We asked our Pac-12 basketball panelists who is the favorite for Pac-12 Coach of the Year.
Matt Zemek and Zachary Neel identified Tommy Lloyd of Arizona. That choice looks good one week into the season. Arizona went into Cameron Indoor Stadium and beat Duke, 78-73, in a battle of brand-name college basketball powers. Arizona’s Caleb Love, who transferred from North Carolina, came back to a familiar building and made Tar Heel fans happy by beating UNC’s archrival. Love said after the game he is “a Tar Heel for life.” Beating Duke reinforces that, but it’s Arizona who gets an enormous resume win in the first week of the season.
Tommy Lloyd developing Love into an improved player makes Arizona the Pac-12 favorite.
Other members of our Pac-12 basketball panel wondered if other Pac-12 coaches could make a run at 2024 coach of the year.
Matt Wadleigh wrote, “Give me Mark Madsen as a sleeper choice. The Golden Bears won three games, I think they finish around .500, and that’s a huge step in the right direction. But, that might be a bit difficult given the way the votes work, so I think the consensus goes with Andy Enfield.”
Don Smalley went with Dana Altman of Oregon. The Ducks look solid two games in. However, Tommy Lloyd is probably the front-runner. Winning at Duke will do that.
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