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#PAC12MBB STARTING FIVE

24-3 – Pac-12 Men’s Basketball enjoyed arguably the best opening week of any conference in college basketball, posting a national-best 24-3 mark (.889) over the first seven days of the season.

• Counting only NCAA Division I opponents, the Pac-12’s 23-3 mark (.885) is also the best in the nation.
• The 24-3 overall record is the Pac-12’s best start to a season since opening 25-3 in the 2019-20 campaign. The league went on to win 74 percent (114-40) of its non-conference games that year before the postseason was wiped out by the pandemic.

2 – The sport’s marquee victory of opening week came from ARIZONA, which scored a 78-73 road upset of then No. 2 Duke. The Wildcats were subsequently named National Team of the Week by NCAA.com and ESPN.

• It marked the best non-conference road win ever for Arizona, while it was the Pac-12’s best non-league road win since Arizona State won at No. 2 Kansas in 2017.
• It was only the third non-conference road victory against an AP Top-2 opponent since the league’s expansion to the Pac-10 in 1978-79 (Arizona over #2 Duke; Arizona State over #2 Kansas; UCLA over #1 Kentucky, 2016).

3 – Included in the Pac-12’s 24-3 start are three victories over Power Conference opponents, all of them away from home.

• ARIZONA won at the No. 2 Duke (78-73), while USC rolled 2022 Elite Eight participant Kansas State (82-69) and OREGON defeated Georgia (82-71) in Las Vegas on opening day.
• Only the SEC has more Power Conference wins so far this season (5-3).

3 x 25 – With COLORADO entering at No. 25 this week, the Pac-12 has three AP Top 25 teams (#3 Arizona, #16 USC) for the first time since the Dec. 19, 2022 poll.

• The Buffaloes appear in the AP poll for the first time since finishing 22nd in the final ranking of the 2020-21 season.
• Arizona vaulted nine spots to No. 3 for its highest ranking since closing at No. 2 in the final poll of the 2021-22 season.

26 – The schedule difficulty increases with the start of Feast Week multi-team events (MTEs) part of the Conference’s 26 games over the next week.

• The slate will include at least five (and as many as 10) Power Conference opponents, headlined by UCLA’s participation in a Maui Invitational field featuring five teams ranked in the top 11 of the AP poll. The Bruins will open against No. 4 Marquette.

KEY NON-CONFERENCE VICTORIES

AP TOP 25 OPPONENTS (1-0)
#12 ARIZONA 78, at Duke 73

POWER 6 OPPONENTS (3-1)
OREGON 82, Georgia 71 (Las Vegas)
#21 USC 82, Kansas State 69 (Las Vegas)
#12 ARIZONA 78, at Duke 73

2023 NCAA TOURNAMENT TEAMS (4-2)
#21 USC 82, Kansas State 69 (Las Vegas)
at WASHINGTON 75, Northern Kentucky 67
#12 ARIZONA 78, at #2 Duke 73
at ARIZONA STATE 63, Texas Southern 52

PAC-12 AWARDS CANDIDATES

JOHN R. WOODEN AWARD NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR
WATCH LIST
Oumar Ballo, Arizona
Tristan da Silva, Colorado
N’Faly Dante, Oregon
Adem Bona, UCLA
Isaiah Collier, USC
Boogie Ellis, USC

NAISMITH NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR
WATCH LIST
Oumar Ballo, Arizona
Caleb Love, Arizona
Tristan da Silva, Colorado
Adem Bona, UCLA
Isaiah Collier, USC
Boogie Ellis, USC

NAISMITH MEMORIAL HALL OF FAME AWARDS 
Watch Lists

Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year 
Isaiah Collier, USC

Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year 
Caleb Love, Arizona 
Boogie Ellis, USC

Julius Erving Small Forward of the Year 
Jaylon Tyson, California

Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year 
Keshad Johnson, Arizona 
Tristan da Silva, Colorado 
Adem Bona, UCLA

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year 
Oumar Ballo, Arizona 
N’Faly Dante, Oregon 
Aday Mara, UCLA 
Branden Carlson, Utah

PAC-12 MEDIA PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE 
First Team 
Oumar Ballo, R-Sr., C, Arizona 
Adem Bona, So., F/C, UCLA 
Keion Brooks Jr., Gr., F, Washington 
Branden Carlson, Gr., C, Utah 
Isaiah Collier, Fr., G, USC 
N’Faly Dante, Sr., C, Oregon 
Tristan da Silva, Sr., F, Colorado 
Boogie Ellis, 5th, G, USC 
Spencer Jones, 5th, F, Stanford 
KJ Simpson, Jr., G, Colorado

Second Team 
Fardaws Aimaq, 6th, F, California 
Kylan Boswell, So., G, Arizona 
Kobe Johnson, Jr., G, USC 
Caleb Love, Sr., G, Arizona 
Jordan Pope, So., G, Oregon State

Honorable Mention 
Kwame Evans Jr. (Fr., ORE), Pelle Larsson (Sr., ARIZ), Aday Mara (Fr., UCLA), Cody Williams (Fr., COLO). – Pac-12.com –