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Stanford’s Dwight Powell is this site’s player of the week in the Pac-12
Two leading Pac-12 player of the year candidates — Stanford power forward Dwight Powell and Cal wing player Allen Crabbe — put on a display in the state of Arizona last weekend.
The Pac-12 selected Crabbe, a junior, as its player of the week because of his 31-point, seven-rebound performance in the Golden Bears’ 77-69 upset over the Wildcats on Sunday.
The WILDABOUTAZCATS.net player of the week, as determined by a productivity rating (see glossary for explanation), has Powell, another junior, as being slightly better in a split of the Arizona schools. Powell followed his 24-point, 10-rebound performance against Arizona with 22 points and 10 rebounds in the Cardinal’s 62-59 win at ASU on Saturday.
Powell posted a productivity rating of 1.099 (78 productivity points in 71 minutes) while Crabbe had a rating of .986 (73 productivity points in 74 minutes). Also under consideration was Arizona point guard Mark Lyons (58 productivity points in 62 minutes against Stanford and Cal) and Oregon State’s Roberto Nelson (69 productivity points in 64 minutes against Colorado and Utah).
Nelson, a junior guard, leads the Pac-12 overall in productivity with a rating of .771 through 11 games. He has led the Beavers in scoring in six of the past eight games, and leads the Pac-12 in scoring in conference games at 18.6 per game (Crabbe is second at 18.5). Nelson has had only one game in single digits in the last 19 games. He has scored at least 20 points in four consecutive games.
 Mark Lyons tops the Wildcats with a .626 productivity rating An interesting battle is brewing for the league’s most productive point guard between Lyons, a senior, and ASU redshirt freshman Jahii Carson. Lyons’ productivity rating of .626 now tops Carson’s rating of .608. Last week, Carson led all conference point guards with a .644 rating and Lyons was at .565. Carson struggled against Cal and Stanford, posting only 30 productivity points in 70 minutes. Cal’s Justin Cobbs is the third most productive point guard in the Pac-12 with a .459 rating. UCLA freshman wing player Shabazz Muhammad is gradually climbing the ranks of the most productive in the league. After last weekend’s sweep of the Washington schools at Pauley Pavilion, Muhammad ranks No. 8 with a .675 rating. He started the season hovering around the .550 mark.  UCLA’s Shabazz Muhammad is shown here sulking rather than celebrating after UCLA beat -Washington on a last-second shot by teammate Larry Drew II (ESPN) Against the Huskies and Cougars, Muhammad tallied 51 productivity points in 67 minutes. He wishes he had a chance to post more but senior point guard Larry Drew II stole his thunder with a game-winning jumper against Washington at the buzzer. Video replays show Muhammad yelling for the ball before Drew’s shot and not celebrating with his teammates after the shot went in the basket. “Yeah, I wanted the ball,” Muhammad told reporters after the game “But Larry is such an aggressive player. When the ball went up, I knew it was going to be good. “Everyone was on him and attacking him. I was like, I know Larry is going to have something broken or he’s going to have some scratches. I was going to wait until he got up to congratulate him.” Congratulate him? … It should not be about Drew or Muhammad. It should be about the Bruins, shouldn’t it? UCLA and USC play marquee games against the Bay area schools starting Thursday night. Muhammad will play against Crabbe and Powell will face a stiff challenge against USC’s athletic frontline. Good weekend of Pac-12 hoops ahead, including a rematch of Colorado and Arizona on Thursday and a good matchup of Oregon at Washington on Wednesday night. PLAYER OF THE WEEK |
PAC-12’s TOP TEN [table sort=”desc”] Player,School,G,S,PP,MIN,PR Roberto Nelson,OSU,11,11,256,332,.771 Dwight Powell,Stan,11,11,276,364,.758 Kyle Anderson,UCLA,11,11,249,335,.743 Jason Washburn,Utah,11,11,245,335,.723 Arsalan Kasemi,Ore,11,6,231,321,.720 Allen Crabbe,Cal,11,11,285,417,.683 Joe Burton,OSU,11,11,231,340,.679 Shabazz Muhammad,UCLA,11,10,237,351,.675 Aziz N’Diaye,Wash,11,11,227,339,.670 John Gage,Stan,11,1,113,172,.657 [/table] [table sort=”desc”] School,Conf,Overall,RPI,PR Oregon,8-3,19-5,42,.491 UCLA,8-3,18-6,38,.549 Arizona,8-3,20-3,8,.539 Arizona St.,7-4,18-6,66,.519 Stanford,6-5,15-9,57,.507 Cal,6-5,14-9,59,.491 Colorado,6-5,16-7,18,.476 USC,6-5,11-13,105,.507 Washington,5-6,13-11,79,.458 Oregon St.,2-9,12-12,176,.548 Wash St.,2-9,11-13,175,.409 Utah,2-9,10-13,178,.423 [/table] This Week (Tucson times): Wednesday ARIZONA STATE at UTAH 6 p.m. P12N OREGON STATE at WASHINGTON STATE 8 p.m. P12N OREGON at WASHINGTON 9 p.m. ESPN2 Thursday UCLA at CALIFORNIA 7 p.m. ESPN2 ARIZONA at COLORADO 8 p.m. P12N Series: COLO leads, 9-8. Streak: ARIZ 1 (last, 92-83 OT at ARIZ) USC at STANFORD 9 p.m. ESPNU Saturday UCLA at STANFORD 2 p.m. ESPN2 OREGON at WASHINGTON STATE 5 p.m. P12N ARIZONA STATE at COLORADO 7 p.m. ESPNU OREGON STATE at WASHINGTON 9 p.m. FSN Sunday ARIZONA at UTAH 1 p.m. P12N Series: UTAH leads, 28-24. Streak: ARIZ 6 (last, 60-57 at ARIZ) USC at CALIFORNIA 8 p.m. FSN |
PRODUCTIVITY LEADERS
Players listed are top six in minutes played in Pac-12 games
GLOSSARY:
S: Number of starts.
PP: Productivity Points (Points, assists, rebounds, steals, blocked shots, FGs made, FTs made added together and then subtracted by missed FGs, missed FTs, personal fouls and turnovers)
MIN: Minutes played
PR: Productivity rating per minute played (Productivity points divided by minutes played)
| ARIZONA (8-3) [table sort=”desc”] Player,G,S,PP,MIN,PR Mark Lyons,11,11,219,350,.626 Solomon Hill,11,11,235,392,.599 Nick Johnson,11,11,194,360,.539 Kevin Parrom,11,1,130,262,.496 Brandon Ashley,11,10,107,225,.476 Kaleb Tarczewski,11,11,94,228,.412 TOTAL,11,,979,1817,.539 [/table] |
ARIZONA STATE (7-4) [table sort=”desc”] Player,G,S,PP,MIN,PR Jordan Bachynksi,11,11,182,284,.641 Jahii Carson,11,11,251,413,.608 Ruslan Pateev,11,0,83,141,.589 Carrick Felix,11,11,233,418,.557 Jonathan Gilling,11,11,165,407,.405 Evan Gordon,11,11,145,376,.386 TOTAL,11,,1059,2039,.519 [/table] |
| COLORADO (6-5) [table sort=”desc”] Player,G,S,PP,MIN,PR Spencer Dinwiddie,11,11,217,367,.591 Andre Roberson,11,10,212,367,.578 Josh Scott,11,11,172,333,.517 Xavier Johnson,11,8,115,275,.418 Askia Booker,11,11,139,364,.382 Sabatino Chen,11,4,85,268,.317 TOTAL,11,,940,1974,.476 [/table] |
UTAH (2-9) [table sort=”desc”] Player,G,S,PP,MIN,PR Jason Washburn,11,11,245,339,.723 Jarred DuBois,11,10,147,283,.519 Brandon Taylor,10,3,100,231,.433 Jordan Loveridge,10,9,133,320,.416 Glen Dean,11,9,62,283,.219 Cedric Martin,11,9,66,323,.204 TOTAL,11,,753,1779,.423 [/table] |
| SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (6-5) [table sort=”desc”] Player,G,S,PP,MIN,PR Dewayne Dedmon,11,10,144,222,.649 Aaron Fuller,11,3,88,158,.557 Eric Wise,11,11,202,365,.553 Byron Wesley,11,11,196,373,.525 J.T. Terrell,10,8,114,266,.429 Jio Fontan,11,11,136,353,.385 TOTAL,11,,880,1737,.507 [/table] |
UCLA (8-3) [table sort=”desc”] Player,G,S,PP,MIN,PR Kyle Anderson,11,11,249,335,.743 Shabazz Muhammad,11,10,237,351,.675 Travis Wear,10,10,192,304,.632 Jordan Adams,11,11,164,336,.488 Larry Drew II,11,11,155,393,.394 David Wear,11,1,79,240,.329 TOTAL,11,,1076,1959,.549 [/table] |
| CALIFORNIA (6-5) [table sort=”desc”] Player,G,S,PP,MIN,PR Allen Crabbe,11,11,285,417,.683 Robert Thurman,11,2,91,190,.479 Richard Solomon,11,9,128,264,.485 David Kravish,11,11,155,336,.461 Justin Cobbs,11,11,181,394,.459 Tyrone Wallace,11,11,113,340,.332 TOTAL,11,,953,1941,.491 [/table] |
STANFORD (6-5) [table sort=”desc”] Player,G,S,PP,MIN,PR Dwight Powell,11,11,276,364,.758 John Gage,11,1,113,172,.657 Josh Huestis,11,11,189,298,.634 Chasson Randle,11,10,140,330,.424 Aaron Bright,11,8,105,324,.324 Andy Brown,11,10,75,283,.265 TOTAL,11,,898,1771,.507 [/table] |
| OREGON (8-3) [table sort=”desc”] Player,G,S,PP,MIN,PR Arsalan Kasemi,11,6,231,321,.720 E.J. Singler,11,11,216,356,.607 Tony Woods,11,11,120,258,.465 Damyean Dotson,11,11,161,323,.498 Carlos Emory,11,5,115,295,.390 Johnathan Loyd,11,5,37,240,.154 TOTAL,11,,880,1793,.491 [/table] |
OREGON STATE (2-9) [table sort=”desc”] Player,G,S,PP,MIN,PR Roberto Nelson,11,11,256,332,.771 Joe Burton,11,11,231,340,.679 Devon Collier,11,10,194,297,.653 Eric Moreland,8,1,126,247,.510 Ahmad Starks,11,11,155,354,.438 Jarmal Reid,11,8,5,193,.026 TOTAL,11,,967,1763,.548 [/table] |
| WASHINGTON (5-6) [table sort=”desc”] Player,G,S,PP,MIN,PR Aziz N’Diaye,11,11,227,339,.670 C.J. Wilcox,11,11,240,383,.627 Andrew Andrews,11,0,133,263,.506 Abdul Gaddy,11,11,116,341,.340 Scott Suggs,11,11,95,335,.284 Desmond Simmons,11,7,70,262,.267 TOTAL,11,,881,1923,.458 [/table] |
WASHINGTON STATE (2-9) [table sort=”desc”] Player,G,S,PP,MIN,PR Mike Ladd,11,11,200,355,.563 Brock Motum,11,11,205,404,.507 Royce Wooldridge,11,10,142,346,.410 D.J. Shelton,11,11,97,291,.333 DaVonte Lacy,11,11,88,310,.284 D. Kernich-Drew,11,0,52,213,.244 TOTAL,11,,784,1919,.409 [/table] |
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