The 2018 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the

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and was played during March 7–10, 2018, at

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. Number 1 seed Arizona defeated Number 2 seed USC in the championship game.

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was the Tournament MVP.

Seeds

The bracket was announced on March 3, 2018.Pac-12 Men’s Basketball Tournament bracket announced, Arizona earns No. 1 seed
Pac-12 Conference, March 3, 2018 All 12 Pac-12 schools were eligible to participate in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records. As a result, the top four teams receive a bye to the quarterfinals of the tournament. Tiebreaking procedures were remain unchanged from the 2017 Tournament. * Record between the tied teams * Record against the highest-seeded team not involved in the tie, going down through the seedings as necessary * Higher RPI: * Head-to-head

Schedule

The tournament schedule was announced at the same time as the seeding on March 3, 2018.

Bracket

Teams were reseed after each round with highest remaining seeds receiving home court advantage. * denotes overtime period

Game statistics

First round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Championship

Awards and honors

Hall of Honor

The following former players were inducted into the Pac-12 Hall of Honor on Friday, March 7, during a ceremony prior to the semifinals of the 2018 Pac-12 men's basketball tournament: Michael Wright (Arizona men's basketball), Linda Vollstedt (Arizona State women's golf),

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(California men's swimming), Bill Toomey (Colorado men's track and field), Andrew Wheating (Oregon men's track and field), Carol Menken-Schaudt (Oregon State women's basketball), Kerri Walsh Jennings (Stanford women's volleyball),

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(UCLA track and field and men's basketball).

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(USC women's basketball), Missy Marlowe (Utah gymnastics), Sonny Sixkiller (Washington football), and Laura Lavine (Washington State women's track and field).

Team and tournament leaders

All-Tournament Team

Most Outstanding Player

Tournament notes

Eight teams were invited to postseason play from the Pac-12 conference Three Pac-12 teams earned bids to the

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:Postseason play for eight Pac-12 Men's Basketball teams tips Tuesday
Pac-12 Conference, Mar 13, 2018 *Arizona: the conference and tournament champion, No. 4 seed in South Regional, *Arizona State: No. 11 seed in Midwest Regional *UCLA: No. 11 seed in East Regional Both Arizona State and UCLA were placed in the

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, games between the four lowest-ranked at-large teams at Dayton, Ohio. Both teams lost their first game on the first Tuesday of the Tournament. Arizona lost its first-round game as well, leaving the Pac-12 with no teams in the round of 32.No. 13 seed Buffalo overwhelms Arizona as the Wildcats' tumultuous season ends in blowout
ESPN, March 16, 2018 Five Pac-12 teams were placed with at-large bids in the

2018 National Invitation Tournament The 2018 National Invitation Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 32 NCAA Division I college men's basketball teams that were not selected to participate in the 2018 NCAA tournament. The first three rounds of the annual tournament ...

, the most-ever for the Conference: USC, Utah, Oregon, Stanford, and Washington.

References

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