Caleb Love is the Pac-12’s Player of the Year in Arizona’s last of 45 seasons in the conference.
Is is the 11th player of the year selection for the program (the 10th player overall because Sean Elliott won it twice), so that means an Arizona player has been chosen as the elite player of the conference an average of once every four years.
In conference games only, Love ranked second in the league in scoring (20.0 points a game) while converting a league-high 59 three pointers.
Love has been a contender for the Wooden, Naismith, Robertson and Cousy national awards all season.
He led Arizona to the outright Pac-12 regular-season title.
The league’s fourth-leading scorer at 18.7 points per game, Love has played well away from home — averaging a league-best 20.1 points in 15 games away from McKale Center.
No doubt about it… @caleb2love is the Pac-12 First Team pic.twitter.com/9PXPiAF10V
— Arizona Basketball (@ArizonaMBB) March 12, 2024
CONFERENCE HONORS
Player of the Year – Caleb Love, ARIZONA
Defensive Player of the Year – Adem Bona, UCLA
Freshman of the Year – Myles Rice, WASHINGTON STATE
Most Improved Player of the Year – Maxime Raynaud, STANFORD
Sixth Player of the Year – Koren Johnson, WASHINGTON
John R. Wooden Pac-12 Coach of the Year – Kyle Smith, WASHINGTON STATE
ARIZONA PAC-10/12 PLAYER OF THE YEAR RECIPIENTS
Pac-12 Player of the Year
2013-14 Nick Johnson
2017-18 Deandre Ayton
2021-22 Bennedict Mathurin
2023-24 Caleb Love
Pac-10 Player of the Year
1987-88 Sean Elliott
1988-89 Sean Elliott
1992-93 Chris Mills
1994-95 Damon Stoudamire (co)
1997-98 Mike Bibby
1998-99 Jason Terry
2010-11 Derrick Williams
One of the best in the business – @OumarBallo32
First Team All-Pac-12
▪️ Pac-12 All Defensive Team pic.twitter.com/LomPqjEBvL— Arizona Basketball (@ArizonaMBB) March 12, 2024
ALL-PAC-12 TEAM
FIRST TEAM
| NAME | SCHOOL | POS. | YR. | HOMETOWN |
| Oumar Ballo | Arizona | C | R-Sr. | Koulikoro, Mali |
| Adem Bona | UCLA | F | So. | Ebonyi, Nigeria |
| Keion Brooks Jr. | Washington | F | Gr. | Fort Wayne, Ind. |
| Branden Carlson | Utah | C | Sr. | South Jordan, Utah |
| N’Faly Dante** | Oregon | C | Sr. | Bamako, Mali |
| Isaac Jones | Washington State | F | 5th | Spanaway, Wash. |
| Caleb Love | Arizona | G | Sr. | St. Louis, Mo. |
| Myles Rice | Washington State | G | R-Fr. | Columbia, S.C. |
| KJ Simpson | Colorado | G | Jr. | Panorama City, Calif. |
| Jaylon Tyson | California | G | Jr. | Plano, Texas |
SECOND TEAM
| NAME | SCHOOL | POS. | YR. | HOMETOWN |
| Jermaine Couisnard | Oregon | G | Sr. | East Chicago, Ind. |
| Tristan da Silva | Colorado | F | Sr. | Munich, Germany |
| Boogie Ellis | USC | G | 5th | San Diego, Calif. |
| Pelle Larsson | Arizona | G | Sr. | Nacka, Sweden |
| Maxime Raynaud | Stanford | F | Jr. | Paris, France |
HONORABLE MENTION (receiving at least three votes): Isaiah Collier, USC; Frankie Collins, ASU; Jordan Pope, OSU; Deivon Smith, UTAH; Jaylen Wells, WSU.
PAC-12 ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM
| NAME | SCHOOL | POS. | HOMETOWN |
| Isaiah Collier | USC | G | Atlanta, Ga. |
| Sebastian Mack | UCLA | G | Chicago, Ill. |
| Myles Rice | Washington State | G | Columbia, S.C. |
| Jackson Shelstad | Oregon | G | West Linn, Ore. |
| Cody Williams | Colorado | F | Gilbert, Ariz. |
HONORABLE MENTION (receiving at least three votes): Kanaan Carlyle, STAN; KJ Lewis, ARIZ.
PAC-12 ALL-DEFENSIVE TEAM
| NAME | SCHOOL | POS. | YR. | HOMETOWN |
| Oumar Ballo | Arizona | C | R-Sr. | Koulikoro, Mali |
| Adem Bona | UCLA | F | So. | Ebonyi, Nigeria |
| Frankie Collins | Arizona State | G | Jr. | Sacramento, Calif. |
| N’Faly Dante | Oregon | C | Sr. | Bamako, Mali |
| Kobe Johnson | USC | G | Jr. | Milwaukee, Wis. |
HONORABLE MENTION (receiving at least three votes): Keshad Johnson, ARIZ; Spencer Jones, STAN; Joshua Morgan, USC; KJ Simpson, COLO
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