The 2023–24 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October followed by the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, which started November 6, 2023. Conference play will begin on December 27, 2023. This is the twelfth season under the Pac–12 Conference name and the 65th 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 109th season of Pac-12 men's basketball.

It was the final season of Pac-12 competition in the conference's then-current form, with UCLA, USC, Oregon & Washington moving to the Big Ten Conference; Colorado returning to its previous home of the Big 12 Conference, with Utah, Arizona & Arizona State following suit; California and Stanford moving to the Atlantic Coast Conference, and Oregon State and Washington State moving to the West Coast Conference (WCC) after the 2023–24 academic year. With Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, Gonzaga, San Diego State, Texas State, and Utah State joining the Pac-12 in 2026, coinciding with the end of Oregon State's and Washington State's WCC affiliation contract, Pac-12 play will resume in 2026–27.

The Pac-12 tournament took place on March 13−16, 2024 at the T-Mobile Arena on the Las Vegas Strip, just outside the city limits of Las Vegas.

Pre-season

Recruiting classes

+ Rankings Team ESPN RivalsOn3 Recruits247 SportsSigneesArizona — No. 45 No. 69 No. 724Arizona State ― No. 37 No. 64 No. 492California ― No. 51 No. 84 No. 582Colorado ― No. 13 No. 28 No. 254Oregon No. 6 No. 6 No. 3 No. 113Oregon State ― ― No. 114 No. 1193Stanford No. 18 No. 19 No. 33 No. 333UCLA No. 12 No. 16 No. 15 No. 137USC No. 13 No. 2 No. 4 No. 33Utah ― No. 57 No. 143 No. 863Washington ― No. 71 No. 42 No. 672Washington State ― ― No. 54 No. 554

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

PlayerWoodenNaismithCousyWestErvingMaloneAbdul-JabbarOumar BalloAdem BonaBranden CarlsonIsaiah CollierN'Faly DanteBoogie EllisKeshad JohnsonCaleb LoveAday MaraTristan da SilvaJaylon Tyson

Preseason All-American teams

PlayerCBSFox SportsOumar Ballo3rd Boogie Ellis 2nd3rd

Preseason polls

247 Sports AP Blue Ribbon CBS Sports Coaches ESPNFox Sports KenPomNCAA Sports SportsIllustratedArizonaNo. 18 No. 12 No. 15 No. 17 No. 11 No. 11No. 17 No. 6No. 16 No. 15Arizona State– – – – – –– No. 81– –California– – – – – –– No. 146– –ColoradoNo. 24 – No. 23 – – –– No. 28No. 34 –Oregon– – – – – –– No. 41– –Oregon State– – – – – –– No. 175– –Stanford– – – – – –– No. 42– –UCLA– – – – No. 25 –– No. 26No. 29 No. 22USCNo. 23 No. 21 No. 21 No. 12 No. 22 No. 21No. 24 No. 21No. 12 No. 13Utah– – – – – –– No. 52– –Washington– – – – – –– No. 78– –Washington State– – – – – –– No. 84– –

Pac-12 media days The Pac-12 conducted its 2023 Pac-12 media days in Las Vegas, Nevada on October 11, 2023, on the Pac-12 Network.

The teams and representatives in respective order are as follows: Arizona – Tommy Lloyd (HC), Oumar Ballo & Pelle Larsson Arizona State – Bobby Hurley (HC), Frankie Collins & Jamiya Neal California – Mark Madsen (HC), Keonte Kennedy & Grant Newell Colorado – Tad Boyle (HC), Tristan da Silva & KJ Simpson Oregon – Dana Altman (HC), Jermaine Couisnard & N'Faly Dante Oregon State – Wayne Tinkle (HC), Tyler Bilodeau & Jordan Pope Stanford – Jerod Haase (HC), Brandon Angel & Spencer Jones UCLA – Mick Cronin (HC), Adem Bona & Lazar Stefanovic USC – Andy Enfield (HC), Boogie Ellis & Kobe Johnson Utah – Craig Smith (HC), Branden Carlson & Rollie Worster Washington – Mike Hopkins (HC), Keion Brooks Jr. & Sahvir Wheeler Washington State – Kyle Smith (HC), Andrej Jakimovski & Joseph Yesufu

+Men's Basketball Preseason Poll Place Team Points First place votes 1. Arizona 303 18 2. USC 264 4 3. UCLA 249 4 4. Oregon 228 — 5. Colorado 210 — 6. Arizona State 148 — 7. Utah 139 — 8. Stanford 131 — 9. Washington 108 — 10. Washington State 94 — 11. California 67 — 12. Oregon State 42 — Source:

First-place votes shown in parentheses.

Pac-12 Preseason All-Conference

First Team

NameSchool Pos. Yr. Ht., Wt. Hometown (Last School) Oumar BalloArizona C Sr. 7′ 0″, 260 Koulikoro, Mali (Gonzaga) Adem Bona UCLA C/F So. 6′ 10″, 245 Ebonyi, Nigeria (Prolific Prep) Keion Brooks Jr. Washington F Gr. 6′ 7″, 210 Fort Wayne, IN (La Lumiere School) Branden Carlson Utah C Gr. 7′ 0″, 225 South Jordan, UT(Bingham HS) Isaiah Collier USC G Fr. 6′ 5″, 210 Atlanta, GA (Wheeler HS) N'Faly Dante Oregon C Sr. 6′ 11″, 245 Bamako, Mali (Christian Academy) Tristan da Silva Colorado F Sr. 6′ 9″, 230 Munich, Germany (Ludwigsgymnasium Munich) Boogie Ellis USC G Gr. 6′ 3″, 190 San Diego, CA (Mission Bay HS) Spencer Jones Stanford F Gr. 6′ 7″, 225 Roeland Park, KS (Bishop Miege) KJ Simpson Colorado G Jr. 6′ 2″, 190 West Hills, CA (Chaminade Prep)

Second Team NameSchool Pos. Yr. Ht., Wt. Hometown (Last School) Fardaws Aimaq California F Gr. 6′ 11″, 245 Vancouver, BC (Texas Tech) Kylan Boswell Arizona G So. 6′ 2″, 195 Champaign, Ill (Compass Prep) Kobe Johnson USC G Jr. 6′ 6″, 230 Milwaukee, WI (Nicolet HS) Caleb Love Arizona G Sr. 6′ 4″, 200 St. Louis, MO (North Carolina) Jordan Pope Oregon State G So. 6′ 2″, 165 Oakley, CA (Prolific Prep) Honorable Mention: Arizona: Pelle Larsson Sr. Colorado: Cody Williams, Fr. Oregon: Kwame Evans Jr., Fr. UCLA: Aday Mara, Fr.

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

PlayerWoodenNaismithNaismith DPOYRobertsonWestErvingMaloneAbdul-JabbarOlsonAdem BonaKeion Brooks Jr.Boogie EllisKeshad JohnsonCaleb LoveKJ SimpsonJaylon Tyson

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

PlayerWoodenNaismithNaismith DPOYRobertsonWestErvingMaloneAbdul-JabbarOlsonCaleb LoveKeion Brooks Jr.

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.

Multi-team tournaments

Team Tournament FinishArizona −−Arizona StateWooden Legacy3rdCaliforniaSoCal Challenge4thColoradoSunshine Slam2ndOregonEmerald Coast Classic4thOregon StateNIT Season Tip-Off4thStanfordBattle 4 Atlantis8thUCLAMaui Invitational6thUSCRady Children's Invitational2ndUtahCharleston Classic4thWashingtonRoman Main Event2ndWashington StateHall of Fame Tip-Off3rd

Pac-12/SWAC Legacy Series On September 20, 2021, the Pac-12 and Southwestern Athletic Conference debuted the Pac-12/SWAC Legacy Series, an educational and basketball scheduling partnership between the two collegiate athletics conferences, to tip off the 2023–24 season. The Legacy Series incorporated 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.

Date Visitor Home Site Significance Score Conference record Nov. 10 Grambling State Colorado Coors Event Center ● Boulder, CO Pac−12/SWAC Legacy Series Colorado 95−63 1−0Nov. 10 Prairie View A&M Washington State Beasley Coliseum ● Pullman, WA Washington State 83−65 2−0Nov. 11 Texas Southern Arizona State Desert Financial Arena ● Tempe, AZ Arizona State 63−52 3−0Nov. 13 Southern No. 3 Arizona McKale Center ● Tucson, AZ Arizona 97−59 4−0Nov. 20 Oregon Florida A&M Al Lawson Center ● Tallahassee, FL Oregon 67−54 5−0Dec. 19 USC Alabama State Dunn-Oliver Acadome ● Montgomery, AL USC 79−59 6−0

Team rankings are reflective of AP poll when the game was played, not current or final ranking

Records vs other conferences The Pac-12 has a record of 87–46 in non-conference play for the 2023–24 season. Records shown for regular season only.

Regular season

+Power 6 ConferencesConferenceRecordACC3–4Big East2–4Big Ten3–5Big 122–5SEC3–6Combined13–24 Other ConferencesConferenceRecordAmerica East1–0American2–2ASUN2–0Atlantic 102–0Big Sky14–1Big South0–0Big West11–3Colonial1–0Conference USA2–1Horizon2–0Independents/Non-Division I2–0Ivy League1–0Metro Atlantic1–0Mid-American1–0Mid-Eastern Athletic1–0Missouri Valley1–1Mountain West1–7Northeast2–0Ohio Valley1–0Patriot2–0Southern0–0Southland0–0Southwestern Athletic7–0Summit1–0Sun Belt2–0West Coast6–7Western Athletic8–0Combined74–22

Postseason

+Power 6 ConferencesConferenceRecordACC0–1Big East0–2Big Ten1–0Big 120–1SEC2–0Combined2–4 Other ConferencesConferenceRecordAtlantic 102–0Big West2–0Missouri Valley1–1Mountain West1–0Combined9–5

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

Date Visitor Home Site Significance Score Conference record Nov. 10 No. 12 Arizona No. 2 Duke Cameron Indoor Stadium ● Durham, NC − Arizona 78−73 1−0 Nov. 17 No. 6 Houston Utah† TD Arena ● Charleston, SC Charleston Classic Houston 76−66 1−1 Nov. 20 No. 4 Marquette UCLA† Stan Sheriff Center ● Honolulu, HI Maui Invitational Marquette 71−69 1−2 Nov. 22 No. 13 Baylor Oregon State† Barclays Center ● Brooklyn, NY NIT Season Tip-Off Baylor 88−72 1−3 Nov. 22 No. 20 Arkansas Stanford† Imperial Arena ● Nassau, Bahamas Battle 4 Atlantis Arkansas 77−742OT 1−4 Nov. 22 No. 11 Gonzaga UCLA† Stan Sheriff Center ● Honolulu, HI Maui Invitational Gonzaga 69−65 1−5Nov. 23 No. 21 Michigan State No. 3 Arizona† Acrisure Arena ● Palm Springs, CA Acrisure Classic Arizona 74−68 2−5 Nov. 25 No. 21 Alabama Oregon† Raider Arena ● Destin, FL Emerald Coast Classic Alabama 99−91 2−6 Nov. 29 Colorado No. 20 Colorado State Moby Arena ● Fort Collins, CO Rocky Mountain Showdown Colorado State 88−83 2−7Dec. 2 No. 20 Colorado State Washington† MGM Grand Garden Arena ● Paradise, NV Legends of Basketball Las Vegas Invitational Colorado State 86−81 2−8Dec. 2 No. 11 Gonzaga USC† MGM Grand Garden Arena ● Paradise, NV Legends of Basketball Las Vegas Invitational Gonzaga 89−76 2−9 Dec. 9 No. 23 Wisconsin No. 1 Arizona McKale Center ● Tucson, AZ − Arizona 98−73 3−9 Dec. 9 No. 14 BYU Utah Jon M. Huntsman Center ● Salt Lake City, UT Holy War Utah 73−69 4−9 Dec. 9 No. 7 Gonzaga Washington Alaska Airlines Arena ● Seattle, WA Rivalry Washington 78−73 5−9 Dec. 10 No. 15 Miami Colorado† Barclays Center ● Brooklyn, NY NABC Brooklyn Showcase Colorado 90−63 6−9 Dec. 16 No. 3 Purdue No. 1 Arizona† Gainbridge Fieldhouse ● Indianapolis, IN Indy Classic Purdue 92−84 6−10 Dec. 23 No. 14 Florida Atlantic No. 4 Arizona† T-Mobile Arena ● Paradise, NV Desert Holiday Classic Florida Atlantic 95−952 OT 6−11 Mar. 21 No. 16 South Carolina Oregon† PPG Paints Arena ● Pittsburgh, PA 2024 NCAA Tournament Oregon 87−73 7−11 Mar. 23 No. 4 Iowa State Washington State† CHI Health Center Omaha ● Omaha, NE 2024 NCAA Tournament Iowa State 67−56 7−12 Mar. 23 No. 11 Creighton Oregon† PPG Paints Arena ● Pittsburgh, PA 2024 NCAA Tournament Creighton 86−73 7−13 Mar. 24 No. 11 Marquette Colorado† Gainbridge Fieldhouse ● Indianapolis, IN 2024 NCAA Tournament Marquette 81−77 7−14 † denotes neutral site game

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