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PAC 12 Conference Game Results & More (2021-22)
ChillyDawg
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I will be keeping track of the 2021-22 PAC-12 conference games, news and more for those who are interested in such information.
Info
PAC-12 MBB Site https://pac-12.com/sport/mens-basketball
PAC 12 Networks https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtxdtF8iCxZw593FSUIPrxg
Team Sites
Utah https://utahutes.com/sports/mens-basketball
UCLA https://uclabruins.com/sports/mens-basketball
Oregon https://goducks.com/sports/mens-basketball
Arizona https://arizonawildcats.com/sports/mens-basketball
Stanford https://gostanford.com/sports/mens-basketball
Colorado https://cubuffs.com/sports/mens-basketball
California https://calbears.com/sports/mens-basketball
Washington https://gohuskies.com/sports/mens-basketball
Arizona State https://thesundevils.com/sports/mens-basketball
Oregon State https://osubeavers.com/sports/mens-basketball
Washington State https://wsucougars.com/sports/mens-basketball
Southern California https://usctrojans.com/sports/mens-basketball
Comments
Colorado 80 Stanford 76 https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore/_/gameId/401370901
Game Highlights (Nov 28)
Colorado vs Stanford
USC 93 Utah 73 https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore/_/gameId/401370903
UCLA 73 Colorado 61 https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore/_/gameId/401370902
Washington State 51 Arizona State 29 https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore/_/gameId/401370904
Game Highlights (Dec 1)
USC vs Utah
UCLA vs Colorado
Washington State vs Arizona State
Washington vs UCLA (PPD)
California 73 Oregon State 61 https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore/_/gameId/401370905
Game Highlights (Dec 1)
USC vs Utah
Washington State vs Arizona State
Game Highlights (Dec 2)
California vs Oregon State
USC 63 Washington State 61 https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore/_/gameId/401370907
Game Highlights (Dec 4)
Washington State vs USC
Utah 66 California 58 https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore/_/gameId/401370930
Arizona 90 Oregon State 65 https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore/_/gameId/401370908
Arizona State 69 Oregon 67 https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore/_/gameId/401370909
UCLA 2 Washington 0 (Forfeit) https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore/_/gameId/401370931
Game Highlights (Dec 5)
Utah vs California
Arizona State vs Oregon
Arizona vs Oregon State
SI https://www.si.com/college/washington/basketball/huskies-remain-unplugged-in-pac-12-basketball-power-rankings
1. UCLA (7-1/2-0)
Comment: The lower-than-expected NET ranking reflects a schedule that, thus far, features two marquee opponents (Villanova and Gonzaga) and an array of creampuffs.
2. USC (9-0/2-0)
Comment: The Trojans could very well produce a perfect non-conference season, but the final stretch is challenging: After LBSU, they face UC Irvine (5-1), Georgia Tech (5-3) and Oklahoma State (6-3).
3. Arizona (7-0/1-0)
Comment: For now, the first season under Tommy Lloyd looks like the middle of the Sean Miller era, when the talent and wins flowed freely and expectations followed.
4. Washington State (6-2/1-1)
Comment: From the standpoint of maximizing NCAA bids, the conference needed WSU to beat the Trojans. It would have counted as a Quadrant I victory for the Cougars, who don’t have many of those opportunities left.
5. Colorado (6-3/1-1)
Comment: Beware the EWU Eagles, who won at Washington State 10 days ago. Actually, the Buffaloes need to beware of everybody given their current state of play.
6. Utah (6-2/1-1)
Comment: We expected UNLV transfer David Jenkins to make an immediate and consistent impact. So far, he has done exactly that.
7. Oregon (5-4/0-1)
Comment: A few more scoops of dirt, and the hole will be too deep to climb out of. As it stands now, the Ducks must climb 70 spots in the NET to have a shot at the at-large pool.
8. Arizona State (3-6/1-1)
Comment: If so inclined, one could describe the opening month of ASU’s basketball season as a false start. That said, the victory in Eugene was a pleasant surprise for Bobby Hurley’s beleaguered group.
9. Stanford (4-3/0-1)
Comment: On a lengthy break for exams, so we’ll expect a sloppy first half Sunday in a game the Cardinal desperately needs to win to have any hope for anything.
10. Cal (4-5/1-1)
Comment: Make no mistake: The Bears are a below-average team. And yet, they’re substantially better than we expected.
11. Washington (4-4/0-1)
Comment: First, let’s hope none of UW’s COVID cases required hospitalization. Second, the 10-day isolation period would suggest that even if the Huskies can field a team this weekend, the majority of the roster would have had limited — or zero — practice time ahead of tipoff.
12. Oregon State (1-8/0-2)
Comment: Now we’re starting to wonder if March 2021 was real, or if the Hotline was in some psychedelic haze, like that ‘Mad Men’ episode when Roger tries LSD.
Stanford 72 Oregon 69 https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore/_/gameId/401370932
Game Highlights (Dec 12)
Oregon vs Stanford
Pac 12 https://pac-12.com/article/2021/12/14/pac-12-mens-basketball-weekly-release-dec-14-2021
PAC 12 POWER POLL
1. UCLA (8-1/2-0)
Comment: For honorary captains Saturday when the Bruins face North Carolina, we’d like to see David Greenwood and Mike O’Koren. If that pairing cannot be arranged, we’d settle for Kareem and Jordan.
2. Arizona (9-0/1-0)
Comment: The Illinois duel marked just the second time the Wildcats have been pushed to the wire. They could use another tight finish at Tennessee (Dec. 22) to get sharp for conference play.
3. USC (10-0/2-0)
Comment: We’re not entirely convinced the Trojans are as good as their record and analytics. Our hesitation: The soft non-conference schedule, which ranks 290th nationally (out of 358 teams) in the Pomeroy efficiency ratings.
4. Colorado (8-3/1-1)
Comment: Five of CU’s 11 games have been decided by two possessions or less. If that continues through conference play, free throw shooting will be decisive. Currently, all rotation players are above 65 percent, and all but two are above 70 percent.
5. Washington State (7-3/1-1)
Comment: USC’s schedule is stout compared to WSU’s non-conference lineup, which is 309th in the Pomeroy ratings. The selection committee might not take kindly to that approach if the Cougars are under consideration in early March.
6. Utah (7-3/1-1)
Comment: The schedule worked out nicely with a road trip to Oregon on New Year’s weekend, because the only folks left in Salt Lake City on Jan. 1 will be BYU fans and petty thieves.
7. Stanford (5-3/1-1)
Comment: The Cardinal’s tangle with Texas in Las Vegas is just one of several critical games for the conference this weekend — essentially, they form what could be considered the Pac-12’s last stand.
8. Arizona State (4-6/1-1)
Comment: So we know the Sun Devils aren’t the worst team in their home state. In a few weeks, we’ll see how they compare to the best.
9. Oregon (5-5/0-2)
Comment: We would be mildly surprised if the Ducks upset No. 1 Baylor this weekend (in Eugene) after a month of poor play. Actually, check that. We wouldn’t be surprised at all.
10. Cal (6-5/1-1)
Comment: The Bears have improved their NET ranking by about 50 slots in the past week alone. The next 50 will prove a much more difficult ascent.
11. Washington (4-4/0-1)
Comment: COVID wiped out the toughest three-game stretch any Pac-12 team was scheduled to face this season: The Huskies had to postpone with Arizona, forfeit against UCLA and cancel against Gonzaga.
12. Oregon State (1-8/0-2)
Comment: Woe to the NCAA bubble team that loses to Oregon State during conference play.
UCLA https://uclabruins.com/sports/mens-basketball
ESPN https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/32877844/ucla-men-basketball-coach-mick-cronin-wednesday-night-due-covid-19-protocols
SI (click for full article) https://www.si.com/college/ucla/mens-basketball/ucla-mbb-game-vs-unc-canceled-team-shuts-down-due-to-covid-19
UCLA men’s basketball had its upcoming game versus North Carolina canceled early Friday morning, the day before it was scheduled to tip off, due to further COVID-19 protocols. The game slated to make up the other half of the double-header at the CBS Sports Classic in Las Vegas on Saturday was Ohio State versus Kentucky, but that too was canceled due to COVID-19 issues on the Ohio State side.
North Carolina and Kentucky will instead play each other with the Bruins and Buckeyes down for the count. UCLA’s game will not be rescheduled.
According to a statement released by the school, all team-related activities have been put on pause and the status of future games is to be determined.
The Pac-12 is discussing policy adjustments to its basketball season in the wake of COVID’s resurgence and the potential for disruption to the regular season, according to a source.
Several teams already have been impacted:
- The Washington men were unable to play three games earlier this month because of a COVID outbreak.
- The UCLA men and women are currently on pause after canceling multiple games.
- The Arizona women canceled a date with Texas over the weekend.
- The USC men won’t play Oklahoma State this week and have paused team activities.
All the impacted programs are believed to be largely, if not fully, vaccinated.“We need to get this done before the next conference games,” the source said, referring to the onset of conference-only play next week.
It shouldn’t be a complicated process: The Pac-12 can simply dust off the appropriate COVID policies it deployed last season and present them for approval by the athletic directors and other key campus officials.
A few tweaks might be required, but the COVID policies most likely to be enacted for both the men and women include the following:
1. The threshold for competition
Last year, the conference established a minimum roster count: Teams were considered available to play if they had at least seven scholarship players and one coach.
Below that player count, the affected team was given the option to play. If it declined, the game was rescheduled or declared a no contest.
Those player and coach minimums could be implemented for the remainder of this season.
2. The approach to make-up games
If games cannot be played on schedule, they likely will be canceled, not postponed.
Last year, teams were obligated to take all reasonable steps to reschedule, and the round-robin lineup included windows for make-up games. The emphasis was on playing as many games as possible as safely as possible.
But when the Pac-12 finalized the 2021-22 league schedules a few months ago, there was no such thing as the omicron variant and the likelihood of COVID disruption appeared low. No windows for makeup dates were included.
In some cases, it might be possible to slide games back by two or three days — from Saturday to Monday or Tuesday, for example — but those instances would most likely involve travel partners.
Games that cannot be played as originally scheduled probably won’t be made up.
With this issue specifically and others generally, conference officials are in communication with peers in the Power Five about best practices.
Many leagues across the country have been impacted by COVID in a manner nobody anticipated when the schedules were set originally.
3. Canceled games being declared no contests
The original plan this season was to declare a forfeiture if any team was unable to play a conference game because of COVID.
That could change, with canceled games being deemed no contests — just as they were last season.
How might that impact Washington, which was unable to play Arizona and UCLA earlier this month? The first game was rescheduled for Jan. 25, but the latter was declared a forfeit per the established policy.
The conference could consider changing UW’s forfeit to a no contest if that policy is adopted for the remainder of the season. The decision would be made by the athletic directors.
4. Requirement for the conference title
Last year, the Pac-12 implemented the following formula for determining the regular-season champion:
A team needed to play three more games than the average number played by the entire conference in order to be eligible for the title and the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament.
That policy could be implemented for 2021-22, as well.
A fifth component essential to navigating another COVID season is outside the Pac-12’s control: The minimum number of games required to participate in the NCAA Tournament.
Currently, the number is 25. But with dozens of teams affected already — and the prospect for many more to encounter problems — the NCAA could lower the minimum requirement or waive it altogether.
Mercury News (click for full article) https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/12/21/pac-12-power-ratings-no-changes-at-the-top-with-two-big-games-looming-before-christmas-break/
PAC 12 POWER POLL
1. UCLA (8-1/2-0)
Comment: Program shut down for internal COVID issues.
2. Arizona (11-0/1-0)
Comment: There was a stretch, years ago, when Arizona always lost the final game before Christmas break. This team feels different in so many ways.
3. USC (12-0/2-0)
Comment: We don’t have any details on the COVID pause announced Sunday (duration, number of players involved, etc), but we can count. If today happens to be Day Three, then anyone requiring 10-day isolation could return Dec. 29, the day before ASU’s arrival.
4. Colorado (9-3/1-1)
Comment: How’s the best recruiting class in school history faring in its first season? Solid, not spectacular. The true revelation in Boulder has been sophomore guard Keeshawn Barthelemy.
5. Washington State (8-4/1-1)
Comment: In three of their four losses, the Cougars have shot 30 percent or less from 3-point range. Given their reliance on long-range marksmanship, the 3-point percentage and winning percentage will continue to move in lockstep.
6. Utah (7-4/1-1)
Comment: The loss at Mizzou was worse than you might think: The Tigers are No. 240 in the NET rankings, between Penn and Southern Illinois-Edwardsville.
7. Stanford (6-4/1-1)
Comment: The mighty Dartmouth Big Green came out to the Bay Area for a few days, took Stanford to overtime and lost to Cal by six. That’s the same Big Green that hasn’t won a game since Nov. 28.
8. Arizona State (5-7/1-1)
Comment: Each of the past four games has been decided by five points or less. We expect that trend to continue once conference play ramps up.
9. Oregon (6-6/0-2)
Comment: The Ducks’ strength of schedule is keeping them afloat in the metrics. They don’t have any bad losses (unless you count Arizona State and Stanford).
10. Cal (7-5/1-1)
Comment: The Bears are beating the teams they’re supposed to beat thanks to big man Andre Kelly, who’s playing at an all-conference level.
11. Washington (5-4/0-1)
Comment: Because of the three games lost to COVID, the Huskies are guaranteed to enter conference play with no worse than a .500 record. Utah Valley is the last game outside of the league.
12. Oregon State (1-10/0-2)
Comment: Remove three games in the Pac-12 tournament and four in the NCAAs, and the Beavers are 15-22 since the start of last season. Which is better than we figured before looking it up.
The Pac-12 Conference, in coordination with its Athletic Directors' and Senior Woman Administrators' Committees, announced Wednesday updated policies regarding men’s and women’s basketball administration for the remainder of the 2021-22 seasons. The updates are largely based on policies instated for the 2020-21 basketball seasons.
With regard to health and safety protocols, Pac-12 member institutions are subject to local public health requirements and local/state regulations and mandates; at a minimum, Pac-12 members must adhere to guidance from the Pac-12 COVID-19 Medical Advisory Committee which is publicly available at Pac-12.com/health.
League play is scheduled to resume for men’s basketball on Wednesday, Dec. 29, and begin for women’s basketball on Friday, Dec. 31.
Game Cancellation Policy
The Pac-12 has established a minimum roster count with which a team is considered available to play a scheduled basketball game (“Minimum Roster”): at least seven (7) scholarship players and one (1) countable coach available to participate. Each institution shall provide a complete roster list to the Conference office prior to the conference season. If a team has fewer than the Minimum Roster available for a scheduled game, as confirmed by the institution’s medical representative, the impacted institution may elect to play the game with fewer than the Minimum Roster seven (7) scholarship players. Otherwise, upon review and approval by the Commissioner, the game may be rescheduled at a mutually agreeable date or declared a no contest.
In the event a team is unable to begin or complete a regular season Conference contest because of the unavailability of participants due to COVID-19, the Conference shall reschedule the contest, while being mindful of student-athlete health and safety considerations. If the contest cannot be rescheduled, the contest may be considered a “no contest” upon review and approval by the Commissioner. The Conference office shall have the option to levy a forfeit in the event league standards of sportsmanship are not met in the process of attempting to reschedule a contest.
This policy shall be retroactive to any results beginning with the 2021-22 Pac-12 basketball seasons. Therefore, the previously canceled December 5 UCLA at Washington men's basketball contest may be rescheduled at a mutually agreeable date or declared a no contest.
Return To Play Following Quarantine
If team member(s) have been placed in a minimum required quarantine for an extended period due to contact tracing/identified high-risk contacts (per campus, local, and/or state regulations), resulting in less than the seven (7) scholarship player Minimum Roster being available, once the Minimum Roster is available, the institution shall have a minimum of two days to conduct full practices before resuming competition. The impacted institution may elect to play the game earlier than the two-day minimum buffer if the quarantined individuals (who are not infected) engage in conditioning during the quarantine period.
Regular-Season Championship Determination
Men's Basketball
The team with the highest won-lost percentage for all Conference games shall be the Conference champion. This shall apply even in the event one or more teams cannot play their entire 20-game Conference schedule. In order for teams to be eligible for the Conference championship, teams must play no less than three fewer Conference games than the average number of Conference games played by all Conference teams (rounded up/down at .50). If that percentage is shared by more than one team, a co-championship shall exist.
Women’s Basketball
The team with the highest won-lost percentage for all Conference games shall be the Conference champion. This shall apply even in the event one or more teams cannot play their entire 18-game Conference schedule. In order for teams to be eligible for the Conference championship, teams must play no less than three fewer Conference games than the average number of Conference games played by all Conference teams (rounded up/down at .50). If that percentage is shared by more than one team, a co-championship shall exist.
Postseason Tournament Seeding & Tiebreakers
Tiebreaking procedures for determining all Tournament seeding will be:
TWO-TEAM TIE
1. Results of head-to-head competition during the regular season.
2. Each team’s record (won-lost percentage) vs. the common opponent occupying the highest position in the final regular season standings, and then continuing down through common opponents in the standings until one team gains an advantage.
- When arriving at another group of tied teams while comparing records, use each team’s record (won-lost percentage) against the collective tied teams common opponents as a group (prior to that group’s own tie-breaking procedure), rather than the performance against individual tied teams common opponents.
3. Won-lost percentage against all Division I opponents.4. Coin toss conducted by the Commissioner or designee.
MULTIPLE-TEAM TIE
1. Results (won-lost percentage) of collective head-to-head competition during the regular season among the tied teams.
2. If more than two teams are still tied, each of the tied team’s record (won-lost percentage) vs. the team common opponent occupying the highest position in the final regular season standings, and then continuing down through common opponents in the standings, eliminating tied teams common opponents with inferior records until one team gains an advantage.
- When arriving at another group of tied teams while comparing records, use each team’s record (won-lost percentage) against the collective tied teams common opponents as a group (prior to that group’s own tie-breaking procedure), rather than the performance against individual tied teams common opponents.
- After one team has an advantage and is seeded, all remaining teams in the multiple-team tie-breaker will repeat the multiple-team tie-breaking procedure. When the multiple-team tie is reduced to two teams, the two-team tie-breaking procedures will be applied.
3. Winning percentage against all Division I opponents.4. Coin toss conducted by the Commissioner or designee.
SI PAC-12 MEN’S BASKETBALL POWER RANKINGS
1. Arizona (11-1, 1-0), 58 points (3 first-place votes)
2. UCLA (8-1, 2-0), 57 (2 first-place vote)
3. USC (12-0, 2-0), 50
4. Colorado (9-3, 1-1), 44
5. Washington State (8-5, 1-1), 38
6. Utah (7-4, 1-1), 36
7. Oregon (6-6, 0-2), 28
8. Arizona State (5-7, 1-1), 26
9. Stanford (7-4, 1-1), 21
10. Washington (5-5, 0-0), 14
11. Cal (8-5, 1-1), 12
12. Oregon State (2-10, 0-2), 5
Seattle Times (click for full article) https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/uw-husky-basketball/ncaa-tournament-projections-three-pac-12-teams-are-locks-while-nine-have-steep-climbs/
Listed in order of NET ranking…
1. Arizona
NET Ranking: No. 2
Record vs. Quad I and II: 4-1
Record vs. Quad III and IV: 7-0
NCAA projection: No. 2 seed
Comment: The loss at No. 8 (NET) Tennessee will have no material impact on the Wildcats’ trajectory. If anything, it removes the pressure of being undefeated entering conference play.
2. USC
NET Ranking: No.13
Record vs. Quad I and II: 2-0
Record vs. Quad III and IV: 10-0
NCAA projection: No. 5 seed
Comment: The Trojans are one of five undefeated teams left, along with Baylor, LSU, Iowa State and Colorado State. But their non-conference strength of schedule (No. 247 in the Pomeroy efficiency ratings) leaves much to be desired.
3. UCLA
NET Ranking: No. 21
Record vs. Quad I and II: 2-1
Record vs. Quad III and IV: 6-0
NCAA projection: No. 3 seed
Comment: The Bruins have played one game since Dec. 1, so expect significant rust once they return to competition. It might take weeks to regain top form.
4. Washington State
NET Ranking: No. 63
Record vs. Quad I and II: 1-3
Record vs. Quad III and IV: 7-2
NCAA projection: no bid
Comment: The Cougars have dropped three of their last four and finished a cupcake-filled non-conference schedule with four defeats. The climb into the NCAAs will be arduous, even from their perch in the 60s.
5. Utah
NET Ranking: No. 76
Record vs. Quad I and II: 1-3
Record vs. Quad III and IV: 7-1
NCAA projection: no bid
Comment: One issue for Utah, and for others in the middle of the pack, is the limited number of opportunities to collect Quad I wins within conference play.
6. Oregon
NET Ranking: No. 97
Record vs. Quad I and II: 0-5
Record vs. Quad III and IV: 6-1
NCAA projection: no bid
Comment: The Ducks don’t have any bad losses. Had they managed to secure one victory in the Quad I realm, their NET would be within NCAA bubble territory.
7. Colorado
NET Ranking: No. 107
Record vs. Quad I and II: 0-2
Record vs. Quad III and IV: 9-1
NCAA projection: no bid
Comment: Eliminate the big three, and the rest of the conference has a 2-18 record in Quad I games. Granted, a few of those are intra-league results. But still.
8. Stanford
NET Ranking: No. 110
Record vs. Quad I and II: 1-4
Record vs. Quad III and IV: 6-0
NCAA projection: no bid
Comment: The Cardinal is ideally suited to play the role of spoiler, except there really isn’t much to spoil. Three teams are set for the NCAAs; the rest are long shots.
9. California
NET Ranking: No. 121
Record vs. Quad I and II: 1-3
Record vs. Quad III and IV: 7-2
NCAA projection: no bid
Comment: Had you told us months ago that the Bears would be closer to No. 100 than No. 200 at the Christmas break, we’d have wondered about your offseason eggnog intake.
10. Arizona State
NET Ranking: No. 126
Record vs. Quad I and II: 2-5
Record vs. Quad III and IV: 3-2
NCAA projection: no bid
Comment: With the same number of Quad I and II wins as Quad III and IV losses, the Sun Devils have been the model of inconsistency.
11. Washington
NET Ranking: No. 229
Record vs. Quad I and II: 1-2
Record vs. Quad III and IV: 4-3
NCAA projection: no bid
Comment: Not just beaten by Utah Valley, which would be acceptable, but blown out at home by Utah Valley, which is not.
12. Oregon State
NET Ranking: No. 246
Record vs. Quad I and II: 0-5
Record vs. Quad III and IV: 2-5
NCAA projection: no bid
Comment: The five teams just ahead of the Beavers in the NET rankings: UC Santa Barbara, The Citadel, Hawaii, Old Dominion and Portland. None of them were in the Elite Eight nine months ago.