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2011–12 Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Season
The 2011–12 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2011 and ended with the 2012 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament from March 7–10, 2012 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The regular season began on the weekend of November 5, with the conference schedule starting on December 29. This was the first season under the Pac-12 Conference name. In July 2011, two schools 2010–2014 NCAA conference realignment#Pac-10, joined the conference. Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball, Colorado 2010–13 Big 12 Conference realignment, arrived from the Big 12 Conference, Big 12 and Utah Utes men's basketball, Utah 2010–13 Mountain West Conference realignment#Utah, entered from the Mountain West Conference, Mountain West. Pre-season * Pre-season media day was held on October 28, 2011 at L.A. Live's Nokia Theatre L.A. Live, Nokia Theatre in downtown Los Angeles. * 2011–12 Pac-12 Men's Basketball Media Poll: :Rank, School (first-place votes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Division I (NCAA)
NCAA Division I (D-I) is the highest division of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States, which accepts players globally. D-I schools include the major collegiate athletic powers, with large budgets, more elaborate facilities and more athletic scholarships than Division II and Division III as well as many smaller schools committed to the highest level of intercollegiate competition. This level was previously called the University Division of the NCAA, in contrast to the lower-level College Division; these terms were replaced with numeric divisions in 1973. The University Division was renamed Division I, while the College Division was split in two; the College Division members that offered scholarships or wanted to compete against those who did became Division II, while those who did not want to offer scholarships became Division III. For college football only, D-I schools are further divided into the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
