SAN FRANCISCO – With the season opener just two weeks away, preseason accolades have started to arrive for Stanford men's basketball. Spencer Jones and Harrison Ingram were each named to the preseason All-Pac-12 first team, with Stanford joining only UCLA and USC with multiple honorees on the first team.
One of the most dynamic and versatile players in the country, Ingram was Stanford's first Pac-12 Freshman of the Year since 2000, and also garnered All-Pac-12 honorable mention status a year ago. He was Stanford's first Freshman of the Year since Casey Jacobsen in 2000, and just the fifth all-time, joining Brevin Knight (1994), Johnny Rogers (1982) and John Revelli (1981).
Ingram is the only rising sophomore in the country to have averaged 10 points, six rebounds and three assists per game last season, as he was joined by only Paolo Banchero, the top pick in the 2022 NBA Draft, in meeting those benchmarks as true freshmen. The only first-year player in the league last year to average double-figure scoring, he won six Pac-12 Freshman of the Week awards, which is the second-most in conference history, behind only USC's Evan Mobley (2020-21), who won the honor seven times.
Spencer Jones garnered his first All-Pac-12 award with honorable mention selections to the all-conference and all-defense teams last season. The swingman was the team's leading scorer at 12.0 points per game, while averaging 4.5 rebounds per night. He was one of six players league-wide last season to earn both all-conference and all-defensive honors. Establishing himself as one of the best 3-point shooters in program history, the sniper ended the season in ninth on the all-time Cardinal list with 189 made threes.
Jones, who will be one of the top seniors in the Pac-12 this season, averaged 22.5 points per game in March last season and 27.0 points per game in the Pac-12 Tournament.
The Cardinal returns to action on Monday, Nov. 7 at 11 a.m. against Pacific. Jones, Ingram and head coach Jerod Haase will represent the Cardinal at Pac-12 media day on Wednesday, Oct. 26.