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
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams12
TV partner(s)ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, Fox Sports 1, FOX, Pac-12 Network, CBS
Regular season
Season championsArizona Wildcats
Season MVPDeandre Ayton, Arizona
Top scorerAaron Holiday, UCLA
Tournament
ChampionsArizona
  Runners-upUSC Trojans
Finals MVPDeandre Ayton, Arizona
Basketball seasons
2017–18 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball standings
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 edit

Recruiting classes edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

2017-18 records against non-conference foes as of (Dec. 28, 2017):[65]