Caleb Love had fairly a primary season at Arizona.

Love was named The Associated Press Pac-12 males’s faculty basketball participant and newcomer of the 12 months on Tuesday by a panel of media members who cowl the convention. Washington State’s Kyle Smith was named coach of the 12 months.

Love spent his first three seasons at North Carolina, making a reputation for himself by hitting large pictures in the course of the Tar Heels’ run to the 2022 nationwide championship sport.

Wanting a brand new problem, Love opted to switch to Arizona, the place he implored coach Tommy Lloyd and his employees to teach him arduous. Love match completely into Lloyd’s team-first philosophy, enjoying throughout the framework of the offense whereas nonetheless asserting himself because the Wildcats’ go-to participant.

The 6-foot-4 guard helped lead No. 6 Arizona to the ultimate Pac-12 regular-season championship and a possible No. 1 seed within the NCAA Tournament.

Love led the Wildcats and was the Pac-12’s fourth-leading scorer with a career-best 18.7 factors per sport. He had the very best taking pictures season of his profession at 43% and helped Arizona in lots of different methods, averaging 4.9 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1.9 steals per sport.

Smith ushered in a breakthrough season at Washington State. Picked to complete tenth within the preseason ballot, the Cougars had been one of many greatest surprises in faculty basketball.

Washington State swept the season collection with a sweep of Arizona, together with a 77-71 victory at McKale Center. The Cougars moved into the AP Top 25 for the primary time in 16 years at No. 21 on Feb. 19 and are No. 18 heading into this week’s Pac-12 Tournament. Washington State completed the common season 23-7 and its 14 Pac-12 wins match this system’s most in a convention season.

u-Guard — KJ Simpson, Colorado, Jr., 6-2, 189, West Hills, Calif.

Guard — Caleb Love, Arizona, Sr., 6-4, 205, St. Louis.

Guard — Jaylon Tyson, Jr., 6-7, 215, Plano, Texas

u-Forward — Keion Brooks, Jr., Washington, 6-7, 210, Fort Wayne, Ind.

Center — Oumar Ballo, Arizona, Sr., 7-0, 260, Koulikoro, Mali.

—u-unanimous choice.

Guard — Jordan Pope, Oregon St, Soph, 6-2, 165, Oakley, Calif.

Guard — Boogie Ellis, USC, Sr., 6-3, 190, San Diego.

Guard — Myles Rice, Washington State, freshman, 6-3, 180, Columbia, S.C.

Forward — Isaac Jones, Washington State, Sr., 6-9, 245, Spanaway, Wash.

Forward — Branden Carlson, Utah, Sr., 7-0, 220, South Jordan, Utah

Player of the 12 months — Caleb Love, Arizona.

Coach of the 12 months — Kyle Smith, Washington State.

Newcomer of the 12 months — Caleb Love, Arizona.

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All-Pac-12 voting panel: Bruce Pascoe, Arizona Daily Star; Michelle Gardner, Arizona Republic; Jon Wilner, San Jose Mercury News; Pat Rooney, BuffZone.com; Andrew Quinn, KREM and KSKN Television; Brenna Greene, KOIN TV.

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