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2011–12 Pac 12 Conference men's basketball season

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League
  
NCAA Division I

Number of teams
  
12

Sport
  
Basketball

Season champions
  
Washington Huskies

Runners-up
  
California Golden Bears Oregon Ducks

Season MVP
  
Jorge Gutiérrez, California

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.

Contents

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.

    • Composite Matrix

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

    Conference tournament

  • March 7–10, 2012 – Pac-12 Conference Basketball Tournament, Staples Center, Los Angeles, California.

    • NCAA Tournament

  • Colorado
  • 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

    • 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.

    • All-Pac-12 teams

    Voting was by conference coaches:

  • Player of The Year: Jorge Gutierrez, California
  • Freshman of The Year: Tony Wroten, Washington
  • Defensive Player of The Year: Jorge Gutierrez, California
  • Most Improved Player of The Year: Brock Motum, Washington State
  • John R. Wooden Coach of the Year: Lorenzo Romar, Washington

    • FIRST TEAM:

    All-Academic

    First Team:

    Second Team:

    References

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