Arizona’s 7-foot freshman center Deandre Ayton has been amazing and the Cougars’ Robert Franks is most improved. Is UW’s Mike Hopkins the top coach?
Selection Sunday is two months away. Time to break down the Pac-12 men’s basketball race as we begin the second half of the season.
Player of the Year
Leader: Arizona’s Deandre Ayton.
The 7-foot freshman center is arguably the Pac-12’s best big man since former California star Shareef Abdur-Rahim was taken No. 3 overall in the 1996 NBA draft.
Junior guard Allonzo Trier is a bona fide MVP candidate, but Ayton is the engine that drives the 14th-ranked Wildcats.