2011–12 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season

The 2011–12 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2011 and ended with the 2012 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament from March 7–10, 2012 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The regular season began on the weekend of November 5, with the conference schedule starting on December 29.

2011–12 Pac-12 men's basketball season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Number of teams	12
Regular Season
Season champions	Washington Huskies
Runners-up	California Golden Bears Oregon Ducks
Season MVP	Jorge Gutiérrez, California
Tournament
Champions	Colorado Buffaloes
Runners-up	Arizona Wildcats
Finals MVP	Carlon Brown, Colorado

2011–12 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Washington	14	–	4		.778			24	–	11		.686
California	13	–	5		.722			24	–	10		.706
Oregon	13	–	5		.722			24	–	10		.706
Arizona	12	–	6		.667			23	–	12		.657
Colorado †	11	–	7		.611			24	–	12		.667
UCLA	11	–	7		.611			19	–	14		.576
Stanford	10	–	8		.556			26	–	11		.703
Oregon State	7	–	11		.389			21	–	15		.583
Washington State	7	–	11		.389			19	–	18		.514
Arizona State	6	–	12		.333			10	–	21		.323
Utah	3	–	15		.167			6	–	25		.194
USC	1	–	17		.056			6	–	26		.188
† Conference tournament winner As of March 8, 2012 Rankings from AP poll

This was the first season under the Pac-12 Conference name. In July 2011, two schools joined the conference. Colorado arrived from the Big 12 and Utah entered from the Mountain West.

Pre-season

• Pre-season media day was held on October 28, 2011 at L.A. Live's Nokia Theatre in downtown Los Angeles.
• 2011–12 Pac-12 Men's Basketball Media Poll:

Rank, School (first-place votes), Points

1. UCLA (14) 421

2. California (13) 405

3. Arizona (11) 404

4. Washington 355

5. Oregon 282

6. Stanford 255

7. USC 194

8. Oregon State 188

9. Arizona State 148

10. Colorado 119

11. Washington State 119

12. Utah 74

Rankings

Main article: 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

• Three conference teams were ranked in the pre-season poll: Arizona No. 16; UCLA No. 20; and Cal No. 24.

Legend

		Improvement in ranking
		Drop in ranking
RV		Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll

		Pre/ Wk 1	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	Final
Arizona	AP	16	15	23	RV	RV	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
	C	16	16	23	RV	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
Arizona St	AP	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
California	AP	24	23	20	24	RV	RV	RV	NV	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	–
	C	24	22	18	23	RV	RV	RV	NV	NV	NV	RV	NV	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
Colorado	AP	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
Oregon	AP	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
Oregon St	AP	NV	NV	RV	NV	RV	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
Stanford	AP	NV	NV	NV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	–
	C	NV	NV	NV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
UCLA	AP	17	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	–
	C	20	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
USC	AP	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
Utah	AP	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
Washington	AP	RV	RV	RV	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	–
	C	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	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	–
	C	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV

Non-Conference games

Conference games

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	–	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	0–2
vs. Arizona St	1–1	–	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1
vs. California	1–0	0–1	–	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–1	1–0
vs. Colorado	1–1	0–2	1–1	–	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	0–2	0–1	0–1
vs. Oregon	0–1	0–1	2–0	1–1	–	1–1	0–2	0–1	0–1	0–2	1–1	0–2
vs. Oregon St	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	–	2–0	0–1	0–1	0–2	2–0	2–0
vs. Stanford	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	0–2	–	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–0	1–0
vs. UCLA	1–1	0–2	2–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	–	0–2	0–1	1–1	0–2
vs. USC	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	–	0–1	2–0	2–0
vs. Utah	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	–	1–0	0–1
vs. Washington	0–2	0–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–2	0–1	1–1	0–2	0–1	–	0–2
vs. Washington St	2–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–0	0–2	0–1	2–0	0–2	1–0	2–0	–
Total	12–6	6–12	13–5	11–7	13–5	7–11	10–8	11–7	1–17	3–15	14–4	7–11

Conference tournament

Main article: 2012 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament

• March 7–10, 2012 – Pac-12 Conference Basketball Tournament, Staples Center, Los Angeles, California.

	First round March 7, 2012					Quarterfinals March 8, 2012					Semifinals March 9, 2012					Championship Game March 10, 2012
						1	Washington	84
						9	Oregon State	86
	8	Washington State	64
	9	Oregon State	69
											9	Oregon State	61
											4	Arizona	72
						4	Arizona	66
						5	UCLA	58
	5	UCLA	55
	12	USC	40
																4	Arizona	51
																6	Colorado	53
						2	California	77
						7	Stanford	71
	7	Stanford	85
	10	Arizona State	65
											2	California	59
											6	Colorado	70
						3	Oregon	62
						6	Colorado	63
	6	Colorado	53
	11	Utah	41

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

Kevin O'Neill, USC

Larry Krystkowiak, Utah

Lorenzo Romar, Washington

Ken Bone, Washington State

Post season

NCAA tournament

• March 14, 2012 – California defeated by South Florida 65–54
• March 15, 2012 - Colorado 68, UNLV 64
• March 17, 2012 - Baylor 80, Colorado 63

NIT

• March 13, 2012 – Washington def. UT-Arlington 82–72
• March 14, 2012 – Arizona defeated by Bucknell 65–54
• March 13, 2012 – Oregon def. LSU 96–74
• March 13, 2012 – Stanford def. Cleveland State 76–65

CBI

• March 13, 2012 – Washington State def. San Francisco 89–75
• March 14, 2012 – Oregon State def. Western Illinois 80-59
• March 19, 2012 – Oregon State def. TCU 101-81
• March 19, 2012 – Washington State def. Wyoming 61-41
• March 21, 2012 - Washington State def. Oregon State 72-55
• March 26, 2012 - Washington State def. Pittsburgh 67-66
• March 28, 2012 - Pittsburgh def. Washington State 57-53
• March 30, 2012 - Pittsburgh def. Washington State 71-65

Highlights and notes

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. 14 – C. J. Wilcox, Washington
• Nov. 28 – Maurice Jones, USC
• Dec. 12 – Brock Motum, Washington State
• Dec. 26 – Solomon Hill, Arizona
• Jan. 9 – Carlon Brown, Colorado
• Jan. 23 – Faisal Aden, Washington State
• Feb. 6 – Kyle Fogg, Arizona
• Feb. 20 – Justin Cobbs, California
• March 5 – Lazeric Jones, UCLA
• Nov. 21 – Jared Cunningham, Oregon State
• Dec. 5 – Solomon Hill, Arizona
• Dec. 19 – Ahmad Starks, Oregon State
• Jan. 2 – Tony Wroten, Washington
• Jan. 16 – Terrence Ross, Washington
• Jan. 30 – Jared Cunningham, Oregon State
• Feb. 13 – E. J. Singler, Oregon
• Feb. 27 – Kyle Fogg, Arizona

All-Americans

All-Pac-12 teams

Voting was by conference coaches:

• Player of The Year: Jorge Gutierrez, California
• Freshman of The Year: Tony Wroten, Washington
• Defensive Player of The Year: Jorge Gutierrez, California
• Most Improved Player of The Year: Brock Motum, Washington State
• John R. Wooden Coach of the Year: Lorenzo Romar, Washington

FIRST TEAM:

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

Name	School	Pos.	Year	Ht., Wt.	Hometown (Prev. School)
Allen Crabbe	CAL	G	So.	6-6, 205	Los Angeles, Calif. (Price HS)
Jared Cunningham	OSU	G	Jr.	6-4, 182	Oakland, Calif. (San Leandro HS)
Kyle Fogg	ARIZ	G	Sr.	6-3, 190	Brea, Calif. (Brea Olinda HS)
Jorge Gutierrez	CAL	G	Sr.	6-3, 195	Chihuahua, Mexico (Findlay College Prep, Nev.)
Solomon Hill	ARIZ	F	Jr.	6-6, 226	Los Angeles, Calif. (Fairfax HS)
Devoe Joseph	ORE	G	Sr.	6-4, 180	Pickering, Ont., Canada (Minnesota)
Brock Motum	WSU	F	Jr.	6-10, 230	Brisbane, Aus. (Australia Institute of Sport)
André Roberson	COLO	F	So.	6-7, 210	San Antonio, Texas (Wagner HS)
Terrence Ross	WASH	G	So.	6-6, 195	Portland, Ore. (Jefferson HS)
Tony Wroten	WASH	G	Fr.	6-4, 205	Seattle, Wash. (Garfield HS)

All-Academic

First Team:

Player, School	Year	GPA	Major

Second Team:

Player, School	Year	GPA	Major

USBWA All-District team