2011–12 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season


The 2011–12 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2011 and ended with the 2012 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament from March 7–10, 2012 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The regular season began on the weekend of November 5, with the conference schedule starting on December 29.

2011–12 Pac-12 men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams12
Regular Season
Season championsWashington Huskies
  Runners-upCalifornia Golden Bears
Oregon Ducks
Season MVPJorge Gutiérrez, California
Tournament
ChampionsColorado Buffaloes
  Runners-upArizona Wildcats
Finals MVPCarlon Brown, Colorado
Basketball seasons
2011–12 Pac-12 Conference
men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Washington144 .7782411 .686
California135 .7222410 .706
Oregon135 .7222410 .706
Arizona126 .6672312 .657
Colorado117 .6112412 .667
UCLA117 .6111914 .576
Stanford108 .5562611 .703
Oregon State711 .3892115 .583
Washington State711 .3891918 .514
Arizona State612 .3331021 .323
Utah315 .167625 .194
USC117 .056626 .188
Conference tournament winner
As of March 8, 2012
Rankings from AP poll

This was the first season under the Pac-12 Conference name. In July 2011, two schools joined the conference. Colorado arrived from the Big 12 and Utah entered from the Mountain West.

Pre-season

  • Pre-season media day was held on October 28, 2011 at L.A. Live's Nokia Theatre in downtown Los Angeles.
  • 2011–12 Pac-12 Men's Basketball Media Poll:
Rank, School (first-place votes), Points
1. UCLA (14) 421
2. California (13) 405
3. Arizona (11) 404
4. Washington 355
5. Oregon 282
6. Stanford 255
7. USC 194
8. Oregon State 188
9. Arizona State 148
10. Colorado 119
11. Washington State 119
12. Utah 74

Rankings

  • Three conference teams were ranked in the pre-season poll: Arizona No. 16; UCLA No. 20; and Cal No. 24.
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Non-Conference games

Conference games

Composite Matrix

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

 ArizonaArizona StCaliforniaColoradoOregonOregon StStanfordUCLAUSCUtahWashingtonWashington St
vs. Arizona1–10–11–11–00–10–11–10–20–22–00–2
vs. Arizona St1–11–02–01–00–11–02–00–21–12–01–1
vs. California1–00–11–10–21–11–10–20–20–20–11–0
vs. Colorado1–10–21–11–11–12–01–00–10–20–10–1
vs. Oregon0–10–12–01–11–10–20–10–10–21–10–2
vs. Oregon St1–01–01–11–11–12–00–10–10–22–02–0
vs. Stanford1–00–11–10–22–00–21–10–21–11–01–0
vs. UCLA1–10–22–00–11–01–01–10–20–11–10–2
vs. USC2–02–02–01–01–01–02–02–00–12–02–0
vs. Utah2–01–12–02–02–02–01–11–01–01–00–1
vs. Washington0–20–21–01–01–10–20–11–10–20–10–2
vs. Washington St2–01–10–11–02–00–20–12–00–21–02–0
Total12–66–1213–511–713–57–1110–811–71–173–1514–47–11

Conference tournament

First round
March 7, 2012
Quarterfinals
March 8, 2012
Semifinals
March 9, 2012
Championship Game
March 10, 2012
            
1Washington84
9Oregon State86
8Washington State64
9Oregon State69
9Oregon State61
4Arizona72
4Arizona66
5UCLA58
5UCLA55
12USC40
4Arizona51
6Colorado53
2California77
7Stanford71
7Stanford85
10Arizona State65
2California59
6Colorado70
3Oregon62
6Colorado63
6Colorado53
11Utah41

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
Kevin O'Neill, USC
Larry Krystkowiak, Utah
Lorenzo Romar, Washington
Ken Bone, Washington State

Post season

  • March 14, 2012 – California defeated by South Florida 65–54
  • March 15, 2012 - Colorado 68, UNLV 64
  • March 17, 2012 - Baylor 80, Colorado 63
  • March 13, 2012 – Washington def. UT-Arlington 82–72
  • March 14, 2012 – Arizona defeated by Bucknell 65–54
  • March 13, 2012 – Oregon def. LSU 96–74
  • March 13, 2012 – Stanford def. Cleveland State 76–65
  • March 13, 2012 – Washington State def. San Francisco 89–75
  • March 14, 2012 – Oregon State def. Western Illinois 80-59
  • March 19, 2012 – Oregon State def. TCU 101-81
  • March 19, 2012 – Washington State def. Wyoming 61-41
  • March 21, 2012 - Washington State def. Oregon State 72-55
  • March 26, 2012 - Washington State def. Pittsburgh 67-66
  • March 28, 2012 - Pittsburgh def. Washington State 57-53
  • March 30, 2012 - Pittsburgh def. Washington State 71-65

Highlights and notes

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:

FIRST TEAM:

NameSchoolPos.YearHt., Wt.Hometown (Prev. School)
Allen CrabbeCALGSo.6-6, 205Los Angeles, Calif. (Price HS)
Jared CunninghamOSUGJr.6-4, 182Oakland, Calif. (San Leandro HS)
Kyle FoggARIZGSr.6-3, 190Brea, Calif. (Brea Olinda HS)
Jorge GutierrezCALGSr.6-3, 195Chihuahua, Mexico (Findlay College Prep, Nev.)
Solomon HillARIZFJr.6-6, 226Los Angeles, Calif. (Fairfax HS)
Devoe JosephOREGSr.6-4, 180Pickering, Ont., Canada (Minnesota)
Brock MotumWSUFJr.6-10, 230Brisbane, Aus. (Australia Institute of Sport)
André RobersonCOLOFSo.6-7, 210San Antonio, Texas (Wagner HS)
Terrence RossWASHGSo.6-6, 195Portland, Ore. (Jefferson HS)
Tony WrotenWASHGFr.6-4, 205Seattle, Wash. (Garfield HS)

All-Academic

First Team:

Player, SchoolYearGPAMajor

Second Team:

Player, SchoolYearGPAMajor

USBWA All-District team

References