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Pac-12 Men's Basketball Weekly Release – November 15, 2022 – Pac-12.com
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#PAC12MBB STARTING FIVE:
1-of-5 – ARIZONA junior Kerr Kriisa recorded the second triple-double of his career with 14 points, 12 assists and 11 rebounds in Friday’s 95-78 victory over Southern.
6 – Six Pac-12 Men’s Basketball standouts were named to the Top 50 Watch List for the Naismith Trophy National Player of the Year: Azuolas Tubelis, Arizona; Will Richardson, Oregon; Harrison Ingram, Stanford; Tyger Campbell & Jaime Jaquez Jr., UCLA; Drew Peterson, USC.
6, 4, 3 – Among the 27 games scheduled for the second week of the 2022-23 Pac-12 Men’s Basketball season:
#11 – COLORADO collected the Conference’s first AP ranked victory of the season with a 78-66 upset of then-No. 11 Tennessee in Nashville on Sunday.
22 – Pac-12 Men’s Basketball programs have combined to sign 22 prospects to National Letters of Intent during the early signing period.
PAC-12 NOTES
BREAKOUT BRUIN: UCLA’s Jaylen Clark has had a breakout start to his junior campaign in helping the Bruins to a 3-0 mark.
UW-WW: WASHINGTON is 3-0 for the first time since 2015-16 and for the first time under head coach Mike Hopkins.
PRESEASON AWARDS CANDIDATES
NAISMITH TROPHY NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Top 50 Watch List
Azuolas Tubelis, Arizona
Will Richardson, Oregon
Harrison Ingram, Stanford
Tyger Campbell, UCLA
Jaime Jaquez Jr., UCLA
Drew Peterson, USC
WOODEN AWARD NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Top 50 Watch List
Azuolas Tubelis, Arizona
Will Richardson, Oregon
Harrison Ingram, Stanford
Tyger Campbell, UCLA
Jaime Jaquez Jr., UCLA
NABC NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Top 20 Watch List
Jaime Jaquez Jr., UCLA
NAISMITH MEMORIAL BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME AWARDS
Watch Lists
Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year
Kerr Kriisa, Arizona
Will Richardson, Oregon
Tyger Campbell, UCLA
Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year
Amari Bailey, UCLA
Julius Erving Small Forward of the Year
Pelle Larsson, Arizona
Harrison Ingram, Stanford
Jaime Jaquez Jr., UCLA
Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year
Azuolas Tubelis, Arizona
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year
Oumar Ballo, Arizona
Adem Bona, UCLA
Branden Carlson, Utah
Kel’el Ware, Oregon
PAC-12 MEDIA PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS
First Team
Tyger Campbell, R-Sr., G, UCLA
Branden Carlson, Sr., C, Utah
Boogie Ellis, Sr., G, USC
Mouhamed Gueye, So., F, Washington State
Harrison Ingram, So., F, Stanford
Jaime Jaquez Jr., Sr., G/F, UCLA
Spencer Jones, Sr., F, Stanford
Drew Peterson, 5th, G, USC
Will Richardson, Sr., G, Oregon
Azuolas Tubelis, Jr., F, Arizona
Second Team
Marcus Bagley, So., F, Arizona State
Tristan da Silva, Jr., F, Colorado
DJ Horne, Jr., G, Arizona State
Kerr Kriisa, Jr., G, Arizona
Pelle Larsson, Jr., G, Arizona
Honorable Mention
Amari Bailey (Fr., UCLA), Oumar Ballo (R-Jr., ARIZ), Jaylen Clark (Jr., UCLA); Quincy Guerrier (Sr., ORE), K.J. Simpson (So., COLO), Kel’el Ware (Fr., ORE).
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PAC-12 PERFORMANCE AWARDS PRESENTED BY NEXTIVA (Weekly Awards History)