2018–19 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season

The 2018–19 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2018 followed by the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season on November 6, 2018. The conference schedule will begin in December 2018. This is 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 is the Pac-12's 103rd season of basketball.[1]

2018–19 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, CBS
Regular season
Regular season championsWashington
Season MVPJaylen Nowell, Washington
Top scorerTres Tinkle, Oregon State
Pac-12 tournament
ChampionsOregon
  Runners-upWashington
Tournament MVPPayton Pritchard, Oregon
2018–19 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Washington153 .833279  .750
Arizona State126 .6672311  .676
Utah117 .6111714  .548
Oregon State108 .5561813  .581
Colorado108 .5562313  .639
Oregon108 .5562513  .658
UCLA99 .5001716  .515
USC810 .4441617  .485
Arizona810 .4441715  .531
Stanford810 .4441516  .484
Washington State414 .2221121  .344
California315 .167823  .258
Conference tournament winner

The Pac-12 tournament was held from March 13–16, 2019, at the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada.

Pre-season

Recruiting classes

Rankings
Team ESPN[2] Rivals[3] Scout[4] 247Sports[5] Signees
ArizonaNo. 31No. 35 No. 19No. 223
Arizona StateNo. 19No. 24 No. 7No. 114
California-No. 41 No. 34No. 444
Colorado-No. 92 No. 97No. 853
OregonNo. 4No. 4 No. 3No. 35
Oregon State-No. 52 No. 71No. 843
StanfordNo. 28No. 26 No. 22No. 205
UCLANo. 3No. 5 No. 10No. 66
USCNo. 15No. 21 No. 14 No. 183
Utah-No. 29 No. 35No. 396
WashingtonNo. 23No. 33 No. 43No. 405
Washington State-- No. 136No. 1451

Preseason watchlists

Below is a table of notable preseason watch lists.

Wooden[6] Naismith[7] Cousy[8] Erving[9] Malone[10] Abdul-Jabbar[11]
Bennie Boatwright Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Bol Bol Green tickY Green tickY
Moses Brown Green tickY
Noah Dickerson Green tickY
Robert Franks Green tickY
Louis King Green tickY
Jaylen Hands Green tickY
Payton Pritchard Green tickY Green tickY
Tres Tinkle Green tickY
Matisse Thybulle Green tickY
Kris Wilkes Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY

Preseason All-American teams

ESPN CBS AP[12] USA Blue
Ribbon
Athlon
Sports
NBC
Sports
[13]
Street & Smith's Sporting News Sports
Illustrated

Preseason polls

AP[14] Athlon
Sports
[15]
Bleacher
Report
[16]
Blue Ribbon
Yearbook
[17]
CBS Sports[18] Coaches[19] ESPN[20] KenPom[21] Lindy's
Sports
[22]
NBC Sports[23] SBNation[24] Sporting
News
[25]
Street &
Smith's
[26]
Sports
Illustrated
[27]
USBWA[28]
ArizonaNo. 42No. 39No. 76No. 16 No. 25No. 49
Arizona StateNo. 60No. 53 No. 62
CaliforniaNo. 190No. 157 No. 229
ColoradoNo. 24No. 75No. 81 No. 60
OregonNo. 14No. 18No. 18No. 9No. 12No. 16No. 27No. 13No. 18No. 16 No. 15No. 16
Oregon StateNo. 77No. 90 No. 82
StanfordNo. 111No. 105 No. 106
UCLANo. 21No. 14No. 17No. 14No. 24No. 20No. 47No. 22No. 16No. 14 No. 14No. 21
USCNo. 35No. 38No. 61No. 35 No. 48
UtahNo. 81No. 73 No. 76
WashingtonNo. 25No. 21No. 22No. 24No. 46No. 29No. 33 No. 28
Washington StateNo. 181No. 179 No. 247

Pac-12 Media days

Source:[29]

Men’s Basketball Media Preseason Poll
Place Team Points First place votes
1.Oregon288 pts16
2.UCLA264 pts6
3.Washington249 pts2
4.Arizona205 pts1
5.USC203 pts--
6.Arizona State165 pts--
7.Colorado161 pts--
8.Utah122 pts--
9.Stanford109 pts--
10.Oregon State102 pts--
11.California45 pts--
12.Washington State35 pts--
(first place votes)
  • October 11–12, 2018 – Pac-12 Men's Basketball Media Day, Pac-12 Networks Studios, San Francisco, Calif.

Early season tournaments

Team Tournament Finish
Arizona Maui Invitational 4th[30]
Arizona State MGM Resorts Main Event 1st[31]
California Legends Classic 4th[32]
Colorado Diamond Head Classic 7th[33]
Oregon 2K Sports Classic 3rd[34]
Oregon State Paradise Jam 3rd[35]
Stanford Battle 4 Atlantis 7th[36]
UCLA Las Vegas Invitational 4th[37]
USC CBE Hall of Fame Classic 3rd[38]
Utah Wooden Legacy 6th[39]
Washington Vancouver Showcase 2nd[40]
Washington State Las Vegas Classic 4th[41]

Midseason watchlists

Below is a table of notable midseason 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

2018-19 records against non-conference foes as of (Jan. 2, 2018):

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