As might be expected from a conference that sent just one team to the Final Four this decade — one berth out of the 40 available — the talent level in the Pac-12 was a bit underwhelming in the 2010s.

Pac-12 consensus All-Americans by decade, according to the conference’s own bookkeeping:

1990s: 15

2000s: 12

2010s: 6

The lack of star power became clear to the Hotline while researching our all-decade team, a task that first required framing:

Should the all-decade team focus on talent, however raw and fleeting, or impact over time?

Should Zach LaVine, who made one start at UCLA and averaged 9.4 points per game — but is currently humming at 23.6 ppg for the Bulls — be tossed into the same bucket as Tres Tinkle, who’s approaching 2,000 career points at Oregon State?

And if so, how do you carve a path to judgment that’s fair to both LaVine and Tinkle?

Or to Jaylen Brown and Matisse Thybulle?

Or to Lonzo Ball and Chasson Randle, the No. 3 scorer in conference history.

Base the all-decade list on talent in pure form, and it would surely include the likes of LaVine and Brown, Ball and Deandre Ayton.

We opted for the other model — one that leans slightly to impact:

To qualify for our all-decade team, a player must have named to the all-conference team at least twice.

High-level play for multiple seasons.

That filter immediately removes Ayton, Brown, Ball and LaVine — not to mention Jakob Poeltl, Kyle Kuzma, Derrick White, Aaron Holiday, Shabazz Muhammad and others — from consideration.

(Other all-decade teams might include those players, and we have no problem with that model. No approach is right or wrong.)

Additionally, please note that we gave strong consideration to players who made an impact defensively, although that wasn’t essential.

Our picks for player and coach of the decade are below.

Also considered: Arizona’s T.J. McConnell and Alonzo Trier, Oregon State’s Tres Tinkle and Jared Cunningham, Stanford’s Chasson Randle and Reid Travis, Arizona State’s Jahii Carson, Washington’s Matisse Thybulle and Washington State’s Brock Motum

*** FIRST TEAM

Cal G Jorge Gutierrez: The only player to win Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year in the same season. Earned all-conference recognition twice and all-defense honors three times.

Washington State G Klay Thompson: Averaged 21.6 points his junior year on a team that won 22 games and lacked a top-tier secondary scorer.

Washington G Isaiah Thomas: Was a second-team all-conference selection as a freshman in 2009, then earned first-team honors in the first two years of the decade.

Arizona F Derrick Williams: All-conference as a freshman and sophomore. In his second and final season, Williams was named Pac-12 Player of the Year and second-team All-American.

Oregon F Dillon Brooks: The top scorer on the conference’s only Final Four participant. Earned all-conference recognition twice and was voted Player of the Year in 2017.

*** SECOND TEAM

Oregon State G Gary Payton II: Named the top defensive player twice, in 2015-16, and earned all-conference recognition both seasons.

Cal G Allen Crabbe: One of the top scorers to pass through the conference in the decade and earned top player honors as a junior.

Oregon G Joseph Young: Was a second-team all-conference selection in 2014 before a stellar final season in which he averaged 20.7 points.

Utah G Delon Wright: Junior college transfer who spent two years with the Utes and was named all-conference and all-defense both years.

Colorado F Andre Roberson: One of our favorite players from the decade because — like Gutierrez — he deeply impacted the game without high-level scoring.

Player of the Decade: Arizona’s Derrick Williams. His second season in Tucson (2011) was the best any player produced. Earned All-American honors and was named Player of the Year after averaging 19.5 points and 8.3 rebounds. Williams’ efficiency set him apart. The 19.5 points came on just 10 shots — all thanks to 59.5 percent shooting from the field, 56.8 percent shooting from 3-point range and 74.6 percent shooting from the line.

Coach of the Decade: Oregon’s Dana Altman. Was hired in the spring of 2010 after a lengthy search in which Oregon’s top targets declined the offer (detailed here). Has two regular-season titles, three conference tournament titles, two Sweet 16s, one Elite Eight and the Pac-12’s only Final Four appearance since UCLA made the grand stage in 2008. A master at fitting scheme to talent.

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