All-Pac-12 teams include Arizona bigs, ASU’s Cambridge Jr.

Arizona Wildcats forward Azuolas Tubelis and center Oumar Ballo made the 2023-23 All-Pac-12 First Team, while rival Arizona State saw guard Desmond Cambridge Jr. land on the second team.

The Pac-12 released the full first and second teams, the all-freshman squad, all-defensive team and individual awards for men’s basketball on Tuesday.

Tubelis, a strong candidate for Pac-12 Player of the Year, fell short with first-place UCLA’s best player, Jaime Jaquez Jr., taking home the award. Jaquez averaged 17.5 points, 8.0 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game.

For Arizona, Tubelis averaged 19.9 points, 9.2 boards and 2.0 assists per game while shooting 58% from the floor.

Ballo followed Arizona’s starting center from last season, Christian Koloko, as the most improved player in the conference.

Ballo averaged 13.9 points, 8.6 rebounds and 1.7 assists with 1.3 blocks per game as the starter. He played in 37 games off the bench last season, averaging 6.8 points and 4.4 rebounds per game.

ASU’s Cambridge averaged 13.4 points, 3.4 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.7 steals per game. It was his first season at Arizona State after transferring from Nevada.

An honorable mention for the Sun Devils was center Warren Washington Jr., another Nevada transfer, who received at least three votes for the All-Pac-12 Defensive Team.

Arizona guard Courtney Ramey received at least three votes to make an All-Pac-12 team, while Wildcats freshman point guard Kylan Boswell received an honorable mention for the freshman team.

Ballo was an honorable mention for the defensive team as well.

Pac-12 men’s basketball individual awards

Player of the year: Jaime Jaquez Jr., Sr., G/F, UCLA

Defensive player of the year: Jaylen Clark, Jr., G, UCLA

Freshman of the year: Adem Bona, F, UCLA

Most improved player: Oumar Ballo, R-Jr., C, ARIZONA

Sixth man: Reese Dixon-Waters, So., G, USC

Coach of the year: Mick Cronin, UCLA

2022-23 All-Pac-12 Teams

FIRST TEAM

NAME	SCHOOL	POS.	YR.	HOMETOWN
Oumar Ballo	Arizona	C	R-Jr.	Koulikoro, Mali
Tyger Campbell***	UCLA	G	R-Jr.	Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Branden Carlson	Utah	C	Sr.	South Jordan, Utah
N’Faly Dante	Oregon	C	Sr.	Bamako, Mali
Tristan da Silva	Colorado	F	Jr.	Munich, Germany
Boogie Ellis	USC	G	Sr.	San Diego, Calif.
Mouhamed Gueye	Washington State	F	So.	Dakar, Senegal
Jaime Jaquez Jr.**	UCLA	G/F	Sr.	Camarillo, Calif.
Drew Peterson**	USC	G	5th	Libertyville, Ill.
Ąžuolas Tubelis**	Arizona	F	Jr.	Vilnius, Lithuania

SECOND TEAM

NAME	SCHOOL	POS.	YR.	HOMETOWN
Keion Brooks Jr.	Washington	F	Sr.	Fort Wayne, Ind.
Desmond Cambridge Jr.	Arizona State	G	5th	Nashville, Tenn.
Jaylen Clark	UCLA	G	Jr.	Riverside, Calif.
Spencer Jones	Stanford	F	Sr.	Roeland Park, Kan.
KJ Simpson	Colorado	G	So.	West Hills, Calif.

HONORABLE MENTION (receiving at least three votes): TJ Bamba, WSU; Adem Bona, UCLA; Courtney Ramey, ARIZ; Will Richardson, ORE.

Pac-12 Freshman Team

NAME	SCHOOL	POS.	HOMETOWN
Amari Bailey	UCLA	G	Chicago, Ill.
Adem Bona	UCLA	F	Ebonyi, Nigeria
Keyon Menifield	Washington	G	Flint, Mich.
Jordan Pope	Oregon State	G	Oakley, Calif.
Tre White	USC	G	Dallas, Texas

HONORABLE MENTION (receiving at least three votes): Kylan Boswell, ARIZ; Grant Newell, CAL.

Pac-12 Defensive Team

NAME	SCHOOL	POS.	YR.	HOMETOWN
Adem Bona	UCLA	F	Fr.	Ebonyi, Nigeria
Jaylen Clark**	UCLA	G	Jr.	Riverside, Calif.
Kobe Johnson	USC	G	So.	Milwaukee, Wisc.
Braxton Meah	Washington	C	Jr.	Fresno, Calif.
Joshua Morgan	USC	F	R-Jr.	Sacramento, Calif.

HONORABLE MENTION (receiving at least three votes): Marco Anthony, UTAH; Oumar Ballo, ARIZ; Mouhamed Gueye, WSU; Warren Washington, ASU.

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