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
2011–12 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Washington14–4 .778  24–11  .686
California13–5 .722  24–10  .706
Oregon13–5 .722  24–10  .706
Arizona12–6 .667  23–12  .657
Colorado †11–7 .611  24–12  .667
UCLA11–7 .611  19–14  .576
Stanford10–8 .556  26–11  .703
Oregon State7–11 .389  21–15  .583
Washington State7–11 .389  19–18  .514
Arizona State6–12 .333  10–21  .323
Utah3–15 .167  6–25  .194
USC1–17 .056  6–26  .188
† 2012 Pac-12 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
Main article: 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball 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.

      Arizona Arizona St California Colorado Oregon Oregon St Stanford UCLA USC Utah Washington Washington St
    vs. Arizona –1–10–11–11–00–10–11–10–20–22–00–2
    vs. Arizona St 1–1–1–02–01–00–11–02–00–21–12–01–1
    vs. California 1–00–1–1–10–21–11–10–20–20–20–11–0
    vs. Colorado 1–10–21–1–1–11–12–01–00–10–20–10–1
    vs. Oregon 0–10–12–01–1–1–10–20–10–10–21–10–2
    vs. Oregon St 1–01–01–11–11–1–2–00–10–10–22–02–0
    vs. Stanford 1–00–11–10–22–00–2–1–10–21–11–01–0
    vs. UCLA 1–10–22–00–11–01–01–1–0–20–11–10–2
    vs. USC 2–02–02–01–01–01–02–02–0–0–12–02–0
    vs. Utah 2–01–12–02–02–02–01–11–01–0–1–00–1
    vs. Washington 0–20–21–01–01–10–20–11–10–20–1–0–2
    vs. Washington St 2–01–10–11–02–00–20–12–00–21–02–0–
    Total 12–66–1213–511–713–57–1110–811–71–173–1514–47–11

    Conference tournament
    Main article: 2012 Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
      First Round
    March 7, 2012    		 Quarterfinals
    March 8, 2012    		 Semifinals
    March 9, 2012    		 Championship Game
    March 10, 2012
                                         
           
      1 Washington 84  
        9 Oregon State 86  
    8 Washington State 64
    9 Oregon State 69  
      9 Oregon State 61  
      4 Arizona 72  
           
           
      4 Arizona 66
        5 UCLA 58  
    5 UCLA 55
    12 USC 40  
      4 Arizona 51
      6 Colorado 53
           
           
      2 California 77
        7 Stanford 71  
    7 Stanford 85
    10 Arizona State 65  
      2 California 59
      6 Colorado 70  
           
           
      3 Oregon 62
        6 Colorado 63  
    6 Colorado 53
    11 Utah 41  

    Head coaches

    Post season

    NCAA Tournament
    • March 15, 2012 - Colorado defeated UNLV 68-64
    • March 17, 2012 - Colorado defeated by Baylor 80-63
    • March 14, 2012 – California defeated by South Florida 65–54

    NIT
    • 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

    CBI
    • 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.

      Player-of-the-Week

      All-Pac-12 teams

      Voting was by conference coaches:

      FIRST TEAM:

      Name School Pos. Year Ht., 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, School Year GPA Major

      Second Team:

      Player, School Year GPA Major

      References
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