2017–18 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season

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 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, 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.^[1]

2017–18 Pac–12 men's basketball season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Number of teams	12
TV partner(s)	ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, Fox Sports 1, FOX, Pac-12 Network, CBS
Regular season
Season champions	Arizona Wildcats
Season MVP	Deandre Ayton, Arizona
Top scorer	Aaron Holiday, UCLA
Tournament
Champions	Arizona
Runners-up	USC Trojans
Finals MVP	Deandre Ayton, Arizona

2017–18 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 12 Arizona †	14	–	4		.778			27	–	8		.771
USC	12	–	6		.667			24	–	12		.667
UCLA	11	–	7		.611			21	–	12		.636
Utah	11	–	7		.611			23	–	12		.657
Stanford	11	–	7		.611			19	–	16		.543
Oregon	10	–	8		.556			23	–	13		.639
Washington	10	–	8		.556			21	–	13		.618
Colorado	8	–	10		.444			17	–	15		.531
Arizona State	8	–	10		.444			20	–	12		.625
Oregon State	7	–	11		.389			16	–	16		.500
Washington State	4	–	14		.222			12	–	19		.387
California	2	–	16		.111			8	–	24		.250
† Pac-12 Tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Arizona won the regular season conference championship by two games over second-place USC.

The Pac-12 tournament was held from March 7–10, 2018^[2] at the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada. Arizona defeated USC in the tournament championship. As a result, the Wildcats received the conference' automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

Arizona, Arizona State, UCLA received bids to the NCAA tournament. The conference achieved an 0–3 record in the Tournament.

Pre-season

Pac-12 recruits at the 2017 McDonald's All-American Boys Game^[3]

Deandre Ayton, Arizona

Kris Wilkes, UCLA

Troy Brown Jr., Oregon

Jaylen Hands, UCLA

Charles O'Bannon Jr., USC

Recruiting classes

Rankings

Team	ESPN[4]	Rivals[5]	Scout[6]	247Sports[7]	Signees
Arizona	No. 3	No. 3	No. 3	No. 3	5
Arizona State	No. 34	No. 36	No. 29	No. 23	2
California	-	-	-	No. 54	4
Colorado	No. 39	No. 25	No. 27	No. 24	4
Oregon	No. 12	No. 13	No. 11	No. 13	4
Oregon State	No. 35	-	-	No. 48	3
Stanford	No. 24	No. 12	-	No. 14	4
UCLA	No. 4	No. 5	No. 5	No. 4	6
USC	No. 18	No. 30	-	No. 31	3
Utah	-	-	-	No. 51	4
Washington	No. 32	No. 26	No. 18	No. 66	4
Washington State	-	-	-	No. 119	1

Preseason watchlists

Below is a table of notable preseason watch lists.

	Wooden[8]	Naismith[9]	Robertson[10]	Cousy[11]	West[12]	Erving[13]	Malone[14]	Abdul-Jabbar[15]	Olson[16]	Tisdale[17]
Rawle Alkins	Y	Y				Y
Deandre Ayton	Y	Y	Y				Y			Y
Bennie Boatwright		Y					Y
Troy Brown Jr.						Y
Shannon Evans II									Y
Aaron Holiday	Y	Y							Y
Michael Humphrey								Y
Jordan McLaughlin	Y	Y		Y					Y
De’Anthony Melton					Y
Chimezie Metu	Y	Y	Y					Y	Y
Kingsley Okoroh								Y
Dusan Ristic								Y
Reid Travis	Y	Y	Y				Y		Y
Allonzo Trier	Y	Y	Y		Y				Y
Thomas Welsh								Y
Kris Wilkes						Y

Preseason All-American teams

	ESPN[18]	CBS[19]	AP[20]	USA Today [21]	Blue Ribbon[22]	Athlon Sports[23]	NBC Sports [24]	Street & Smith's [25]	Sporting News [26]	Sports Illustrated[27]
Deandre Ayton	3rd	3rd	2nd	HM	3rd	2nd	3rd		3rd	HM
Beanie Boatright				3rd
Jordan McLaughlin							HM
Chimezie Metu							4th
Allonzo Trier	1st	2nd	1st	1st	2nd	2nd	1st	2nd	2nd	1st
Reid Travis	4th						HM

Preseason polls

Main article: 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season § Pre-season polls

	AP[28]	Athlon Sports[29]	Bleacher Report[30]	Blue Ribbon Yearbook[31]	CBS Sports[32]	Coaches[33]	ESPN[34]	KenPom[35]	Lindy's Sports[36]	NBC Sports[37]	SBNation[38]	Street & Smith's[39]	Sports Illustrated[40]	USBWA[41]
Arizona	No. 3	No. 1	No. 3	No. 1	No. 2	No. 5	No. 1	No. 3	No. 2	No. 3	No. 2	No. 1	No. 1	No. 3
Arizona State					No. 57		No. 93						No. 70
California					No. 163		No. 100						No. 208
Colorado					No. 77		No. 95						No. 101
Oregon	RV				No. 34	RV	No. 45	No. 35					No. 32
Oregon State					No. 82		No. 66						No. 99
Stanford					No. 42		No. 54						No. 118
UCLA	No. 21		No. 18	No. 22	No. 20	No. 18	No. 34	No. 29	No. 14	No. 14	No. 15		No. 20	No. 23
USC	No. 10	No. 7	No. 8	No. 11	No. 8	No. 11	No. 11	No. 12	No. 12	No. 12	No. 8		No. 13	No. 9
Utah					No. 71		No. 55						No. 67
Washington					No. 141		No. 114						No. 117
Washington State					No. 201		No. 230						No. 206

Pac-12 Media days

Source:^[42]

Men's Basketball Media Preseason Poll

Place	Team	Points	First place votes
1.	Arizona	273 pts	22
2.	USC	251 pts	1
3.	UCLA	223 pts	--
4.	Oregon	203 pts	--
5.	Stanford	182 pts	--
6.	Arizona State	146 pts	--
7.	Utah	129 pts	--
8.	Oregon State	125 pts	--
9.	Colorado	112 pts	--
10.	Washington	71 pts	--
11.	California	46 pts	--
12.	Washington State	33 pts	--
(first place votes)

• October 11–12, 2017 – Pac-12 Men's Basketball Media Day, Pac-12 Networks Studios, San Francisco, Calif.

Early season tournaments

Team	Tournament	Finish
Arizona	Battle 4 Atlantis	8th[43]
Arizona State	Las Vegas Invitational	1st[44]
California	Maui Invitational	8th[45]
Colorado	Paradise Jam	1st[46]
Oregon	Phil Knight Invitational – Victory	6th[47]
Oregon State	AdvoCare Invitational	7th[48]
Stanford	Phil Knight Invitational – Motion	8th[49]
UCLA	CBE Hall of Fame Classic	3rd[50]
USC	Diamond Head Classic	1st[51]
Utah	MGM Resorts Main Event	2nd[52]
Washington	2K Sports Classic	4th[53]
Washington State	Wooden Legacy	1st[54]

Midseason watchlists

Below is a table of notable midseason watch lists.

	Wooden Midseason[55]	Wooden Late Season[56]	Olson[16]	Robertson[17]	Cousy[57]	West[58]	Erving[59]	Malone[60]	Abdul-Jabbar[61]	Naismith[62]
Deandre Ayton	Y	Y	Y	Y				Y		Y
Shannon Evans II			Y
Tra Holder	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y					Y
Aaron Holiday	Y
Jordan McLaughlin					Y
Allonzo Trier	Y	Y	Y			Y				Y
Thomas Welsh									Y

Final Watchlists

Below is a table of notable year end watch lists.

	John R. Wooden Award[55]	Naismith[63]	Malone	Abdul-Jabbar[64]
Deandre Ayton	Y	Y	Y
Thomas Welsh				Y

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):^[65]

Regular season

Power 5 Conferences	Record
ACC	1–3
Big Ten	1–4
Big 12	3–4
SEC	7–2
Power 5 Total	12–13
Other NCAA Division 1 Conferences	Record
American	1–5
American East	1–0
A-10	2–1
ASUN	1–0
Big East	3–5
Big Sky	11–4
Big South	1–0
Big West	12–4
CAA	1–0
C-USA	1–1
Horizon	2–0
Ivy League	0–1
MAAC	2–0
MAC	2–1
MEAC	4–0
MVC	1–0
Mountain West	10–4
OVC	3–0
Patriot League	1–0
SoCon	2–0
Southland	4–1
SWAC	6–0
The Summit	7–0
Sun Belt	0–0
WAC	6–0
WCC	8–4
Other Division I Total	92–31
Division II Total	0–1
NCAA Division I Total	104–45

Record against ranked non-conference opponents

This is a list of games against ranked opponents only (Rankings from the AP Poll):^[66]

Date	Visitor	Home	Site	Significance	Score	Conference record
November 20	No. 6 Wichita State	California	Lahaina Civic Center • Lahaina, HI	Maui Invitational	L 82–92	0–1
November 20	No. 9 North Carolina	Stanford	Maples Pavilion • Stanford, CA		L 72–96	0–2
November 23	No. 7 Florida	Stanford	Veterans Memorial Coliseum • Portland, OR	PK80	L 87–108	0–3
November 24	No. 15 Xavier	Arizona State	Orleans Arena • Las Vegas, NV	Las Vegas Invitational	W 102–86	1–3
November 24	No. 18 Purdue	No. 2 Arizona	Imperial Arena • Nassau, Bahamas	Battle 4 Atlantis	L 64–89	1–4
November 24	No. 21 Saint Mary's	Washington State	Titan Gym • Fullerton, CA	Wooden Legacy	W 84–79	2–4
November 26	No. 18 Texas A&M	No. 10 USC	Galen Center • Los Angeles, CA		L 59–75	2–5
November 26	No. 7 Texas A&M	Arizona	Talking Stick Resort Arena • Phoenix, AZ	Valley of the Sun Shootout	W 67–64	3–5
December 6	Washington	No. 2 Kansas	Sprint Center • Kansas, KS		W 74–65	4–5
December 9	Colorado	No. 13 Xavier	Cintas Center • Cincinnati, OH		L 69–96	4–6
December 10	No. 16 Arizona State	No. 2 Kansas	Allen Fieldhouse • Lawrence, KS		W 95–85	5–6
December 10	No. 12 Gonzaga	Washington	Hec Edmundson Pavilion • Seattle, WA		L 70–97	5–7
December 16	No. 25 Cincinnati	UCLA	Pauley Pavilion • Los Angeles, CA		L 63–77	5–8
December 21	No. 14 Kansas	Stanford	Maples Pavilion • Stanford, CA		L 54–75	5–9
December 23	No. 7 Kentucky	UCLA	Smoothie King Center • New Orleans, LA	CBS Sports Classic	W 83–75	6–9

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.^[67]

	Arizona	Arizona St	California	Colorado	Oregon	Oregon St	Stanford	UCLA	USC	Utah	Washington	Washington St
vs. Arizona	–	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–0	0–1	0–2	1–0	0–1
vs. Arizona State	2–0	–	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	0–1
vs. California	2–0	2–0	–	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–0
vs. Colorado	1–1	1–1	0–1	–	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1
vs. Oregon	1–1	0–2	0–1	0–1	–	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–2	1–1
vs. Oregon State	2–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	–	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	0–2
vs. Stanford	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	–	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–2	0–2
vs. UCLA	0–1	1–0	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	–	0–2	1–1	0–1	0–1
vs. USC	1–0	1–0	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–0	–	0–2	1–0	0–1
vs. Utah	2–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	2–0	–	0–2	0–2
vs. Washington	0–1	0–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	–	0–2
vs. Washington State	1–0	1–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	–
Total	14–4	8–10	2–16	8–10	10–8	7–11	11–7	11–7	12–6	11–7	10–8	4–14

Points scored

Team	For	Against	Difference
Arizona	2514	2225	289
Arizona State	2504	2238	266
California	2108	2407	-299
Colorado	2143	2169	-26
Oregon	2440	2217	223
Oregon State	2222	2124	98
Stanford	2351	2322	29
UCLA	2466	2287	179
USC	2424	2209	215
Utah	2139	1994	145
Washington	2311	2254	57
Washington State	2208	2347	-139

Through March 5, 2018^[68]

Rankings

See also: 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

The Pac-12 had 3 teams ranked and 1 other receiving votes in the preseason Coaches' Poll & AP Poll.^[69][70] There was no coaches poll during week 2 and officially started voting during week 3.

		Improvement in ranking
		Drop in ranking
RV		Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25
NV		No votes received

		Pre	Wk 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	3	3	2	RV	RV	23	18	17	14	17	14	11	9	13	17	14	19	15	12	–
	C	5		4	RV	RV	23	19	18	16	21	17	12	9	13	19	14	22	17	15	RV
Arizona State	AP	NV	NV	20	16	5	4	3	3	4	11	16	21	25	RV	25	RV	NV	NV	NV	–
	C	NV		NV	21	17	6	4	4	6	11	14	19	23	RV	22	25	RV	RV	NV	NV
California	AP	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	–
	C	NV		NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
Colorado	AP	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	–
	C	NV		NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
Oregon	AP	RV	RV	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	–
	C	RV		RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
Oregon State	AP	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	–
	C	NV		NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
Stanford	AP	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	–
	C	NV		NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
UCLA	AP	21	23	23	RV	RV	RV	NV	RV	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	RV	NV	NV	RV	–
	C	18		23	25	23	RV	NV	RV	RV	NV	RV	NV	NV	NV	RV	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV
USC	AP	10	10	10	14	25	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	RV	NV	NV	NV	RV	NV	RV	–
	C	11		10	18	25	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	RV	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
Utah	AP	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	–
	C	NV		NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
Washington	AP	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	–
	C	NV		NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
Washington State	AP	NV	NV	NV	RV	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	–
	C	NV		NV	RV	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV

Head coaches

Coaching changes

On March 15, 2017, California head coach Cuonzo Martin resigned. On March 24, the school hired assistant coach Wyking Jones as the new head coach.^[71] On March 16, 2017, Washington fired Lorenzo Romar after fifteen years as head coach. On March 19, 2017, the school hired Mike Hopkins^[72] 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.^[73]

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	9th	244–73 (.770)	121–41 (.747)	5	10	0	0
Arizona State	Bobby Hurley	Buffalo	3rd	47–41 (.534)	17–30 (.362)	0	0	0	0
California	Wyking Jones	California (assistant)	1st	8–17 (.320)	2–10 (.167)	0	0	0	0
Colorado	Tad Boyle	Northern Colorado	8th	163–105 (.608)	70-66 (.515)	0	3	0	0
Oregon	Dana Altman	Creighton	8th	203–79 (.720)	91–47 (.659)	2	5	0	0
Oregon State	Wayne Tinkle	Montana	4th	53–65 (.449)	22–43 (.338)	0	4	0	0
Stanford	Jerod Haase	UAB	2nd	27–29 (.482)	13–17 (.433)	0	0	0	0
UCLA	Steve Alford	New Mexico	5th	113–52 (.685)	52–32 (.619)	0	3	0	0
USC	Andy Enfield	Florida Gulf Coast	5th	87–72 (.547)	32–52 (.381)	0	2	0	0
Utah	Larry Krystkowiak	New Jersey Nets (assistant)	7th	129–94 (.578)	59–60 (.496)	0	4	0	0
Washington	Mike Hopkins	Syracuse (assistant)	1st	17–7 (.708)	7–4 (.636)	0	0	0	0
Washington State	Ernie Kent	Oregon	4th	44–72 (.381)	15–50 (.231)	0	6	0	0

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

Main article: 2018 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball 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.

	First round Wednesday, March 7					Quarterfinals Thursday, March 8					Semifinals Friday, March 9					Championship Saturday, March 10
						1	Arizona	83
						8	Colorado	67
	8	Colorado	97
	9	Arizona State	85
											1	Arizona	78*
											4	UCLA	67
						4	UCLA	88
						5	Stanford	77
	5	Stanford	76
	12	California	58
																1	Arizona	75
																2	USC	61
						2	USC	61
						10	Oregon State	48
	7	Washington	66
	10	Oregon State	69*
											2	USC	74
											6	Oregon	54
						3	Utah	66
						6	Oregon	68
	6	Oregon	64*
	11	Washington State	62

* denotes overtime period

NCAA tournament

Main article: 2018 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament

Three teams from the conference were selected to participate: Arizona, UCLA and Arizona State.

Seed	Region	School	First Four	First round	Second round	Sweet Sixteen	Elite Eight	Final Four	Championship
No. 4	South	Arizona	N/A	eliminated by No. 13 Buffalo 68–89	–	–	–	–	–
No. 11	Midwest	Arizona State	eliminated by No. 11 Syracuse 60–56	–	–	–	–	–	–
No. 11	East	UCLA	eliminated by No. 11 St. Bonaventure 65–58	–	–	–	–	–	–
	3 Bids	W-L (%):	0–2 (.000)	0–1 (.000)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	TOTAL: 0–3 (.000)

National Invitation Tournament

Five teams from the conference were selected to participate: USC, Utah, Stanford, Oregon & Washington.

Main article: 2018 National Invitation Tournament

Seed	Bracket	School	First round	Second round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
1	USC	USC	defeated No. 8 UNC Asheville 103–98	eliminated by No. 4 Western Kentucky 75–79
2	Saint Mary's	Utah	defeated No. 7 UC Davis 69–59	defeated No. 3 LSU 95–71	defeated No. 1 Saint Mary's 67–58OT	defeated No. 4 Western Kentucky 69–64	eliminated by No. 4 Penn State 66–82
3	USC	Stanford	defeated No. 6 BYU 86–83	eliminated by No. 2 Oklahoma State 65–71
3	Notre Dame	Oregon	defeated No. 6 Rider 99–86	eliminated by No. 2 Marquette 92–101
5	Saint Mary's	Washington	defeated No. 4 Boise State 77–74	eliminated by No. 1 Saint Mary's 81–85
	5 Bids	W-L (%):	5–0 (1.000)	1–4 (.200)	1–0 (1.000)	1–0 (1.000)	TOTAL: 8–5 (.615)

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.^[74]

Week	Player of the Week	School	Ref.
Nov. 13	Allonzo Trier	Arizona	[75]
Nov. 20	Tra Holder	Arizona State	[76]
Nov. 27	Tra Holder (2)	Arizona State	[77]
Dec. 4	Deandre Ayton	Arizona	[78]
Dec. 11	Shannon Evans II	Arizona State	[79]
Dec. 18	Jordan McLaughlin	USC	[80]
Dec. 25	Aaron Holiday	UCLA	[81]
Jan. 1	Deandre Ayton (2)	Arizona	[82]
Jan. 8	McKinley Wright IV	Colorado	[83]
Jan. 15	Daejon Davis	Stanford	[84]
Jan. 22	Justin Bibbins	Utah	[85]
Jan. 29	Dušan Ristić	Arizona	[86]
Feb. 5	Noah Dickerson	Washington	[87]
Feb. 12	Tres Tinkle	Oregon State	[88]
Feb. 19	Aaron Holiday (2)	UCLA	[89]
Feb. 26	Reid Travis	Stanford	[90]
Mar. 5	Aaron Holiday (3)	UCLA	[91]

Totals per School

^[74]

School	Total
Arizona	4
Arizona State	3
UCLA	3
Stanford	2
Colorado	1
Oregon State	1
USC	1
Utah	1
Washington	1

All-Americans

Main article: 2018 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

AP First Team Deandre Ayton (Arizona) Honorable Mention Aaron Holiday (UCLA) Allonzo Trier (Arizona)

USBWA First Team Deandre Ayton (Arizona)

NABC First Team Deandre Ayton (Arizona)

Sporting News [92] First Team Deandre Ayton (Arizona) Third Team Aaron Holiday (UCLA)

All-District

USBWA[93] District IX: Player of the Year Deandre Ayton (Arizona) District IX: All-District Team Deandre Ayton (Arizona) Tra Holder (Arizona State) Aaron Holiday (UCLA) Jordan McLaughlin (USC) Chimezie Metu, USC Reid Travis, (Stanford) Allonzo Trier, (Arizona) Thomas Welsh, (UCLA)

NABC[94] District 20 First team Deandre Ayton, Arizona Aaron Holiday, UCLA Jordan McLaughlin, USC Reid Travis, Stanford Tra Holder, Arizona State Second team Allonzo Trier, Arizona Noah Dickerson, Washington Thomas Welsh, UCLA Chimezie Metu, USC Justin Bibbins, Utah

Conference awards

Voting was by conference coaches.

Individual awards

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Pac-12 individual awards

Award	Recipient(s)
Player of The Year	Deandre Ayton, Fr., Arizona
Coach of the Year	Mike Hopkins, Washington
Defensive Player of The Year	Matisse Thybulle, Jr., Washington
Freshman of The Year	Deandre Ayton, Fr., Arizona
Scholar-Athlete of the Year	Dorian Pickens, Sr., Stanford
Most Improved Player of The Year	Robert Franks, Jr., Washington State
Sixth Man of The Year	Dominique Collier, So., Colorado & Remy Martin, Fr., Arizona State

All-Pac-12

Further information: List of All-Pac-12 Conference men's basketball teams

First Team

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Name	School	Pos.	Yr.	Ht., Wt.	Hometown (Last School)
Deandre Ayton‡	Arizona	F	Fr.	7-1, 250	Nassau, Bahamas (Hillcrest Prep)
Justin Bibbins	Utah	G	Sr.	5-8, 150	Carson, Calif. (Bishop Montegomery)
Noah Dickerson	Washington	F	Jr.	5-8, 150	Atlanta, Ga. (Montverde Academy)
Tra Holder	Arizona State	G	Sr.	5-8, 150	Los Angeles, Calif. (Brentwood School)
Aaron Holiday	UCLA	G	Jr.	5-8, 150	Chatsworth, Calif. (Campbell Hall)
Jordan McLaughlin	USC	G	Sr.	5-8, 150	Etiwanda, Calif. (Etiwanda High)
Chimezie Metu†	USC	F	Jr.	5-8, 150	Lawndale, Calif. (Lawndale High)
Tres Tinkle	Oregon State	F	R-So.	5-8, 150	Missoula, Mont. (Hellgate High School)
Reid Travis††	Stanford	F	R-Jr.	6-8, 150	Minneapolis, Minn. (De La Salle)
Allonzo Trier†	Arizona	G	Jr.	6-5, 205	Seattle, Wash.(Findlay Prep (Nev.))

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

Second Team

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Name	School	Pos.	Yr.	Ht., Wt.
David Collette	Utah	F	Sr.	6-10, 220
George King	Colorado	G	R-Sr.	6-2, 200
Payton Pritchard	Oregon	G	R-Sr.	6-10, 230
Dusan Ristic	Arizona	C	Sr.	7-0, 245
Thomas Welsh	UCLA	C	Sr.	7-0, 245

Honorable Mention

• Rawle Alkins (ARIZ, G), Shannon Evans II (ASU, G), Robert Franks (WSU, F), Jaylen Nowell (WASH, G), Dorian Pickens (STAN, G), McKinley Wright IV (COLO, G)

All-Freshman Team

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Name	School	Pos.	Ht., Wt.
Deandre Ayton‡	Arizona	F	7-1, 250
Daejon Davis	Stanford	G	6-3, 175
Jaylen Nowell	Washington	G	6-4, 190
Kris Wilkes	UCLA	G	6-8, 195
McKinley Wright IV	Colorado	G	6-0, 185

‡ Pac-12 Freshman of the Year

Honorable Mention

• Troy Brown (ORE, F)

All-Defensive Team

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Name	School	Pos.	Yr.	Ht., Wt.
Deandre Ayton	Arizona	F	Fr.	7-1, 250
Aaron Holiday	UCLA	G	Jr.	5-8, 150
Jordan McLaughlin	USC	G	Sr.	5-8, 150
Matisse Thybulle‡	Washington	F	Jr.	6-5, 195
Kenny Wooten	Oregon	F	Fr.	6-9, 220

‡Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year

Honorable Mention

• Chimezie Metu (USC, F), McKinley Wright IV (COLO, G).

All-Academic team

First Team

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Name	School	Pos.	Ht., Wt.	GPA	Major
Nick Hamilton	California	G	6-4, 185	3.75	Media studies & legal studies
Dorian Pickens‡†††	Stanford	G	6-5, 210	3.42	Communication
Jeff Pollard	Washington State	F	6-9, 240	3.72	Undeclared
Gligorije Rakocevic	Oregon State	F	6-11, 250	3.70	Digital communication arts
Stephen Thompson Jr.	Oregon State	G	6-4, 190	3.73	Digital communication arts

• ‡ 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

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Name	School	Pos.	Ht., Wt.	GPA	Major
Malachi Flynn	Washington State	G	6-1, 170	3.48	Undeclared
Jayce Johnson	Utah	C	7-0, 235	3.49	Psychology
Chimezie Metu	USC	F	6-11, 225	3.18	Law, history & culture
Tres Tinkle††	Oregon State	G	6-8, 220	3.42	Speech communication
Parker Van Dyke††	Utah	G	6-3, 181	3.26	Economics

• †† 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

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	School/club team
1	1	Deandre Ayton	PF	Bahamas	Phoenix Suns	Arizona (Fr.)
1	15	Troy Brown Jr.	SF	United States	Washington Wizards	Oregon (Fr.)
1	23	Aaron Holiday	PG	United States	Indiana Pacers	UCLA (Jr.)
2	46	De'Anthony Melton	SG	United States	Houston Rockets	USC (So.)
2	49	Chimezie Metu	C	United States	San Antonio Spurs	USC (Jr.)
2	58	Thomas Welsh	C	United States	Denver Nuggets	UCLA (Sr.)
2	59	George King	SF	United States	Phoenix Suns	Colorado (Sr.)

Home game attendance

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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	Game 19	Total	Average	% of Capacity
Arizona	McKale Center	14,644	14,644†	13,496	14,301	13,626	14,644†	14,048	14,392	14,644†	14,644†	14,644†	14,644†	14,644†	14,644†	14,644†	14,644†	14,644†				230,947	14,434	98.56%
Arizona State	Wells Fargo Arena	14,100	5,697	6,640	6,189	5,394	8,682	10,797	9,308	10,646	13,693	13,459	11,536	13,943	12,377	14,025	14,233†	11,737	11,895			180,251	10,603	75.19%
California	Haas Pavilion	11,858	7,083	6,405	6,102	6,177	7,831	7,813	6,758	6,589	6,915	8,888†	7,721	8,107	7,531	8,581	8,482	6,552	7,851			125,386	7,376	62.20%
Colorado	Coors Events Center	11,064	7,740	6,451	7,427	6,610	6,512	6,933	7,740	8,519	7,477	8,787†	7,645	6,385	8,323	7,008	8,176					111,733	7,449	67.32%
Oregon	Matthew Knight Arena	12,364	7,232	6,428	8,100	6,916	7,688	7,153	6,249	6,905	6,908	9,661	7,458	9,202	12,364†	12,364†	9,938	9,419	9,940	12,364†		156,289	8,683	70.22%
Oregon State	Gill Coliseum	9,604	4,588	3,874	5,438	3,985	3,571	4,344	3,900	8,110†	4,481	4,751	6,482	5,330	6,301	4,235	5,630	4,963	6,147			86,130	5,066	52.74%
Stanford	Maples Pavilion	7,233	6,276	3,103	2,799	2,998	7,233†	3,145	3,303	4,031	4,293	4,497	4,087	4,014	6,079	3,601	4,894	3,625	5,233			73,211	4,307	59.54%
UCLA	Pauley Pavilion	13,800	6,782	7,035	8,329	5,973	6,109	10,018	5,767	8,089	7,639	8,739	10,164	8,028	10,519	12,837	8,890	13,001†				137,919	8,620	62.46%
USC	Galen Center	10,258	6,327	2,402	3,125	5,347	2,712	3,519	4,041	3,104	2,518	3,669	4,822	4,116	6,144	4,322	4,542	10,258†				70,968	4,436	43.24%
Utah	Jon M. Huntsman Center	15,000	9,887	9,690	12,064	13,264	13,896	13,125	13,543	12,123	12,378	11,241	14,038	14,358†	13,141	13,598	13,751					190,097	12,673	84.48%
Washington	Alaska Airlines Arena	10,000	5,883	5,609	6,428	5,328	4,858	4,903	9,749	4,856	4,452	5,915	5,804	8,256	10,000†	6,904	10,000†	8,170	9,258	6,480	9,912	133,016	7,001	70.01%
Washington State	Beasley Coliseum	11,671	2,424	2,340	2,129	3,183	2,240	4,165	2,178	3,477	2,540	3,178	4,607†	2,803	2,249	2,924	2,592	3,148				46,177	2,886	24.72%
Total		11,800																				1,542,124	7,749	66.66%

Bold – At or Exceed capacity
†Season High