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

2012–13 Pac-12 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
	← 11–12 13–14 →

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


† Conference 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	-
Arizona	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	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	-
Arizona St	C	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	RV	NV	NV	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
California	AP	NV	NV	NV	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	RV	RV	NV	NV	-
California	C	NV	NV	NV	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	RV	RV	RV	NV	RV
Colorado	AP	NV	NV	23	19	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	-
Colorado	C	RV	RV	RV	19	RV	NV	NV	RV	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
Oregon	AP	NV	NV	NV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	21	16	10	19	23	23	24	19	RV	25	-
Oregon	C	NV	NV	NV	RV	RV	NV	RV	RV	NV	NV	RV	19	12	19	RV	23	RV	25	NV	24	15
Oregon St	AP	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	-
Oregon St	C	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
Stanford	AP	RV	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	-
Stanford	C	RV	RV	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
UCLA	AP	13	13	11	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	RV	RV	24	RV	RV	RV	RV	NV	NV	23	21	24	-
UCLA	C	13	14	13	24	NV	NV	NV	NV	RV	RV	25	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	25	RV	RV
USC	AP	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	-
USC	C	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
Utah	AP	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	-
Utah	C	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
Washington	AP	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	-
Washington	C	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
Washington St	AP	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	-
Washington St	C	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV

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	89^OT
						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	79^OT
7	USC	66

10	Utah	69
						10	Utah	45

						3	Oregon	64



			3	Oregon	80^OT

			6	Washington	77
6	Washington	64

11	Washington State	62

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

Bob Cantu (interim head coach replaced Kevin O'Neill), USC

Larry Krystkowiak, Utah

Lorenzo Romar, Washington

Ken Bone, Washington State

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 Bob Cantu 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

Nov. 12 – Ahmad Starks, Oregon State
Nov. 26 – Justin Cobbs, California
Dec. 10 – Brock Motum, Washington State
Dec. 24 – Eric Moreland, Oregon State
Jan. 7 – Carrick Felix, Arizona State
Jan. 21 – Mark Lyons, Arizona
Feb. 4 – Josh Huestis, Stanford
Feb. 18 – Allen Crabbe, California
Mar. 5 – Kyle Anderson, UCLA
Nov. 19 – Askia Booker, Colorado
Dec. 3 – Carrick Felix, Arizona State
Dec. 17 – André Roberson, Jr., Colorado
Dec. 31 – Shabazz Muhammad, UCLA
Jan. 14 – C. J. Wilcox, Washington
Jan. 28 – Carrick Felix, Arizona State
Feb. 11 – Allen Crabbe, California
Feb. 25 – Justin Cobbs, California
Mar. 11 – Brock Motum, Washington State

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

^ Kevin O'Neill out as USC coach, ESPN, January 14, 2013
^ "NBA announces early entry candidates for 2013 NBA Draft". NBA.com. May 1, 2013. Archived from the original on May 4, 2013. Retrieved May 3, 2013.
^ Helin, Kurt (May 2, 2013). "Complete NBA Draft Combine invite list". NBC Sports. Retrieved May 14, 2013.

External links

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

[1] Kevin O'Neill out as USC coach, ESPN, January 14, 2013

[2] "NBA announces early entry candidates for 2013 NBA Draft". NBA.com. May 1, 2013. Archived from the original on May 4, 2013. Retrieved May 3, 2013.

[3] Helin, Kurt (May 2, 2013). "Complete NBA Draft Combine invite list". NBC Sports. Retrieved May 14, 2013.

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