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2012–13 Pac 12 Conference men's basketball season

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League
  
NCAA Division I

Season champions
  
UCLA Bruins

Sport
  
Basketball

Number of teams
  
12

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

TV partner(s)
  
ESPN, FSN, CBS, Pac-12 Network

Runners-up
  
Arizona Wildcats Oregon Ducks California Golden Bears

Season MVP
  
Allen Crabbe, California

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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.

Contents

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

Composite Matrix

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

Conference tournament

  • March 2013 – Pac-12 Conference Basketball Tournament, MGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, Nevada.

    • 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: 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:

    All-Academic

    First Team:

    Second Team:

    USBWA All-District team

    District VIII

  • Player of The Year: André Roberson, Colorado

    • District IX

    NBA Draft

    Several players from the conference declared early for the NBA draft. 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.

    References

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