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
The 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 10, 2017. The first tournament was the 2K Sports Classic and the season ended with the Final Four in San Antonio on April 2, 2018. Practices officially began on September 29 ...
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
The Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) was a college 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 (including a ...
, 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.
Arizona
Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southwestern United States. It is the list of U.S. states and territories by area, 6th largest and the list of U.S. states and territories by population, 14 ...
won the regular season conference championship by two games over second-place
USC.
The
Pac-12 tournament was held from March 7–10, 2018 at the
T-Mobile Arena
T-Mobile Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Paradise, Nevada. Opened on April 6, 2016, it is the home arena of the Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League (NHL). A joint venture between MGM Resorts International and Anschutz En ...
in
Paradise, Nevada
Paradise is an unincorporated town and census-designated place (CDP) in Clark County, Nevada, United States, adjacent to the city of Las Vegas. It was formed on December 8, 1950. Its population was 191,238 at the 2020 census, making it the f ...
. Arizona defeated USC in the tournament championship. As a result, the Wildcats received the conference' automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
Arizona,
Arizona State
Arizona State University (Arizona State or ASU) is a public research university in the Phoenix metropolitan area. Founded in 1885 by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature, ASU is one of the largest public universities by enrollment in the U ...
,
UCLA
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a Normal school, teachers colle ...
received bids to the NCAA tournament. The conference achieved an 0–3 record in the Tournament.
Pre-season
Recruiting classes
Preseason watchlists
Below is a table of notable preseason watch lists.
Preseason All-American teams
Preseason polls
Pac-12 Media days
Source:
* October 11–12, 2017 – Pac-12 Men's Basketball Media Day, Pac-12 Networks Studios, San Francisco, Calif.
Early season tournaments
Midseason watchlists
Below is a table of notable midseason watch lists.
Final Watchlists
Below is a table of notable year end watch lists.
Regular season
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
2017-18 records against non-conference foes as of (Dec. 28, 2017):
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
The Associated Press poll (AP poll) provides weekly rankings of the top 25 NCAA teams in one of three Division I college sports: football, men's basketball and women's basketball. The rankings are compiled by polling 62 sportswriters and broa ...
when the game was played, not current or final ranking''
Conference schedule
This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.
Points scored
''Through March 5, 2018''
Rankings
The Pac-12 had 3 teams ranked and 1 other receiving votes in the preseason
Coaches' Poll
The Coaches Poll is a weekly ranking of the top 25 NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) college football, Division I college basketball, and Division I college baseball teams. The football version of the poll has been known officiall ...
&
AP Poll
The Associated Press poll (AP poll) provides weekly rankings of the top 25 NCAA teams in one of three Division I college sports: football, men's basketball and women's basketball. The rankings are compiled by polling 62 sportswriters and broa ...
. There was no coaches poll during week 2 and officially started voting during week 3.
Head coaches
Coaching changes
On March 15, 2017, California head coach
Cuonzo Martin
Cuonzo LaMar Martin (born September 23, 1971) is an American basketball coach and former player who is the former head coach of the Missouri Tigers men's basketball team.
High school
Playing alongside LaPhonso Ellis as a sophomore and junior, M ...
resigned. On March 24, the school hired assistant coach
Wyking Jones
Wyking L. Jones (born January 8, 1973) is an American basketball coach, former college and professional player, basketball broadcasting analyst, and actor who was most recently the head coach of the California Golden Bears men's basketball program ...
as the new head coach. On March 16, 2017, Washington fired
Lorenzo Romar
Lorenzo Romar (born November 13, 1958) is an American basketball coach and former player. He is the head men's basketball coach at Pepperdine University, a position he held from 1996 to 1999 and resumed in 2018. Romar also served as the head me ...
after fifteen years as head coach. On March 19, 2017, the school hired
Mike Hopkins as head coach.
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 2017–18 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 Wednesday–Saturday March 7–10, 2018 at the T-Mobile Arena, Paradise, NV. The top four teams had a bye on the first day, March 7, 2018. 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.
NCAA tournament
Three teams from the conference were selected to participate: Arizona, UCLA and Arizona State.
National Invitation Tournament
Five teams from the conference were selected to participate: USC, Utah, Stanford, Oregon & Washington.
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.
Totals per School
All-Americans
AP
First Team
*
Deandre Ayton
Deandre Edoneille Ayton Sr. (born July 23, 1998) is a Bahamian professional basketball player who plays for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played for the Arizona Wildcats in the Pac-12 Conference in the 2017� ...
(Arizona)
Honorable Mention
*
Aaron Holiday
Aaron Shawn Holiday (born September 30, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The guard played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins, where he earned All-America ...
(UCLA)
*
Allonzo Trier
Allonzo Brian Trier (born January 17, 1996) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Iowa Wolves of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Arizona Wildcats. As a sophomore in 2016–17, he earned seco ...
(Arizona)
USBWA
First Team
*
Deandre Ayton
Deandre Edoneille Ayton Sr. (born July 23, 1998) is a Bahamian professional basketball player who plays for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played for the Arizona Wildcats in the Pac-12 Conference in the 2017� ...
(Arizona)
NABC
First Team
*
Deandre Ayton
Deandre Edoneille Ayton Sr. (born July 23, 1998) is a Bahamian professional basketball player who plays for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played for the Arizona Wildcats in the Pac-12 Conference in the 2017� ...
(Arizona)
Sporting News
First Team
*
Deandre Ayton
Deandre Edoneille Ayton Sr. (born July 23, 1998) is a Bahamian professional basketball player who plays for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played for the Arizona Wildcats in the Pac-12 Conference in the 2017� ...
(Arizona)
Third Team
*
Aaron Holiday
Aaron Shawn Holiday (born September 30, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The guard played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins, where he earned All-America ...
(UCLA)
All-District
USBWA
District IX: Player of the Year
*
Deandre Ayton
Deandre Edoneille Ayton Sr. (born July 23, 1998) is a Bahamian professional basketball player who plays for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played for the Arizona Wildcats in the Pac-12 Conference in the 2017� ...
(Arizona)
District IX: All-District Team
* Deandre Ayton (Arizona)
*
Tra Holder (Arizona State)
*
Aaron Holiday
Aaron Shawn Holiday (born September 30, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The guard played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins, where he earned All-America ...
(UCLA)
*
Jordan McLaughlin
Jordan McLaughlin (born April 9, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the USC Trojans.
High school career
McLaughlin is ...
(USC)
*
Chimezie Metu, USC
*
Reid Travis, (Stanford)
*
Allonzo Trier
Allonzo Brian Trier (born January 17, 1996) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Iowa Wolves of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Arizona Wildcats. As a sophomore in 2016–17, he earned seco ...
, (Arizona)
*
Thomas Welsh, (UCLA)
NABC
District 20
First team
*
Deandre Ayton
Deandre Edoneille Ayton Sr. (born July 23, 1998) is a Bahamian professional basketball player who plays for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played for the Arizona Wildcats in the Pac-12 Conference in the 2017� ...
, Arizona
*
Aaron Holiday
Aaron Shawn Holiday (born September 30, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The guard played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins, where he earned All-America ...
, UCLA
*
Jordan McLaughlin
Jordan McLaughlin (born April 9, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the USC Trojans.
High school career
McLaughlin is ...
, USC
*Reid Travis, Stanford
*
Tra Holder, Arizona State
Second team
*
Allonzo Trier
Allonzo Brian Trier (born January 17, 1996) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Iowa Wolves of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Arizona Wildcats. As a sophomore in 2016–17, he earned seco ...
, Arizona
*
Noah Dickerson, Washington
*
Thomas Welsh, UCLA
*Chimezie Metu, USC
*Justin Bibbins, Utah
Conference awards
Voting was by conference coaches.
Individual awards
All-Pac-12
;First Team
* ‡ Pac-12 Player of the Year
* †† two-time All-Pac-12 First Team honoree
* † two-time All-Pac-12 honoree
;Second Team
;Honorable Mention
* Rawle Alkins (ARIZ, G), Shannon Evans II (ASU, G), Robert Franks (WSU, F),
Jaylen Nowell
Jaylen Clinton Andrew Nowell (born July 9, 1999) is an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Washington Huskies of the Pac-12 Con ...
(WASH, G), Dorian Pickens (STAN, G), McKinley Wright IV (COLO, G)
All-Freshman Team
‡ Pac-12 Freshman of the Year
;Honorable Mention
* Troy Brown (ORE, F)
All-Defensive Team
‡Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year
;Honorable Mention
*Chimezie Metu (USC, F), McKinley Wright IV (COLO, G).
All-Academic team
;First Team
*‡ 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
*†† two-time Pac-12 All-Academic honoree
;Honorable Mention
* Milan Acquaah (WSU, R-Fr.), Robert Cartwright (STAN, R-Jr.), David Collette (UTAH, Sr.), Drew Eubanks (OSU, Jr.), Shannon Evans II (ASU, Sr.), Kodi Justice (ASU, Sr.), Jordan McLaughlin (USC, Sr.), Alex Olesinski (UCLA, R-So.), Kodye Pugh (STAN, R-Fr.), Keith Smith (ORE, So.), Thomas Welsh (UCLA, Sr.)
2018 NBA draft
The 2018 NBA Draft was held on June 21, 2018, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. National Basketball Association (NBA) teams took turns selecting amateur United States college basketball players and other eligible players, including inter ...
Home game attendance
Bold – At or Exceed capacity
†Season High
References
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