2020–21 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season

The 2020–21 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2020 followed by the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November 2020. The conference schedule began in December 2020. This was the ninth season under the Pac–12 Conference name and the 61st 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 105th season of basketball.[1] The Pac-12 announced on Dec. 4, 2019 they would expand conference play to a 20-game schedule, with the 2 addition games per school: 1 home & 1 road, being added during the months of November & December.[2]

2020–21 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
Regular season
Pac-12 Tournament
2020–21 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 21 UCLA91 .900  133  .813
USC82 .800  143  .824
Colorado74 .636  135  .722
Arizona*75 .583  135  .722
Stanford75 .583  117  .611
Oregon43 .571  94  .692
Oregon State55 .500  97  .563
Utah56 .455  87  .533
Arizona State35 .375  68  .429
Washington State47 .364  117  .611
Washington29 .182  313  .188
California211 .154  713  .350
2021 Pac-12 Tournament winner
As of January 30, 2021; Rankings from AP Poll
*Ineligible for both the 2021 Pac–12 Tournament and the 2021 NCAA Tournament due to self-imposed postseason ban.

The Pac-12 Tournament is scheduled for March 10–13, 2021 at the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada.

Pre-season

Recruiting classes

Rankings
Team ESPN[3] Rivals[4] Scout/247 Sports[5] Signees
Arizona-No. 7 No. 57
Arizona StateNo. 12No. 12 No.74
California-No. 84 No. 802
Colorado-No. 32 No. 414
Oregon-No. 82 No. 1021
Oregon State-No. 70 No. 954
Stanford-No. 15 No. 115
UCLA-No. 85 No. 1091
USC-No. 35 No. 562
Utah-No. 45 No. 454
Washington-- -
Washingotn State-- No. 336

Preseason watchlists

Below is a table of notable preseason watch lists.

Wooden[6] Naismith[7] Robertson[8] Cousy[9] West[10] Erving[11] Malone[12] Abdul-Jabbar[13] Olson[14]
Timmy Allen, Utah Y
Matt Bradley, Cal Y
Remy Martin, Arizona State Y Y Y
Evan Mobley, USC Y Y
Oscar da Silva, Stanford Y Y Y
Chris Smith, UCLA Y Y Y
Zaire Williams, Stanford Y Y Y
McKinley Wright IV, Colorado Y Y Y

Preseason All-American teams

ESPN CBS[15] USA AP[16] Blue
Ribbon
Athlon
Sports
NBC
Sports
Street & Smith's Sporting News Sports
Illustrated
Remy Martin, Arizona State2nd1st
Evan Mobley, USC 3rd

Preseason polls

AP[17] CBS Sports[18] Coaches[19] ESPN[20] KenPom[21] Lindy's
Sports
ArizonaNo. 38
Arizona StateNo. 18No. 24No. 25No. 17No. 16No. 36
CaliforniaNo. 119
ColoradoNo. 61
OregonNo. 20No. 12No. 20No. 20No. 17No. 21
Oregon StateNo. 110
StanfordNo. 33No. 38No. 32
UCLANo. 22No. 16No. 23No. 21No. 19No. 28
USCNo. 48
UtahNo. 52
WashingtonNo. 75
Washington StateNo. 136


Pac-12 Media days

Source:[22]

Men’s Basketball Media Preseason Poll
Place Team Points First place votes
1.UCLA2519
2.Arizona State2465
3.Oregon2417
4.Stanford2091
5.Arizona173--
6.USC1541
7.Colorado149--
8.Utah131--
9.Washington85--
10.California65--
11.Washington State54--
12.Oregon State36--

Early season tournaments

All usually scheduled non conference basketball tournaments were cancelled due to Covid-19 Pandemic.

Team Tournament Finish
Arizona
Arizona State
California
Colorado
Oregon
Oregon State
Stanford
UCLA
USC
Utah
Washington
Washington State

Pac-12 Preseason All-Conference

First Team

[23]

Name School Pos. Yr. Ht., Wt. Hometown (Last School)
Timmy AllenUtahSFJr.6−6, 210Mesa, Ariz. (Red Mountain HS)
Matt BradleyCaliforniaPGJr.6−4, 220Mount Pleasant, Utah (Wasatch Academy)
Oscar da SilvaStanfordPFSr.6−9, 225Munich, Germany (Ludwig Gymnasium)
Chris DuarteOregonSGSr.6−9, 190Troy, New York (Redemption Christian)
Remy MartinArizona StatePGSr.6−0, 170Chatsworth, CA (Sierra Canyon High School)
Evan MobleyUSCCFr.7−0, 190Temecula, Cali. (Rancho Christian School)
Will RichardsonOregonPGJr.6−5, 190Mouth of Wilson, Virg. (Oak Hill Academy)
Chris SmithUCLASGSr.6−9, 215Chicago, IL (Huntington Prep)
Ziaire WilliamsStanfordSFFr.6−8, 185Sherman Oaks, Cali. (Sierra Canyon School)
McKinley Wright IVColoradoPGSr.6−0, 195North Robbinsdale, MN (Champlin Park)
Second Team

[23]

Name School Pos. Yr. Ht., Wt. Hometown (Last School)
Isaac BontonWashington StatePGJr.6−2, 175Portland, Ore. (Parkrose HS)
Tyger CampbellUCLAPGRSo.5−11, 180Cedar Rapids, Iowa (La Lumiere School)
Josh ChristopherArizona StateSGFr.6−4, 200Bellflower, Cali. (Mayfair High School)
Ethan ThompsonOregon StateSGJr.6−5, 195Los Angeles, Cali. (Bishop Montgomery High School)
Alonzo Verge Jr.Arizona StateSGSr.6−2, 170Chicago, Ill. (Willowbrook High School)
Honorable Mention

Midseason watchlists

Below is a table of notable midseason watch lists.

John R. Wooden Award[24]
Remy Martin, ASU Y
Evan Mobley, USC Y

Final watchlists

Below is a table of notable year end watch lists.

John R. Wooden Award Naismith[25] Cousy[26] West[27] Erving[28] Malone[29] Abdul-Jabbar[30]
Chris Duarte, Oregon Y
Evan Mobley, USC Y Y
Oscar da Silva, Stanford Y
Ziaire Williams, Stanford Y
McKinley Wright IV, Colorado Y

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 CBS Sports, FOX Sports, ESPN Inc. family of networks including ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU, and the Pac-12 Network.

Records against other conferences

2020-21 records against non-conference foes as of (January 19, 2021):[31]

Regular Season

Power Conferences Record
ACC 0–1
Big East 2–2
Big Ten 0–2
Big 12 1–1
SEC 1–2
Power Conference Total 4–8
Other NCAA Division 1 Conferences Record
America East 0–0
American 0–0
A-10 1–0
ASUN 0–0
Big Sky 12–1
Big South 0–0
Big West 6–1
CAA 0–0
C-USA 2–1
Horizon 0–0
Ivy League
MAAC 0–0
MAC 0–0
MEAC 2–0
MVC 0–0
Mountain West 0–3
NEC 0–0
OVC 0–0
Patriot League 0–0
SoCon 0–0
Southland 3–0
SWAC 2–0
The Summit 2–0
Sun Belt 1–0
WAC 7–0
WCC 8–3
Other Division I Total 45–9
Division II Total 2–0
NCAA Division I Total 51–17

Record against ranked non-conference opponents

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

DateVisitorHomeSiteSignificanceScoreConference Record
Nov. 26, 2020No. 11 VillanovaNo. 18 Arizona State†Mohegan Sun ArenaUncasville, CT2K Empire ClassicL 74–830–1
Nov. 29, 2020No. 2 BaylorWashington†T-Mobile ArenaParadise, NevadaL 52–860–2
Dec. 1, 2020No. 14 North CarolinaStanford†Harrah's Cherokee CenterAsheville, NCMaui Invitational TournamentL 63–670–3
Dec. 8, 2020ColoradoNo. 12 TennesseeThompson-Boling ArenaKnoxville, TNL 47–560–4
Dec. 10, 2020No. 24 San Diego StateNo. 23 Arizona StateDesert Financial ArenaTempe, AZL 68–800–5
Dec. 19, 2020No. 20 Ohio StateUCLA†Rocket Mortgage FieldHouseCleveland, OHCBS Sports ClassicL 70–770–6

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

† denotes game was played on neutral site

Conference schedule

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.[32]

  Arizona Arizona State California Colorado Oregon Oregon State Stanford UCLA USC Utah Washington Washington State
vs. Arizona 0–20–10–10–00–12–01–01–01–00–10–1
vs. Arizona State 2–00–20–00–01–00–11–01–00–00–00–0
vs. California 1–02–01–01–01–01–02–01–00–10–11–0
vs. Colorado 1–00–00–10–10–00–11–00–11–11–00–2
vs. Oregon 0–00–00–11–01–00–10–00–00–10–11–0
vs. Oregon State 1–00–10–10–00–11–01–01–10–00–11–0
vs. Stanford 0–21–00–11–01–00–10–11–01–00–10–1
vs. UCLA 0–10–10–20–10–00–11–00–00–10–10–1
vs. USC 0–10–10–11–00–01–10–10–00–10–10–1
vs. Utah 0–10–01–01–11–00–00–11–01–01–10–1
vs. Washington 1–00–11–00–11–01–01–01–01–01–11–0
vs. Washington State 1–00–00–12–00–10–11–01–01–01–00–1
Total 7–53–52–117–44–35–57–59–18–25–62–94–7

Points scored

Team For Against Difference
Arizona 1,339 1,148 191
Arizona State 905 929 -24
California 1,202 1,256 -54
Colorado 1,357 1,153 204
Oregon 848 724 124
Oregon State 919 881 38
Stanford 1,228 1,173 55
UCLA 1,202 1,069 133
USC 1,297 1,098 199
Utah 985 840 45
Washington 1,006 1,158 -152
Washington State 1,151 1,131 20

Through February 3, 2021[33]

Rankings

    Improvement in ranking
  Drop in ranking
RV Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25
NV No votes received
  PreWk
2
Wk
3
Wk
4
Wk
5
Wk
6
Wk
7
Wk
8
Wk
9
Wk
10
Wk
11
Wk
12
Wk
13
Wk
14
Wk
15
Wk
16
Wk
17
Wk
18
Wk
19
Final
Arizona AP NV NV NV RV NV NV RV NV NV RV NV
C NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
Arizona State AP 18 25 23 RV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
C 17 17 23 RV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
California AP NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
C NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
Colorado AP NV RV NV NV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV
C NV NV NV NV RV RV RV RV 23 RV RV
Oregon AP 20 21 RV RV 25 21 т 17 22 21 RV RV
C 20 20 RV RV 24 17 15 17 21 25 RV
Oregon State AP NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
C NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
Stanford AP RV RV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
C RV RV NV NV RV RV NV RV NV NV NV
UCLA AP 22 RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 24 23 21
C 21 21 RV RV RV RV RV 21 20 21 21
USC AP NV NV NV NV NV NV NV RV RV NV RV
C NV NV NV NV NV NV RV RV RV RV RV
Utah AP NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
C NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
Washington AP NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
C NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
Washington State AP NV NV RV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
C NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV

Head coaches

Coaching changes

There were no coaching changes during the 2020 off season.

Coaches

Note: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season. Overall and Pac-12 records are from time at current school.[34]

Team Head coach Previous job Seasons at school Overall record Pac-12 record Pac-12 titles NCAA Tournaments NCAA Final Fours NCAA Championships
Arizona Sean Miller Xavier 12th 285–100 (.740) 138–59 (.701) 3 7 0 0
Arizona State Bobby Hurley Buffalo 5th 93–69 (.574) 43–47 (.478) 0 2 0 0
California Mark Fox Georgia 2nd 14–18 (.438) 7–11 (.389) 0 0 0 0
Colorado Tad Boyle Northern Colorado 11th 210–134 (.610) 92-86 (.517) 0 4 0 0
Oregon Dana Altman Creighton 11th 259–103 (.715) 118–62 (.656) 3 6 1 0
Oregon State Wayne Tinkle Montana 7th 93–96 (.492) 42–66 (.389) 0 1 0 0
Stanford Jerod Haase UAB 5th 69–61 (.531) 34–38 (.472) 0 0 0 0
UCLA Mick Cronin Cincinnati 2nd 19–12 (.613) 12–6 (.667) 0 0 0 0
USC Andy Enfield Florida Gulf Coast 8th 132–102 (.564) 55–71 (.437) 0 2 0 0
Utah Larry Krystkowiak New Jersey Nets (assistant) 10th 171–126 (.576) 83–79 (.512) 0 2 0 0
Washington Mike Hopkins Syracuse (assistant) 4th 63–39 (.618) 30–24 (.556) 0 1 0 0
Washington State Kyle Smith San Francisco 2nd 16–16 (.500) 6–12 (.333) 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 2019–20 season.
  • NCAA Tournament appearances are from time at current school only.
  • NCAA Final Fours and Championship include time at other schools

Post season

Pac-12 Tournament

The conference tournament is scheduled for March 10–13, 2021, 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. Arizona announced a self imposed post season ban for the 2020–21 NCAA season, which includes the Pac–12 tournament.[35]

  First round
Wednesday, March 10
Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 11
Semifinals
Friday, March 12
Championship
Saturday, March 13
                                     
       
  1    
       
8    
9      
   
   
       
       
  4  
    5    
     
       
 
 
       
       
  2  
       
7    
10      
 
   
       
       
  3  
       
6    
11      

* denotes overtime period

NCAA Tournament

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 (–)

National Invitation Tournament

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

Awards and honors

Players of the Week

Throughout the conference regular season, the Pac-12 offices named one or two players of the week each Monday.[36]

Week Player of the Week School Freshman of the Week School Ref.
Nov. 30 McKinley Wright IV Colorado Joshua Christopher Arizona State [37]
Dec. 7 Eugene Omoruyi Oregon Evan Mobley USC [38]
Dec. 14 Jemarl Baker Jr. Arizona Evan Mobley (2) USC [39]
Dec. 21 Oscar da Silva Stanford Ziaire Williams Stanford [40]
Dec. 28 McKinley Wright IV (2) Colorado Efe Abogidi Washington State [41]
Jan. 4 Chris Duarte Oregon Bennedict Mathurin Arizona [42]
Jan. 11 Oscar da Silva (2) Stanford Evan Mobley (3) USC [43]
Jan. 18 McKinley Wright IV (3) Colorado Jabari Walker Colorado [44]
Jan. 25 Jamal Bey Washington Evan Mobley (4) USC [45]
Feb. 1 Alfonso Plummer Utah Michael O'Connell Stanford [46]
Feb. 8
Feb. 15
Feb. 22
Mar. 1
Mar. 8

Totals per School

[47]

School Total
Colorado 4
Stanford 4
USC 4
Arizona 2
Oregon 2
Arizona State 1
Utah 1
Washington 1
Washington State 1

All-District

The United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) named the following from the Pac-12 to their All-District Teams:[48]

District VIII

All-District Team


District IX

Player of the Year


All-District Team

Conference awards

Voting was by conference coaches.

Individual awards

2021 Pac-12 Men's Basketball Individual Awards
Award Recipient(s)
Player of The Year
Coach of the Year
Defensive Player of The Year
Freshman of The Year
Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Most Improved Player of The Year
Sixth Man of The Year

All-Pac-12

First Team

[49]

Name School Pos. Yr. Ht., Wt. Hometown (Last School)
  • ‡ 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

[50]

Name School Pos. Yr. Ht., Wt. Hometown (Last School)
Honorable Mention

All-Freshman Team

[51]

Name School Pos. Ht., Wt.

‡ Pac-12 Freshman of the Year

Honorable Mention

All-Defensive Team

[52]

Name School Pos. Yr. Ht., Wt.
-
-
  • ‡Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year
  • †† two-time Pac-12 All-Defensive Team honoree
Honorable Mention

All-Academic team

First Team

[53]

Name School Pos. Ht., Wt. GPA Major
  • ‡ indicates player was Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year
  • †† two-time Pac-12 All-Academic honoree
  • ††† three-time Pac-12 All-Academic honoree
Second Team

[54]

Name School Pos. Ht., Wt. GPA Major
Honorable Mention

2021 NBA Draft

Round Pick Player Position Nationality Team School/club team

Home game attendance

The Pac–12 announced October 29th, 2020 that fans would not be allowed to attend any team home games until at least January 2021 due to the Covid-19 Pandemic.[55] [33]

Team Stadium Capacity Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6 Game 7 Game 8 Game 9 Game 10 Game 11 Game 12 Game 13 Game 14 Game 15 Game 16 Game 17 Game 18 Total Average % of Capacity
Arizona McKale Center 14,644
Arizona State Desert Financial Arena 14,100
California Haas Pavilion 11,858
Colorado Coors Events Center 11,064
Oregon Matthew Knight Arena 12,364
Oregon State Gill Coliseum 9,604
Stanford Maples Pavilion 7,233
UCLA Pauley Pavilion 13,800
USC Galen Center 10,258
Utah Jon M. Huntsman Center 15,000
Washington Alaska Airlines Arena 10,000
Washington State Beasley Coliseum 11,671
Total 11,800

Bold – At or Exceed capacity
†Season High

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