The 2023–24 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October followed by the

2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season The 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 6, 2023. The regular season ended on March 17, 2024, with the 2024 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament beginning with the First Four on March 19 and ending with th ...

, which started November 6, 2023. Conference play will begin on December 27, 2023. This is the twelfth 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 65th since the current Pac−12 charter was established in 1959. Because the Pac-12 includes 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 existed from 1915 to 1959, in its own history, this was the 109th season of Pac-12 men's basketball. It was the final season of Pac-12 competition in the conference's then-current form, with

UCLA The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Its academic roots were established in 1881 as a normal school then known as the southern branch of the C ...

USC USC may refer to: Education United States * Universidad del Sagrado Corazón, Santurce, Puerto Rico * University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina ** University of South Carolina System, a state university system of South Carolina * ...

Oregon Oregon ( , ) is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is a part of the Western U.S., with the Columbia River delineating much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while t ...

Washington Washington most commonly refers to: * George Washington (1732–1799), the first president of the United States * Washington (state), a state in the Pacific Northwest of the United States * Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States ** A ...

moving to the

Big Ten Conference The Big Ten Conference (stylized B1G, formerly the Western Conference and the Big Nine Conference, among others) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference in the United States. Founded as the Intercollegiate Conference of Fa ...

;

Colorado Colorado is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States. It is one of the Mountain states, sharing the Four Corners region with Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. It is also bordered by Wyoming to the north, Nebraska to the northeast, Kansas ...

returning to its previous home of the

Big 12 Conference The Big 12 Conference is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference in the United States. It consists of 16 full-member universities (3 private universities and 13 public universities) in the states of Arizona, Colorado, Florida ...

, with

Utah Utah is a landlocked state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is one of the Four Corners states, sharing a border with Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. It also borders Wyoming to the northea ...

Arizona Arizona is a U.S. state, state in the Southwestern United States, Southwestern region of the United States, sharing the Four Corners region of the western United States with Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah. It also borders Nevada to the nort ...

Arizona State Arizona State University (Arizona State or ASU) is a public research university in Tempe, Arizona, United States. Founded in 1885 as Territorial Normal School by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature, the university is one of the largest ...

following suit;

California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...

and

Stanford Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University, is a private research university in Stanford, California, United States. It was founded in 1885 by railroad magnate Leland Stanford (the eighth governor of and th ...

moving to the

Atlantic Coast Conference The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference in the United States. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, the ACC's eighteen member universities compete in the National Collegiate Athlet ...

, and

Oregon State Oregon State University (OSU) is a public land-grant research university in Corvallis, Oregon, United States. OSU offers more than 200 undergraduate degree programs and a variety of graduate and doctoral degrees through all 11 of the universit ...

and

Washington State Washington, officially the State of Washington, is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is often referred to as Washington State to distinguish it from the national capital, both named after George Washington ...

moving to the

West Coast Conference The West Coast Conference (WCC) — known as the California Basketball Association from 1952 to 1956 and then as the West Coast Athletic Conference until 1989 — is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with NCAA Division I consisting o ...

(WCC) after the 2023–24 academic year. With

Boise State Boise State University (BSU) is a public research university in Boise, Idaho, United States. Founded in 1932 by the Episcopal Church, it became an independent junior college in 1934 and has been awarding baccalaureate and master's degrees It ...

, Colorado State,

Fresno State California State University, Fresno (Fresno State) is a public university in Fresno, California, United States. It is part of the California State University system. The university had a fall 2020 enrollment of 25,341 students. It offers 60 ba ...

Gonzaga Gonzaga may refer to: Places *Gonzaga, Lombardy, commune in the province of Mantua, Italy *Gonzaga, Cagayan, municipality in the Philippines *Gonzaga, Minas Gerais, town in Brazil *Forte Gonzaga, fort in Messina, Sicily Surname *House of Gonza ...

San Diego State San Diego State University (SDSU) is a public research university in San Diego, California, United States. Founded in 1897, it is the third-oldest university and southernmost in the 23-member California State University (CSU) system. SDSU is ...

, and Utah State joining the Pac-12 in 2026, coinciding with the end of Oregon State's and Washington State's WCC affiliation contract, Pac-12 play will resume in 2026–27. The Pac-12 tournament took place on March 13−16, 2024 at the

T-Mobile Arena T-Mobile Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Paradise, Nevada, United States. 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 ...

on the

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, just outside the city limits of

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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 conducted its 2023 Pac-12 media days in

, Nevada on October 11, 2023, on the

Pac-12 Network The Pac-12 Network (P12N), sometimes referred to as Pac-12 Networks, was an American sports-oriented digital cable and satellite television network owned by the Pac-12 Conference. The network's studio and production facilities were headquartere ...

. The teams and representatives in respective order are as follows: * Arizona – Tommy Lloyd (HC), Oumar Ballo & Pelle Larsson * Arizona State –

Bobby Hurley Robert Hurley (born June 28, 1971) is an American college basketball coach and former professional player who is the head coach of the Arizona State Sun Devils. He was previously the head coach at the University at Buffalo. As a college senior, ...

(HC),

Frankie Collins Frankie Collins (born January 23, 2002) is an American college basketball player for the Vanderbilt Commodores. He previously played for the Michigan Wolverines, the Arizona State Sun Devils, and the TCU Horned Frogs. High school career In his fr ...

& Jamiya Neal * California – Mark Madsen (HC), Keonte Kennedy & Grant Newell * Colorado –

Tad Boyle Thomas Martin "Tad" Boyle (born January 6, 1963) is an American college basketball coach who is the men's head coach of the Colorado Buffaloes of the Big 12 Conference. He was named the 18th coach in Colorado men's basketball history on April 19, ...

(HC),

Tristan da Silva Tristan da Silva (born 15 May 2001) is a German-Brazilian basketball player for the Orlando Magic of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Colorado Buffaloes. Early life Da Silva was born and raised in Mu ...

KJ Simpson Kenneth "KJ" Simpson Jr. (born August 8, 2002) is an American professional basketball player for the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association (NBA), on a two-way contract with the Greensboro Swarm of the NBA G League. He played co ...

* Oregon –

Dana Altman Dana Dean Altman (born June 16, 1958) is an American college basketball coach of the Oregon Ducks men's team. Previously he was head coach at Creighton, Kansas State and Marshall. He has been awarded a Coach of the Year Award for each team tha ...

(HC), Jermaine Couisnard & N'Faly Dante * Oregon State –

Wayne Tinkle Wayne Francis Tinkle II (born January 26, 1966) is an American college basketball coach who is the head coach of the Oregon State Beavers men's basketball, Oregon State Beavers men's team of the West Coast Conference. Prior to his arrival in Corv ...

(HC), Tyler Bilodeau & Jordan Pope * Stanford –

Jerod Haase Jerod Albert Haase (born April 1, 1974) is an American college basketball coach. He was the head coach for Stanford Cardinal men's team of the Pac-12 Conference from 2016 to 2024. Haase played college basketball at the University of Californi ...

(HC), Brandon Angel & Spencer Jones * UCLA – Mick Cronin (HC), Adem Bona & Lazar Stefanovic * USC –

Andy Enfield Andrew William Enfield (born June 8, 1969) is an American basketball coach who is the head men's basketball coach at SMU Mustangs men's basketball, Southern Methodist University. He came to national prominence as head coach at Florida Gulf Coast ...

(HC),

Boogie Ellis Rejean "Boogie" Ellis (born December 12, 2000) is an American professional basketball player for the Noblesville Boom of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for Memphis and USC. He previously played for the Stockton Kings. High schoo ...

Kobe Johnson Kobe Johnson (born January 15, 2003) is an American basketball player for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association. He played college basketball for the USC Trojans and the UCLA Bruins. Early life and high school Johnson grew u ...

* Utah – Craig Smith (HC), Branden Carlson & Rollie Worster * Washington – Mike Hopkins (HC), Keion Brooks Jr. &

Sahvir Wheeler Sahvir Wheeler (born January 17, 2001) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Wisconsin Herd of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Washington Huskies, Georgia Bulldogs and Kentucky Wildcats. Earl ...

* Washington State – Kyle Smith (HC),

Andrej Jakimovski Andrej Jakimovski (born 18 March 2001) is a Macedonian professional basketball player for Dolomiti Energia Trento of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). He previously played for the Washington State Cougars and the Colorado Buffaloes. Listed a ...

& Joseph Yesufu Source: First-place votes shown in parentheses.

Pac-12 Preseason All-Conference

;First Team ;Second Team ;Honorable Mention: ;Arizona: Pelle Larsson Sr. ;Colorado:

Cody Williams Cody Leron Williams (born November 20, 2004) is an American professional basketball player for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Colorado Buffaloes. He was a consensus five-star recru ...

, Fr. ;Oregon:

Kwame Evans Jr. Kwame Gumo "KJ" Evans Jr. (born August 2, 2004) is an American college basketball player for the Oregon Ducks of the Big Ten Conference. High school career Evans attends Montverde Academy in Montverde, Florida. He transferred to Montverde from Ba ...

, Fr. ;UCLA:

Aday Mara Aday Mara Gómez (born April 7, 2005) is a Spanish college basketball player for the Michigan Wolverines of the Big Ten Conference. He previously played for the UCLA Bruins. Early life Mara was born and raised in Zaragoza, Spain. His father, F ...

, Fr.

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.

Multi-team tournaments

Pac-12/SWAC Legacy Series

On September 20, 2021, the Pac-12 and Southwestern Athletic Conference debuted the Pac-12/SWAC Legacy Series, an educational and basketball scheduling partnership between the two collegiate athletics conferences, to tip off the 2023–24 season. The Legacy Series incorporated 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. ''Team rankings are reflective of AP poll when the game was played, not current or final ranking''

Records vs other conferences

The Pac-12 has a record of 87–46 in non-conference play for the 2023–24 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 at time of the game): ''† denotes neutral site game''

Conference schedule

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. ''Through 2024 Season''

Points scored

''Through 2024 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 8, 2024, Washington announced Mike Hopkins would coach the remainder of the season and be relieved of his duties after the Pac-12 Tournament.
†† On March 14, 2024, Stanford fired Jerod Haase following their loss to Washington State in the Pac-12 tournament.
††† On March 25, 2024, Washington State head coach was announced as the new head basketball coach for Stanford following his exit from the NCAA Tournament. * Pac-12 records, conference titles, etc. are from time at current school and are through the end the 2022–23 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 March 13−16 at the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada; the top four teams had a bye on the first day. Teams were be 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

The following teams from the conference that will be selected to participate:

National Invitation Tournament

The following team from the conference that will be selected to participate:

Awards and honors

Pac-12 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

All-Americans

To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors based on a point system computed from the four different all-America teams. The point system consists of three points for first team, two points for second team and one point for third team. No honorable mention or fourth team or lower are used in the computation. The top five totals plus ties are first team and the next five plus ties are second team. ''Sources:''
Associated Press All-America Team
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All-District

The

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(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

National Association of Basketball Coaches The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC), headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, is an American organization of men's college basketball coaches. It was founded in 1927 by Phog Allen, the men's basketball head coach for the Univ ...

(NABC) named the following from the Pac-12 to their All-District Teams: ;District 19 ;First Team * Keion Brooks Jr. – Washington * Isaac Jones – Washington State * Caleb Love – Arizona * KJ Simpson – Colorado * Jaylon Tyson – California ;Second Team * Oumar Ballo – Arizona * Adem Bona – UCLA * Branden Carlson – Utah * Pelle Larsson – Arizona * Myles Rice – Washington State ;Coach of the Year * Kyle Smith – Washington State

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 *

Isaiah Collier Isaiah Jaden Collier (born October 8, 2004) is an American professional basketball player for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the USC Trojans. He was a consensus five-star recruit and o ...

, (USC, G) *

, (ASU, G) * Jordan Pope (Oregon State, G) * Deivon Smith, (Utah, G) *

Jaylen Wells Jaylen Wells (born August 26, 2003) is an American professional basketball player for the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Sonoma State Seawolves and the Washington State Cougars. ...

, (Washington State, F)

All-Freshman Team

‡ Pac-12 Freshman of the Year ;Honorable Mention *

Kanaan Carlyle Kanaan Carlyle (born September 25, 2004) is an American college basketball player on the Florida Atlantic Owls. He previously played for the Indiana Hoosiers of the Big Ten Conference and the Stanford Cardinal of the Pac-12 Conference. Early life ...

, (Stan, G) * KJ Lewis, (Ariz, G)

All-Defensive Team

* ‡Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year * †† two-time Pac-12 All-Defensive Team honoree ;Honorable Mention *

Keshad Johnson Keshad Ray Johnson (born June 23, 2001) is an American professional basketball player for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the San Diego State Aztecs and the Arizona Wildcats. Early lif ...

, (Ariz, F) * Spencer Jones, (Stan, F) * Joshua Morgan, (USC, C) *

, (Col, G)

Scholar Athlete of the year

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

All-Tournament Team

Pac-12 Tournament Most Outstanding Player

2023–24 Season statistic leaders

Source:

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Pre-season

Recruiting classes

Preseason watchlists

Preseason All-American teams

Preseason polls

Pac-12 media days

Pac-12 Preseason All-Conference

Midseason watchlists

Final watchlists

Regular season

Multi-team tournaments

Pac-12/SWAC Legacy Series

Records vs other conferences

Record against ranked non-conference opponents

Conference schedule

Points scored

Rankings

Head coaches

Coaching changes

Coaches

Post season

Pac-12 tournament

NCAA tournament

National Invitation Tournament

Awards and honors

Pac-12 Players of the Week

Totals per school

All-Americans

All-District

Pac-12 season awards

All-Pac-12

All-Freshman Team

All-Defensive Team

Scholar Athlete of the year

All-Tournament Team

Pac-12 Tournament Most Outstanding Player

2023–24 Season statistic leaders

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TV networks

Home game attendance

See also

References