Arizona Wildcats’ Caleb Love named 2023-24 Pac-12 Player of the Year
Mar 12, 2024, 9:34 AM | Updated: 10:29 am
Caleb Love #2 of the Arizona Wildcats handles the ball during the NCAAB game at McKale Center on January 06, 2024 in Tucson, Arizona. The Wildcats defeated the Utes 92-73. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
(Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
Arizona Wildcats guard Caleb Love was named the 2023-24 Pac-12 Player of the Year on Tuesday, the conference announced.
The senior guard is averaging 18.7 points on 43% shooting and 35.2% from long range. He added 4.9 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1.2 steals per 32.2 minutes of work.
His 59 made three-pointers in conference play led the Pac-12.
Love marks the 10th Wildcat to take home Pac-12 Player of the Year honors and comes in the final season of the conference’s current affiliation.
In addition to winning the Pac-12 Player of the Year and earning an All-Pac-12 First Team nod, Love has also been named to the Wooden Award National Ballot and is a finalist for the Jerry West Award.
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The guard wasn’t the only Wildcat honored on Tuesday, with center Oumar Ballo earning an All-Pac-12 First Team nod.
In 31 games played, the big man is averaging 13.1 points on 64% shooting, 10 rebounds and one block per game.
Guard Pelle Larsson additionally made the five-man All-Pac-12 Second Team after he averaged 13.0 points, 4.1 rebounds and 3.7 assists this regular season while shooting 54% overall.
Ballo and Arizona State’s Frankie Collins represented the state on the All-Defensive Team.
Collins set a school record for regular season steals with 83, averaging out to 2.7 per game.
A look at the Pac-12 honors handed down on Tuesday:
All-Pac-12 First Team 2024
| NAME | SCHOOL | POS. | YR. | HOMETOWN |
| Oumar Ballo** | Arizona | C | R-Sr. | Koulikoro, Mali |
| Adem Bona | UCLA | F | So. | Ebonyi, Nigeria |
| Keion Brooks Jr. | Washington | F | Gr. | Fort Wayne, Ind. |
| Branden Carlson** | Utah | C | Sr. | South Jordan, Utah |
| N’Faly Dante** | Oregon | C | Sr. | Bamako, Mali |
| Isaac Jones | Washington State | F | 5th | Spanaway, Wash. |
| Caleb Love | Arizona | G | Sr. | St. Louis, Mo. |
| Myles Rice | Washington State | G | R-Fr. | Columbia, S.C. |
| KJ Simpson | Colorado | G | Jr. | Panorama City, Calif. |
| Jaylon Tyson | California | G | Jr. | Plano, Texas |
All-Pac-12 Second Team
| NAME | SCHOOL | POS. | YR. | HOMETOWN |
| Jermaine Couisnard | Oregon | G | Sr. | East Chicago, Ind. |
| Tristan da Silva | Colorado | F | Sr. | Munich, Germany |
| Boogie Ellis | USC | G | 5th | San Diego, Calif. |
| Pelle Larsson | Arizona | G | Sr. | Nacka, Sweden |
| Maxime Raynaud | Stanford | F | Jr. | Paris, France |
HONORABLE MENTION (receiving at least three votes): Isaiah Collier, USC; Frankie Collins, ASU; Jordan Pope, OSU; Deivon Smith, UTAH; Jaylen Wells, WSU.
* denotes number of All-Pac-12 First Team honors
Pac-12 All-Freshman Team
| NAME | SCHOOL | POS. | HOMETOWN |
| Isaiah Collier | USC | G | Atlanta, Ga. |
| Sebastian Mack | UCLA | G | Chicago, Ill. |
| Myles Rice | Washington State | G | Columbia, S.C. |
| Jackson Shelstad | Oregon | G | West Linn, Ore. |
| Cody Williams | Colorado | F | Gilbert, Ariz. |
HONORABLE MENTION (receiving at least three votes): Kanaan Carlyle, STAN; KJ Lewis, ARIZ.
Pac-12 All-Defensive Team
| NAME | SCHOOL | POS. | YR. | HOMETOWN |
| Oumar Ballo | Arizona | C | R-Sr. | Koulikoro, Mali |
| Adem Bona** | UCLA | F | So. | Ebonyi, Nigeria |
| Frankie Collins | Arizona State | G | Jr. | Sacramento, Calif. |
| N’Faly Dante | Oregon | C | Sr. | Bamako, Mali |
| Kobe Johnson** | USC | G | Jr. | Milwaukee, Wis. |
HONORABLE MENTION (receiving at least three votes): Keshad Johnson, ARIZ; Spencer Jones, STAN; Joshua Morgan, USC; KJ Simpson, COLO.
* denotes number of All-Defensive Team honors
