2014–15 Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Season
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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 2014 and ended with the 2015 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament in March 2015 at the
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. The regular season began on the first weekend of November 2014, with the conference schedule starting in December 2014. This was the fourth season under the Pac-12 Conference name and the 56th since the conference was established under its current charter as the Athletic Association of Western Universities in 1959. Including the history of the Pacific Coast Conference, which operated from 1915 to 1959 and is considered by the Pac-12 as a part of its own history, this is the Pac-12's 100th season of men's basketball.


Preseason

* October 23, 2014 – Pac-12 Men's Basketball Media Day, Pac-12 Networks Studios,
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Rankings


Pac-12 regular season


Conference Schedule

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


Head coaches

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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 :
Cuonzo Martin Cuonzo LaMar Martin (born September 23, 1971) is an American basketball coach and former player who is the former head coach of the Missouri Tigers men's basketball team. High school Playing alongside LaPhonso Ellis as a sophomore and junior, Ma ...
, 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 :
Wayne Tinkle Wayne Francis Tinkle II (born January 26, 1966) is an American college basketball coach who is the head coach of the Oregon State Beavers men's team of the Pac-12 Conference. Prior to his arrival in Corvallis in 2014, he was the head coach for ...
, 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 :
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 ...
, UCLA : Andy Enfield, 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 :
Ernie Kent Ernest Kent (born January 22, 1955)GoDucks.com E ...
, Washington State


Postseason


Pac-12 tournament

The conference tournament is scheduled for Wednesday–Saturday, March 11–14, 2015 at the
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, Paradise, Nevada. Arizona, and Oregon were seeded one and two respectively. The top four teams had a bye on the first day, March 11. 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.


NCAA tournament


National Invitation tournament


College Basketball Invitational


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 Coach of the Year Award.


Scholar-Athlete of the Year

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Chasson Randle Chasson Randle (born February 5, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for the Grand Rapids Gold of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Stanford Cardinal. As a senior in 2014–15, he was considered one of the to ...
, Sr., Stanford


Player-of-the-Week


All-Americans

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Delon Wright Delon Reginald Wright (born April 26, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Utah Utes and was a first-team all-conference ...
, Utah, First team ('' Sporting News''), second team ( United States Basketball Writers Association) * Joe Young, Third team (Sporting News)


All-Pac-12 teams

Voting was by conference coaches: *
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: Joe Young, Oregon * Freshman of The Year: Stanley Johnson, Arizona * Defensive Player of The Year: Gary Payton II, Oregon State * Most Improved Player of The Year: Josh Hawkinson, Washington State * John R. Wooden Coach of the Year:
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


First Team


Pac-12 All-Freshman Team


Pac-12 All-Defensive Team


USBWA

The United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) named the following from the Pac-12 to their All-District Teams: ;District VIII Player of the Year: Delon Wright, Utah All-District Team *Askia Booker, Colorado *Delon Wright, Utah ;District IX All-District Team * Norman Powell (UCLA) * Stanley Johnson (Arizona) * T. J. McConnell (Arizona) * Tyrone Wallace (California) * Joe Young (Oregon) * Chasson Randle (Stanford) * Gary Payton II (Oregon State)


NABC All-District 20 Team

National Association of Basketball Coaches The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC), headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, is an American organization of men's college basketball coaches. It was founded in 1927 by Phog Allen, head men's basketball coach at the University ...
(NABC) named the following to their All-District 20 team: ;First Team * Joe Young (Oregon) * Delon Wright (Utah) * Chasson Randle (Stanford) * T. J. McConnell (Arizona) * Stanley Johnson (Arizona) ; Second Team *Norman Powell (UCLA) * Tyrone Wallace (California) * Gary Payton II (Oregon State) *Kevon Looney (UCLA) *
Askia Booker Askia Toussaint Booker (born August 31, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for the Shenzhen Aviators of the Chinese Basketball Association. He played college basketball for the Colorado Buffaloes as a point guard. In his senior y ...
(Colorado)


References

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