The uarizona Wildcats have won five of the six major season-ending Pac-12 awards, including Bennedict Mathurin winning conference Player of the Year. ArizonaMBB BearDown
Bennedict Mathurin is named conference Player of the Year, Tommy Lloyd as Coach of the Year, Christian Koloko earned Defensive Player of the Year and Most Improved Player of the Year and Pelle Larsson won Sixth Man of the Year.
Mathurin and Koloko earned recognition as the first team all-conference squad, along with Azuolas Tubelis.Arizona finished the regular season 28-3 overall, winning the Pac-12 with an 18-2 conference mark. The Wildcats will play either ASU or Stanford Thursday, March 10 in the Pac-12 Tournament quarterfinals.Phil Villarreal is the senior real-time editor for KGUN 9. He is also a digital producer and host of"Phil on Film" seen weekly on Good Morning Tucson, Phil moved to KGUN after 17 years with the Arizona Daily Star, where he was a movie critic, columnist, and reporter. He has penned three books: Secrets of a Stingy Scoundrel, Stormin' Mormon and Zeta Male.