The Pac-12 Conference’s men’s basketball awards announced Tuesday put a rubber stamp on the 2021-2022 Arizona Wildcats as one of the league’s best teams in recent memory.
Arizona won five of six league-wide awards: Tommy Lloyd won conference Coach of the Year, Bennedict Mathurin won Player of the Year, Christian Koloko won Defensive Player of the Year and Most Improved Player of the Year, and Pelle Larsson won Sixth Man of the Year.
Koloko, Mathurin and Azuolas Tubelis were named Pac-12 all-conference First Team selections, while Dalen Terry was an honorable mention and joined Koloko on the All-Defensive Team.