2016 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament

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2016 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2015–16
Teams12
Site MGM Grand Garden Arena
Paradise, Nevada
Champions Oregon (4th title)
Winning coach Dana Altman (2nd title)
MVP Elgin Cook (Oregon)
Attendance77,496 (total)
12,916 (championship game)
Television Pac-12 Network, FS1
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2017  →
2015–16 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 5 Oregon †14–4 .77831–7  .816
No. 13 Utah 13–5 .72227–9  .750
No. 17 Arizona 12–6 .66725–9  .735
No. 23 California 12–6 .66723–11  .676
Colorado 10–8 .55622–12  .647
USC 9–9 .50021–13  .618
Oregon State 9–9 .50019–13  .594
Washington 9–9 .50019–15  .559
Stanford 8–10 .44415–15  .500
UCLA 6–12 .33315–17  .469
Arizona State 5–13 .27815–17  .469
Washington State 1–17 .0569–22  .290
† Pac-12 Tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2016 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Pac-12. It was played between March 9 through March 12 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Paradise, Nevada. The champion, the Oregon Ducks, received an automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA tournament.

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Seeds

Teams seeded by conference record, with ties broken by record between the tied teams followed by record against the regular-season champion, if necessary.

SeedSchoolConferenceOverallTiebreaker 1Tiebreaker 2Tiebreaker 3Tiebreaker 4Tiebreaker 5
1 Oregon †#14–425–6
2 Utah #13–524–7
3 California #12–622–91–1 vs. Ariz.1–1 vs. Ore.
4 Arizona #12–624–71–1 vs. Cal0–1 vs. Ore.
5 Colorado 10–821–10
6 Oregon State 9–918–112–1 vs. Wash. & USC
7 USC 9–920–112–2 vs. Wash. & OSU1–1 vs. Wash.0–2 vs. Ore.0–1 vs. Utah1–2 vs. Cal & Ariz.
8 Washington 9–917–131–2 vs. OSU & USC1–1 vs. USC0–1 vs. Ore.0–2 vs. Utah0–3 vs. Cal & Ariz.
9 Stanford 8–1015–14
10 UCLA 6–1215–16
11 Arizona State 5–1315–16
12 Washington State 1–179–21
† – Pac-12 regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed.
# – Received a first round bye in the conference tournament.
Overall records include all games played in the Pac-12 Tournament.

Schedule

SessionGameTime*Matchup#Final scoreTelevisionAttendance
First round – Wednesday, March 9
1112:00 pm#8 Washington vs. #9 Stanford91–68 Pac-12 Network 12,916
22:30 pm#5 Colorado vs. #12 Washington State80–56
236:00 pm#7 USC vs. #10 UCLA95–7112,916
48:30 pm#6 Oregon State vs. #11 Arizona State75–66
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10
3512:00 pm#1 Oregon vs. #8 Washington83–77Pac-12 Network12,916
62:30 pm#4 Arizona vs. #5 Colorado82–78
476:00 pm#2 Utah vs. #7 USC80–7212,916
88:30 pm#3 California vs. #6 Oregon State76–68 FS1
Semifinals – Friday, March 11
596:00 pm#1 Oregon vs. #4 Arizona95–89OTPac-12 Network12,916
108:30 pm#2 Utah vs. #3 California82–78OTFS1
Championship – Saturday, March 12
6117:00 pm#1 Oregon vs. #2 Utah88–57FS112,916
*Game times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

First round
Wednesday March 9 		Quarterfinals
Thursday March 10 		Semifinals
Friday March 11 		Championship
Saturday March 12
            
1 #5 Oregon83
8 Washington 77
8 Washington91
9 Stanford 68
1 #5 Oregon95*
4 #15 Arizona 89
4 #15 Arizona82
5 Colorado 78
5 Colorado80
12 Washington State 56
1 #5 Oregon88
2 #12 Utah 57
2 #12 Utah80
7 USC 72
7 USC95
10 UCLA 71
2 #12 Utah82*
3 #24 California 78
3 #24 California76
6 Oregon State 68
6 Oregon State75
11 Arizona State 66

* denotes each overtime period played

All-tournament team

Most outstanding player

Hall of Honor inductees

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