Arizona stat boss Azuolas Tubelis or UCLA's surging Jaime Jaquez? This weekend will decide Pac-12 Player of Year

Bruce Pascoe Since what eventually became the Pac-12 began recording rebounds in 1959-60, only eight players have led the conference in both scoring and rebounding over an entire season.Arizona’s standout junior forward has a commanding lead in scoring — at 19.6 points, he’s still almost two average points per game over Washington’s Keion Brooks — and his biggest threat to the rebounding title is his own teammate, Oumar Ballo, who averages just 0.3 rebounds less per game than Tubelis’ 9.1.

People are also reading… Lester Conner of first place OSU was named Player of the Year in 1981-82 over Cal’s Mark McNamara, who led in scoring and rebounding. In 2005-06, Brandon Roy of second-place Washington beat out Cal’s Leon Powe, even though Powe also led in scoring and rebounding en route to the Bears’ third-place finish.

Jaquez was beaten out for the weekly award by ASU’s Desmond Cambridge, who created a buzz over the weekend when he hit a game-winning 60-footer at the buzzer to give the Sun Devils an 89-88 win over Arizona. While Tubelis leads Jaquez in most major statistical categories, Jaquez is also known for better defensive credentials.

Tubelis has an ideal final chance to re-ignite his credentials. After playing at another expected NCAA Tournament team in USC on Thursday, where the Trojans now have top-shelf big men in Joshua Morgan and Vincent Iwuchukwu, Tubelis will get to take on Jaquez face-to-face in a Saturday evening showdown at Pauley Pavilion.“This feels really good. I’m getting excited,” Jaquez said on a postgame radio interview after UCLA clinched the title with its 60-56 win over Colorado on Sunday.

Jaquez will in it. And who cares? Win the conference tourney, Zu… and shut them all up.

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