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

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National Invitation Tournament

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

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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.

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Totals per School

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National honors

All-Americans

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AP Honorable Mention:

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*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

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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

Coach of the Year Mick Cronin, UCLA

Pac-12 season awards

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All-Pac-12

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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
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Honorable Mention

All-Freshman Team

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‡ Pac-12 Freshman of the Year

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

All-Defensive Team

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  • ‡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

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2022–23 Season statistic leaders

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Home game attendance

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Bold – At or exceed capacity
†Season high

See also


References

  1. "2022 Team Rankings".
  2. Parrish, Gary; Norlander, Matt; Cobb, David; Boone, Kyle (October 20, 2021). "2022-23 CBS Sports Preseason All-America teams: College basketball's best and most talented players". CBS Sports.
  3. Rothstein, Jon. "Preseason All-Americans for the 2022-23 season". College Hoops Today.
  4. Flaherty, Kevin; Trotter, Isaac (October 10, 2022). "College basketball: 247Sports releases preseason Top 25 rankings for 2022-23". 247 Sports.
  5. Dortch, Chris (September 1, 2022). "Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook Preseason Top 25". Blue Ribbon Reports.
  6. "2023 Naismith Men's Defensive Player of the Year Finalists". Naismith Awards. March 14, 2023. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
  7. "Sortable Team Stats". Retrieved November 7, 2022.
  8. "2022-23 Pac-12 Men's Basketball All-Conference honors and Annual Performance Awards, presented by Nextiva" (Press release). Pac-12 Conference. March 7, 2023. Retrieved March 7, 2023.

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