Pac-12 Tournament

 No. 5 seed Stanford (17-14, 11-7) vs. 
No. 12 seed California (8-23, 2-16)
Pac-12 Tournament
Wednesday, March 7 • 2:30 p.m. PT
T-Mobile Arena • Las Vegas, Nev.
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STANFORD, Calif. – No. 5 seed Stanford will meet its Bay Area rival in No. 12 seed California Wednesday in the opening round of the Pac-12 Tournament at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The Cardinal split the regular-season series with the Golden Bears. Stanford has won eight of the past 12 meetings.

STANFORD IN THE PAC-12 TOURNAMENT
• 16-19 all-time record in the conference tournament
• Defeated Washington (77-66) March 13, 2004 to capture its conference tournament title
• 1-1 all-time against California in the conference tournament
• No. 6 seed Stanford defeated No. 3 seed Cal (77-61) March 9, 1990 in Tempe, Arizona
• No. 2 seed Cal defeated No. 7 seed Stanford (77-71) March 8, 2012 in Los Angeles, California
• 0-2 as the No. 5 seed, both times playing the No. 4 seed in 2002 and 2006 prior to the conference expanding to 12 teams. Lost to No. 4 USC (103-78) in 2002 and No. 4 Arizona (73-68) in 2006

CARDINAL IN CONFERENCE PLAY
Stanford finished with 11 conference wins, its most in 10 seasons (13-5 in 2008) and five more than last season's league win total. The Cardinal tied for third in the conference, its highest finish in the standings since a second-place finish in 2008. Stanford has posted 10 or more conference wins just three times over the last 10 seasons. Stanford opened Pac-12 play with a 5-1 mark for the second time in the last 14 seasons. In January, the Cardinal won five consecutive conference games for the first time in 10 seasons and posted its first conference road sweep (Washington/Washington State) in eight seasons.

TRIO EARN PAC-12 HONORS
Junior Reid Travis was a First Team All-Pac-12 selection for the second consecutive season, while senior Dorian Pickens was an honorable mention All-Pac-12 pick and freshman Daejon Davis was one of five members on the Pac-12 All-Freshman Team as selected by the coaches. Travis, the conference's only repeat first-team pick, is the first Cardinal repeat First Team All-Pac-12 selection since Chasson Randle (2014 and 2015). Davis is the first Cardinal to make the Pac-12 All-Freshman Team since Randle was selected to the squad in 2012.   
 
PICKENS VOTED PAC-12 SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR
Senior Dorian Pickens was named the Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year on Monday. The senior was also a First Team Pac-12 All-Academic selection for the third consecutive year, as announced on Tuesday. Pickens, an All-Pac-12 pick for his performance on the court as well, owns a 3.42 cumulative grade-point average in communications. He was recently voted to the CoSIDA Academic All-District Team and is on the ballot for the CoSIDA Academic All-America team.

R2T2
Fresh off his second consecutive First Team All-Pac-12 selection, All-America candidate Reid Travis has established himself as one of the top players at his position in the nation. He ranks in the top-four of the Pac-12 in 10 categories. The forward has five double-doubles in his last seven games, coming off a 24-point, 14-rebound performance in the win at Arizona State. In Travis' last five games, the forward is averaging 22.6 points and 10.8 rebounds in leading Stanford to 4-1 record during that span.  

AGAINST CALIFORNIA
Stanford and California meet for the 271st time. The Golden Bears hold a 149-121 edge. The Cardinal has won eight of its past 12 meetings with the Bears. Stanford and California split the two meetings during the regular season, with each team winning on the road. The Cardinal posted a 77-73 victory in Berkeley on Feb. 28.

CARDINAL PLAYERS AGAINST CALIFORNIA
Eight active Stanford players have faced Arizona State previously. Arizona natives Dorian Pickens (10.9 ppg in eight games) and Michael Humphrey (9.7 ppg in seven games) have played the Sun Devils the most of anyone on the current Cardinal roster.
 

LAST MEETING WITH THE GOLDEN BEARS
Daejon Davis scored 22 points before fouling out, Dorian Pickens made two free throws with 8.7 seconds remaining and Stanford overcame a second half surge to beat California 77-73 in Berkeley on Feb. 18. The Cardinal led by eight late in the second half before California rallied to make it 67-all following Don Coleman's free throw with 4:31 left. Stanford scored the next five points. It was just enough for Stanford. Davis shot 7 of 10 from the field, added five assists and seven rebounds. Pickens scored 17 points and Reid Travis added 13 points and 10 rebounds.

LAST TIME OUT
Dorian Pickens scored all 20 of his points in the second half for Stanford and the Cardinal held on through a wild final minute to beat Arizona State 84-83 this past Saturday in Tempe, Arizona. Reid Travis had 22 points and 14 rebounds and KZ Okpala 18 points and 10 boards for the Cardinal. A Daejon Davis spin move for a layup proved to be the winning basket with 42 seconds left.

PICKENS AMONG THREE-POINT LEADERS FROM MAJOR CONFERENCES IN LAST 8 GAMES
Dorian Pickens' 49 threes in the last 16 games ranks as the sixth-most among players from the six major conferences (ACC, BIG EAST, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12, SEC) in that span. (as of March 2)

TRAVIS AMONG RARE COMPANY
Junior Reid Travis is one of just nine players in Stanford history with at least 1,300 career points and 700 career rebounds. He enters Wednesday's Pac-12 Tournament game vs. California with 1,352 points and 706 rebounds. 
 
Stanford players with at least 1,300 points and 700 rebounds
 

PICKENS NINTH ON CAREER THREE POINTERS LIST
Dorian Pickens, who missed 11 games with a foot injury, returned for the beginning of conference play. He ranks ninth in school history with 181 career threes and has totaled 49 threes in the last 16 games. He leads the Pac-12 in threes per game (3.0), is sixth in three-point percentage (.451) and 10th in scoring (15.7 ppg) during conference play. Despite missing nearly half the season, Pickens leads the team with 51 threes. Pickens, the 46th all-time and second active member of Stanford's 1,000-point club, enters the Arizona State game with 1,111 career points.

TRAVIS AMONG NATION'S ELITE POST PLAYERS
Junior Reid Travis is fourth in the Pac-12 in scoring (19.4 ppg) and rebounding (8.0 rpg). Travis and Arizona's DeAndre Ayton are the lone players to rank in the top five of the conference in both scoring and rebounding. Travis ranks in the top-four in the Pac-12 in 10 categories overall. The junior posted a career-high 33 points in the win over Washington last week. He became the 45th member of Stanford's 1,000-point club earlier this year and enters Saturday's Arizona State game with 1,328 points and 692 rebounds in his 93-game career so far.
 

Throw it DOWN, @2ReidTravis2.#GoStanford pic.twitter.com/zwQYHPrdRQ

— Stanford Men's Basketball (@StanfordMBB) February 20, 2018

 
TRAVIS COMPARED TO THE KARL MALONE AWARD FINALISTS
While Reid Travis was not included among the recently-announced 10 finalists for the Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Award, his stats stack up with the listed finalists below. Stanford's strength of schedule is the fifth-highest among teams with the listed finalists.
 

WINNING THE BATTLE OF THE BOARDS
Reid Travis and Michael Humphrey have helped Stanford win the rebounding battle in 24 of 31 games, including 20 of the last 24 contests. The Cardinal is second in the Pac-12 in rebounding at 38.0 rpg. Only three opponents (Arizona's DeAndre Ayton (12 pts. 10 rebs.), Washington's Noah Dickerson (14 pts., 13 rebs.) and USC's Chimezie Metu (12 pts., 10 rebs.)) have recorded a double-double against Stanford in the last 36 games.

DAVIS DIRECTING THE OFFENSE
Freshman Daejon Davis has started all 29 games he has played in. In his last 17 games, Davis is averaging 12.1 points, 5.6 assists and 4.8 rebounds per game.
 
Davis' 144 assists so far are six shy of Brevin Knight's (1993-94) Stanford freshman record.
 
Highlighting his play during conference action is the 50-foot heave to win the game at the buzzer against USC. The freshman registered career-highs in points (23) and assists (10) against UCLA on Jan 27. Davis has posted two double-doubles this season with 16 points and 10 rebounds in the win at Washington and the 23-point, 10-assist performance at UCLA. The freshman recorded 22 points seven rebounds and five assists in the win at California in February.

A cool 2??2?? from @DaejonDavis in Berkeley last night.#GoStanford pic.twitter.com/jzKY8eyIh8

— Stanford Men's Basketball (@StanfordMBB) February 19, 2018

YOUTH MOVEMENT
One of the top recruiting classes in school history has played a big role in its first season on The Farm. Each of the Cardinal's four freshmen have started at least one game and three - Daejon Davis, Oscar da Silva and Isaac White - started together in six games. At least two freshmen have started in 29 games and at least one freshman has started in all 31 games.
 
All four average at least 17 minutes per game. Davis leads the Cardinal in assists (5.0 apg), White is second on the team in three pointers (38) and da Silva is second on the Cardinal roster in blocks (27). KZ Okpala, who made his collegiate debut 19 games ago, is averaging 9.8 ppg in 27.8 mpg.
 
In the win in the first meeting with Arizona State this season, Stanford's final 16 points were scored by freshmen. In the victory at Washington State, Stanford's four freshmen scored the first 23 points of the second half during the Cardinal's 21-3 run to erase its deficit en route to the road win. 

WIN NO. 100 FOR HAASE
The Dec. 17 victory over San Francisco was head coach Jerod Haase's 100th career coaching victory. He is in his sixth season as a head coach and second with Stanford, following four successful seasons at UAB. The win was Haase's 20th at the helm of the Cardinal.  

Shoutout to Reid and Coach Haase for reaching major milestones today! #GoStanford

A post shared by Stanford Men's Basketball (@stanfordmbb) on Dec 17, 2017 at 5:49pm PST

THE FOURTH-YEAR CLASS
The four members of Stanford's fourth-year class - Reid Travis, Dorian Pickens, Michael Humphrey and Robert Cartwright - accounted for 62.6 percent of the team's scoring and 55.4 percent of the team's rebounding last season. Pickens and Humphrey are true seniors, while Travis and Cartwright have each had their medical hardship waivers granted and are redshirt juniors with another year of eligibility remaining after this season. Cartwright missed the entire 2015-16 season with a compound fracture of his right forearm sustained in preseason practice on Nov. 2, 2015. Travis was forced to miss the final 22 games of the 2015-16 season with a right leg injury.
 
PETER SAUER CAPTAINSHIP
Head coach Jerod Haase announced the establishment of the Peter Sauer Captainship in September, naming Reid Travis, Dorian Pickens and Michael Humphrey captains. The three wear patches on their uniforms honoring the legacy of the late Peter Sauer, a team captain and leader of Stanford's 1998 Final Four team. Stanford celebrated the 20-year anniversary of the 1998 Final Four team on Feb. 24 against Washington State.