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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 2011 and ended with the 2012 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament from March 7–10, 2012 at the
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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 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 ...
arrived from the
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and
Utah Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by Colorado, to its northeast by Wyoming, to its north by Idaho, to its south by Arizona, and to its ...
entered from the Mountain West.


Pre-season

* Pre-season media day was held on October 28, 2011 at L.A. Live's Nokia Theatre in downtown Los Angeles. * 2011–12 Pac-12 Men's Basketball Media Poll: :Rank, School (first-place votes), Points :1. UCLA (14) 421 :2. California (13) 405 :3. Arizona (11) 404 :4. Washington 355 :5. Oregon 282 :6. Stanford 255 :7. USC 194 :8. Oregon State 188 :9. Arizona State 148 :10. Colorado 119 :11. Washington State 119 :12. Utah 74


Rankings

* Three conference teams were ranked in the pre-season poll: Arizona No. 16; UCLA No. 20; and Cal No. 24.


Non-Conference games

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Conference games


Composite Matrix

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


Conference tournament

* March 7–10, 2012 – Pac-12 Conference Basketball Tournament,
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,
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.


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 1 ...
, 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 Ar ...
, UCLA : 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 : Ken Bone, Washington State


Post season


NCAA tournament

* March 15, 2012 - Colorado defeated UNLV 68-64 * March 17, 2012 - Colorado defeated by Baylor 80-63 * March 14, 2012 – California defeated by South Florida 65–54


NIT

* March 13, 2012 – Washington def. UT-Arlington 82–72 * March 14, 2012 – Arizona defeated by Bucknell 65–54 * March 13, 2012 – Oregon def. LSU 96–74 * March 13, 2012 – Stanford def. Cleveland State 76–65


CBI

* March 13, 2012 – Washington State def. San Francisco 89–75 * March 14, 2012 – Oregon State def. Western Illinois 80-59 * March 19, 2012 – Oregon State def. TCU 101-81 * March 19, 2012 – Washington State def. Wyoming 61-41 * March 21, 2012 - Washington State def. Oregon State 72-55 * March 26, 2012 - Washington State def. Pittsburgh 67-66 * March 28, 2012 - Pittsburgh def. Washington State 57-53 * March 30, 2012 - Pittsburgh def. Washington State 71-65


Highlights and notes

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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 John Robert Wooden (October 14, 1910 – June 4, 2010) was an American basketball coach and player. Nicknamed the Wizard of Westwood, Los Angeles, Westwood, he won ten National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) NCAA Division I men's basket ...
Coach of the Year Award.


Scholar-Athlete of the Year


Player-of-the-Week

* Nov. 14 – C. J. Wilcox, Washington *Nov. 28 – Maurice Jones, USC *Dec. 12 – Brock Motum, Washington State *Dec. 26 – Solomon Hill, Arizona *Jan. 9 – Carlon Brown, Colorado *Jan. 23 – Faisal Aden, Washington State *Feb. 6 – Kyle Fogg, Arizona *Feb. 20 – Justin Cobbs, California * March 5 –
Lazeric Jones Lazeric Deleon Jones (born August 11, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for the Windy City Bulls of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins, and was named a second-team all-conference player in the Pa ...
, UCLA * Nov. 21 –
Jared Cunningham Jared Armon Cunningham (born May 22, 1991) is an American professional basketball player for Pieno žvaigždės Pasvalys of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL). He played college basketball for Oregon State, where he was an All-Pac-12 first ...
, Oregon State *Dec. 5 – Solomon Hill, Arizona *Dec. 19 – Ahmad Starks, Oregon State *Jan. 2 – Tony Wroten, Washington *Jan. 16 – Terrence Ross, Washington *Jan. 30 – Jared Cunningham, Oregon State *Feb. 13 – E. J. Singler, Oregon * Feb. 27 – Kyle Fogg, Arizona


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 ...
: Jorge Gutierrez, California * Freshman of The Year: Tony Wroten, Washington *
Defensive Player of The Year Defensive Player of the Year (DPOY or DPOTY) is the name of an award given in sports for outstanding defensive play by a single player over the course of a season. Many sports leagues award this type of award. League awards for Defensive Player o ...
: Jorge Gutierrez, California * Most Improved Player of The Year: Brock Motum, Washington State * John R. Wooden Coach of the Year:
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 FIRST TEAM:


All-Academic

First Team: Second Team:


USBWA All-District team


References

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