2016 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament

2016 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament
2016 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2015–16
Teams	12
Site	MGM Grand Garden Arena; Paradise, Nevada
Champions	Oregon (4th title)
Winning coach	Dana Altman (2nd title)
MVP	Elgin Cook (Oregon)
Attendance	77,496 (total) ; 12,916 (championship game)
Television	Pac-12 Network, FS1
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The 2016 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Pac-12. It was played between March 9 through March 12 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Paradise, Nevada. The champion, the Oregon Ducks, received an automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA tournament.

2015–16 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 5 Oregon †	14	–	4	.778	31	–	7	.816
No. 13 Utah	13	–	5	.722	27	–	9	.750
No. 17 Arizona	12	–	6	.667	25	–	9	.735
No. 23 California	12	–	6	.667	23	–	11	.676
Colorado	10	–	8	.556	22	–	12	.647
USC	9	–	9	.500	21	–	13	.618
Oregon State	9	–	9	.500	19	–	13	.594
Washington	9	–	9	.500	19	–	15	.559
Stanford	8	–	10	.444	15	–	15	.500
UCLA	6	–	12	.333	15	–	17	.469
Arizona State	5	–	13	.278	15	–	17	.469
Washington State	1	–	17	.056	9	–	22	.290

† Pac-12 Tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Seeds

Teams seeded by conference record, with ties broken by record between the tied teams followed by record against the regular-season champion, if necessary.

Seed	School	Conference	Overall	Tiebreaker 1	Tiebreaker 2	Tiebreaker 3	Tiebreaker 4	Tiebreaker 5
1	Oregon^†#	14–4	25–6
2	Utah^#	13–5	24–7
3	California^#	12–6	22–9	1–1 vs. Ariz.	1–1 vs. Ore.
4	Arizona^#	12–6	24–7	1–1 vs. Cal	0–1 vs. Ore.
5	Colorado	10–8	21–10
6	Oregon State	9–9	18–11	2–1 vs. Wash. & USC
7	USC	9–9	20–11	2–2 vs. Wash. & OSU	1–1 vs. Wash.	0–2 vs. Ore.	0–1 vs. Utah	1–2 vs. Cal & Ariz.
8	Washington	9–9	17–13	1–2 vs. OSU & USC	1–1 vs. USC	0–1 vs. Ore.	0–2 vs. Utah	0–3 vs. Cal & Ariz.
9	Stanford	8–10	15–14
10	UCLA	6–12	15–16
11	Arizona State	5–13	15–16
12	Washington State	1–17	9–21
† – Pac-12 regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed. # – Received a first round bye in the conference tournament. Overall records include all games played in the Pac-12 Tournament.

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Final score	Television	Attendance
First round – Wednesday, March 9
1	1	12:00 pm	#8 Washington vs. #9 Stanford	91–68	Pac-12 Network	12,916
1	2	2:30 pm	#5 Colorado vs. #12 Washington State	80–56		12,916
2	3	6:00 pm	#7 USC vs. #10 UCLA	95–71		12,916
2	4	8:30 pm	#6 Oregon State vs. #11 Arizona State	75–66		12,916
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10
3	5	12:00 pm	#1 Oregon vs. #8 Washington	83–77	Pac-12 Network	12,916
3	6	2:30 pm	#4 Arizona vs. #5 Colorado	82–78		12,916
4	7	6:00 pm	#2 Utah vs. #7 USC	80–72		12,916
4	8	8:30 pm	#3 California vs. #6 Oregon State	76–68	FS1	12,916
Semifinals – Friday, March 11
5	9	6:00 pm	#1 Oregon vs. #4 Arizona	95–89^OT	Pac-12 Network	12,916
5	10	8:30 pm	#2 Utah vs. #3 California	82–78^OT	FS1	12,916
Championship – Saturday, March 12
6	11	7:00 pm	#1 Oregon vs. #2 Utah	88–57	FS1	12,916
*Game times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

First round Wednesday March 9			Quarterfinals Thursday March 10			Semifinals Friday March 11			Championship Saturday March 12

			1	#5 Oregon	83

			8	Washington	77
8	Washington	91

9	Stanford	68
						1	#5 Oregon	95*

						4	#15 Arizona	89



			4	#15 Arizona	82

			5	Colorado	78
5	Colorado	80

12	Washington State	56
									1	#5 Oregon	88

									2	#12 Utah	57



			2	#12 Utah	80

			7	USC	72
7	USC	95

10	UCLA	71
						2	#12 Utah	82*

						3	#24 California	78



			3	#24 California	76

			6	Oregon State	68
6	Oregon State	75

11	Arizona State	66

* denotes each overtime period played

All-tournament team

Dillon Brooks, Oregon
Chris Boucher, Oregon
Elgin Cook, Oregon
Tyler Dorsey, Oregon
Ivan Rabb, California
Jakob Poeltl, Utah

Most outstanding player

Elgin Cook, Oregon

Hall of Honor inductees

Salim Stoudamire (Arizona)^[1]
Art Becker (Arizona State)
Brian Hendrick (California)
Scott Wedman (Colorado)
Luke Ridnour (Oregon)
Jim Anderson (Oregon State)
Kim Belton (Stanford)
Keith Erickson (UCLA)
Sam Clancy (USC)
Vern Gardner (Utah)
Isaiah Thomas (Washington)
Keith Morrison (Washington State)

References

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