2012–13 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season

2012–13 Pac-12 men's basketball season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Number of teams	12
TV partner(s)	ESPN, FSN, CBS, Pac-12 Network
Regular Season
Season champions	UCLA Bruins
Runners-up	Arizona Wildcats Oregon Ducks California Golden Bears
Season MVP	Allen Crabbe, California
Tournament
Champions	Oregon
Runners-up	UCLA
Finals MVP	Johnathan Loyd, Oregon
Basketball seasons
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2012–13 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball standings
v t	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 24 UCLA	13	–	5		.722			25	–	10		.714
No. 25 Oregon †	12	–	6		.667			28	–	9		.757
No. 21 Arizona	12	–	6		.667			27	–	8		.771
California	12	–	6		.667			21	–	12		.636
Colorado	10	–	8		.556			21	–	12		.636
Arizona State	9	–	9		.500			22	–	13		.629
Stanford	9	–	9		.500			19	–	15		.559
Washington	9	–	9		.500			18	–	16		.529
USC	9	–	9		.500			14	–	18		.438
Utah	5	–	13		.278			15	–	18		.455
Oregon State	4	–	14		.222			14	–	18		.438
Washington State	4	–	14		.222			13	–	19		.406
† 2013 Pac-12 Tournament winner As of March 23, 2013; Rankings from AP Poll

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 from March 2013 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Paradise, Nevada. 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.

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[]

Legend

		Improvement in ranking
		Drop in ranking
RV		Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll

		Pre	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17	Wk 18	Wk 19	Post	Final
Arizona	AP	12	12	10	9	8	8	4	3	3	4	7	6	8	7	9	12	11	18	18	21	-
	C	11	12	10	9	8	8	5	3	3	3	7	6	8	7	9	12	11	18	18	20	14
Arizona St	AP													RV								-
	C										RV			RV
California	AP				RV													RV	RV			-
	C				RV													RV	RV	RV		RV
Colorado	AP			23	19	RV																-
	C	RV	RV	RV	19	RV			RV	RV
Oregon	AP				RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	21	16	10	19	23	23	24	19	RV	25	-
	C				RV	RV		RV	RV			RV	19	12	19	RV	23	RV	25		24	15
Oregon St	AP																					-
	C
Stanford	AP	RV	RV																			-
	C	RV	RV	RV
UCLA	AP	13	13	11	RV					RV	RV	24	RV	RV	RV	RV			23	21	24	-
	C	13	14	13	24					RV	RV	25	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	25	RV	RV
USC	AP																					-
	C
Utah	AP																					-
	C
Washington	AP																					-
	C
Washington St	AP																					-
	C

Conference Schedule[]

Composite Matrix[]

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

	Arizona	Arizona St	California	Colorado	Oregon	Oregon St	Stanford	UCLA	USC	Utah	Washington	Washington St
vs. Arizona	–	0–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2
vs. Arizona State	2–0	–	0–1	0–2	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2
vs. California	0–1	0–1	–	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–0	0–1
vs. Colorado	1–1	2–0	1–1	–	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	0–1
vs. Oregon	0–1	0–1	2–0	1–0	–	0–2	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–2	0–2
vs. Oregon State	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	–	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1
vs. Stanford	1–0	0–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	–	2–0	2–0	0–2	1–0	0–1
vs. UCLA	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–2	–	1–1	0–1	0–2	1–1
vs. USC	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–2	1–1	–	0–1	1–1	1–1
vs. Utah	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	–	0–1	1–0
vs. Washington	2–0	0–2	0–1	0–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	–	0–2
vs. Washington State	2–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–0	–
Total	12–6	9–8	12–6	10–8	12–6	4–14	9–9	13–5	9–8	5-13	9–9	4–14

Conference tournament[]

• March 2013 – Pac-12 Conference Basketball Tournament, MGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, Nevada.

	First Round March 13, 2013					Quarterfinals March 14, 2013					Semifinals March 15, 2013					Championship Game March 16, 2013
						1	#21 UCLA	80
						9	Arizona State	75
	8	Stanford	88
	9	Arizona State	89OT
											1	#21 UCLA	66
											4	#18 Arizona	64
						4	#18 Arizona	79
						5	Colorado	69
	5	Colorado	74
	12	Oregon State	68
																1	#21 UCLA	69
																3	Oregon	78
						2	California	69
						10	Utah	79OT
	7	USC	66
	10	Utah	69
											10	Utah	45
											3	Oregon	64
						3	Oregon	80OT
						6	Washington	77
	6	Washington	64
	11	Washington State	62

Head coaches[]

Post season[]

NCAA Tournament[]

Seed	Region	School	Second Round	Third Round	Sweet 16	Elite Eight	Final Four	Championship
6	West	Arizona	#11 Belmont - Mar. 21, Salt Lake City - W, 81–64	#14 Harvard - Mar. 23, Salt Lake City - W, 74–51	#2 Ohio State - Mar. 28, Los Angeles - L, 70–73
6	South	UCLA	#11 Minnesota - Mar. 22, Austin - L, 63–83
10	East	Colorado	#7 Illinois - Mar. 22, Austin - L, 49–57
12	East	California	#5 UNLV - Mar. 21, San Jose - W, 64–61	#4 Syracuse - Mar. 23, San Jose - L, 60–66
12	Midwest	Oregon	#5 Oklahoma State - Mar. 21, San Jose - W, 68–55	#4 Saint Louis - Mar. 23, San Jose - W, 74–57	#1 Louisville - Mar. 29, Indianapolis - L, 69–77
	Bids	W-L (%):	3–2 .600	2–1 .667	0–2 .000	0–0 –	0–0 –	TOTAL: 5–5 .500

National Invitation Tournament[]

Seed	Bracket	School	First Round	Second Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
3	Kentucky	Arizona State	#6 Detroit - Mar. 20, Tempe - W, 83–68	#2 Baylor - Mar. 22, Waco - L, 86–89
4	Alabama	Stanford	#5 Stephen F. Austin - Mar. 19, Stanford - W, 58–57	#1 Alabama - Mar. 23, Tuscaloosa - L, 54–66
6	Southern Miss	Washington	#7 BYU - Mar. 19, Provo - L, 79–90
	3 Bids	W-L (%):	2–1 .667	0–2 .000	0–0 –	0–0 –	TOTAL: 2–3 .400

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 took over as interim head coach, athletic director Pat Haden announced.^[1]
• 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 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 Coach of the Year Award.

Scholar-Athlete of the Year[]

Player-of-the-Week[]

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: André Roberson, Colorado
• Most Improved Player of The Year: Dwight Powell, Stanford
• John R. Wooden Coach of the Year: Dana Altman, Oregon

First Team:

Name	School	Pos.	Year
Jahii Carson	ASU	G	Fr.
Allen Crabbe	Cal	G	Jr.
Spencer Dinwiddie	Colorado	G	So.
Larry Drew II	UCLA	G	Sr.
Solomon Hill	Arizona	F	Sr.
Mark Lyons	Arizona	G	Sr.
Shabazz Muhammad	UCLA	G/F	Fr.
Dwight Powell	Stanford	F	Jr.
André Roberson	Colorado	F	Jr.
E. J. Singler	Oregon	F	Sr.

All-Academic[]

First Team:

Player, School	Year	GPA	Major

Second Team:

Player, School	Year	GPA	Major

USBWA All-District team[]

District VIII

• Player of The Year: André Roberson, Colorado

Name	School	Pos.	Year
Spencer Dinwiddie	Colorado	G	So.
André Roberson	Colorado	F	Jr.

District IX

Name	School	Pos.	Year
Jahii Carson	Arizona State	G	Fr.
Allen Crabbe	California	G	Jr.
Carrick Felix	Arizona State	G/F	Sr.
Solomon Hill	Arizona	F	Sr.
Mark Lyons	Arizona	G	Sr.
Brock Motum	Washington State	F	Sr.
Shabazz Muhammad	UCLA	G	Fr.

NBA Draft[]

Several players from the conference declared early for the NBA draft.^[2] 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.^[3]

References[]

External links[]

• 2013–14 Pac-12 Men's Basketball Media Guide, contains review of 2012–13 season