2022–23 Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Season

The 2022–23 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October followed by the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season which started on November 7, 2022. Conference play began in December 2022. This was the eleventh season under the Pac–12 Conference name and the 64th since the current Pac-12 charter was established in 1959. Because the Pac-12 includes the history of the Pacific Coast Conference, which existed from 1915 to 1959, in its own history, this was the 108th season of Pac-12 men's basketball.

The Pac-12 tournament took place in March 2023 at the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada.

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

The Pac-12 will conduct its 2022 Pac-12 media days at the Pac-12 Studio, in San Francisco, California, on October 26, 2022 on the Pac-12 Network.

The teams and representatives in respective order were as follows:

* Pac-12 Commissioner – George Kliavkoff
* Deputy Commissioner and Chief Operating Officer(MBB) – Jamie Zaninovich
* Arizona – Tommy Lloyd (HC), Kerr Kriisa & Ąžuolas Tubelis
* Arizona State – Bobby Hurley (HC), Marcus Bagley & DJ Horne
* California – Mark Fox (HC), Joel Brown & Lars Thiemann
* Colorado – Tad Boyle (HC), Nique Clifford & Tristan da Silva
* Oregon – Dana Altman (HC), N'Faly Dante & Quincy Guerrier
* Oregon State – Wayne Tinkle (HC), Dexter Akanno & Glenn Taylor Jr.
* Stanford – Jerod Haase (HC), Harrison Ingram & Spencer Jones
* UCLA – Mick Cronin (HC), Tyger Campbell & Jaime Jaquez Jr.
* USC – Andy Enfield (HC), Boogie Ellis & Drew Peterson
* Utah – Craig Smith (HC), Marco Anthony & Branden Carlson
* Washington – Mike Hopkins (HC), Jamal Bey & Keion Brooks Jr.
* Washington State – Kyle Smith (HC), TJ Bamba & Mouhamed Gueye

Source:

Pac-12 Preseason All-Conference

;First Team

;Second Team

;Honorable Mention
* Amari Bailey, (UCLA, SG)
* Oumar Ballo, (Arizona, C)
* Jaylen Clark, (UCLA, SF)
* Quincy Guerrier, (Oregon, PF)
* KJ Simpson, (Colorado, PG)
* Kel'el Ware, (Oregon, C)

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 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 ESPN Inc. family of networks including ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU, FOX and FS1, CBS Sports, and the Pac-12 Network.

Early season tournaments

Records against other conferences

Records against non-conference foes for the 2022–23 season. Records shown for regular season only.

Regular season

Postseason

Record against ranked non-conference opponents

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

Pac-12/SWAC Legacy Series

On September 20, 2021 the Pac-12 and Southwestern Athletic Conference will debut the Pac-12/SWAC Legacy Series, an educational and basketball scheduling partnership between the two collegiate athletics conferences, to tip off the 2022-23 season. The Legacy Series will incorporate an array of educational opportunities for competing teams and student-athletes featuring expert speakers and prominent alumni, community engagement, campus traditions, historic site visits, and book/film discussions. The two conferences split the series 3−3.

''Team rankings are reflective of AP poll 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 the 2023 season''

Rankings

*AP does not release post-NCAA tournament rankings

Head coaches

Coaching changes

Coaches

''Note:'' Stats shown are before the beginning of the season. Pac-12 records are from time at current school.

''Notes:''

† On March 9, 2023 Cal fired head coach Mark Fox.
* Pac-12 records, conference titles, etc. are from time at current school and are through the end the 2021–22 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 was played in March 8−11, 2023 at the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, NV. The top four teams received 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.

All-Tournament Team

Most Outstanding Player

NCAA tournament

Four teams from the conference were selected to participate: Arizona, Arizona State, UCLA & USC.

National Invitation Tournament

Three members from the conference were selected to participate: Colorado, Oregon & Washington State.

Awards and honors

Players of the Week

Throughout the regular season, the Pac-12 offices will honor 2 players based on performance by naming them player of the week and freshman of the week.

Totals per School

National honors

All-Americans

AP Honorable Mention:

* Tyger Campbell, UCLA, Honorable mention (Associated Press)

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Awards

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
Jaime Jaquez Jr., UCLA

All-District Team
* Tyger Campbell, UCLA
* Boogie Ellis, USC
* Jaime Jaquez Jr., UCLA
* Ąžuolas Tubelis, Arizona

The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) named the following from the Pac-12 to their All-District Teams:

;District 19
First Team
* Oumar Ballo, Arizona
* Branden Carlson, Utah
* Boogie Ellis, USC
* Jaime Jaquez Jr., UCLA
* Ąžuolas Tubelis, Arizona

Second Team
* Desmond Cambridge Jr., Arizona State
* Tyger Campbell, UCLA
* N'Faly Dante, Oregon
* Mouhamed Gueye, Washington State
* Drew Peterson, USC

Coach of the Year
Mick Cronin, UCLA

Pac-12 season awards

All-Pac-12

* ‡ Pac-12 Player of the Year
* ††† three-time All-Pac-12 First Team honoree
* †† two-time All-Pac-12 First Team honoree

;Honorable Mention
* TJ Bamba, (Washington State, G)
* Adem Bona, (UCLA, F)
* Courtney Ramey, (Arizona, G)
* Will Richardson, (Oregon, G)

All-Freshman Team

‡ Pac-12 Freshman of the Year
;Honorable Mention
* Kylan Boswell, (Arizona, G)
* Grant Newell, (California, F)

All-Defensive Team

*‡Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year
*†† two-time Pac-12 All-Defensive Team honoree
;Honorable Mention
* Marco Anthony, (Utah, G)
* Oumar Ballo, (Arizona, G)
* Mouhamed Gueye, (Washington State, F)
* Warren Washington, (Arizona State, F)

Scholar Athlete of the year

''The Pac-12 moved to seasonal Academic Honor Rolls, discontinuing sport-by-sport teams, starting in 2019-20''

2022–23 Season statistic leaders

Source:

2023 NBA draft

Home game attendance

Bold – At or exceed capacity

†Season high

See also

* 2022–23 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball season

References

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