The 2012–13
Pac-12 Conference men's basketball 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
MGM Grand Garden Arena in
Paradise, Nevada
Paradise is an unincorporated town and census-designated place (CDP) in Clark County, Nevada, United States, adjacent to the city of Las Vegas. It was formed on December 8, 1950. Its population was 191,238 at the 2020 census, making it the fif ...
. The regular season began on the first weekend of November 2012, with the conference schedule starting in December 2012. On March 9, 2013, the
UCLA Bruins defeated the
Washington Huskies 61–54 to clinch the regular season conference title. They were seeded as the No. 1 team in the
Pac-12 Conference tournament in
Las Vegas.
This was the second season under the Pac-12 Conference name. In July 2011, two schools
joined the conference.
Colorado came from the
Big 12 and
Utah arrived from the
Mountain West
The Mountain West Conference (MW) is one of the collegiate athletic conferences affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) (formerly I-A). The MW officially began operations o ...
.
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,
MGM Grand Garden Arena,
Paradise, Nevada
Paradise is an unincorporated town and census-designated place (CDP) in Clark County, Nevada, United States, adjacent to the city of Las Vegas. It was formed on December 8, 1950. Its population was 191,238 at the 2020 census, making it the fif ...
.
Head coaches
:
Sean Miller, Arizona
:
Herb Sendek, Arizona State
:
Mike Montgomery, California
:
Tad Boyle, Colorado
:
Dana Altman, Oregon
:
Craig Robinson, Oregon State
:
Johnny Dawkins, Stanford
:
Ben Howland, UCLA
:
Bob Cantu (interim head coach replaced
Kevin O'Neill), USC
:
Larry Krystkowiak, Utah
:
Lorenzo Romar, Washington
:
Ken Bone, 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 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
John Robert Wooden (October 14, 1910 – June 4, 2010) was an American basketball coach and player. Nicknamed the Wizard of Westwood, he won ten National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) national championships in a 12-year period as head ...
Coach of the Year Award.
Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Player-of-the-Week
* Nov. 12 – Ahmad Starks, Oregon State
*Nov. 26 –
Justin Cobbs, California
*Dec. 10 –
Brock Motum, Washington State
*Dec. 24 –
Eric Moreland, Oregon State
*Jan. 7 –
Carrick Felix, Arizona State
*Jan. 21 –
Mark Lyons, Arizona
*Feb. 4 –
Josh Huestis, Stanford
*Feb. 18 –
Allen Crabbe
Allen Lester Crabbe III (born April 9, 1992) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Westchester Knicks of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the California Golden Bears men's basketball, California Go ...
, California
* Mar. 5 –
Kyle Anderson, UCLA
* Nov. 19 –
Askia Booker, Colorado
*Dec. 3 – Carrick Felix, Arizona State
*Dec. 17 –
André Roberson
André Lee Roberson (born December 4, 1991) is an American professional basketball player for the Oklahoma City Blue of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Colorado Buffaloes. As a junior in 2013, Roberson earned first-team a ...
, Jr., Colorado
*Dec. 31 –
Shabazz Muhammad, UCLA
*Jan. 14 –
C. J. Wilcox
Brian Craig "C. J." Wilcox (born December 30, 1990) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Fort Wayne Mad Ants of the NBA G League. The shooting guard played high school basketball at Pleasant Grove High School be ...
, 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: Allen Crabbe, Cal
*
Freshman of The Year: Shabazz Muhammad, UCLA;
Jahii Carson, ASU
*
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 ...
:
André Roberson
André Lee Roberson (born December 4, 1991) is an American professional basketball player for the Oklahoma City Blue of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Colorado Buffaloes. As a junior in 2013, Roberson earned first-team a ...
, Colorado
*
Most Improved Player of The Year:
Dwight Powell, Stanford
*
John R. Wooden Coach of the Year:
Dana Altman, 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,
Solomon Hill, Mark Lyons, E.J. Singler,
Carrick Felix, and Brock Motum. Several players were among the 60 players invited to the 2013
NBA Draft Combine.
References
External links
2013–14 Pac-12 Men's Basketball Media Guide contains review of 2012–13 season
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