The 2015 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Pac-12 during the 2014–15 season. It was played on March 11–14, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Paradise, Nevada. The champion received an automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA tournament.
Seeds Seed School Conference Overall Tiebreaker1Arizona†# 16–2 28–3 2Oregon# 13–5 23–81–0 vs. Utah3 Utah# 13–5 23–70–1 vs. Oregon4UCLA# 11–7 19–12 5Arizona State 9–9 17–141–1 vs. Stanford 1–1 vs. Arizona6Stanford 9–9 18–121–1 vs. ASU 0–2 vs. Arizona7Oregon State 8–10 17–13 8California 7–11 17–142–1 vs. WSU & Colorado9Washington State 7–11 13–172–2 vs. Cal & Colorado 1–1 vs. Colorado 0–1 vs. Arizona 1–3 vs. Oregon & Utah10Colorado 7–11 14–161–2 vs. Cal & WSU 1–1 vs. WSU 0–2 vs. Arizona 0–3 vs. Oregon & Utah11Washington 5–13 16–14 12USC 3–15 11–19 † – Pac-12 regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed.# – Received a first round bye in the conference tournament.Overall records include all games played in the Pac-12 Tournament.
Teams seeded by conference record, with ties broken by record between the tied teams followed by record against the regular-season champion, if necessary.
Schedule SessionGameTime*Matchup#Final scoreTelevisionAttendance First round – Wednesday, March 111112:00 pm#8 California vs. #9 Washington State 84–59Pac-12 Network9,02422:30 pm#5 Arizona State vs. #12 USC 64–67236:00 pm#7 Oregon State vs. #10 Colorado71–789,87548:30 pm#6 Stanford vs. #11 Washington71–69 Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 123512:00 pm #1 Arizona vs. #8 California 73–51Pac-12 Network 12,91662:30 pm#4 UCLA vs. #12 USC96–70476:00 pm#2 Oregon vs. #10 Colorado93–85 12,91688:30 pm#3 Utah vs. #6 Stanford80–56ESPN Semifinals – Friday, March 13596:00 pm #1 Arizona vs. #4 UCLA70–64Pac-12 Network12,916108:30 pm #2 Oregon vs. #3 Utah 67–64ESPN Championship – Saturday, March 146118:00 pm#1 Arizona vs. #2 Oregon 80–52ESPN12,916 *Game times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed
Bracket
Game statistics
First round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Championship game
Tournament notes For the first time since the conference expanded to 12 teams, the #12 seed (USC) won a game. Arizona's 28-point win (80-52) was the largest margin of victory in the conference championship game. Arizona won its fifth Pac Tournament, the first university to do so. The Wildcats have the most conference tournament championships. Arizona was the sixth school in the past seven years to win this tournament.
All-tournament team Brandon Ashley, Arizona Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, Arizona Stanley Johnson, Arizona T. J. McConnell, Arizona Delon Wright, Utah Joe Young, Oregon
Most outstanding player Brandon Ashley, Arizona
Hall of Honor inductees
Fred Snowden (Arizona head coach)Pac-12 Basketball Hall of Honor to Induct 2014-15 Class, Pac-12 Conference, January 15, 2015 Ron Riley (Arizona State) Sean Lampley (California) Jim Davis (Colorado) Anthony Taylor (Oregon) Jim Jarvis (Oregon State) Casey Jacobsen (Stanford) Dave Meyers (UCLA) Alex Hannum (USC) Danny Vranes (Utah) Jon Brockman (Washington) Bennie Seltzer (Washington State)
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