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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 The 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 25, 2020, and concluded on March 14, 2021. The 2021 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament culminated the season and began on March 18 and concluded on April 5. Season ...
in November 2020. The conference schedule began in December 2020. This was the ninth season under the
Pac-12 Conference The Pac-12 Conference is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference in the Western United States. It participates at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) NCAA Division I, Division I level for all sports, and its Co ...
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 The Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) was a collegiate athletic conference in the United States which existed from 1915 to 1959. Though the Pac-12 Conference claims the PCC's history as part of its own, with eight of the ten PCC members (includin ...
, 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. The Pac-12 announced on December 4, 2019 they would expand conference play to a 20-game schedule, with the two addition games per school, one at home and the other on the road, being added during the months of November and December. The Pac-12 tournament was scheduled for March 10–13, 2021 at the
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Pre-season


Recruiting classes


Preseason watch lists

Below is a table of notable preseason watch lists.


Preseason All-American teams


Preseason polls


Pac-12 media days

Source:


Early-season tournaments

All usually scheduled non-conference basketball tournaments were cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.


Pac-12 Preseason All-Conference

;First Team ;Second Team ;Honorable Mention * James Akinjo (ARIZ, PG) *
Evan Battey Evan Earl Battey (born September 27, 1998) is an American former professional basketball player and current assistant basketball coach at the University of Colorado. He played college basketball for the Colorado Buffaloes. He was named second-te ...
(COLO, PF) * Quade Green (WASH, PG) *Jalen Hill (UCLA, PF) * Jaime Jaquez Jr. (UCLA, SF)


Midseason watch lists

Below is a table of notable midseason watch lists.


Final watch lists

Below is a table of notable year-end watch lists.


Regular season

The schedule was 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): Regular season


Record against ranked non-conference opponents

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


Points scored

''Through March 22, 2021''


Rankings


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. ''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

Oregon State won the conference tournament from March 10–13, 2021, at the T-Mobile Arena, Paradise, Nevada. 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.


NCAA tournament

Five teams from the conference were selected to participate: Colorado, Oregon, Oregon State, UCLA and USC. While the highest seed was Colorado at No. 5, two teams—USC and Oregon State—advanced to the Elite Eight, and UCLA made it to the Final Four. ''^ VCU withdrew from the tournament due to positive COVID-19 test, resulting in Oregon advancing to the round of 32 via no contest.''


National Invitation Tournament

No teams from the conference were selected to participate:


Postseason records against other conferences

2020-21 postseason records against non-conference foes as of (April 4, 2021): Regular season ^ ''Totals do not include the Oregon no-contest due to VCU withdrawing due to COVID-19 or the result of the Oregon vs. USC Sweet 16 matchup.''


Awards and honors


Players of the Week

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Totals per school


All-Americans

* Evan Mobley, USC, Second team ( AP, ''
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'', USBWA) * Chris Duarte, Oregon, Third team (AP, USBWA)


Hoophall awards

* Jerry West Award – Chris Duarte, Oregon


All-District

The United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) named the following from the Pac-12 to their All-District Teams: ;District VIII All-District Team ;District IX Player of the Year All-District Team The
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(NABC) named the following from the Pac-12 to their All-District Teams: ;District 19 Player of the Year Coach of the Year
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, USC All-District First Team * Oscar da Silva, Stanford * Evan Mobley, USC * Chris Duarte, Oregon * McKinley Wright IV, Colorado * Tyger Campbell, UCLA All-District Second Team * Timmy Allen, Utah * Remy Martin, Arizona St. * Isaac Bonton, Washington St. * James Akinjo, Arizona * Eugene Omoruyi, Oregon


Conference awards

Voting was by conference coaches.


Individual awards


All-Pac-12

;First Team * ‡ 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 ;Honorable Mention *
Evan Battey Evan Earl Battey (born September 27, 1998) is an American former professional basketball player and current assistant basketball coach at the University of Colorado. He played college basketball for the Colorado Buffaloes. He was named second-te ...
, (COLO, PF) * Jaiden Delaire, (STAN, SF) * Quade Green, (WASH, PG) *
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, (ARIZ, PF) * Noah Williams, (WSU, SG)


All-Freshman Team

† Pac-12 Player of the Year ‡ Pac-12 Freshman of the Year ;Honorable Mention * Marcus Bagley (ASU, SG) * Josh Christopher (ASU, SF) * Dishon Jackson (WSU, C) * Ziaire Williams (STAN, SF)


All-Defensive Team

*† Pac-12 Player of the Year *‡Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year *†† two-time Pac-12 All-Defensive Team honoree ;Honorable Mention * Warith Alatishe, (OSU, PF) * Bryce Wills, (STAN, PG) * McKinley Wright IV, (COLO, PG)


All-Academic team

''The Pac-12 moved to seasonal Academic Honor Rolls, discontinuing sport-by-sport teams, starting in 2019–20.'' *‡ indicates player was Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year *†† two-time Pac-12 All-Academic honoree *††† three-time Pac-12 All-Academic honoree


2021 NBA draft


Home game attendance

The Pac-12 announced October 29, 2020 that fans would not be allowed to attend any team home games until at least January 2021 due to the
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. Bold – At or exceed capacity
†Season high


References

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