2012 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament


The 2012 Pacific Life Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament was played on March 7–10, 2012 at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.[1] The tournament champion became the NCAA tournament automatic qualifier from the conference. The pairings will be announced following the completion of the regular season on March 4, 2012. The first three rounds was all broadcast on FSN with the championship game on CBS.[1] The Pac-12 announced, on March 1, that Men's and Women's tournament games that were not televised would be streamed on YouTube.[2] Also streamed live on YouTube was a post-game press conferences for the semifinals and championship games.[2] In its first season in the Pac-12, No. 6 seeded Colorado defeated No. 4 seeded Arizona 53–51 for the title and the automatic bid to the NCAA National Championship Tournament. Colorado (along with USC in 2009) has been the lowest seeded team ever to win in this tournament's history. Colorado also was the first team ever to win four games to become the champion of this tournament (because the 6th seed plays in the first of four rounds).

2012 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2011–12
SiteStaples Center
Los Angeles, California
ChampionsColorado (1st title)
Winning coachTad Boyle (1st title)
MVPCarlon Brown (Colorado)
Attendance63,414 (total)
11,197 (Championship game)
Top scorerAndré Roberson (Colorado) (59 pts)
TelevisionCBS, FSN
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2011–12 Pac-12 Conference
men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Washington144 .7782411 .686
California135 .7222410 .706
Oregon135 .7222410 .706
Arizona126 .6672312 .657
Colorado117 .6112412 .667
UCLA117 .6111914 .576
Stanford108 .5562611 .703
Oregon State711 .3892115 .583
Washington State711 .3891918 .514
Arizona State612 .3331021 .323
Utah315 .167625 .194
USC117 .056626 .188
Conference tournament winner
As of March 8, 2012
Rankings from AP poll

Seeds edit

Teams was seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records.[3]

Schedule edit

SessionGameTime*Matchup#Final ScoreTelevisionAttendance
First Round – Wednesday, March 7
1112:10 PM#8 Washington State vs #9 Oregon State64–69FSN5,973
22:40 PM#5 UCLA vs #12 USC55–40FSN
236:10 PM#7 Stanford vs #10 Arizona State85–65FSN6,747
48:40 PM#6 Colorado vs #11 Utah53–41FSN
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 8
3512:10 PM#1 Washington vs. #9 Oregon State84–86FSN8,780
62:40 PM#4 Arizona vs. #5 UCLA66–58FSN
476:10 PM#2 California vs. #7 Stanford77–71FSN9,317
88:40 PM#3 Oregon vs. #6 Colorado62–63FSN
Semifinals – Friday, March 9
596:10 PM#9 Oregon State vs. #4 Arizona61–72FSN11,615
108:40 PM#2 California vs. #6 Colorado59–70FSN
Championship Game – Saturday, March 10
6113:10 PM#4 Arizona vs. #6 Colorado51–53CBS11,197
*Game Times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.[4]

Bracket edit

First round
March 7, 2012
Quarterfinals
March 8, 2012
Semifinals
March 9, 2012
Championship Game
March 10, 2012
            
1Washington84
9Oregon State86
8Washington State64
9Oregon State69
9Oregon State61
4Arizona72
4Arizona66
5UCLA58
5UCLA55
12USC40
4Arizona51
6Colorado53
2California77
7Stanford71
7Stanford85
10Arizona State65
2California59
6Colorado70
3Oregon62
6Colorado63
6Colorado53
11Utah41

Tournament notes edit

  • This was the first tournament ever held under the "Pac-12" name, after Colorado and Utah joined the conference on July 1, 2011.
  • March 7, 2012 – Josiah Turner of Arizona was suspended indefinitely from the basketball team for a violation of team rules, announced by head coach Sean Miller.
  • This was the lowest-scoring game for both teams in a tournament championship game.
  • Colorado got the automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA men's Division I basketball tournament, with California getting an at-large bid.
  • Arizona beat Oregon State for the 6th time in Pac-10/12 tournament history, the most wins any university has over any other, (Arizona is now 6-0 all time vs. OSU in the tournament).
  • Stanford and ASU combined for 26 3-pt. field goals which set a current tournament record (15 and 11).
  • Oregon State and Washington combined for a record game low % of free throws made, only 49.2% (29 of 59) (OSU was 17 of 32; UW was 12 of 27).
  • In the Colorado vs. Arizona game, there were only 12 assists (6 for each team), a record game low for a combined total.
  • Austin Dufault of Colorado had 15 personal fouls throughout the tournament (4 games) setting a Pac-12 Tournament record.
  • André Roberson of Colorado had a record 41 rebounds (4 games) for one tournament.[5]
  • Washington, Arizona, Stanford, and Oregon were invited to the 2012 National Invitation Tournament. Stanford was the N.I.T. champion.
  • Washington State and Oregon State were invited to the 2012 College Basketball Invitational.
  • This was the first time since 1958 that a Pac-12 regular season conference champion was not selected for the NCAA tournament.[6][7][8]

All-Tournament Team edit

Most Outstanding Player edit

  • Carlon Brown, Colorado

2012 Hall of Honor inductees edit

The induction ceremony took place on Saturday, March 10 during the Pac-12 Hall of Honor breakfast.[9] Inductees were:

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Men's Basketball TV Schedule Announced". pac12.org. Pac-12 Conference. September 16, 2011. Archived from the original on October 13, 2011. Retrieved October 13, 2011.
  2. ^ a b Pacific Life Pac-12 Basketball Tournament To Be Streamed On YouTube Archived 2012-03-06 at the Wayback Machine. March 1, 2012, Pac-12
  3. ^ "2012 PACIFIC LIFE PAC-12 BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT Bracket" (PDF). pac 12. Retrieved February 9, 2012.
  4. ^ "2011–12 Pac-12 Men's Basketball TV Schedule". pac-12.org. Archived from the original on April 25, 2012. Retrieved October 29, 2011.
  5. ^ 2013-14 Pac-12 Men’s Basketball Media Guide
  6. ^ Washington Huskies, Pac-12 regular season champions, left out of NCAA tournament, Associated Press, March 11, 2012
  7. ^ Washington left out of NCAA tournament, Associated Press, March 11, 2012
  8. ^ Articles refer to 1958, when Oregon State and California were both 12-6 in first place in the PCC. California was invited to the NCAA tournament. Note that in the 1962-1963 season, UCLA and Stanford were tied atop the AAWU standings and only UCLA was invited to the NCAA tournament, according to the Pac-12 media guide.
  9. ^ 2011–12 Hall of Honor Class Announced Archived 2012-02-12 at the Wayback Machine, Pac-12 Conference, February 7, 2012

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