2021–22 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season

The 2021–22 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season began with practices starting in October, followed by the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season which started on November 9. Conference play began on November 28. This was the tenth season under the Pac–12 Conference name and the 62nd 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 106th season of basketball.

The Pac-12 tournament was played March 9–12, 2022 at the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada.

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

Pac-12 Media days
The Pac-12 will conduct its 2021 Pac-12 media days at the Pac-12 Studio, in San Francisco, California, on October 13, 2021 (Pac-12 Network).

The teams and representatives in respective order were as follows:


 * Pac-12 Commissioner – George Kliavkoff
 * Deputy Commissioner and Chief Operating Officer(MBB) – Jamie Zaninovich
 * Arizona – Tommy Lloyd (HC), Bennedict Mathurin (G/F), Ąžuolas Tubelis (PF)
 * Arizona State – Bobby Hurley (HC), Marcus Bagley (SF), Kimani Lawrence (PF)
 * California – Mark Fox (HC), Grant Anticevich (PF), Andre Kelly (SF)
 * Colorado – Tad Boyle (HC), Evan Battey (PF), Elijah Parquet (SG)
 * Oregon – Dana Altman (HC), Will Richardson (PG), Eric Williams Jr. (SG)
 * Oregon State – Wayne Tinkle (HC), Warith Alatishe (SF), Jarod Lucas (PG)
 * Stanford – Jerod Haase (HC), Jaiden Delaire (SF), Spencer Jones (SF)
 * UCLA – Mick Cronin (HC), Jaime Jaquez Jr. (SF), Johnny Juzang (SG)
 * USC – Andy Enfield (HC), Isaiah Mobley (PF), Drew Peterson (SG)
 * Utah – Craig Smith (HC), Riley Battin (PF), Branden Carlson (C)
 * Washington – Mike Hopkins (HC), Jamal Bey (SG), Nate Roberts (PF)
 * Washington State – Kyle Smith (HC), Efe Abogidi (PF), Tyrell Roberts (PG)

Source:

Pac-12 Preseason All-Conference

 * First Team

Efe Abogidi (So., WSU); Daejon Davis (Gr., WASH); Jaiden Delaire (Sr., STAN); Harrison Ingram (Fr., STAN); Jabari Walker (So., COLO); Peyton Watson (Fr., UCLA).
 * Second Team
 * Honorable Mention

Midseason watchlists
Below is a table of notable midseason watch lists.

Final watchlists
Below is a table of notable year end watch lists.

Regular season
The Schedule will be released in late October. Before the season, it was announced that for the seventh 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
2021–22 records against non-conference opponents through the 2022 Season:

Regular season

Postseason

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 2022 Season

Rankings
^AP poll is not released for the Final Week.

Coaching changes
On March 16, 2021, Utah fired Larry Krystkowiak as head coach after 10 seasons. Utah hired former Utah State coach Craig Smith in March 27, 2021.

On April 7, 2021, Arizona fired Sean Miller as head coach after 12 seasons. April 15, Arizona announced it hired long time Gonzaga assistant coach Tommy Lloyd.

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 2020–21 season.
 * NCAA tournament appearances are from time at current school only.
 * NCAA Final Fours and Championship include time at other schools
 * Conference titles refer to amount of tournament titles each coach has and not regular season titles.

Pac-12 tournament
The conference tournament is scheduled to be played from March 9–12, 2022, 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: Arizona, UCLA, and USC

National Invitation Tournament
Three teams from the conference were selected to participate: Colorado, Oregon, and Washington State.

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

All-Americans

 * Bennedict Mathurin, Arizona, Consensus Second team (Associated Press, National Association of Basketball Coaches, Sporting News, United States Basketball Writers Association )
 * Johnny Juzang, UCLA, Third team (National Association of Basketball Coaches )

Coach of the year

 * Tommy Lloyd, Arizona (AP Coach of the Year, NABC Coach of the Year, USBWA Coach of the Year )

All-District
The United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) named the following from the Pac-12 to their All-District Teams:

All-District Team
 * District VIII
 * Jabari Walker, Colorado

Coach of the Year
 * District IX

Tommy Lloyd, Arizona

All-District Team
 * Terrell Brown Jr., Washington
 * Johnny Juzang, UCLA
 * Christian Koloko, Arizona
 * Bennedict Mathurin, Arizona
 * Isaiah Mobley, USC
 * Will Richardson, Oregon
 * Ąžuolas Tubelis, Arizona

The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) named the following from the Pac-12 to their All-District Teams:

Coach of the Year
 * District 19

Tommy Lloyd, Arizona

All-District First Team
 * Johnny Juzang – UCLA
 * Bennedict Mathurin – Arizona
 * Isaiah Mobley – USC
 * Will Richardson – Oregon
 * Ąžuolas Tubelis – Arizona

All-District Second Team
 * Terrell Brown Jr. – Washington
 * Tyger Campbell – UCLA
 * Jaime Jaquez Jr. – UCLA
 * Christian Koloko – Arizona
 * Jabari Walker – Colorado

Conference awards
Voting was by conference coaches.

All-Pac-12

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


 * Second Team
 * Honorable Mention
 * Boogie Ellis, (USC, PG)
 * Harrison Ingram, (STAN, SF)
 * Spencer Jones, (STAN, SF)
 * Andre Kelly, (Cal, PF)
 * Jordan Shepherd, (CAL, SG)
 * Dalen Terry, (ARIZ, SG)

All-Freshman Team
† Pac-12 Player of the Year ‡ Pac-12 Freshman of the Year
 * Honorable Mention
 * Sam Alajiki, CAL
 * Peyton Watson, UCLA

All-Defensive Team

 * † Pac-12 Player of the Year
 * ‡ Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year
 * †† two-time Pac-12 All-Defensive Team honoree
 * Honorable Mention
 * Efe Abogidi, (WSU, C)
 * Evan Battey, (COLO, PF)
 * Marreon Jackson, (ASU, SG)
 * Spencer Jones, (STAN, SF)
 * Franck Kepnang, (ORE, C)
 * Isaiah Mobley, (USC, PF)

Scholar Athlete of the year
The Pac-12 moved to seasonal Academic Honor Rolls, discontinuing sport-by-sport teams, starting in 2019-20


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Home game attendance
Bold – At or exceed capacity †Season high