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.

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

Preseason watchlists
Below is a table of notable preseason watch lists.

Pac-12 Media days
Source:


 * October 11–12, 2018 – Pac-12 Men's Basketball Media Day, Pac-12 Networks Studios, San Francisco, Calif.

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):

Regular season

Record against ranked non-conference opponents
This is a list of games against ranked opponents only (Rankings from the AP Poll):

Team rankings are reflective of AP poll when the game was played, not current or final ranking

† denotes game was played on neutral site

Conference schedule
This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.

Points scored
Through March 11, 2019

Coaches
Note: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season. Overall and Pac-12 records are from time at current school. Notes:
 * Overall and Pac-12 records, conference titles, etc. are from time at current school and are through the end the 2018–19 season.
 * NCAA tournament appearances are from time at current school only.
 * NCAA Final Fours and Championship include time at other schools
 * Steve Allford fired from UCLA on 12/31/18 with a 7-6 record

Pac-12 tournament
Oregon won the conference tournament held March 13–16, 2019, at the T-Mobile Arena, Paradise, NV. The top four teams had a bye on the first day. 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.

NCAA tournament
Three teams from the conference were selected to participate: Oregon, Washington and Arizona State.

National Invitation Tournament
One team from the conference were selected to participate: Colorado.

Players of the Week
Throughout the conference regular season, the Pac-12 offices named one or two players of the week each Monday.

Conference awards
Voting was by conference coaches.

All-Pac-12

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


 * Second Team
 * Honorable Mention
 * Noah Dickerson (WASH, F), Louis King (ORE, F), Nick Rakocevic (USC, F), Josh Sharma (STAN, F).

All-Freshman Team
‡ Pac-12 Freshman of the Year
 * Honorable Mention
 * Brandon Williams (ARIZ, G)

All-Defensive Team
‡Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year
 * Honorable Mention
 * Moses Brown (UCLA, C), McKinley Wright IV (COLO, G).

All-Academic team

 * First Team
 * ‡ 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


 * Honorable Mention
 * Evan Battey (COLO), Oscar da Silva (STAN), De’Quon Lake (ASU), Alexander Strating (COLO),; Justice Sueing (CAL), Tres Tinkle (OSU), Parker Van Dyke (UTAH)

Home game attendance
Bold – At or Exceed capacity †Season High