2018 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament

The 2018 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Pac-12 Conference and was played during March 7–10, 2018, at T-Mobile Arena on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada.Meyer, Max - Expect the Unexpected in a Wide-Open Pac-12 Tournament. Sports Illustrated, March 6, 2018 Number 1 seed Arizona defeated Number 2 seed USC in the championship game.2018 Pac-12 Men's Basketball Tournament: Deandre Ayton dominates, Arizona tops USC for Pac-12 Tournament title. Pac-12, associated Press, March 10, 2018 Deandre Ayton was the Tournament MVP.Pascoe, Bruce - Deandre Ayton leads Wildcats to 75-61 win over USC for Pac-12 Tournament title. Arizona Daily Star, March 10, 2018

Seeds The bracket was announced on March 3, 2018.Pac-12 Men’s Basketball Tournament bracket announced, Arizona earns No. 1 seed. Pac-12 Conference, March 3, 2018 All 12 Pac-12 schools were eligible to participate in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records. As a result, the top four teams receive a bye to the quarterfinals of the tournament. Tiebreaking procedures were remain unchanged from the 2017 Tournament.

Record between the tied teams Record against the highest-seeded team not involved in the tie, going down through the seedings as necessary Higher RPI: Head-to-head

Seed School Conference Overall Tiebreaker 1 Arizona†# 14–4 24–7 2 USC# 12–6 21–10 3 Utah# 11–7 19–10 1–0 vs. Stanford, 1–1 vs. UCLA 4 UCLA# 11–7 20–10 1–1 vs. Stanford, 1–1 vs. Utah 5 Stanford 11–7 17–14 0–1 vs. Utah, 1–1 vs. UCLA 6 Oregon 10–8 20–11 2–0 vs. Washington 7 Washington 10–8 20–10 0–2 vs. Oregon 8 Colorado 8–10 16–14 1–1 vs. ASU, 1–1 vs. Arizona 9 Arizona State 8–10 20–10 1–1 vs. Colorado, 0–2 vs. Arizona 10 Oregon State 7–11 15–15 11 Washington State 4–14 12–18 12 California 2–16 8–23 † – Pac-12 Conference regular season champions# – Received a first round bye in the conference tournament.

Schedule The tournament schedule was announced at the same time as the seeding on March 3, 2018. GameTimeMatchupScoreTelevisionAttendance First round – Wednesday, March 7112:00 pmNo. 8 Colorado vs. No. 9 Arizona State97−85Pac-12 Network 8,61922:30 pmNo. 5 Stanford vs. No. 12 California76–5836:00 pmNo. 7 Washington vs. No. 10 Oregon State66–69OT10,45848:30 pmNo. 6 Oregon vs. No. 11 Washington State64–62OT Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 8512:00 pmNo. 1 Arizona vs. No. 8 Colorado83–67Pac-12 Network15,18262:30 pmNo. 4 UCLA vs. No. 5 Stanford88–7776:00 pmNo. 2 USC vs. No. 10 Oregon State61–48 13,19488:30 pmNo. 3 Utah vs. No. 6 Oregon66–68 FS1 Semifinals – Friday, March 996:00 pm No. 1 Arizona vs No. 4 UCLA78–67OTPac–12 Network16,596108:30 pmNo. 2 USC vs No. 6 Oregon74–54FS1 Championship – Saturday, March 10117:00 pmNo. 1 Arizona vs No. 2 USC75–61FS116,501 Game times in PT. Rankings denote tournament seed.

Bracket Teams were reseed after each round with highest remaining seeds receiving home court advantage. * denotes overtime period

Game statistics

First round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Championship

Awards and honors

Hall of Honor The following former players were inducted into the Pac-12 Hall of Honor on Friday, March 7, during a ceremony prior to the semifinals of the 2018 Pac-12 men's basketball tournament: Michael Wright (Arizona men's basketball), Linda Vollstedt (Arizona State women's golf), Matt Biondi (California men's swimming), Bill Toomey (Colorado men's track and field), Andrew Wheating (Oregon men's track and field), Carol Menken-Schaudt (Oregon State women's basketball), Kerri Walsh Jennings (Stanford women's volleyball), Rafer Johnson (UCLA track and field and men's basketball). Cheryl Miller (USC women's basketball), Missy Marlowe (Utah gymnastics), Sonny Sixkiller (Washington football), and Laura Lavine (Washington State women's track and field).

Team and tournament leaders Team Points Rebounds Assists StealsBlocksMinutesArizona Deandre Ayton 74 Deandre Ayton 38 Parker Jackson-Cartwright 13 Parker Jackson-Cartwright 6 Deandre Ayton 6 Allonzo Trier 113Arizona State Remy Martin 20 De'Quon Lake 8 Kodi Justice 6 3 tied 1 Mickey Mitchell 2 2 tied 36California Darius McNeill 19 Don Coleman 8 Justice Sueing 2 Darius McNeill 3 Kingsley Okoroh 5 Darius McNeill 36Colorado George King 31 Tyler Bey 20 McKinley Wright IV 16 George King 2 2 tied 2 George King 62Oregon MiKyle McIntosh 57 Kenny Wooten 15 Paul White 11 Troy Brown 7 Kenny Wooten 4 Payton Pritchard 84Oregon State Drew Eubanks 30 Tres Tinkle 16 Ethan Thompson 9 Tres Tinkle 4 2 tied 1 Tres Tinkle 79Stanford Reid Travis 36 Reid Travis 27 Kezie Okpala 8 Kezie Okpala 6 Michael Humphrey 2 Dorian Pickens 69UCLA Aaron Holiday 59 Thomas Welsh 28 Aaron Holiday 11 Aaron Holiday 2 Gyorgy Goloman 1 Aaron Holiday 85USC Chimezie Metu 39 Chimezie Metu 24 Jordan McLaughlin 21 Jordan McLaughlin 10 Chimezie Metu 5 Jordan McLaughlin 113Utah Justin Bibbins 20 Tyler Rawson 8 2 tied 4 Justin Bibbins 2 3 tied 1 Justin Bibbins 40Washington Matisse Thybulle 16 Noah Dickerson 10 3 tied 3 Noah Dickerson 2 2 tied 2 Matisse Thybulle 44Washington State Malachi Flynn 22 Drick Bernstine 9 Drick Bernstine 5 Drick Bernstine 3 2 tied 1 Drick Bernstine 43

All-Tournament Team Name Pos. Height Weight Year Team F 250 Arizona C 245 Arizona G 185 UCLA C 255 UCLA G 195 USC G 185 USC

Most Outstanding Player Name Pos. Height Weight Year Team F 250 Arizona

Tournament notes Eight teams were invited to postseason play from the Pac-12 conference Three Pac-12 teams earned bids to the 2018 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament:Postseason play for eight Pac-12 Men's Basketball teams tips Tuesday. Pac-12 Conference, Mar 13, 2018 Arizona: the conference and tournament champion, No. 4 seed in South Regional, Arizona State: No. 11 seed in Midwest Regional UCLA: No. 11 seed in East Regional Both Arizona State and UCLA were placed in the First Four, games between the four lowest-ranked at-large teams at Dayton, Ohio. Both teams lost their first game on the first Tuesday of the Tournament.Losses by UCLA, Arizona State make it a Pac-1 Tournament. USA Today, March 15, 2018 Arizona lost its first-round game as well, leaving the Pac-12 with no teams in the round of 32.No. 13 seed Buffalo overwhelms Arizona as the Wildcats' tumultuous season ends in blowout. ESPN, March 16, 2018

Five Pac-12 teams were placed with at-large bids in the 2018 National Invitation Tournament, the most-ever for the Conference: USC, Utah, Oregon, Stanford, and Washington.

See also

2018 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball tournament

References