Pac 12 Men’s Basketball: Arizona’s Gabe York Named Player of the Week

By Francisco Romero

The University of Arizona Wildcats finished the regular season with a pair of victories at McKale Center this past weekend. The wildcats beat California and Stanford.

Senior Gabe York finished the weekend with a 25.5-point average per game, hitting 60.7 percent from the field. York was on fire Saturday as he finished with a career high 32 points against Stanford on Senior Day; York matched a McKale Center record with nine made three-pointers.

The award is the first of York’s career and the third earned by an Arizona player this season. Freshman Allonzo Trier earned the honors in non-conference play while senior Ryan Anderson earned weekly accolades from the Pac-12 in February.

York currently ranks fourth in UA history with 219 made three-point field goals in a career and his 88 this year is the sixth-most by a Wildcat in a season.

March Madness

Before we get ahead of ourselves and start talking about the NCAA Basketball Tournament there are conference tournaments to be played this week.

The Pac-12 Tournament will start Wednesday in Las Vegas, NV.

The Oregon Ducks finished the regular season in first place in the conference with a record of 14-4, followed by the Utah (13-5) and Arizona finished in third place (12-6). ASU finished the season with a conference record of 5-13 and 11^th place.

Oregon, Utah, Arizona and Cal have byes and will not play on Wednesday.

The conference tournament champion will get an automatic bid for the NCAA Tournament.

Pac 12 Honors

On Monday, the Pac 12 announced men’s basketball honors:

All-Pac-12 First team

Rosco Allen, STAN, F, Sr.

Ryan Anderson, ARIZ, F, Sr.

Andrew Andrews, WASH, G Sr.

Dillon Brooks, ORE, F, So.

Jaylen Brown, CAL, F, Fr.

Elgin Cook, ORE F, Sr.

Julian Jacobs, USC, G, Jr.

Gary Payton II**, OSU, G, Sr.

Jakob Poeltl, UTAH, F, So.

Josh Scott**, COLO, F, Sr.

Second team

Kaleb Tarczewski, ARIZ, C, Sr.

Gabe York, ARIZ, G, Sr.

Isaac Hamilton, UCLA, G, Jr.

Dejounte Murray, WASH, G, Fr.

Ivan Rabb, CAL , F, Fr.

All-Freshman Team

Allonzo Trier, ARIZ, G

Jaylen Brown. CAL, F

Tyler Dorsey, ORE, G

Dejounte Murray, WASH, G

Ivan Rabb, CAL , F

Pac-12 Player of the Year

Jakob Poeltl, Utah

Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year

Gary Payton II, Oregon State

Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year

Brandon Taylor, Utah

Pac-12 Most Improved Player

George King, Colorado

Pac-12 Freshman of the Year

Jaylen Brown, Cal

Pac-12 Coach of the Year

Dana Altman, Oregon