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

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
Tournament
Champions Colorado
  Runners-up Arizona
Tournament MVP Carlon Brown, Colorado
2011–12 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball standings
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
2012 Pac-12 Tournament winner
As of March 8, 2012; Rankings from AP Poll

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.

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

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

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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

  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

NIT

CBI

Highlights and notes

Awards and honors

Player-of-the-Week

  • 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

All Pac-12 teams

Voting was by conference coaches:

FIRST TEAM:

Name School Pos. Year Ht., Wt. Hometown (Prev. School)
Allen CrabbeCAL 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 CALG Sr.6-3, 195 Chihuahua, Mexico (Findlay College Prep, Nev.)
Solomon HillARIZ F Jr.6-6, 226 Los Angeles, Calif. (Fairfax HS)
Devoe JosephOREG Sr. 6-4, 180 Pickering, Ont., Canada (Minnesota)
Brock MotumWSU FJr. 6-10, 230 Brisbane, Aus. (Australia Institute of Sport)
André Roberson COLO F So. 6-7, 210 San Antonio, Texas (Wagner HS)
Terrence Ross WASHG So. 6-6, 195 Portland, Ore. (Jefferson HS)
Tony Wroten WASH G Fr. 6-4, 205Seattle, Wash. (Garfield HS)

All-Academic

First Team:

Player, School Year GPA Major

Second Team:

Player, School Year GPA Major

References

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