The 2012–13

Pac-12 Conference men's basketball Men's college basketball in the Pac-12 Conference began in 1915 with the formation of the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC). Principal members of the PCC founded the Athletic Association of Western Universities (AAWU) in 1959, and subsequently went by ...

season began with practices in October 2012 and ended with the

2013 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament The 2013 Pacific Life Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament was played March 13–16 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Paradise, Nevada. The UCLA Bruins, regular season champions, were named as the No. 1 seed team. Oregon won the tournamen ...

from March 2013 at the

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in Paradise, Nevada. The regular season began on the first weekend of November 2012, with the conference schedule starting in December 2012. On March 9, 2013, the

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defeated the

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61–54 to clinch the regular season conference title. They were seeded as the No. 1 team in the Pac-12 Conference tournament in

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. This was the second season under the Pac-12 Conference name. In July 2011, two schools joined the conference.

Colorado Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the wes ...

came from the

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and

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arrived from the Mountain West.

Pre-season

The Pac-12 media poll released on November 1, 2012: :1. Arizona (15 first-place votes), 403 points :2. UCLA (16), 402 :3. California (3), 325 :4. Stanford, 296 :5. Washington (2), 278 :6. Colorado, 262 :7. Oregon, 217 :8. Oregon State, 166 :9. USC, 163 :10. Washington State, 111 :11. Arizona State, 107 :12. Utah, 78

Rankings

Conference Schedule

Composite Matrix

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.

Conference tournament

* March 2013 – Pac-12 Conference Basketball Tournament,

, Paradise, Nevada.

Head coaches

Sean Miller Sean Edward Miller (born November 17, 1968) is an American college basketball coach who currently serves as head coach of the Xavier Musketeers. He previously was in that position from 2004 to 2009, after which he took the head coach position f ...

, Arizona :

Herb Sendek Herbert Joseph Sendek Jr. (born February 22, 1963) is an American college basketball coach who is the current men's basketball head coach at Santa Clara. Early life Herbert Joseph Sendek, Jr. of Slovak descent, grew up in Pittsburgh and attended ...

, Arizona State :

Mike Montgomery Michael John Montgomery (born February 27, 1947) is a retired American basketball coach. He is best known for his 18-year tenure at Stanford (1986–2004), where he led the program to 12 NCAA Tournaments, including a Final Four appearance in 199 ...

, California :

Tad Boyle Thomas Martin "Tad" Boyle (born January 6, 1963) is an American college basketball coach who is the men's head coach of the Colorado Buffaloes of the Pac-12 Conference. He was named the 18th coach in Colorado men's basketball history on April 19 ...

, Colorado :

Dana Altman Dana Dean Altman (born June 16, 1958) is an American college basketball coach who is the head coach of the Oregon Ducks men's team. Previously he was head coach at Creighton, Kansas State and Marshall. Altman has won conference coach of the y ...

, Oregon : Craig Robinson, Oregon State :

Johnny Dawkins Johnny Earl Dawkins Jr. (born September 28, 1963) is an American basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for the UCF men's basketball team. From 2008 to 2016, he was the head coach of Stanford. He was a two-time All-American ...

, Stanford :

Ben Howland Benjamin Clark Howland (born May 28, 1957) is an American college basketball coach who most recently served as the men's head coach at Mississippi State University from to 2015 to 2022. He served as the head men's basketball coach at Northern ...

, UCLA : Bob Cantu (interim head coach replaced Kevin O'Neill), USC :

Larry Krystkowiak Larry Brett Krystkowiak ( ; born September 23, 1964) is a retired American professional basketball player, and former head coach of the Utah Utes men's basketball team. Early life He was born in Missoula, Montana, to Bernard and Helen Krystkowia ...

, Utah :

Lorenzo Romar Lorenzo Romar (born November 13, 1958) is an American basketball coach and former player. He is the head men's basketball coach at Pepperdine University, a position he held from 1996 to 1999 and resumed in 2018. Romar also served as the head me ...

, Washington :

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, Washington State

Post season

NCAA tournament

National Invitation tournament

Highlights and notes

* November 1, 2012 – Media Day was held in San Francisco * January 14, 2013 – USC head coach Kevin O'Neill was removed as head coach and associate head coach Bob Cantu took over as interim head coach, athletic director

Pat Haden Patrick Capper Haden (born January 23, 1953) is the former athletic director at the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles from August 2010 to June 2016. He played quarterback for the USC Trojans before playing professionally in ...

announced. * March 2, 2013 – UCLA set a new attendance record of 13,727 at Pauley Pavilion * March 6, 2013 - Washington State breaks a 19-game home losing against UCLA, defeating the Bruins 73–61. * March 9, 2013 – UCLA won for the first time at Washington since January 2004. * March 24, 2013 – UCLA relieved coach Ben Howland of his duties. * March 30, 2013 –

Steve Alford Stephen Todd Alford (born November 23, 1964) is an American men's college basketball coach and former professional player who is the head coach for the Nevada Wolf Pack of the Mountain West Conference (MWC). Born and raised in Indiana, he was a ...

was named the UCLA Bruins' 13th head men's basketball coach

Awards and honors

* The Pac-12 Coach of the Year Award in both men's and women's basketball is now known as the John Wooden Coach of the Year Award.

Scholar-Athlete of the Year

Player-of-the-Week

* Nov. 12 – Ahmad Starks, Oregon State *Nov. 26 –

Justin Cobbs Justin Cobbs (Serbian Cyrillic: Џастин Кобс; born March 16, 1991) is an American-born Montenegrin professional basketball player for Alvark Tokyo of the Japanese B.League. He played college basketball for the University of Minnesota the ...

, California *Dec. 10 –

Brock Motum Brock William Motum (born 16 October 1990) is an Australian professional basketball player for Levanga Hokkaido of the Japanese B.League. He is also a member of the Australia men's national basketball team, Australian national basketball team. ...

, Washington State *Dec. 24 –

Eric Moreland Eric Moreland (born December 24, 1991) is an American professional basketball player, who is currently playing for the Liaoning Flying Leopards of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He played college basketball for the Oregon State Beavers. ...

, Oregon State *Jan. 7 –

Carrick Felix Carrick Felix (born August 17, 1990) is an American former professional basketball player. He played three years of college basketball for Arizona State before being drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers with the 33rd overall pick in the 2013 NBA dr ...

, Arizona State *Jan. 21 –

Mark Lyons Mark Steven Lyons (born July 4, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for Elitzur Ashkelon of the Israeli National League. He played college basketball for Xavier and Arizona before playing professionally in France, Croatia, Is ...

, Arizona *Feb. 4 –

Josh Huestis Joshua Sutton Huestis (born December 19, 1991) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Cleveland Charge of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for Stanford University. High school career Considered a thr ...

, Stanford *Feb. 18 – Allen Crabbe, California * Mar. 5 – Kyle Anderson, UCLA * Nov. 19 –

Askia Booker Askia Toussaint Booker (born August 31, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for the Shenzhen Aviators of the Chinese Basketball Association. He played college basketball for the Colorado Buffaloes as a point guard. In his senior y ...

, Colorado *Dec. 3 – Carrick Felix, Arizona State *Dec. 17 – André Roberson, Jr., Colorado *Dec. 31 –

Shabazz Muhammad Shabazz Nagee Muhammad (born November 13, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for Beirut Club of the Lebanese Basketball League (LBL). He played one season of college basketball for the UCLA Bruins before being selected with the 14 ...

, UCLA *Jan. 14 – C. J. Wilcox, Washington *Jan. 28 – Carrick Felix, Arizona State *Feb. 11 – Allen Crabbe, California * Feb. 25 – Justin Cobbs, California * Mar. 11 – Brock Motum, Washington State

All-Americans

All-Pac-12 teams

Voting was by conference coaches: *

Player of The Year Several sports leagues honour their best player with an award called Player of the Year (POY) . In the United States, this type of award is usually called a Most Valuable Player award. Association football In association football, this award is he ...

: Allen Crabbe, Cal * Freshman of The Year: Shabazz Muhammad, UCLA;

Jahii Carson Jahii Carson (born August 31, 1993) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Limburg United of the BNXT League. He played college basketball for Arizona State University where he was co-Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball F ...

, ASU * Defensive Player of The Year: André Roberson, Colorado * Most Improved Player of The Year: Dwight Powell, Stanford * John R. Wooden Coach of the Year:

, Oregon First Team:

All-Academic

First Team: Second Team:

USBWA All-District team

District VIII * Player of The Year: André Roberson, Colorado District IX

NBA Draft

Several players from the conference declared early for the NBA draft. The following all-conference selections were listed as seniors:

Larry Drew II Larry Donelle Drew II (born March 5, 1990) is an American former professional basketball player. He won the John R. Wooden High School Player of the Year Award in 2008 before starting his college basketball career with the North Carolina Tar Hee ...

, Solomon Hill, Mark Lyons, E.J. Singler,

, and Brock Motum. Several players were among the 60 players invited to the 2013

NBA Draft Combine The NBA Draft Combine is a multi-day showcase that takes place every May before the annual June NBA draft. At the combine, college basketball players are measured and take medical tests, are interviewed, perform various athletic tests and shootin ...

References

External links

2013–14 Pac-12 Men's Basketball Media Guide
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