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2019–20 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season

2019–20 Pac–12 men's basketball season
NCAA Division I
Basketball
12
ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, Fox Sports 1, FOX, Pac-12 Network, CBS
Oregon
Payton Pritchard, Oregon
Payton Pritchard, Oregon
Tournament Canceled due to Covid-19
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The 2019–20 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2019 followed by the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November 2019. The conference schedule began in December 2019. This was the eighth season under the Pac–12 Conference name and the 60th 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 is the Pac-12's 104th season of basketball.

The Pac-12 tournament was scheduled from March 11–14, 2020 at the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada. On March 12, the Pac-12 cancelled the tournament prior to its second round due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Below is a table of notable preseason watch lists.

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5	Column 6	Column 7	Column 8	Column 9	Column 10
	Wooden	Naismith	Robertson	Cousy	West	Erving	Malone	Abdul-Jabbar	Olson
Y					Y
							Y
					Y
Y	Y
			Y
Y					Y
						Y
		Y
Y	Y	Y	Y
Y		Y					Y
Y	Y						Y	Y
Y	Y	Y			Y			Y
Y	Y	Y	Y

Source:

Place	Team	Points	First place votes
1.	Oregon	291 Pts	9
2.	Colorado	288 Pts	9
3.	Washington	273 Pts	6
4.	Arizona	263 Pts	2
5.	USC	198 Pts	1
6.	Arizona State	187 Pts	--
7.	Oregon State	161 Pts	--
8.	UCLA	148 Pts	--
9.	Utah	131 Pts	--
10.	Stanford	84 Pts	--
11.	Washington State	47 Pts	--
12.	California	35 Pts	--

Team	Tournament	Finish
Wooden Legacy	1st
Hall of Fame Tip Off	2nd
2K Sports Classic	4th
MGM Resorts Main Event	1st
Battle 4 Atlantis	4th
—	—
CBE Hall of Fame Classic	2nd
Maui Invitational	6th
ESPN Orlando Invitational	3rd
Myrtle Beach Invitational	6th
Diamond Head Classic	2nd
Cayman Islands Classic	6th

First Team

Name	School	Pos.	Yr.	Ht., Wt.	Hometown (Last School)
Tyler Bey	Colorado	G/F	Jr.	6−7, 206	Las Vegas, Nev. (Middlebrooks Academy)
C. J. Elleby	Washington State	F	So.	6−6, 200	Seattle, Wash. (Cleveland HS)
Nico Mannion	Arizona	G	Fr.	6−3, 190	Siena, Italy (Pinnacle HS)
Remy Martin	Arizona State	G	Jr.	6−0, 170	Chatsworth, Cali. (Sierra Canyon HS)
Jaden McDaniels	Washington	F	Fr.	6−9, 200	Seattle, Wash. (Federal HS)
Payton Pritchard	Oregon	G	Sr.	6−2, 190	West Linn, Ore. (West Linn HS)
Nick Rakocevic	USC	F	Sr.	6−11, 225	Chicago, Ill. (St. Joseph's)
Isaiah Stewart	Washington	F	Fr.	6−9, 240	Rochester, N.Y. (La Lumiere)
Tres Tinkle	Oregon State	F	Sr.	6−8, 220	Missoula, Mont. (Hellgate HS)
McKinley Wright IV	Colorado	G	Jr.	6−0, 195	North Robbinsdale, Minn. (Champlin Park)

Second Team

Name	School	Pos.	Yr.	Ht., Wt.	Hometown (Last School)
Timmy Allen	Utah	F	So.	6−6, 210	Mesa, Ariz. (Red Mountain HS)
N'Faly Dante	Oregon	C	Fr.	6−11, 230	Bamako, Mali (Sunrise Christian Academy)
Daejon Davis	Stanford	G	Jr.	6−3, 185	Seattle, Wash. (Garfield HS)
Josh Green	Arizona	G	Fr.	6−6, 210	Sydney, Australia (IMG Academy)
Ethan Thompson	Oregon State	G	Jr.	6−5, 190	Los Angeles, Calif. (Bishop Montgomery HS)

Honorable Mention

October 8, 2019 – Pac-12 Men's Basketball Media Day, Pac-12 Networks Studios, San Francisco, Calif.

Below is a table of notable midseason watch lists.

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5
	John R. Wooden Award	Naismith	Naismith Defensive Player of the Year	Robertson
		Y
		Y
Y	Y		Y
Y	Y
Y

Below is a table of notable year end watch lists.

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
	John R. Wooden Award	Naismith	Cousy
Y	Y	Y

The Schedule will be released in late September. 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 CBS Sports, FOX Sports, ESPN Inc. family of networks including ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU, and the Pac-12 Network.

2019–20 records against non-conference foes:

Regular season

Power Conferences	Record
ACC	2–6
Big East	2–4
Big Ten	3–2
Big 12	4–5
SEC	3–2
America East	1–0
American	2–3
A-10	1–0
ASUN	1–0
Big Sky	11–0
Big South	–
Big West	14–1
CAA	2–1
C-USA	2–0
Horizon	–
Ivy League	3–1
MAAC	3–0
MAC	2–0
MEAC	3–0
MVC	0–1
Mountain West	14–2
NEC	2–0
OVC	–
Patriot League	–
SoCon	–
Southland	2–0
SWAC	10–0
The Summit	6–1
Sun Belt	2–1
WAC	5–0
WCC	12–9

This is a list of games against ranked opponents only (Rankings from the AP Poll):

Date	Visitor	Home	Site	Significance	Score	Conference record
November 9	No. 16 Baylor	Washington†	Alaska Airlines Center • Anchorage, AK	Armed Forces Classic	W 67–64	1–0
November 12	No. 13 Memphis	No. 14 Oregon†	Moda Center • Portland, OR	Phil Knight Invitational	W 82–74	2–0
November 21	No. 1 Duke	California†	Madison Square Garden • New York City, NY	2K Sports Classic	L 52–87	2–1
November 22	No. 22 Texas	California†	Madison Square Garden • New York City, NY	2K Sports Classic	L 45–62	2–2
November 24	No. 7 Virginia	Arizona State†	Mohegan Sun Arena • Uncasville, CT	Hall of Fame Tip Off	L 45–48	2–3
November 27	No. 3 Michigan State	UCLA†	Lahaina Civic Center • Lahaina, HI	Maui Invitational	L 62–75	2–4
November 27	No. 13 Seton Hall	No. 11 Oregon†	Imperial Arena • Nassau, Bahamas	Battle 4 Atlantis	W 71–69	3–4
November 28	No. 8 Gonzaga	No. 11 Oregon†	Imperial Arena • Nassau, Bahamas	Battle 4 Atlantis	L 72–73 OT	3–5
November 29	No. 6 North Carolina	No. 11 Oregon†	Imperial Arena • Nassau, Bahamas	Battle 4 Atlantis	L 76–78	3–6
December 7	No. 12 Arizona	No. 18 Baylor	Ferrell Center • Waco, TX		L 59–63	3–7
December 7	No. 20 Colorado	No. 2 Kansas	Allen Fieldhouse • Lawrence, KS		L 58–72	3–8
December 8	No. 9 Gonzaga	No. 22 Washington	Alaska Airlines Arena • Seattle, WA		L 76–83	3–9
December 14	No. 10 Oregon	No. 5 Michigan	Crisler Center • Ann Arbor, MI		W 71–70 OT	4–9
December 14	No. 6 Gonzaga	No. 15 Arizona	McKale Center • Tucson, AZ		L 80–84	4–10
December 18	No. 6 Kentucky	Utah†	T-Mobile Arena • Las Vegas, NV		W 69–66	5–10
December 21	No. 13 Dayton	Colorado†	United Center • Chicago, IL	Chicago Legends	W 78–76 OT	6–10
December 21	No. 25 San Diego State	Utah†	Staples Center • Los Angeles, CA	Air Force Reserve Basketball Hall of Fame Classic	L 52–80	6–11
December 29	No. 5 Kansas	Stanford	Maples Pavilion • Stanford, CA		L 56–72	6–12

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

† denotes game was played on neutral site

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

Team	For	Against
2,368	2,020	348
2,288	2,184	104
1,960	2,152	-192
2,200	1,975	225
2,352	2,069	283
2,136	2,028	108
2,172	1,921	251
2,153	2,079	74
2,179	2,046	133
2,130	2,109	21
2,189	2,049	140
2,153	2,161	-8

Through March 10, 2020

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
		Improvement in ranking
	Drop in ranking
RV	Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25
NV	No votes received

On December 31, 2018, UCLA fired head coach Steve Alford after 5½ seasons and named assistant coach Murry Bartow interim head coach for the remainder of the season. On April 9, 2019, Cincinnati head coach Mick Cronin was named the new head coach of the Bruins.

On March 14, 2019, Washington State fired head coach Ernie Kent after 5 seasons. On March 27, San Francisco head coach Kyle Smith was named the new head coach of the Cougars.

On March 24, 2019, California fired head coach Wyking Jones after 2 seasons. On March 29, the Golden Bears hired former Georgia head coach Mark Fox for the head coaching job.

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

Team	Head coach	Previous job	Seasons at school	Overall record	Pac-12 record	Pac-12 titles	NCAA tournaments
Sean Miller	Xavier	11th	264–89 (.748)	129–51 (.717)	3	7	0
Bobby Hurley	Buffalo	5th	73–58 (.557)	32–40 (.444)	0	2	0
Mark Fox	Georgia	1st	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0	0	0
Tad Boyle	Northern Colorado	10th	189–123 (.606)	82-78 (.513)	0	4	0
Dana Altman	Creighton	10th	235–96 (.710)	105–57 (.648)	3	6	1
Wayne Tinkle	Montana	6th	75–83 (.475)	35–55 (.389)	0	1	0
Jerod Haase	UAB	4th	48–49 (.495)	25–29 (.463)	0	0	0
Mick Cronin	Cincinnati	1st	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0	0	0
Andy Enfield	Florida Gulf Coast	7th	110–93 (.542)	44–64 (.407)	0	2	0
Larry Krystkowiak	New Jersey Nets (assistant)	9th	147–106 (.581)	68–64 (.515)	0	2	0
Mike Hopkins	Syracuse (assistant)	3rd	48–22 (.686)	25–11 (.694)	0	1	0
Kyle Smith	San Francisco	1st	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0	0	0

Notes:

Overall and Pac-12 records, conference titles, etc. are from time at current school and are through the end the 2018–19 season.
NCAA tournament appearances are from time at current school only.
NCAA Final Fours and Championship include time at other schools

The conference tournament was scheduled for March 11–14, 2020, at the T-Mobile Arena, Paradise, NV. The top four teams had 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. On March 12, the Pac 12 announced the tournament would be canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

denotes overtime period

Number of teams from the conference were selected to participate:

Seed	Region	School	First Four	First round	Second round	Sweet Sixteen	Elite Eight	Final Four	Championship
			N/A	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Bids	W-L (%):	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	TOTAL: 0–0 (–)

Number of teams from the conference were selected to participate:

Seed	Bracket	School	First round	Second round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
			−	−	−	−	−
	Bid	W-L (%):	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	TOTAL: 0–0 (–)

Index to colors and formatting
Pac-12 member won
Pac-12 member lost

Throughout the conference regular season, the Pac-12 offices named one or two players of the week each Monday.

Week	Player of the Week	School	Freshman of the Week	School	Ref.
Nov. 11
Nov. 18
Nov. 25
Dec. 2
Dec. 9
Dec. 16
Dec. 23
Dec. 30
Jan. 6
Jan. 13
Jan. 20
Jan. 27
Feb. 3
Feb. 10
Feb. 17
Feb. 24
Mar. 2
Mar. 9

School	Total
5
5
5
4
4
3
2
2
2
2
1
1

Payton Pritchard, Oregon, First team (Associated Press, Sporting News)

The United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) named the following from the Pac-12 to their All-District Teams:

District VIII

All-District Team

Timmy Allen, Utah
McKinley Wright IV, Colorado

District IX

Player of the Year

Payton Pritchard, Oregon

All-District Team

Remy Martin, Arizona State
Zeke Nnaji, Arizona
Onyeka Okongwu, USC
Payton Pritchard, Oregon
Isaiah Stewart, Washington
Tres Tinkle, Oregon State

Voting was by conference coaches.

Tyler Bey

Award	Recipient(s)
Player of The Year	Payton Pritchard, Sr., Oregon
Coach of the Year	Mick Cronin, UCLA
Defensive Player of The Year	Tyler Bey, G/F, Colorado
Freshman of The Year	Zeke Nnaji, Fr., Arizona
Scholar-Athlete of the Year	Stone Gettings, Sr., Arizona
Most Improved Player of The Year	Chris Smith, Jr., UCLA
Sixth Man of The Year	Alonzo Verge Jr., Jr., Arizona State

First Team

Name	School	Pos.	Yr.	Ht., Wt.	Hometown (Last School)
CJ Elleby	Washington State	F	So.	6−6, 200	Seattle, WA (Cleveland High School)
Remy Martin†	Arizona State	G	Jr.	6−0, 170	Chatsworth, CA (Sierra Canyon High School)
Zeke Nnaji	Arizona	F	Fr.	6−11, 240	Hopkins, MN (Hopkins High School)
Onyeka Okongwu	USC	F	Fr.	6−9, 245	Chino Hills, Ca (Chino Hills High School)
Payton Pritchard‡	Oregon	G	Sr.	6−2, 190	West Linn, OR (West Linn High School)
Oscar da Silva	Stanford	F	Jr.	6−9, 225	Munich, Germany (Ludwig Gymnasium)
Chris Smith	UCLA	G	Jr.	6−9, 215	Chicago, IL (Huntington Prep)
Isaiah Stewart	Washington	F	Fr.	6−9, 250	Rochester, NY (La Lumiere)
Tres Tinkle†††	Oregon State	F	Sr.	6−8, 220	Missoula, MT (Hellgate High School)
McKinley Wright IV††	Colorado	G	Jr.	6−0, 195	North Robbinsdale, MN (Champlin Park)

‡ Pac-12 Player of the Year
††† three-time All-Pac-12 First Team honoree
†† two-time All-Pac-12 First Team honoree
† two-time All-Pac-12 honoree

Second Team

Name	School	Pos.	Yr.	Ht., Wt.
Timmy Allen	Utah	F	So.	6−6, 205
Tyler Bey	Colorado	G/F	Jr.	6−7, 215
Matt Bradley	California	G	So.	6−4, 220
Nico Mannion	Arizona	G	Fr.	6−3, 190
Jonah Mathews	USC	G	Sr.	6−3, 205

Honorable Mention

Chris Duarte (ORE, G)
Tyrell Terry (STAN, G)
Alonzo Verge Jr. (ASU, G)

Name	School	Pos.	Ht., Wt.
Nico Mannion	Arizona	G	6−3, 190
Zeke Nnaji‡	Arizona	F	6−11, 240
Onyeka Okongwu	USC	F	6−9, 245
Isiah Stewart	Washington	F	6−9, 250
Tyrell Terry	Stanford	G	6−2, 160

‡ Pac-12 Freshman of the Year

Honorable Mention

Jaime Jaquez Jr. (UCLA, G)

Name	School	Pos.	Yr.	Ht., Wt.
Tyler Bey‡	Colorado	G/F	Jr.	6−7, 215
Kylor Kelley††	Oregon State	F	Sr.	7−0, 215
Jonah Mathews	USC	G	Sr.	6−3, 205
Bryce Wills	Stanford	G	So.	6−6, 195
McKinley Wright IV	Colorado	G	Jr.	6−0, 195

‡Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year
†† two-time Pac-12 All-Defensive Team honoree

Honorable Mention

Chris Duarte (ORE, G)
Jalen Hill (UCLA, F)
Jervae Robinson (WSU, G)
Dylan Smith (ARIZ, G).

The Pac-12 moved to seasonal Academic Honor Rolls, discontinuing sport-by-sport teams, starting in 2019-20

Name	School	Pos.	Ht., Wt.	GPA	Major
Stone Gettings‡	Arizona	F	6−9, 240	4.0	Accounting
Grant Fogerty	Arizona State	G	6−9, 240		Economics
Mickey Mitchell	Arizona State	F	6−7, 225		Liberal Studies
Jacob Orender	California	G	5−11, 180		Master of Education, Cultural Studies of Sport in Education
Aidan McQuade	Colorado	G	5−11, 180		Integrative Physiology
Frank Ryder	Colorado	F	6−10, 235		Economics
Zach Reichle	Oregon State	G	6−5, 200		Business Information Systems
Ethan Thompson	Oregon State	G	6−5, 195		Digital Communication Arts
Daniel Begovich	Stanford	G	6−5, 205		Undeclared
Sam Beskind	Stanford	G	6−4, 190		Undeclared
Oscar da Silva	Stanford	F	6−9, 230		Biology
Keenan Fitzmorris	Stanford	C	7−0, 230		Undeclared
Lukas Kisunas	Stanford	F	6−10, 260		Undeclared
Kodye Pugh	Stanford	F	6−8, 205		Film & Media Studies
Isaac White	Stanford	G	6−2, 180		Sociology
Bryce Wills	Stanford	G	6−6, 205		Undeclared
Alex Olesinski	UCLA	F	6−10, 225		Education
Russell Stong	UCLA	G	6−3, 190		Mechanical Engineering
Riley Battin	Utah	F	6−9, 230		Business Administration
Brooks King	Utah	G	6−3, 170		Finance
Marc Reininger	Utah	F	6−9, 230		Mechanical Engineering
Jason Crandall	Washington	G	6−0, 160		Business Administration Marketing
Jonah Geron	Washington	F	6−6, 200		Pre-Major
Travis Rice	Washington	G	6−2, 185		Communication
Aljaz Kunc	Washington State	F	6−8, 220		Business
Jeff Pollard	Washington State	F	6−9, 240		Business Administration

‡ indicates player was Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year
†† two-time Pac-12 All-Academic honoree
††† three-time Pac-12 All-Academic honoree

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	School/club team
1	6	Onyeka Okongwu	PF	United States	Atlanta Hawks	USC (So.)
1	16	Isaiah Stewart	PF/C	United States	Portland Trail Blazers	Washington (Fr.)
1	18	Josh Green	SG	Australia	Dallas Mavericks	Arizona (Fr.)
1	22	Zeke Nnaji	PF/C	United States	Denver Nuggets (from Houston)	Arizona (Fr.)
1	26	Payton Pritchard	PG	United States	Boston Celtics	Oregon (Sr.)
1	28	Jaden McDaniels	SF	United States	Los Angeles Lakers (traded to Oklahoma City)	Washington (Fr.)
2	31	Tyrell Terry	PG	United States	Dallas Mavericks (from Golden State)	Stanford (Fr.)
2	36	Tyler Bey	SF	United States	Philadelphia 76ers (from New York, traded to Dallas)	Colorado (Jr.)
2	46	C. J. Elleby	SG	United States	Portland Trail Blazers	Washington State (So.)
2	48	Nico Mannion	PG	Italy	Golden State Warriors (from Dallas via Philadelphia)	Arizona (Fr.)

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