2018–19 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season

The 2018–19 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2018 followed by the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season on November 6, 2018. The conference schedule will begin in December 2018. This is 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 is the Pac-12's 103rd season of basketball.[1]

2018–19 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
Regular season championsWashington
Season MVPJaylen Nowell, Washington
Top scorerTres Tinkle, Oregon State
Pac-12 tournament
ChampionsOregon
  Runners-upWashington
Tournament MVPPayton Pritchard, Oregon
Pac-12 men's basketball seasons
2018–19 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Washington 15 3   .833 27 9   .750
Arizona State 12 6   .667 23 11   .676
Utah 11 7   .611 17 14   .548
Oregon State 10 8   .556 18 13   .581
Colorado 10 8   .556 23 13   .639
Oregon 10 8   .556 25 13   .658
UCLA 9 9   .500 17 16   .515
USC 8 10   .444 16 17   .485
Arizona 8 10   .444 17 15   .531
Stanford 8 10   .444 15 16   .484
Washington State 4 14   .222 11 21   .344
California 3 15   .167 8 23   .258
Pac-12 Conference tournament winner

The Pac-12 tournament was held from March 13–16, 2019, at the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada.

Pre-season edit

Recruiting classes edit

Rankings
Team ESPN[2] Rivals[3] Scout[4] 247Sports[5] Signees
Arizona No. 31 No. 35 No. 19 No. 22 3
Arizona State No. 19 No. 24 No. 7 No. 11 4
California - No. 41 No. 34 No. 44 4
Colorado - No. 92 No. 97 No. 85 3
Oregon No. 4 No. 4 No. 3 No. 3 5
Oregon State - No. 52 No. 71 No. 84 3
Stanford No. 28 No. 26 No. 22 No. 20 5
UCLA No. 3 No. 5 No. 10 No. 6 6
USC No. 15 No. 21 No. 14 No. 18 3
Utah - No. 29 No. 35 No. 39 6
Washington No. 23 No. 33 No. 43 No. 40 5
Washington State - - No. 136 No. 145 1

Preseason watchlists edit

Below is a table of notable preseason watch lists.

Wooden[6] Naismith[7] Cousy[8] Erving[9] Malone[10] Abdul-Jabbar[11]
Bennie Boatwright  Y  Y  Y
Bol Bol  Y  Y
Moses Brown  Y
Noah Dickerson  Y
Robert Franks  Y
Louis King  Y
Jaylen Hands  Y
Payton Pritchard  Y  Y
Tres Tinkle  Y
Matisse Thybulle  Y
Kris Wilkes  Y  Y  Y

Preseason All-American teams edit

ESPN CBS AP[12] USA Blue
Ribbon
Athlon
Sports
NBC
Sports
[13]
Street & Smith's Sporting News Sports
Illustrated

Preseason polls edit

AP[14] Athlon
Sports
[15]
Bleacher
Report
[16]
Blue Ribbon
Yearbook
[17]
CBS Sports[18] Coaches[19] ESPN[20] KenPom[21] Lindy's
Sports
[22]
NBC Sports[23] SBNation[24] Sporting
News
[25]
Street &
Smith's
[26]
Sports
Illustrated
[27]
USBWA[28]
Arizona No. 42 No. 39 No. 76 No. 16 No. 25 No. 49
Arizona State No. 60 No. 53 No. 62
California No. 190 No. 157 No. 229
Colorado No. 24 No. 75 No. 81 No. 60
Oregon No. 14 No. 18 No. 18 No. 9 No. 12 No. 16 No. 27 No. 13 No. 18 No. 16 No. 15 No. 16
Oregon State No. 77 No. 90 No. 82
Stanford No. 111 No. 105 No. 106
UCLA No. 21 No. 14 No. 17 No. 14 No. 24 No. 20 No. 47 No. 22 No. 16 No. 14 No. 14 No. 21
USC No. 35 No. 38 No. 61 No. 35 No. 48
Utah No. 81 No. 73 No. 76
Washington No. 25 No. 21 No. 22 No. 24 No. 46 No. 29 No. 33 No. 28
Washington State No. 181 No. 179 No. 247

Pac-12 Media days edit

Source:[29]

Men’s Basketball Media Preseason Poll
Place Team Points First place votes
1. Oregon 288 pts 16
2. UCLA 264 pts 6
3. Washington 249 pts 2
4. Arizona 205 pts 1
5. USC 203 pts --
6. Arizona State 165 pts --
7. Colorado 161 pts --
8. Utah 122 pts --
9. Stanford 109 pts --
10. Oregon State 102 pts --
11. California 45 pts --
12. Washington State 35 pts --
(first place votes)
  • October 11–12, 2018 – Pac-12 Men's Basketball Media Day, Pac-12 Networks Studios, San Francisco, Calif.

Early season tournaments edit

Team Tournament Finish
Arizona Maui Invitational 4th[30]
Arizona State MGM Resorts Main Event 1st[31]
California Legends Classic 4th[32]
Colorado Diamond Head Classic 7th[33]
Oregon 2K Sports Classic 3rd[34]
Oregon State Paradise Jam 3rd[35]
Stanford Battle 4 Atlantis 7th[36]
UCLA Las Vegas Invitational 4th[37]
USC CBE Hall of Fame Classic 3rd[38]
Utah Wooden Legacy 6th[39]
Washington Vancouver Showcase 2nd[40]
Washington State Las Vegas Classic 4th[41]

Midseason watchlists edit

Below is a table of notable midseason watch lists.

Final Watchlists edit

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

2018-19 records against non-conference foes as of (Jan. 2, 2018):[citation needed]