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

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.

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
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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

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

 

UCLA Bruins vs. Oregon State Beavers, at Pauley Pavilion in January 2013

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

Main article: 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball 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	-
	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	-
	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	-
	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	-
	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	-
	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	-
	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	-
	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	-
	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	-
	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	-
	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	-
	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	-
	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

Main article: 2013 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball 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

Main article: 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball 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

Main article: 2013 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:

Further information: All-Pac-12 men's basketball 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

1. Kevin O'Neill out as USC coach, ESPN, January 14, 2013
2. . 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.

External links

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