2022 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament

The 2022 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament was a postseason men's basketball tournament for the Pac-12 Conference held March 9–12, 2022, at T-Mobile Arena on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. The tournament winner, the Arizona Wildcats, received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.Cobb, David - UCLA vs. Arizona score: Wildcats win Pac-12 Tournament title in thrilling rubber match with Bruins. CBS Sports, March 13, 2022.

Seeds

The bracket was set on March 5, 2022Bracket set for 2022 Pac-12 Men's Basketball Tournament presented by New York Life, Pac-12, March 5, 2022 All 12 schools were scheduled to participate in the tournament. The seedings were determined upon completion of regular season play.Pac-12 announces adjustments to basketball administration policies for 2021-22 season Pac-12 Conference, December 22, 2021 The winning percentage of the teams in conference play determined tournament seedings. There are tiebreakers in place to seed teams with identical conference records. The top four teams receive a bye to the quarterfinals. Tie-breaking procedures for determining all tournament seeding is: For two-team tie 1. Results of head-to-head competition during the regular season.

2. Each team's record (won-lost percentage) vs. the team occupying the highest position in the final regular standings, and then continuing down through the standings until one team gains an advantage. When arriving at another group of tied teams while comparing records, use each team's record (won-lost percentage) against the collective tied teams as a group (prior to that group's own tie-breaking procedure), rather than the performance against individual tied teams.

3. Won-lost percentage against all Division I opponents.

4. Coin toss conducted by the Commissioner or designee.

For multiple-team tie 1. Results (won-lost percentage) of collective head-to-head competition during the regular season among the tied teams.

2. If more than two teams are still tied, each of the tied team's record (won-lost percentage) vs. the team occupying the highest position in the final regular season standings, and then continuing down through the standings, eliminating teams with inferior records, until one team gains an advantage.

When arriving at another group of tied teams while comparing records, use each team's record (won-lost percentage) against the collective tied teams as a group (prior to that group's own tie-breaking procedure), rather than the performance against individual tied teams.

After one team has an advantage and is seeded, all remaining teams in the multiple-team tie-breaker will repeat the multiple-team tie-breaking procedure.

If at any point the multiple-team tie is reduced to two teams, the two-team tie-breaking procedure will be applied.

3. Won-lost percentage against all Division I opponents.

4. Coin toss conducted by the Commissioner or designee.

Seed School Conference Overall Tiebreak 1 Tiebreak 2 Tiebreak 3 Tiebreak 4 Tiebreak 5 1 No. 2 Arizona †# 18–2 28–3 2 No. 13 UCLA # 15–5 23–6 3 No. 21 USC # 14–6 25–6 4 Colorado # 12–8 20–10 5 Oregon 11–9 18–13 1–1 vs Washington, 1–1 vs Washington State 0-1 vs Arizona 2–0 vs UCLA 6 Washington 11–9 16–14 1–1 vs Oregon, 1–1 vs Washington State 0-2 vs Arizona 0–2 vs UCLA 0–1 vs USC 1–0 vs ASU 7 Washington State 11–9 18–13 1–1 vs Oregon, 1–1 vs Washington 0-2 vs Arizona 0–1 vs UCLA 0–2 vs USC 1–1 vs ASU 8 Arizona State 10–10 14–16 9 Stanford 8–12 15–15 10 California 5–15 12–19 11 Utah 4–16 11–19 12 Oregon State 1–19 3–27 † – Pac-12 Conference regular season champions# – Received a first round bye in the conference tournament.Rankings from AP poll

Schedule GameTimeMatchupScoreTelevisionAttendance First round – Wednesday, March 9112:00 p.m.No. 8 Arizona State vs. No. 9 Stanford70−71Pac-12 Network 7,56522:30 p.m.No. 5 Oregon vs. No. 12 Oregon State86−7236:00 p.m.No. 7 Washington State vs. No. 10 California66–59 8,57948:30 p.m.No. 6 Washington vs. No. 11 Utah82–70 Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10512:00 p.m.No. 1 Arizona vs. No. 9 Stanford84–80Pac-12 Network 11,08162:30 p.m.No. 4 Colorado vs. No. 5 Oregon80–6976:00 p.m.No. 2 UCLA vs. No. 7 Washington State75–65 10,41788:30 p.m.No. 3 USC vs. No. 6 Washington65–61 FS1 Semifinals – Friday, March 1196:00 p.m.No. 1 Arizona vs. No. 4 Colorado82–72Pac-12 Network 14,158108:30 p.m.No. 2 UCLA vs. No. 3 USC69–59FS1 Championship – Saturday, March 12116:00 p.m.No. 1 Arizona vs. No. 2 UCLA84–76FOX14,401 Game times in PT. Rankings denote tournament seed.

Bracket * denotes overtime period

Game statistics

First round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Championship

Awards and honors

Hall of Honor The 2022 class of the Pac-12 Hall of Honor will be honored on March 11 during a ceremony prior to the tournament semifinals. Following a hiatus in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2022 class will return to the original format of recognizing one member as a new inductee to the Hall of Honor from each Pac-12 university. The 2022 class includes:

Tanya Hughes (Arizona Women's Track & Field) Curley Culp (Arizona State Football & Men's Wrestling) Layshia Clarendon (California Women's Basketball) Jenny Simpson (Colorado Women's Cross Country and Track & Field) English Gardner (Oregon Women's Track & Field) Steven Jackson (Oregon State Football) Tony Azevedo (Stanford Men's Water Polo) Jackie Joyner-Kersee (UCLA Women's Basketball and Track & Field) John Naber (USC Men's Swimming) Tom Chambers (Utah Men's Basketball) Tina Frimpong Ellertson (Washington Women's Soccer) Drew Bledsoe (Washington State Football).

Team and tournament leaders Team Points Rebounds Assists StealsBlocksMinutesArizona Mathurin 57 Koloko 23 Mathurin 15 2 tied 5 Ballo 7 Mathurin 107Arizona State Horne 21 Graham 6 Jackson 4 Jackson 2 Boakye 3 Heath 32California Shepherd 19 Thiemann 10 Foreman 3 Shepherd 4 Thiemann 1 Shepherd 39 Colorado Walker 37 Walker 21 Simpson 11 Simpson 5 2 tied 3 Walker 63Oregon Guerrier 45 Dante 18 Young 18 Young 5 2 tied 5 Young 76Oregon State Lucas 22 2 tied 5 Davis 5 5 tied 1 Rand 2 Lucas 39Stanford Jones 54 Ingram 16 O'Connell 11 Silva 3 Keefe 3 Ingram 67UCLA Jaquez 60 Jaquez 26 Campbell 10 Jaquez 5 Johnson 4 Jaquez 106USC Ellis 44 Mobley 16 Mobley 7 Goodwin 2 Mobley 2 Mobley 74Utah Anthony 18 Worster 8 Worster 6 3 tied 1 Carlson 2 Anthony 37 Washington Brown 45 Roberts 17 Brown 10 Brown 5 3 tied 1 Brown 75Washington State Roberts 28 Jakimovski 14 Flowers 5 2 tied 2 Jackson 6 Flowers 68

All-Tournament Team Name Pos. Height Weight Year Team Bennedict Mathurin SG 6−6 210 So. Arizona Christian Koloko C 7−1 230 Jr. Arizona Jaime Jaquez Jr. SF 6−7 225 Jr. UCLA Jules Bernard SG 6−7 210 Sr. UCLA Boogie Ellis PG 6−3 185 Jr. USC Spencer Jones SF 6−7 225 Jr. Stanford

Most Outstanding Player Name Pos. Height Weight Year Team SG 210 Arizona

Tournament notes

At the start of the tournament, No. 2 Arizona, No. 13 UCLA, and No. 21 USC were ranked in the top 25.Connon, Sam - Pac-12 Men's Basketball Tournament: Schedule, Bracket, Betting Odds, How to Watch. Sports Illustration, March 9, 2022 Three teams were extended invitations to the 2022 NCAA tournament: Arizona, UCLA & USC. Three teams were extended invitations to the 2022 National Invitation Tournament: Colorado, Oregon & Washington State.

See also

2022 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball tournament

References