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

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]

2017–18 Pac–12 men's basketball season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Number of teams	12
TV partner(s)	ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, Fox Sports 1, FOX, Pac-12 Network, CBS
Regular season
Season champions	Arizona Wildcats
Season MVP	Deandre Ayton, Arizona
Top scorer	Aaron Holiday, UCLA
Tournament
Champions	Arizona
Runners-up	USC Trojans
Finals MVP	Deandre Ayton, Arizona
Basketball seasons
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2017–18 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	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

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

Pac-12 recruits at the 2017 McDonald's All-American Boys Game^[3]

 

Deandre Ayton, Arizona

 

Kris Wilkes, UCLA

 

Troy Brown Jr., Oregon

 

Jaylen Hands, UCLA

 

Charles O'Bannon Jr., USC

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	Y	Y				Y
Deandre Ayton	Y	Y	Y				Y			Y
Bennie Boatwright		Y					Y
Troy Brown Jr.						Y
Shannon Evans II									Y
Aaron Holiday	Y	Y							Y
Michael Humphrey								Y
Jordan McLaughlin	Y	Y		Y					Y
De’Anthony Melton					Y
Chimezie Metu	Y	Y	Y					Y	Y
Kingsley Okoroh								Y
Dusan Ristic								Y
Reid Travis	Y	Y	Y				Y		Y
Allonzo Trier	Y	Y	Y		Y				Y
Thomas Welsh								Y
Kris Wilkes						Y

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

Main article: 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season § Pre-season 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	Y	Y	Y	Y				Y		Y
Shannon Evans II			Y
Tra Holder	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y					Y
Aaron Holiday	Y
Jordan McLaughlin					Y
Allonzo Trier	Y	Y	Y			Y				Y
Thomas Welsh									Y

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	Y	Y	Y
Thomas Welsh				Y

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 See also: 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball 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   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 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 – C NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV Colorado 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 Oregon AP RV RV RV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV – C RV RV 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 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 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 Main article: 2018 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball 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 Main article: 2018 NCAA Division I men's basketball 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. Main article: 2018 National Invitation Tournament 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 67–58^OT 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 Main article: 2018 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans AP First Team Deandre Ayton (Arizona) Honorable Mention Aaron Holiday (UCLA) Allonzo Trier (Arizona) USBWA First Team Deandre Ayton (Arizona) NABC First Team Deandre Ayton (Arizona) Sporting News ^[92] First Team Deandre Ayton (Arizona) Third Team Aaron Holiday (UCLA) All-District USBWA^[93] District IX: Player of the Year Deandre Ayton (Arizona) District IX: All-District Team Deandre Ayton (Arizona) Tra Holder (Arizona State) Aaron Holiday (UCLA) Jordan McLaughlin (USC) Chimezie Metu, USC Reid Travis, (Stanford) Allonzo Trier, (Arizona) Thomas Welsh, (UCLA) NABC^[94] District 20 First team Deandre Ayton, Arizona Aaron Holiday, UCLA Jordan McLaughlin, USC Reid Travis, Stanford Tra Holder, Arizona State Second team Allonzo Trier, Arizona Noah Dickerson, Washington Thomas Welsh, UCLA Chimezie Metu, USC Justin Bibbins, Utah 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 Further information: List of All-Pac-12 Conference men's basketball teams 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. 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