SAN FRANCISCO – The ARIZONA Wildcats are picked to finish first in the 2014-15 Pac-12 Conference men’s basketball race, according to a poll of media members who cover Pac-12 men’s basketball.

Arizona, led by redshirt senior T.J. McConnell (8.4 ppg/3.6 rpg), secured the top spot in the poll for the third-straight year after garnering all but one first-place vote. UTAH narrowly claimed No. 2, with just one more point than third-place finisher COLORADO. Both the Utes and the Buffs return four starters from last season, including first team All-Pac-12 honorees in Utah’s Delon Wright (15.5 ppg/6.8 rpg) and Colorado’s Josh Scott (14.1 ppg/8.4 rpg).

Reigning Pac-12 Tournament champion UCLA is slotted fourth in the poll, followed by STANFORD at fifth, after both squads advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16 in 2013-14. WASHINGTON edged out CALIFORNIA by one point to round out the top half of the poll, weighing in at sixth while the Golden Bears come in at seventh.

OREGON is tabbed at eighth, followed by ARIZONA STATE at ninth and USC at 10th. WASHINGTON STATE was picked to finish 11th, while OREGON STATE rounds out the poll at 12th.

Media have correctly picked the Conference winner 13 times in 22 tries. Arizona has correctly been selected in eight of the previous 12 times it has been slated to capture the league crown.

The 2014-15 season gets underway for the Pac-12 with 11 games on Friday, November 14. All but one of those games will be televised live on the Pac-12 Networks as part of this year’s Full Court Friday. For more information, including a composite schedule, visit www.pac-12.com.

Team (First Place) Points 1. Arizona (31) 383 2. Utah 317 3. Colorado 316 4. UCLA (1) 290 5. Stanford 264 6. Washington 189 7. California 188 8. Oregon 159 9. Arizona State 155 10. USC 106 11. Washington State 84 12. Oregon State 45

Year Predicted

Winner Actual

Finish Actual

Winner Predicted

Finish 2014-15 Arizona TBD TBD TBD 2013-14 Arizona 1st Arizona 1st 2012-13 Arizona 2nd UCLA 2nd 2011-12 UCLA 5th (tied) Washington 4th 2010-11 Washington 3rd Arizona 2nd 2009-10 California 1st California 1st 2008-09 UCLA 2nd Washington 5th 2007-08 UCLA 1st UCLA 1st 2006-07 UCLA 1st UCLA 1st 2005-06 Arizona 4th (tied) UCLA 3rd 2004-05 Arizona 1st Arizona 1st 2003-04 Arizona 3rd Stanford 2nd 2002-03 Arizona 1st Arizona 1st 2001-02 UCLA 6th Oregon 6th 2000-01 Arizona 2nd Stanford 2nd 1999-00 Arizona 1st (tied) Arizona /

Stanford 1st /

3rd 1998-99 Stanford 1st Stanford 1st 1997-98 Arizona 1st Arizona 1st 1996-97 UCLA 1st UCLA 1st 1995-96 UCLA 1st UCLA 1st 1994-95 UCLA 1st UCLA 1st 1993-94 California 2nd (tied) Arizona 3rd 1992-93 Arizona 1st Arizona 1st 1991-92** Arizona 3rd UCLA 2nd 1990-91** Arizona 1st Arizona 1st 1989-90** Arizona 1st (tied) Arizona /

Oregon State 1st /

3rd

**The Pac-12 polls were decided in a vote among league coaches (1990-1992).