The 2015–16

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 2015 and ended with the 2016 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament in March 2016 at the

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. The regular season began on the first weekend of November 2015, with the conference schedule starting in December 2015. This was the fifth season under the Pac-12 Conference name and the 57th since the conference was established under its current charter as the Athletic Association of Western Universities in 1959. Including the history of the

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, which operated from 1915 to 1959 and is considered by the Pac-12 as a part of its own history, this was the Pac-12's 101st season of men's basketball.

Preseason

* October 15, 2015 – Pac-12 Men's Basketball Media Day, Pac-12 Networks Studios, San Francisco ''() first place votes''

Recruiting classes

Rankings

The Pac-12 had 4 teams ranked and 3 others receiving votes in the preseason Coaches' Poll. It had four teams ranked in the preseason AP Poll and one other receiving votes.

Pac-12 regular season

Conference Schedule

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

Head coaches

''Note:'' Stats shown are before the beginning of the season. Overall and Pac-12 records are from time at current school.

Postseason

Pac-12 tournament

The conference tournament is scheduled for Wednesday–Saturday March, 9-12, 2016 at the

located in

. The top four teams had a bye on the first day, March 9, 2016. 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. * denotes each overtime period played

NCAA tournament

National Invitation tournament

Awards and honors

Pac-12 Tournament MVP

All-Pac-12 Tournament Teams

First Team Second Team

Player of the Week

Source

All-Americans

AP
First Team Second Team * Jakob Pöltl (Utah) USBWA
First Team Second Team *Jakob Pöltl (Utah) District VIII: Player of the Year *Jakob Pöltl (Utah) District VIII: Coach of the Year * Larry Krystkowiak (Utah) District VIII: All-District Team * Jordan Loveridge (Utah) *Jakob Pöltl (Utah) * Josh Scott (Colorado) District VIII: Player of the Year * Dillon Brooks (Oregon) District VIII: Coach of the Year * Dana Altman (Oregon) District IX: All-District Team * Ryan Anderson (Arizona) *Andrew Andrews (Washington) *Dillon Brooks (Oregon) *

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(California) * Gary Payton II (Oregon State) * Ivan Rabb (California) NABC
First Team Second Team *Jakob Pöltl (Utah) Sporting News
First Team *Jakob Pöltl (Utah) Second Team Third Team *Dillon Brooks (Oregon)

Preseason

Recruiting classes

Rankings

Pac-12 regular season

Conference Schedule

Head coaches

Postseason

Pac-12 tournament

NCAA tournament

National Invitation tournament

Awards and honors

Pac-12 Tournament MVP

All-Pac-12 Tournament Teams

Player of the Week

All-Americans

Conference awards

Individual awards

All-Pac-12

All-Freshman Team

All-Defensive Team

NBA draft

References