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 in 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
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams12
TV partner(s)ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, Fox Sports 1, FOX, Pac-12 Network
Regular season
Season championsArizona Wildcats
Season MVPDeandre Ayton, Arizona
Top scorerAaron Holiday, UCLA
Tournament
ChampionsArizona
  Runners-upUSC Trojans
Finals MVPDeandre Ayton, Arizona
2017–18 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 12 Arizona144 .778  278  .771
USC126 .667  2412  .667
UCLA117 .611  2112  .636
Utah117 .611  2312  .657
Stanford117 .611  1916  .543
Oregon108 .556  2313  .639
Washington108 .556  2113  .618
Colorado810 .444  1715  .531
Arizona State810 .444  2012  .625
Oregon State711 .389  1616  .500
Washington State414 .222  1219  .387
California216 .111  824  .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

Recruiting classes

Rankings
Team ESPN[4] Rivals[5] Scout[6] 247Sports[7] Signees
ArizonaNo. 3No. 3No. 3No. 35
Arizona StateNo. 34No. 36No. 29No. 232
California---No. 544
ColoradoNo. 39No. 25No. 27No. 244
OregonNo. 12No. 13No. 11No. 134
Oregon StateNo. 35--No. 483
StanfordNo. 24No. 12-No. 144
UCLANo. 4No. 5No. 5No. 46
USCNo. 18No. 30-No. 313
Utah---No. 514
WashingtonNo. 32No. 26No. 18No. 664
Washington State---No. 1191

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 Ayton3rd3rd2ndHM3rd2nd3rd3rdHM
Beanie Boatright3rd
Jordan McLaughlinHM
Chimezie Metu4th
Allonzo Trier1st2nd1st1st2nd2nd1st2nd2nd1st
Reid Travis4thHM

Preseason 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]
ArizonaNo. 3No. 1No. 3No. 1No. 2No. 5No. 1No. 3No. 2No. 3No. 2No. 1No. 1No. 3
Arizona StateNo. 57No. 93No. 70
CaliforniaNo. 163No. 100No. 208
ColoradoNo. 77No. 95No. 101
OregonRVNo. 34RVNo. 45No. 35No. 32
Oregon StateNo. 82No. 66No. 99
StanfordNo. 42No. 54No. 118
UCLANo. 21No. 18No. 22No. 20No. 18No. 34No. 29No. 14No. 14No. 15No. 20No. 23
USCNo. 10No. 7No. 8No. 11No. 8No. 11No. 11No. 12No. 12No. 12No. 8No. 13No. 9
UtahNo. 71No. 55No. 67
WashingtonNo. 141No. 114No. 117
Washington StateNo. 201No. 230No. 206

Pac-12 Media days

Source:[42]

Men’s Basketball Media Preseason Poll
Place Team Points First place votes
1.Arizona273 pts22
2.USC251 pts1
3.UCLA223 pts--
4.Oregon203 pts--
5.Stanford182 pts--
6.Arizona State146 pts--
7.Utah129 pts--
8.Oregon State125 pts--
9.Colorado112 pts--
10.Washington71 pts--
11.California46 pts--
12.Washington State33 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]

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