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42 // 2014-15 PAC-12 MEN'S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE // REVIEW PAC-12 MEN'S BASKETBALL SENDS THREE TEAMS TO SWEET SIXTEEN Arizona Reaches Elite Eight, Achieved No. 1 Rank- ing Eight Consecutive Weeks Arizona's Johnson, UCLA's Anderson Collect All-America Honors • The ARIZONA Wildcats captured their 13th Pac-12 regular season title, and first since the 2011 season, while the UCLA Bruins won their fourth Pac-12 Tourna- ment title as they defeated Arizona in the championship game, 75-71. • A league-record eight teams posted 20-wins during the 2013-14 campaign. The highly-competitive Pac-12 season rewarded the league with a record-tying six teams (ARIZONA, ARIZONA STATE, COLORADO, OREGON, STANFORD, UCLA) selected to participate in NCAA Tournament. Arizona obtained a coveted No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. It was the first time a Pac-12 team earned one of the four No. 1 seeds since UCLA in 2008, and the sixth time the Wildcats were the Tournament's No. 1 seed. The Pac-12 showed it was worthy of the six selec- tions as it compiled a 8-6 record in the NCAA Tournament with Arizona, Stanford and UCLA each reaching the Sweet Sixteen, with the Wildcats advancing to the Elite Eight before dropping a one-point overtime decision to Wisconsin. The eight wins in the NCAA Tournament were the most by the league since it posted an identical 8-6 mark in 2008. • Arizona's Nick Johnson and Aaron Gordon, and UCLA's Kyle Anderson picked up several All-America honors as Johnson earned consensus honors after being selected first team All-America by USBWA, NABC and The Sporting News, as well as the Wooden Award All-America team. • CALIFORNIA's Mike Montgomery retired after 32 years as a college head coach. Montgomery compiled a 677-316 record in 32 seasons (eight at Montana, 18 at Stanford, and six at California). His 282 wins in league play were third only to Hall-of-Famers Arizona's Lute Olson (327) and UCLA's John Wooden (305). 2013-14 PAC-12 CONFERENCE MEN'S BASKETBALL STANDINGS CONFERENCE OVERALL W L PCT HOME AWAY W L PCT HOME AWAY NEUT Arizona (NCAA) 15 3 .833 9-0 6-3 33 5 .868 18-0 8-3 7-2 UCLA* (NCAA) 12 6 .667 7-2 5-4 28 9 .757 16-2 5-5 7-2 Oregon (NCAA) 10 8 .556 6-3 4-5 24 10 .706 15-3 5-5 4-2 Colorado (NCAA) 10 8 .588 7-2 3-6 23 12 .657 16-2 5-6 2-4 Stanford (NCAA) 10 8 .556 6-3 4-5 23 13 .639 12-4 6-5 5-4 Arizona State (NCAA) 10 8 .556 8-1 2-7 21 12 .636 16-1 4-7 1-4 California (NIT) 10 8 .529 5-4 5-4 21 14 .600 15-4 5-7 1-3 Utah (NIT) 9 9 .500 7-2 2-7 21 12 .636 18-2 2-9 1-1 Washington 9 9 .500 7-2 2-7 17 15 .531 14-4 3-8 0-3 Oregon State (CBI) 8 10 .444 6-3 2-7 16 16 .500 12-5 3-9 1-2 Washington State 3 15 .167 3-6 0-9 10 21 .323 8-8 1-10 1-3 USC 2 16 .111 1-8 1-8 11 21 .344 8-8 2-10 1-2 * - Pac-12 Tournament Champions ARIZONA's Nick Johnson was named the Pac-12 Player of the Year after leading the Wildcats to a 33-5 record, their 13th Pac-12 title, and an NCAA regional final appearance. He averaged 16.3 points and was a second round NBA Draft pick by the Houston Rockets. 2013-14 PAC-12 REVIEW