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.

Pre-season

Recruiting classes + Rankings Team ESPN RivalsScout 247SportsSignees Arizona No. 31 No. 35 No. 19 No. 22 3 Arizona State No. 19 No. 24 No. 7 No. 11 4 California - No. 41 No. 34 No. 44 4 Colorado - No. 92 No. 97 No. 85 3 Oregon No. 4 No. 4 No. 3 No. 3 5 Oregon State - No. 52 No. 71 No. 84 3 Stanford No. 28 No. 26 No. 22 No. 20 5 UCLA No. 3 No. 5 No. 10 No. 6 6 USC No. 15 No. 21 No. 14 No. 18 3 Utah - No. 29 No. 35 No. 39 6 Washington No. 23 No. 33 No. 43 No. 40 5 Washington State - - No. 136 No. 145 1

Preseason watchlists Below is a table of notable preseason watch lists. WoodenNaismithCousyErvingMaloneAbdul-Jabbar Bennie Boatwright Bol Bol Moses Brown Noah Dickerson Robert Franks Louis King Jaylen Hands Payton Pritchard Tres Tinkle Matisse Thybulle Kris Wilkes

Preseason All-American teams ESPNCBSAPUSABlueRibbonAthlonSportsNBCSports Street & Smith's Sporting News SportsIllustrated

Preseason polls

AP AthlonSports BleacherReport Blue RibbonYearbook CBS Sports Coaches ESPN KenPom Lindy'sSports NBC Sports SBNation SportingNews Street &Smith's SportsIllustrated USBWAArizona No. 42 No. 39 No. 76 No. 16 No. 25 No. 49 Arizona State No. 60 No. 53 No. 62 California No. 190 No. 157 No. 229 Colorado No. 24 No. 75 No. 81 No. 60 Oregon No. 14 No. 18 No. 18 No. 9 No. 12 No. 16 No. 27 No. 13 No. 18 No. 16No. 15 No. 16 Oregon State No. 77 No. 90 No. 82 Stanford No. 111 No. 105 No. 106 UCLA No. 21 No. 14 No. 17 No. 14 No. 24 No. 20 No. 47 No. 22 No. 16 No. 14No. 14 No. 21 USC No. 35 No. 38 No. 61 No. 35 No. 48 Utah No. 81 No. 73 No. 76 Washington No. 25 No. 21 No. 22 No. 24 No. 46 No. 29 No. 33 No. 28 Washington State No. 181 No. 179 No. 247

Pac-12 Media days Source: +Men’s Basketball Media Preseason Poll Place Team Points First place votes 1. Oregon 288 pts 16 2. UCLA 264 pts 6 3. Washington 249 pts 2 4. Arizona 205 pts 1 5. USC 203 pts -- 6. Arizona State 165 pts -- 7. Colorado 161 pts -- 8. Utah 122 pts -- 9. Stanford 109 pts -- 10. Oregon State 102 pts -- 11. California 45 pts -- 12. Washington State 35 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 FinishArizonaMaui Invitational4thArizona StateMGM Resorts Main Event1stCalifornia Legends Classic4thColoradoDiamond Head Classic7thOregon2K Sports Classic3rdOregon StateParadise Jam3rdStanfordBattle 4 Atlantis7thUCLA Las Vegas Invitational 4thUSCCBE Hall of Fame Classic3rdUtahWooden Legacy6thWashingtonVancouver Showcase2ndWashington StateLas Vegas Classic4th

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

Final Watchlists

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 Power ConferencesRecordACC2–3Big East0–1Big Ten0–7Big 122–7SEC4–8Power Conference Total8–26Other NCAA Division 1 ConferencesRecordAmerica East2–0American1–4A-100–1ASUN1–1Big Sky9–2Big South2–0Big West15–2CAA1–0C-USA5–0Horizon3–0Ivy League1–2MAAC1–0MAC1–0MEAC3–0MVC3–1Mountain West10–3NEC3–0OVC1–1Patriot League0–0SoCon0–0Southland3–0SWAC1–1The Summit5–0Sun Belt1–0WAC5–4WCC8–10Other Division I Total85–32 Division II Total0–0NCAA Division I Total93–58

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

Date Visitor Home Site Significance Score Conference record November 9 No. 25 Washington No. 11 Auburn Auburn Arena • Auburn, AL L 66-88 0–1 November 12 Stanford No. 7 North Carolina Dean Smith Center • Chapel Hill, NC L 72-90 0–2 November 19 No.15 Syracuse No.13 Oregon† Madison Square Garden • New York, NY 2K Sports Classic W 80–65 1–2 November 19 No.15 Mississippi State Arizona State† T-Mobile Arena • Paradise, NV MGM Resorts Main Event W 72–67 2–2 November 20 No.3 Gonzaga Arizona† Lahaina Civic Center • Maui, HI Maui Invitational tournament L 74–91 2–3 November 21 No.8 Auburn Arizona† Lahaina Civic Center • Maui, HI Maui Invitational Tournament L 57–73 2–4 November 21 No.25 Wisconsin Stanford† Imperial Arena • Nassau, Bahamas Battle 4 Atlantis L 46–62 2–5 November 22 No.11 Michigan State No. 17 UCLA† Orleans Arena • Paradise, NV Las Vegas Invitational L 67–87 2–5 November 23 No.7 North Carolina No. 17 UCLA† Orleans Arena • Paradise, NV Las Vegas Invitational L 78–94 2–6 December 1 No.5 Nevada USC Galen Center • Los Angeles, CA L 61–73 2–7 December 1 Stanford No.2 Kansas Allen Fieldhouse • Lawrence, KS L 84–90OT 2–8 December 5 Washington No.1 Gonzaga McCarthey Athletic Center • Spokane, WA L 79–81 2–9 December 7 No.6 Nevada No.20 Arizona State† Staples Center • Los Angeles, CA Air Force Reserve Basketball Hall of Fame Classic L 66–72 2–10 December 15 Utah No.19 Kentucky Rupp Arena • Lexington, KY L 61–88 2–11 December 15 No. 13 Virginia Tech Washington† Boardwalk Hall • Atlantic City, NJ Air Force Reserve Basketball Hall of Fame Boardwalk Classic L 61–73 2–12 December 22 No. 15 Ohio State UCLA† United Center • Chicago, IL CBS Sports Classic L 66–80 2–13 December 22 No. 1 Kansas No.18 Arizona State Wells Fargo Arena • Tempe, AZ W 80–76 3–13 December 29 No.6 Nevada Utah Jon M. Huntsman Center • Salt Lake City, UT L 71–86 3–14 March 22 Arizona State† No. 15 Buffalo BOK Center • Tulsa, OK NCAA First Round L 74–91 3–15 March 22 Oregon† No. 21 Wisconsin SAP Center • San Jose, CA NCAA First Round W 72–54 4–15 March 22 Washington† No. 25 Utah State Nationwide Arena • Columbus, OH NCAA First Round W 78–61 5–15 March 24 Washington† No. 3 North Carolina Nationwide Arena • Columbus, OH NCAA Second Round L 59–81 5–16 March 28 Oregon† No. 2 Virginia KFC Yum! Center • Louisville, KY NCAA Third Round L 49–53 5–17

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.

  Arizona Arizona StCaliforniaColoradoOregonOregon StStanfordUCLAUSCUtahWashingtonWashington Stvs. Arizona – 2–00–21–12–00–20–21–01–01–11–01–0vs. Arizona State0–2 – 0–21–11–10–21–10–11–01–10–11–0vs. California2–02–0 – 1–01–01–01–12–02–01–01–11–1vs. Colorado1–11–10–1 – 0–11–01–00–20–11–12–01–1vs. Oregon0–21–10–11–0 – 2–00–12–00–10–11–10–2vs. Oregon State2–02–00–10–10–2 – 1–01–10–20–12–00–2vs. Stanford2–01–11–10–11–00–1 – 1–11–11–02–00–2vs. UCLA0–11–00–22–00–21–11–1 – 1–12–01–00–1vs. USC0–10–10–22–01–12–01–11–1 – 1–01–00–1vs. Utah1–11–10–11–11–01–00–10–20–2 – 2–00–2vs. Washington0–11–01–10–21–10–20–20–10–10–2 – 0–2vs. Washington State0–10–11–11–12–02–02–01–01–02–02–0 – Total 8–10 12–6 3–15 10–8 10–8 10–8 8–10 9–9 8–10 11–7 15–3 4–14

Points scored

TeamForAgainstDifferenceArizona 2,204 2,127 77Arizona State 2,332 2,187 145California 2,070 2,331 -261Colorado 2,249 2,053 196Oregon 2,170 1,975 195Oregon State 2,217 2,092 125Stanford 2,183 2,148 35UCLA 2,429 2,412 17USC 2,365 2,267 98Utah 2,289 2,245 44Washington 2,182 1,985 197Washington State 2,342 2,433 -91 Through March 11, 2019

Rankings

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Head coaches

Coaches Note: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season. Overall and Pac-12 records are from time at current school. Team Head coach Previous job Seasons at school Overall record Pac-12 record Pac-12 titles NCAA tournaments NCAA Final Fours NCAA ChampionshipsArizona Sean Miller Xavier 10th 247–73 () 121–40 () 5 10 0 0Arizona State Bobby Hurley Buffalo 4th 50–47 () 20–34 () 0 0 0 0California Wyking Jones California (assistant) 2nd 8–24 () 2–16 () 0 0 0 0Colorado Tad Boyle Northern Colorado 9th 166–110 () 72-70 () 0 3 0 0Oregon Dana Altman Creighton 9th 209–83 () 94–49 () 2 5 0 0Oregon State Wayne Tinkle Montana 5th 57–70 () 25–47 () 0 4 0 0Stanford Jerod Haase UAB 3rd 33–33 () 17–19 () 0 0 0 0UCLA Murry Bartow interim UCLA (assistant) 1st 0–0 () 0–0 () 0 0 0 0USC Andy Enfield Florida Gulf Coast 6th 94–76 () 36–54 () 0 2 0 0Utah Larry Krystkowiak New Jersey Nets (assistant) 8th 137–97 () 63–61 () 0 4 0 0 Washington Mike Hopkins Syracuse (assistant) 2nd 21–13 () 10–8 () 0 0 0 0 Washington State Ernie Kent Oregon 5th 47–77 () 18–54 () 0 6 0 0 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

Postseason

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.