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.

Pre-season

Recruiting classes + Rankings Team ESPN Rivals On3 Recruits Scout/247 SportsSigneesArizona — No. 44 No. 50 No. 79 2Arizona State ― No. 14 No. 11 No. 28 6California ― No. 38 ― No. 64 3Colorado No. 17 No. 9 No. 37 No. 13 5Oregon ― ― No. 7 No. 73 2Oregon State ― ― ― No. 69 2Stanford No. 16 No. 15 No. 20 No. 21 4UCLA No. 15 No. 5 No. 14 No. 36 2USC ― ― No. 44 No. 41 3Utah ― ― ― ― 1Washington ― No. 46 No. 47 No. 48 3Washington State ― No. 58 No. 30 No. 59 2

Preseason watchlists Below is a table of notable preseason watch lists. WoodenNaismithRobertsonCousyWestErvingMaloneAbdul-JabbarOlsonMarcus BagleyTyger CampbellQuincy GuerrierDe'Vion HarmonHarrison IngramJaime Jaquez Jr.Myles JohnsonJohnny JuzangBennedict MathurinIsaiah MobleyWill RichardsonĄžuolas TubelisJabari Walker

Preseason All-American teams ESPNCBSUSAAPBlueRibbonAthlonSportsNBCSportsStreet & Smith's Sporting NewsSportsIllustrated Johnny Juzang 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st Jaime Jaquez Jr. 2nd 3rd 3rd

Preseason polls

AP Athlon Sports Blue Ribbon CBS Sports Coaches ESPN KenPom Lindy'sSports SportsIllustrated SportingNewsArizona RV – – No. 29 RV – No. 47 – No. 29 – Arizona State – – – No. 82 – – No. 58 – No. 58 – California – – – No. 119 – – No. 101 – No. 163 – Colorado RV – – No. 62 RV – No. 35 – No. 72 – Oregon No. 13 No. 13 No. 19 No. 12 No. 12 No. 12 No. 29 No. 8 No. 12 No. 12Oregon State – – – No. 78 – – No. 73 – No. 92 – Stanford – – – No. 73 – – No. 68 – No. 75 – UCLA No. 2 No. 2 No. 2 No. 6 No. 2 No. 3 No. 7 No. 2 No. 4 No. 2USC RV No. 22 – No. 21 RV – No. 20 – No. 37 – Utah – – – No 103 – – No. 93 – No. 99 – Washington – – – No. 94 – – No. 102 – No. 105 – Washington State – – – No. 52 – – No. 63 – No. 51 –

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)

+Men's Basketball Media Preseason Poll Place Team Points First place votes 1. UCLA 404 32 2. Oregon 373 2 3. USC 320 -- T4. Arizona 245 -- T4. Oregon State 245 -- 6. Colorado 235 -- 7. Arizona State 224 -- 8. Washington State 221 -- 9. Stanford 151 -- 10. Utah 105 -- 11. Washington 85 -- 12. California 44 -- Source:

Pac-12 Preseason All-Conference

First Team

NameSchool Pos. Yr. Ht., Wt. Hometown (Last School) Warith Alatishe Oregon State Sr. F 6'8”, 210 Westside HS Marcus Bagley Arizona State So. F 6'8", 215 Sheldon HS Evan Battey Colorado R-Sr. F 6'8”, 259 Villa Park HS Tyger Campbell UCLA R-Jr. G 5'11”, 180 La Lumiere School Jaime Jaquez Jr. UCLA Jr. G/F 6'7”, 225 Camarillo HS Johnny Juzang UCLA Jr. G 6'7”, 215 Harvard-Westlake School Bennedict Mathurin Arizona So. G 6'6”, 210 NBA Academy Latin America (MX) Isaiah Mobley USC Jr. F 6'10”, 240 Rancho Christian School Will Richardson Oregon Sr. G 6'5”, 180 Oak Hill Academy Noah Williams Washington State Jr. G 6'5”, 195 O'Dea HS

Second Team

Name School Pos. Yr. Ht., Wt. Hometown (Last School) Boogie Ellis USC Jr. G 6'3”, 185 Mission Bay Quincy Guerrier Oregon Jr. F 6'8”, 220 Thetford Academy De'Vion Harmon Oregon Jr. G 6'2”, 180 John Guyer HS Jarod Lucas Oregon State Jr. G 6'4”, 195 Los Altos HS Ąžuolas Tubelis Arizona So. F 6'11”, 245 Rytas Vilnius Honorable Mention Efe Abogidi (So., WSU); Daejon Davis (Gr., WASH); Jaiden Delaire (Sr., STAN); Harrison Ingram (Fr., STAN); Jabari Walker (So., COLO); Peyton Watson (Fr., UCLA).

Midseason watchlists Below is a table of notable midseason watch lists. John R. Wooden AwardNaismithNaismith DPOYCousyWestErvingMaloneAbdul-Jabbar Tyger Campbell Harrison IngramJaime Jaquez Jr.Johnny JuzangChristian KolokoBennedict MathurinIsaiah Mobley Will Richardson Ąžuolas Tubelis

Final watchlists Below is a table of notable year end watch lists. John R. Wooden AwardNaismith Play of the Year'Naismith Defensive Player of the Year'CousyWestErving Tyger Campbell Christian KolokoJaime Jaquez Jr. Johnny Juzang Bennedict Mathurin Isaiah Mobley

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.

Early season tournaments

Team Tournament FinishArizona Roman Main Event 1stArizona State Battle 4 Atlantis 8th California Fort Myers Tip-Off 4th Colorado Paradise Jam 4thOregon Maui Invitational 4th Oregon State Emerald Coast Classic 4thStanford Diamond Head Classic N/AUCLA Empire Classic 2ndUSC Wooden Legacy 1stUtah Sunshine Slam 1st(Bracket A)Washington Sanford Pentagon Crossover Classic Round RobinWashington State Washington State Multi-Team Event Round Robin

Records against other conferences 2021–22 records against non-conference opponents through the 2022 Season:

Regular season Power ConferencesRecordACC 2–2Big East 3–1Big Ten 2–1Big 12 0–6SEC 0–5Power Conferences Total 7–15Other NCAA Division 1 ConferencesRecordAmerican 4–2America East 1–0A-10 3–0ASUN 6–0Big Sky 14–1Big South 2–1Big West 9–3CAA 0–0C-USA 0–0Horizon 1–0Ivy League 3–1MAAC 1–0MAC 0–1MEAC 0–0MVC 1–2Mountain West 8–5NEC 0–0OVC 0–0Patriot League 0–0SoCon 0–1Southland 1–0SWAC 4–0The Summit 2–1Sun Belt 0–0WAC 8–2WCC 7–6Other Division I Total 75–26 Division II Total 1–0NCAA Division I Total 83–41

Postseason Power ConferencesRecordACC 0–1Big East 0–0Big Ten 0–0Big 12 1–2SEC 0–1Power Conferences Total 1–4Other NCAA Division 1 ConferencesRecordAmerican 1–1America East 0–0 A-10 0–1ASUN 0–0Big Sky 0–0Big South 0–0Big West 0–0CAA 0–0C-USA 0–0Horizon 1–0Ivy League 0–0MAAC 0–0MAC 1–0MEAC 0–0MVC 0–0Mountain West 1–0NEC 0–0OVC 0–0Patriot League 0–0SoCon 0–0Southland 0–0SWAC 0–0The Summit 0–0Sun Belt 0–0WAC 0–0WCC 3–0Other Division I Total 7–2NCAA Division I Total 8–6

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 Nov 12 No. 4 Villanova No. 2 UCLA Pauley Pavilion ● Los Angeles, CA ― UCLA 86―77 OT 1―0 Nov 20 Stanford No. 9 Baylor Ferrell Center ● Waco, TX ― Baylor 86―48 1―1 Nov 21 No. 4 Michigan Arizona† T-Mobile Arena ● Las Vegas, NV Roman Main Event Arizona 80―62 2―1 Nov 22 No. 23 Florida California† Suncoast Credit Union Arena ● Fort Myers, FL Fort Myers Tip-Off Florida 80―60 2―2 Nov 23 No. 1 Gonzaga No. 2 UCLA† T-Mobile Arena ● Las Vegas, NV Empire Classic Gonzaga 83―63 2―3 Nov 24 No. 12 Houston Oregon† Michelob Ultra Arena ● Las Vegas, NV Maui Invitational tournament Houston 78―49 2―4 Nov 24 No. 21 Seton Hall California† Suncoast Credit Union Arena ● Fort Myers, FL Fort Myers Tip-Off Seton Hall 62―59 2―5 Nov 24 No. 6 Baylor Arizona State† Imperial Arena ● Nassau, Bahamas Battle 4 Atlantis Baylor 75―63 2―6 Nov 27 No. 18 BYU Utah Jon M. Huntsman Center ● Salt Lake City, UT BYU–Utah rivalry BYU 75―64 2―7 Dec 4 No. 13 Tennessee Colorado CU Events Center ● Boulder, CO ― Tennessee 69―54 2―8 Dec 18 No. 1 Baylor Oregon Matthew Knight Arena ● Eugene, OR ― Baylor 78―70 2―9 Dec 19 No. 17 Texas Stanford† T-Mobile Arena ● Las Vegas, NV Pac-12 Coast-to-Coast Challenge Texas 60―53 2―10 Dec 22 No. 6 Arizona No. 19 Tennessee Thompson-Boling Arena ● Knoxville, TN ― Tennessee 77―73 2―11

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.

  ArizonaASUCaliforniaColoradoOregonOSUStanfordUCLAUSCUtahWashingtonWSUvs. Arizona – 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–1 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–1vs. Arizona State 2–0 – 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–0 1–1vs. California 2–0 1–1 – 1–0 0–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0vs. Colorado 1–1 1–1 0–1 – 1–1 0–2 0–2 2–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–1vs. Oregon 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 – 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 vs. Oregon State 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 – 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 vs. Stanford 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–1 – 2–0 0–2 1–0 1–1 1–1vs. UCLA1–1 1–1 0–2 0–2 2–0 0–2 0–2 – 1–1 0–1 0–2 0–1 vs. USC 2–0 0–2 0–2 0–1 1–1 0–2 2–0 1–1 – 0–2 0–1 0–2vs. Utah 2–0 2–0 0–2 2–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 – 2–0 2–0vs. Washington 2–0 0–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–2 – 1–1 vs. Washington State 1–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–2 1–1 – Total 18–2 10–10 5–15 12–8 11–9 1–19 8–12 15–5 14–6 4–16 11–9 11–9

Points scored

TeamForAgainstDifferenceArizona 3,107 2,518 589Arizona State 2,027 2,084 -57California 2,018 2,114 -96Colorado 2,345 2,224 121Oregon 2,532 2,440 92Oregon State 2,117 2,422 -305Stanford 2,124 2,198 -74UCLA 2,639 2,256 383USC 2,461 2,243 218 Utah 2,091 2,115 -24Washington 2,260 2,314 -54Washington State 2,644 2,400 244 Through 2022 Season

Rankings

  Improvement in ranking Drop in rankingRVReceived votes but were not ranked in Top 25NVNo votes received Team Poll Pre Wk2 Wk3 Wk4 Wk5 Wk6 Wk7 Wk8 Wk9 Wk10 Wk11 Wk12 Wk13 Wk14 Wk15 Wk16 Wk17 Wk18 Wk19 FinalArizona APRVRV1711118698633 7432222 −CRVRV1911864т7763355423226Arizona State APNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNV −CNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVCalifornia APNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNV −CNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVColorado APRVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNV −CRVRVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVOregon AP1312RVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVRVRVNVRVNVNVNVNVNV −C121223NVNVNVNVNVNVNVRVRVRVRVNVNVNVNVNVNVOregon State APNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNV −CNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVStanford APNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNV −CNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVUCLA AP222544555397т3121312171311 −C222543655398412141318131211USC APRV25242016108775161519211716162122 −CRVRV24181599987151519211716162122RVUtah APNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNV −CNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNV NVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVWashington APNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNV −CNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVWashington State APNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNV −CNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNV ^AP poll is not released for the Final Week.

Head coaches

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.