The 2013 Pacific Life Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament was played March 13–16 at the

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. The UCLA Bruins, regular season champions, were named as the No. 1 seed team.

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won the tournament and received an automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA tournament. Oregon defeated UCLA for the tournament championship.

Seeds

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

Schedule

The top four seeds received a first-round bye.

Bracket

Game summaries

Tournament notes

* For the first time, the tournament was held in a city and state outside of the conference school locations. Previous title games were held in

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or California. * Stanford set a Pac-12 Tournament record for fewest free-throws attempted (1) and tied the record for fewest makes (1) in an 89-88 overtime loss to Arizona State. * Utah had only 15 pts. in the 1st half vs. Oregon (with 29), setting a tournament record for fewest points in a half. *

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of Stanford had 6 blocked shots in a game vs. Arizona State. This set a tournament record which stands today. * Five teams were invited to the 2013 NCAA men's basketball tournament: Oregon, UCLA, Arizona, Colorado, and California.

All-Tournament Team

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(Arizona State) *

Jordan Adams Jordan LaVell Adams (born July 8, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for Club Atlético Aguada of Liga Uruguaya de Básquetbol. He played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins. He was the first UCLA freshman to score 20 or more ...

(UCLA) *

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 He ...

(UCLA) *

Arsalan Kazemi Arsalan Kazemi Naeini ( fa, ارسلان کاظمی نائینی; born 22 April 1990) is an Iranian professional basketball player for Chemidor Qom of the Iranian Basketball Super League. He played college basketball for the Oregon Ducks and th ...

(Oregon) *

Damyean Dotson Damyean Da'Kethe Dotson (born May 6, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for the Gaziantep Basketbol of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). He played college basketball for Oregon and Houston before being selected with the 44th pick ...

(Oregon) *

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(Oregon)

Most Outstanding Player

*Johnathan Loyd (Oregon)

Hall of Honor inductees

Induction for the Hall of Honor on March 16, 2013 were:

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(Arizona),

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(Arizona State),

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(California),

Cliff Meely Cliff Meely (July 10, 1947 – May 29, 2013) was an American basketball player who played five seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played one year at Northeastern Junior College in Sterling, Colorado, then at the Universi ...

(Colorado), Chuck Rask (Oregon), Charlie Sitton (Oregon State),

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(Stanford),

Lucius Allen Lucius Oliver Allen, Jr. (born September 26, 1947) is an American former professional basketball player. He is one of only a select few players to have won at least one state championship, collegiate national championship, and NBA championship. ...

(UCLA),

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(USC),

Keith Van Horn Keith Adam Van Horn (born October 23, 1975) is an American former professional basketball player. Van Horn played for the New Jersey Nets, Philadelphia 76ers, New York Knicks, Milwaukee Bucks, and the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball ...

(Utah),

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(Washington) and Jim Keen (Washington State).

References

External links

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