Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament

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Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament
Pac-12 men's basketball tournament logo.svg
Logo of the tournament
Sport Basketball
Conference Pac-12 Conference
Number of teams12
Format Single-elimination tournament
Current stadium T-Mobile Arena
Current location Paradise, Nevada
Played1987–1990, 2002–2024
Last contest 2024
Current champion Oregon Ducks
Most championships Arizona Wildcats (9)
TV partner(s)Pac-12 Networks, Fox Sports and ESPN (2013-2024)
Official website Pac-12.org Men's Basketball
Sponsors
New York Life
Host stadiums
Pauley Pavilion 1987
McKale Center 1988
The Forum 1989
University Activity Center 1990
Staples Center 2002–2012
MGM Grand Garden Arena 2013–2016
T-Mobile Arena 2017–2024
Host locations
Los Angeles 1987, 2002–2012
Tucson, Arizona 1988
Inglewood, California 1989
Tempe, Arizona 1990
Las Vegas 2013–2024

The Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament, otherwise known as the Pac-12 tournament, was the annual concluding tournament for the NCAA college basketball in the Pac-12, taking place in Las Vegas at the T-Mobile Arena. The first tournament was held in 1987 for the Pac-10 conference. It ended after four seasons. The conference did not have a conference tournament until it was started again in 2002.

Contents

The future of the Pac-12 Conference itself as with the tournament after the 2024 tournament is uncertain since the conference will only have two remaining members at the end of the 2023–24 academic year. Both the remaining Pac-12 schools are set to join the West Coast Conference as non-football affiliated members for all sports with the exception of baseball for at least the 2024–25 academic year and beyond. [1]

History

The predecessor conference of the Pac-12, the Pacific Coast Conference, began playing basketball in the 1915–16 season. The PCC was split into North and South Divisions for basketball beginning with the 1922–23 season. The winners of the two divisions would play a best of three series of games to determine the PCC basketball champion. If two division teams tied, they would have a one-game playoff to produce the division representative. Starting with the first edition of the event now known as the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament in 1939, the winner of the PCC divisional playoff was given the automatic berth in the NCAA tournament. Oregon, the 1939 PCC champion, won the championship game in the 1939 NCAA basketball tournament.

The last divisional playoff was in the 1954–55 season. After that, there was no divisional play and all teams played each other in a round robin competition. From the 1955–56 season through the 1985–86 season, the regular season conference champion was awarded the NCAA tournament berth from the PCC, later AAWU, Pac-8 and Pac-10.

Beginning with the 1975 NCAA tournament, the league (known as the Pac-8 until becoming the Pac-10 with the 1978 arrival of Arizona and Arizona State) would usually place at least one other at-large team in the tournament. Following the end of UCLA's dominance in the 1970s, the Pac-10 would struggle to get out of the early rounds of the NCAA tournament.

By the 1985–86 season, the Pac-10 was one of three remaining conferences that gave their automatic NCAA tournament bid to the regular season round-robin champion. The other two conferences were the Ivy League and the Big Ten Conference.

1987–1990

The modern tournament format began in 1987 as the Pacific-10 Men's basketball Tournament. [2] The first incarnation of the tournament ran from 1987 to 1990, hosted at different school sites. UCLA was awarded the inaugural tournament, which was won by the Bruins. The Arizona Wildcats hosted the 1988 tournament and won. The Wildcats also won the 1989 and 1990 tournaments. Citing academic concerns, it was dropped after 1990 upon opposition from coaches, poor revenue, and poor attendance. [3] [4] [5] The Pac-10 went back to having the regular season champion get awarded the automatic NCAA tournament bid for the 1990–2001 seasons. The Pac-10 also was viewed as weaker than East coast conferences that placed many teams in the NCAA tournament. [6] The tournament was seen as more damaging to the conference than helpful. [6] The NCAA selection show occurred during or immediately following the Sunday final. [7] This meant the selection committee had to make a decision to have a placeholder for a potential team that depended upon the final result.

2002 to the present

In 1998, the Big Ten began to hold a conference tournament, leaving the Pac-10 and Ivy League the lone conferences without postseason tournaments. (The Ivy League would not begin holding its tournament until 2017.) The Pac-10 tournament was restarted by an 8–2 vote of the athletic directors of the conference in 2000 after determining that a tournament would help increase exposure of the conference and help the seeding of the schools in the NCAA tournament. [8] Stanford University and the University of Arizona opposed the tournament, while UCLA's and USC's votes, considered the deciding votes, were swayed by permanently hosting the tournament at Staples Center. [9] [10] Los Angeles is the second largest media market in the United States. The championship game has been broadcast nationally by CBS Sports. The championship game was scheduled for Saturday before selection Sunday, as opposed to the previous iteration of the tournament holding the championship on Sunday after the selection committee had completed their work.

With the 2011 championship game attracting only 12,074 paid attendees, less than two-thirds the capacity of Staples Center, commissioner Larry Scott reopened bids from other cities to host the Pac-12 Tournament. Other models including a round-robin model and hosting the tournament at conference sites have also been considered. [11] Ultimately, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, and Seattle submitted bids for consideration. [12]

On March 13, 2012, the Pac-12 Tournament was officially moved to the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, for a three-year term. [13] The tournament moved to T-Mobile Arena once it opened during the 2016–17 basketball season; the hosting contract between the Pac-12 and the arena ran through 2020. [14] In October 2019, the contract was extended through 2021-2022. [15]

The 2020 tournament began on March 11, and teams played the first round. It was cancelled on March 12 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with no further games played. [16] The 2021 tournament was played, but with only family of student-athletes & members of the individual athletic departments as spectators in attendance. [17] [18]

Television coverage

Effective with the 2012–13 season, as part of the new television contract signed with Fox Sports and ESPN, one quarterfinal game, one semifinal game, and the championship game will rotate between Fox Sports and ESPN, with ESPN obtaining odd year tournaments and Fox Sports even numbered tournaments. All other games are broadcast on the Pac-12 Network.[ citation needed ] On September 29, 2021, the Conference announced the Pac-12 Network, FOX & FS1 would be the telecast providers for the 2022 Pac-12 tournament. Eight games would be featured on the Pac-12 Network, two games would be featured on FS1 & the Pac-12 Tournament Title game would be featured on FOX. [19]

Format

From 1987 to 1990 and 2006 to 2011, all ten teams participated in the tournament, with the top six teams receiving a bye in the opening round. Between 2002 and 2005, only the top eight teams in the conference participated in the tournament. Of the Pac-12 schools, only Washington State has never played in the championship game. In 2010 with USC on probation, only nine teams participated. Since 2012, all 12 teams have participated with the top four teams getting byes into the quarterfinals.

Results

Year(Seed) Champion (Title #)Score(Seed) Runner-upTournament MVPArena (City)Total Attendance
1987 (1) #18 UCLA (1st)76–64(3) Washington Reggie Miller, UCLA Pauley Pavilion (Los Angeles, California)37,663
1988 (1) #3 Arizona (1st)93–67(2) Oregon State Sean Elliott, Arizona McKale Center (Tucson, Arizona)66,477
1989 (1) #1 Arizona (2nd)73–51(2) #12 Stanford Sean Elliott, Arizona Great Western Forum (Inglewood, California)41,994
1990 (2) #15 Arizona (3rd)94–78(4) UCLA Jud Buechler & Matt Muehlebach, Arizona University Activity Center (Tempe, Arizona)36,052
2002 (2) #15 Arizona (4th)81–71(4) #22 USC Luke Walton, Arizona Staples Center (Los Angeles, California)67,819
2003 (5) Oregon (1st)74–66(7) USC Luke Ridnour, Oregon 63,663
2004 (1) #2 Stanford (1st)77–66(2) Washington Josh Childress, Stanford60,126
2005 (2) #14 Washington (1st)81–72(1) #8 Arizona Salim Stoudamire, Arizona62,147
2006 (1) #13 UCLA (2nd)71–52(3) California Leon Powe, California74,801
2007 (4) #16 Oregon (2nd)81–57(3) USC Tajuan Porter, Oregon84,477
2008 (1) #3 UCLA (3rd)67–64(2) #11 Stanford Darren Collison, UCLA81,809
2009 (6) USC (1st)66–63(4) #23 Arizona State DeMar DeRozan, USC77,452
2010 (3) Washington (2nd)79–75(1) California Isaiah Thomas, Washington 62,292
2011 (3) Washington (3rd)77–75 OT(1) #16 Arizona Isaiah Thomas, Washington56,051
2012 (6) Colorado (1st)53–51(4) Arizona Carlon Brown, Colorado 63,414
2013 (3) Oregon (3rd)78–69(1) #21 UCLA Johnathan Loyd, Oregon MGM Grand Garden Arena (Paradise, Nevada)63,750
2014 (2) UCLA (4th)75–71(1) #4 Arizona Kyle Anderson, UCLA69,445
2015 (1) #5 Arizona (5th)80–52(2) Oregon Brandon Ashley, Arizona70,563
2016 (1) #5 Oregon (4th)88–57(2) #12 Utah Elgin Cook, Oregon77,496
2017 (2) #7 Arizona† (6th)83–80(1) #5 Oregon Allonzo Trier, Arizona T-Mobile Arena (Paradise, Nevada)87,910
2018 (1) #15 Arizona† (7th)75–61(2) USC Deandre Ayton, Arizona80,550
2019 (6) Oregon (5th)68–48(1) Washington Payton Pritchard, Oregon69,024
2020 Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic
2021 (5) Oregon State (1st)70–68(3) #23 Colorado Warith Alatishe, Oregon State T-Mobile Arena (Paradise, Nevada)N/A^
2022 (1) #2 Arizona (8th)84–76(2) #13 UCLA Bennedict Mathurin, Arizona66,201
2023 (2) #8 Arizona (9th)61–59(1) #2 UCLA Ąžuolas Tubelis, Arizona65,721
2024 (4) Oregon (6th)75–68(3) Colorado N'Faly Dante, Oregon76,101

notes:
† Arizona vacated 2017, 2018 titles due to NCAA penalty
^According to the Pac-12, family members were allowed to attend, but the general public was not allowed. As a result, the Pac-12 has not released official attendance numbers.

Venues

VenueCityStateAppearancesLastYearsNotes
T-Mobile Arena Paradise Nevada 820242017–2024
MGM Grand Garden Arena 420162013–2016
Staples Center Los Angeles California 1120122002–2012
Pauley Pavilion 119871987
McKale Center Tucson Arizona 119881988
Great Western Forum Inglewood California 119891989
University Activity Center Tempe Arizona 119901990

School records

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UCLA celebrating 2014 tournament championship
through March 16, 2024
SchoolRecordWinning PctChampionshipsRunners-UpTitle Years
Arizona†42–16.724941988, 1989, 1990, 2002, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2023
Oregon38–19.667622003, 2007, 2013, 2016, 2019, 2024
Colorado19–12.613122012
UCLA30–22.588441987, 2006, 2008, 2014
USC*21–23.488142009
Washington21–23.477332005, 2010, 2011
Stanford19–26.422122004
California18–26.40902
Utah8–13.38101
Oregon State14–23.378112021
Arizona State11–25.30601
Washington State9–24.27300

† Arizona vacated all tournament wins and 2017, 2018 titles due to NCAA penalty (Arizona's revised all-time tournament record - 35-15)
*USC vacated its win vs. ASU in the 2009 Pac-10 Tournament. [20]
Washington State has yet to make an appearance in a Pac-12 Men's Basketball Championship Game.

Tournament MVP by School

through 2024 tournament
SchoolTotalYears
Arizona111988, 1989, 1990†, 2002, 2005*, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2023
Oregon62003, 2007, 2013, 2016, 2019, 2024
UCLA31987, 2008, 2014
Washington22010, 2011
California12006*
Colorado12012
Oregon State12021
Stanford12004
USC12009
Arizona State0
Utah0
Washington State0

†Arizona had Co-MVP winners for the 1990 tournament. [20]

*Arizona & California are the only schools to have a tournament MVP from teams that did not win the Conference Title Game.
Arizona State, Utah & Washington State have yet to have a player win tournament MVP.

Performance by team

through March 14, 2024
Teams (# of titles) 1987 1988 1989 1990 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
PAC-12 (26)(10)(10)(10)(10)(8)(8)(8)(8)(10)(10)(10)(10)(9)(10)(12)(12)(12)(12)(12)(12)(12)(12)(12)(11)(12)(12)(12)
1 Arizona (9)QFCCCCQFSFFSFQFQFQFQFFFSFFCSFC†C†1RQF•CCSF
2 Oregon (6)SFQF1RQFSFCSF•SFCQF1RQFSFQFCQFFCFSFCQFSFQFSFC
3 UCLA (4)CQFSFFQFSFQFQFCQFCSFSFQFQFFCSF1RSFSFQFQFQFFFQF
4 Washington (3)FQFQF1RQF•FCQFQF1RSFCCQFQF1R1RQF1R1RF1R1RQF1R1R
5 Stanford (1)QFSFFSFQFQFCSFQFQFFQFSF1RQF1RSFQF1R1RQF1R1R1RQFQFQF
5 USC (1)1R1RQFQFFFQF•QFFSFC•SF1R1R1RQFQFQFFQFQFSFSFQFQF
5 Oregon State (1)QFFSFQF•QF•SFQF1R1R1RQFQFSF1R1R1RQF1RQFQFQFC1R1R1R
5 Colorado (1)••••••••••••••CQFSFQFQFQFQFSF1RFSFQFF
9 California (0)SFQFQFQFSFSFQFQFFSFQFQFFQFSFQFQFQFSFSF1R1RQFQF1R1R1R
9 Arizona State (0)QF1R1RSFQFQF•QF1R1RQFFQF1R1RQFQF1R1RQF1RSFQFQF1RSF1R
9 Utah (0)••••••••••••••1RSFQFSFFQFQFQF1RQF1R1RQF
11 Washington State (0)1RSFQF1R••QFQF1RSFSFQF1RQF1R1R1R1R1R1R1R1RQF1RQFQFSF

† Arizona vacated 2017, 2018 titles due to NCAA penalty
Key

CChampion
FRunner-up
SFSemifinals
QFQuarterfinals
RRRound Number
•Did not participate

Coaches with championships

notes:
* Arizona vacated 2017, 2018 titles due to NCAA penalty
[20]

Coaches by all-time winning %

(.875) – Tommy Lloyd (Arizona), (7−1)
(.750) – Walt Hazzard (UCLA), (3−1)
(.727) – Lute Olson (Arizona), (16−6)
(.735) – Dana Altman (Oregon), (25−9)
(.720) – Sean Miller (Arizona), (18−7*)
(.667) – Tim Floyd (USC), (6−3)
(.667) – Bill Frieder (ASU), (2−1)
(.636) – Steve Alford (UCLA), (7−4)
(.606) – Tad Boyle (Colorado), (20−13)
(.600) – Jim Harrick (UCLA), (3−2)
(.579) – Ben Howland (UCLA), (11−8)
(.577) – Lorenzo Romar (Washington), (15−11)
(.571) – Henry Bibby (USC), (4−3)
(.571) – Cuonzo Martin (California), (4−3)
(.556) – Mick Cronin (UCLA), (5−4)
(.500) – Ernie Kent (Oregon/Washington St.), (11−11)
(.500) – Ben Braun (California), (7−7)
(.500) – Kyle Smith (Washington State), (4−4)
(.500) – Tony Bennett (Washington St.), (3−3)
(.500) – Steve Lavin (UCLA), (3−3)
(.500) – Ralph Miller (Oregon St.), (3−3)
(.500) – Andy Russo (Washington), (3−3)
(.500) – Murry Bartow (UCLA), (1−1)
(.471) – Andy Enfield (USC), (8−9)
(.455) – Mike Montgomery (Stanford/California), (10−12)
(.429) – Johnny Dawkins (Stanford), (6−8)
(.429) – Wayne Tinkle (OSU), (6−8)
(.412) – Larry Krystkowiak (Utah), (7−10)
(.400) – Mark Fox (California), (2−3)
(.400) – Kevin O'Neill (Arizona/USC), (2−3)
(.400) – Kelvin Sampson (Washington St.), (2−3)
(.385) – Bobby Hurley (ASU), (5−8)
(.333) – Jerod Haase (Stanford), (4−8)
(.333) – Craig Robinson (Oregon St.), (3−6)
(.333) – Lou Campanelli (Cal), (2−4)
(.333) – Jay John (OSU), (2−4)
(.333) – Don Monson (Oregon), (2−4)
(.333) – George Ravelling (USC), (2−4)
(.250) – Craig Smith (Utah), (1−3)
(.300) – Mike Hopkins (Washington), (3−7)
(.250) – Herb Sendek (ASU), (3−9)
(.000) – Mark Madsen (California), (0−1)
Note:* Miller's six wins and tournament titles in 2017 & 2018 vacated due to NCAA penalty (Miller's revised tournament record - 12-7, .632)
Coaches with at least one win are listed here. Current coaches are in bold.

Coaches by tournament wins

25 – Dana Altman (Oregon), (25−9)
20 – Tad Boyle (Colorado), (20−13)
18 – Sean Miller (Arizona), (18−7*)
16 – Lute Olson (Arizona), (16−6)
15 – Lorenzo Romar (Washington), (15−11)
11 – Ben Howland (UCLA), (11−8)
11 – Ernie Kent (Oregon/Washington State), (11−11)
10 – Mike Montgomery (Stan/Cal), (10−12)
8 – Andy Enfield (USC), (8−9)
7 – Tommy Lloyd (Arizona), (7−1)
7 – Ben Braun (Cal), (7−8)
7 – Larry Krystkowiak (Utah), (7−10)
6 – Steve Alford (UCLA), (6−3)
6 – Tim Floyd (USC), (6−3)
6 – Wayne Tinkle (OSU), (6−8)
6 – Johnny Dawkins (Stanford), (6−8)
5 – Bobby Hurley (ASU), (5−8)
5 – Mick Cronin (UCLA), (5−4)
4 – Henry Bibby (USC), (4−3)
4 – Cuonzo Martin (California), (4−3)
4 – Kyle Smith (Washington State), (4−4)
4 – Jerod Haase (Stanford), (4−8)
3 – Walt Hazzard (UCLA), (3−1)
3 – Jim Harrick (UCLA), (3−2)
3 – Steve Lavin (UCLA), (3−3)
3 – Andy Russo (Washington), (3−3)
3 – Mike Hopkins (Washington), (3−7)
3 – Craig Robinson (OSU), (3−6)
3 – Herb Sendek (ASU), (3−9)
2 – Bill Frieder (ASU), (2−1)
2 – Mark Fox (California), (2−3)
2 – Kelvin Sampson (WSU), (2−3)
2 – Lou Campanelli (Cal), (2−4)
2 – Jay John (OSU), (2−4)
2 – Don Monson (Oregon), (2−4)
1 – Murray Bartow (UCLA), (1−1)
1 – Craig Smith (Utah), (1−3)
0 – Mark Madsen (California), (0−1)
Note:* Miller's six wins and tournament titles in 2017 & 2018 vacated due to NCAA penalty (Miller's revised tournament record - 12-7, .632)
Only coaches with 1 or more wins listed here. As of March 16, 2024

All-time records by seed

As of March 16, 2024
SeedRecordWinning PctChampionships
151–16*(.761)10
239–20*(.661)6
329–22(.569)3
426–25**(.510)1
523–24(.489)2
625–24(.510)3
720–27(.426)0
816–26(.381)0
911–23(.324)0
107–21(.250)0
112–12(.143)0
121–12(.077)0

*Arizona vacated all wins & titles from 2017, 2018 due to NCAA penalty
**USC vacated its win vs. ASU in the 2009 Pac-10 Tournament. [20]

Pac-12 Tournament records

Pac-12 Tournament team records

Pac-12 Tournament individual records

Pac-12 Tournament final game team records

See also

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