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

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

Pre-season

Recruiting classes

+ Rankings Team ESPN RivalsOn3 Recruits247 SportsSigneesArizona — No. 37 No. 19 No. 73 4Arizona State ― No. 49 No. 44 No. 54 2California ― No. 73 No. 92 No. 70 2Colorado ― No. 67 No. 65 No. 86 2Oregon ― No. 42 No. 4 No. 48 3Oregon State ― No. 58 No. 96 No. 66 6Stanford ― No. 51 No. 47 No. 50 3UCLA ― No. 9 No. 10 No. 12 4USC ― No. 15 No. 18 No. 7 4Utah ― No. 58 No. 72 No. 89 3Washington ― ― No. 60 No. 43 3Washington State ― No. 91 No. 38 No. 79 4

Preseason watchlists Below is a table of notable preseason watch lists.

PlayerWooden Naismith Cousy West Erving MaloneAbdul-Jabbar Olson Amari Bailey Oumar Ballo Adem Bona Tyger Campbell Harrison Ingram Jaime Jaquez Jr. Kerr Kriisa Pelle Larsson Drew Peterson Will Richardson Ąžuolas Tubelis Kel'el Ware

Preseason All-American teams

PlayerThe AthleticBlue Ribbon SportsCBSCollege Hoops Today Jaime Jaquez Jr. 1st 2nd 1st 2nd

Preseason polls

247 Sports AP Blue Ribbon CBS Sports Coaches ESPN KenPom Lindy'sSportsNCAA Sports SportsIllustratedArizona – No. 17 No. 19 No. 17 No. 13 No. 17 No. 10 No. 18No. 31 No. 17Arizona State – – – – – – No. 75 – – –California – – – – – – No. 146 – – – Colorado – – – – – – No. 61 – – –Oregon No. 24 No. 21 – No. 22 No. 21 No. 19 No. 29 No. 22 – No. 24Oregon State – – – – – – No. 228 – – – Stanford – – – – – – No. 58 – – –UCLA No. 9 No. 8 No. 8 No. 10 No. 7 No. 10 No. 11 No. 12 No. 4 No. 7USC – RV – – RV – No. 36 No. 38 No. 23 –Utah – – – – – – No. 72 – – –Washington – – – – – – No. 113 – – – Washington State – – – – – – No. 71 – – –

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.

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), Kerr Kriisa & Ąžuolas Tubelis Arizona State – Bobby Hurley (HC), Marcus Bagley & DJ Horne California – Mark Fox (HC), Joel Brown & Lars Thiemann Colorado – Tad Boyle (HC), Nique Clifford & Tristan da Silva Oregon – Dana Altman (HC), N'Faly Dante & Quincy Guerrier Oregon State – Wayne Tinkle (HC), Dexter Akanno & Glenn Taylor Jr. Stanford – Jerod Haase (HC), Harrison Ingram & Spencer Jones UCLA – Mick Cronin (HC), Tyger Campbell & Jaime Jaquez Jr. USC – Andy Enfield (HC), Boogie Ellis & Drew Peterson Utah – Craig Smith (HC), Marco Anthony & Branden Carlson Washington – Mike Hopkins (HC), Jamal Bey & Keion Brooks Jr. Washington State – Kyle Smith (HC), TJ Bamba & Mouhamed Gueye

+Men's Basketball Preseason Poll Place Team Points First place votes 1. UCLA 386 26 2. Arizona 352 3 3. Oregon 336 3 4. USC 300 -- 5. Stanford 239 1 6. Colorado 207 -- 7. Arizona State 193 -- 8. Washington State 185 -- 9. Washington 158 -- 10. Utah 102 -- 11. California 69 -- 12. Oregon State 47 -- Source:

Pac-12 Preseason All-Conference

First Team

NameSchool Pos. Yr. Ht. Hometown (Last School) Tyger Campbell UCLA PG R-Sr. 5−11, 180 La Porte, IN (La Lumiere School) Branden Carlson Utah C Sr. 7−0, 228 South Jordan, UT (Bingham High School) Boogie Ellis USC PG Jr. 6−3, 185 San Diego, CA (Mission Bay) Mouhamed Gueye Washington State PF So. 6−11, 210 Dakar, Senegal (Prolific Prep) Harrison Ingram Stanford SF So. 6−7, 230 Dallas, Tex. (St. Mark's) Jaime Jaquez Jr. UCLA SF Jr. 6−7, 225 Camarillo, Calif. (Camarillo High School) Spencer Jones Stanford SF Jr. 6−7, 225 Roeland Park, Kan. (Bishop Miege) Drew Peterson USC SG Sr. 6−9, 205 Libertyville, Ill. (Brother Rice High School) Will Richardson Oregon PG Sr. 6−5, 180 Hinesville, Ga. (Oak Hill Academy) Ąžuolas Tubelis Arizona PF So. 6−11, 245 Vilnius, Lithuania (Rytas Vilnius)

Second Team Name School Pos. Yr. Ht., Wt. Hometown (Last School) Marcus BagleyArizona State SF So. 6−8, 225 Phoenix, Ariz. (Sheldon High School) Tristan da Silva Colorado PF Jr. 6−9, 217 Munich, Germany DJ Horne Arizona State PG Jr. 6−1, 175 Raleigh, N.C. (Cary High School) Kerr Kriisa Arizona PG Jr. 6−3, 180 Tartu, Estonia Pelle Larsson Arizona SF Jr. 6−5, 220 Nacka, Sweden Honorable Mention Amari Bailey, (UCLA, SG) Oumar Ballo, (Arizona, C) Jaylen Clark, (UCLA, SF) Quincy Guerrier, (Oregon, PF) KJ Simpson, (Colorado, PG) Kel'el Ware, (Oregon, C)

Midseason watchlists Below is a table of notable midseason watch lists.

PlayerWoodenNaismithNaismith DPOY RobertsonCousy Erving MaloneAbdul-Jabbar Oumar BalloTyger CampbellJaylen ClarkJaime Jaquez Jr.Ąžuolas Tubelis

Final watchlists Below is a table of notable year end watch lists.

PlayerWoodenNaismithNaismith DPOY RobertsonErvingMaloneOlsonJaylen ClarkJaime Jaquez Jr.Ąžuolas Tubelis

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 FinishArizona Maui Invitational1stArizona State Legends Classic1stCalifornia Emerald Coast Classic4thColorado Myrtle Beach Invitational6thOregon Phil Knight Invitational7thOregon State Phil Knight Legacy8thStanford ESPN Events Invitational6thUCLA Continental Tire Main Event4thUSC Battle 4 Atlantis4thUtah Fort Myers Tip-Off2ndWashington Wooden Legacy1stWashington State Diamond Head Classic 4th

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

Regular season Power ConferencesRecord ACC 2–2Big East 3–2Big Ten 3–4Big 12 0–7SEC 5–5Power Conferences Total 13–20Other NCAA Division I ConferencesRecordAmerican 3–2America East 1–0 A-10 3–1ASUN 4–1Big Sky 9–3Big West 9–4C-USA 1–0Horizon 4–0Independent 1–0Ivy League 1–0MAAC 1–0MEAC 2–0Mountain West 5–5NEC 1–0Southland 2–0SWAC 6–4The Summit 3–0Sun Belt 1–1WAC 8–3WCC 6–4Other Division I Total 71–29Division II NAIA Total 1–0 NCAA Division I Total 85–48

Postseason Power ConferencesRecord Big East 1–0Big Ten 1–2Big 12 0–1Power Conferences Total 2–3Other NCAA Division 1 ConferencesRecordAmerican 1–0Big Sky 0–1Big South 1–0Big West 1–0Ivy League 0–1Mountain West 1–0WAC 0–1WCC 0–1Other Division I Total 4–4NCAA Division I Total 6–7

Record against ranked non-conference opponents This is a list of games against ranked opponents only (rankings from the AP Poll):

Date Visitor Home Site Significance Score Conference record Nov. 13 No. 11 Tennessee Colorado† Bridgestone Arena ● Nashville, TN − Colorado 78−66 1−0 Nov. 15 No. 17 San Diego State Stanford Maples Pavilion ● Stanford, CA − San Diego State 74−62 1−1 Nov. 17 No. 20 Michigan Arizona State† Barclays Center ● Brooklyn, NY Legends Classic Arizona State 87−62 2−1 Nov. 18 No. 24 Texas A&M Colorado† HTC Center ● Conway, SC Myrtle Beach Invitational Colorado 103−75 3−1 Nov. 18 No. 19 Illinois No. 8 UCLA† T-Mobile Arena ● Paradise, NV Continental Tire Main Event Illinois 79−70 3−2 Nov. 20 No. 5 Baylor No. 8 UCLA† T-Mobile Arena ● Paradise, NV Continental Tire Main Event Baylor 80−75 3−3 Nov. 20 No. 3 Houston Oregon Matthew Knight Arena ● Eugene, OR − Houston 66−56 3−4 Nov. 22 No. 17 San Diego State No. 14 Arizona† Lahaina Civic Center ● Maui, HI Maui Invitational tournament Arizona 87−70 4−4 Nov. 23 No. 10 Creighton No. 14 Arizona† Lahaina Civic Center ● Maui, HI Maui Invitational Tournament Arizona 81−79 5−4 Nov. 24 No. 22 Tennessee USC† Imperial Arena ● Nassau, BAH Battle 4 Atlantis Tennessee 73−66 5−5 Nov. 24 No. 8 Duke Oregon State† Veterans Memorial Coliseum ● Portland, OR Phil Knight Legacy Duke 54−51 5−6 Nov. 24 No. 20 UConn Oregon† Moda Center ● Portland, OR Phil Knight Invitational UConn 83−59 5−7 Nov. 25 No. 12 Michigan State Oregon† Moda Center ● Portland, OR Phil Knight Invitational Michigan State 74−70 5−8 Dec. 9 Washington No. 18 Gonzaga McCarthey Athletic Center ● Spokane, WA Gonzaga–Washington men's basketball rivalry Gonzaga 77−60 5−9 Dec. 10 No. 14 Indiana No. 10 Arizona† MGM Grand Garden Arena ● Paradise, NV Las Vegas Clash Arizona 85−75 6−9 Dec. 14 No. 20 Maryland No. 16 UCLA Xfinity Center ● College Park, MD − UCLA 87−60 7−9 Dec. 17 No. 20 Kentucky No. 16 UCLA Madison Square Garden ● New York, NY CBS Sports Classic UCLA 63−53 8−9 Dec. 17 No. 6 Tennessee No. 9 Arizona McKale Center ● Tucson, AZ − Arizona 75−70 9−9 Dec. 18 No. 7 Texas Stanford† American Airlines Center ● Dallas, TX Pac-12 Coast-to-Coast Challenge Texas 72−62 9−10 Dec. 18 No. 19 Auburn USC Galen Center ● Los Angeles, CA − USC 74−71 10−10 Dec. 18 No. 11 Baylor Washington State† American Airlines Center ● Dallas, TX Pac-12 Coast-to-Coast Challenge Baylor 65−59 10−11 Dec. 21 No. 23 Auburn Washington Hec Edmundson Pavilion ● Seattle, WA − Auburn 84−61 10−12 Dec. 21 No. 20 TCU Utah† Vivint Arena ● Salt Lake City, UT − TCU 75−71 10−13

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. The two conferences split the series 3−3.

Date Visitor Home Site Significance Score Conference record Nov. 7 Florida A&M No. 21 Oregon Matthew Knight Arena ● Eugene, OR Pac-12/SWAC Legacy Series Oregon 80−55 1−0 Nov. 10 Alabama State USC Galen Center ● Los Angeles, CA Pac-12/SWAC Legacy Series USC 96−58 2−0 Nov. 11 Grambling State Colorado CU Events Center ● Boulder, CO Pac-12/SWAC Legacy Series Grambling State 83−74 2−1 Nov. 11 Southern No. 17 Arizona McKale Center ● Tucson, AZ Pac-12/SWAC Legacy Series Arizona 95−78 3−1 Nov. 13 Arizona State Texas Southern H&PE Arena ● Houston, TX Pac-12/SWAC Legacy Series Texas Southern 67−66OT 3−2 Nov. 15 Washington State Prairie View A&M William J. Nicks Building ● Prairie View, TX Pac-12/SWAC Legacy Series Prairie View A&M 70−59 3−3

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.

  ArizonaASUCaliforniaColoradoOregonOSUStanfordUCLAUSCUtahWashingtonWSUvs. Arizona – 1–1 0–2 0–1 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–1vs. Arizona State 1–1 – 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–2 2–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 1–1vs. California 2–0 1–0 – 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0vs. Colorado 1–0 1–1 1–1 – 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–1vs. Oregon 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 – 0–2 1–1 2–0 0–1 0–2 1–0 1–1 vs. Oregon State 2–0 2–0 0–2 1–1 2–0 – 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 vs. Stanford 0–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–2 – 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–0vs. UCLA 1–1 0–2 0–1 0–2 0–2 0–1 0–2 – 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–2vs. USC 2–0 0–2 0–2 0–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 – 0–2 0–2 1–1vs. Utah 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–1 2–0 2–0 – 0–1 0–2vs. Washington 2–0 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 – 2–0 vs. Washington State 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–2 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–2 – Total 14–6 11–9 2–18 8–12 12–8 5–15 7–13 18–2 14–6 10–10 8–12 11–9

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