2015–16 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season

2015–16 Pac-12 men's basketball season
League NCAA Division I
Sport Basketball
Number of teams 12
TV partner(s) ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, Fox Sports 1, FOX, Pac-12 Network
Regular Season
Season champions Oregon
Runners-up Utah
Season MVP Jakob Poeltl
Tournament
Champions Oregon
  Runners-up Utah
Tournament MVP Elgin Cook
2015–16 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#5 Oregon † 14 – 4   .778     31 – 7   .816
#13 Utah 13 – 5   .722     27 – 9   .750
#17 Arizona 12 – 6   .667     25 – 9   .735
#23 California 12 – 6   .667     23 – 11   .676
Colorado 10 – 8   .556     22 – 12   .647
USC 9 – 9   .500     21 – 13   .618
Oregon State 9 – 9   .500     19 – 13   .594
Washington 9 – 9   .500     19 – 15   .559
Stanford 8 – 10   .444     15 – 15   .500
UCLA 6 – 12   .333     15 – 17   .469
Arizona State 5 – 13   .278     15 – 17   .469
Washington State 1 – 17   .056     9 – 22   .290
† 2016 Pac-12 Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015–16 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season begins with practices in October 2015 and ends with the 2016 Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament in March 2016 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Paradise, Nevada. The regular season begins on the first weekend of November 2015, with the conference schedule starting in December 2015.

This is the fifth season under the Pac-12 Conference name and the 57th since the conference was established under its current charter as the Athletic Association of Western Universities in 1959. Including the history of the Pacific Coast Conference, which operated from 1915 to 1959 and is considered by the Pac-12 as a part of its own history, this is the Pac-12's 101st season of men's basketball.

Pre-season

Men’s Basketball Media Preseason Poll
Place Team Points First place votes
1. Arizona 406 (18)
2. California 378 (9)
3. Utah 360 (7)
4. Oregon 338 (1)
5. UCLA 304 (1)
6. Oregon State 235 ---
7. Colorado 188 ---
8. Arizona State 165 ---
9. Stanford 145 ---
10. USC 111 ---
11. Washington 96 ---
12. Washington State 65 ---

() first place votes

Recruiting classes

Pac-12 recruits at the 2015 McDonald's All-American Boys Game
Jaylen Brown, Cal
Ivan Rabb, Cal
Allonzo Trier, Arizona
Rankings
Team ESPN[1] Rivals[2] Scout[3] 247 Sports[4] Signees
Arizona #4 #3 #4 #4 4
Arizona State - - - - 2
California #5 #7 #3 #7 4
Colorado - - - - 2
Oregon #22 #15 - #22 4
Oregon State #19 #23 #24 #23 6
Stanford - #29 - - 3
UCLA #25 #24 #17 #21 4
USC #30 #30 #22 #28 2
Utah - - - - 2
Washington #12 #10 #6 #16 8
Washington State - - - - 4

Rankings

The Pac-12 had 4 teams ranked and 3 others receiving votes in the preseason Coaches' Poll. It had four teams ranked in the preseason AP Poll and one other receiving votes.

Legend
    Improvement in ranking
  Drop in ranking
RV Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25
NV No votes received
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19 		Final
Arizona AP 12 12 11 19 13 13 8 8 6 18 12 18 23 17 12 9 18 15 16 16
C 10 10 10 14 12 12 8 7 7 16 11 15 20 14 12 10 16 14 17 22
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Oregon AP RV 25 21 15 24 RV RV RV RV RV RV 23 16 11 16 13 9 8 5 5
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Utah AP 16 16 RV RV 25 RV 24 21 RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 22 13 12 13 13
C 16 16 RV RV 24 RV RV 22 RV RV NV RV RV RV RV 23 13 12 14 20
Washington AP NV RV RV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV RV NV NV NV NV NV NV
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Pac-12 Regular Season

Conference Schedule

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 – 0–21–11–01–00–10–21–11–11–00–20–2
vs. Arizona State 2–0 – 2–01–01–00–11–12–01–11–02–00–2
vs. California 1–10–2 – 0–11–10–00–00–00–00–10–00–1
vs. Colorado 0–10–11–0 – 1–10–00–10–00–00–00–00–2
vs. Oregon 0–10–11–11–1 – 1–11–10–20–20–20–10–1
vs. Oregon State 1–01–00–00–01–1 – 1–00–00–00–00–00–0
vs. Stanford 2–01–10–01–01–10–1 – 0–00–00–10–00–1
vs. UCLA 1–10–20–00–02–00–00–0 – 0–00–01–01–1
vs. USC 1–11–10–00–02–00–00–00–0 – 0–01–00–2
vs. Utah 0–10–11–00–02–00–01–00–00–0 – 0–00–2
vs. Washington 2–00–20–00–01–00–00–00–10–10–0 – 0–1
vs. Washington State 2–02–00–00–01–00–00–00–11–00–00–0 –
Total 12–6 5–13 2–1 1–1 14–4 1–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 0–2 2–0 1–15

Head Coaches

Note: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season. Overall and Pac-12 records are from time at current school.

Team Head coach Previous job Seasons at school Overall record Pac-12 record NCAA Tournaments NCAA Final Fours NCAA Championships
Arizona Sean Miller Xavier 8th 188–61 (.755) 91–35 (.722) 9 0 0
Arizona State Bobby Hurley Buffalo 2nd 15–17 (.469) 5–13 (.278) 1 0 0
California Cuonzo Martin Tennessee 3rd 41–25 (.621) 19–17 (.528) 2 0 0
Colorado Tad Boyle Northern Colorado 7th 130–79 (.622) 56–50 (.528) 4 0 0
Oregon Dana Altman Creighton 7th 154–64 (.706) 69–39 (.639) 11 0 0
Oregon State Wayne Tinkle Montana 3rd 36–27 (.571) 17–19 (.472) 4 0 0
Stanford Jerod Haase UAB 1st 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0 0 0
UCLA Steve Alford New Mexico 4th 64–37 (.634) 28–22 (.560) 9 0 0
USC Andy Enfield Florida Gulf Coast 4th 44–54 (.449) 13–36 (.265) 2 0 0
Utah Larry Krystkowiak Montana 6th 95–73 (.565) 42–47 (.472) 4 0 0
Washington Lorenzo Romar Saint Louis 15th 288–171 (.627) 141–111 (.560) 7 0 0
Washington State Ernie Kent Oregon 3rd 22–30 (.423) 8–28 (.222) 6 0 0

Post season

Pac-12 Tournament

The conference tournament is scheduled for Wednesday–Saturday March, 9-12, 2016 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena located in Paradise, Nevada. The top four teams had a bye on the first day, March 9, 2016. Teams were seeded by conference record, with ties broken by record between the tied teams followed by record against the regular-season champion, if necessary.

  First round
Wednesday March 9		 Quarterfinals
Thursday March 10		 Semifinals
Friday March 11		 Championship
Saturday March 12
                                     
        
  1  Oregon 83  
    8  Washington 77  
8  Washington 91
9  Stanford 68  
  1  Oregon 95*  
  4  Arizona 89  
        
        
  4  Arizona 82
    5  Colorado 78  
5  Colorado 80
12  Washington State 56  
  1  Oregon 88
  2  Utah 57
        
        
  2  Utah 80
    7  USC 72  
7  USC 95
10  UCLA 71  
  2  Utah 82*
  3  California 78  
        
        
  3  California 76
    6  Oregon State 68  
6  Oregon State 75
11  Arizona State 66  

* denotes each overtime period played

NCAA Tournament

Seed Region School First Round Second Round Sweet 16 Elite Eight Final Four Championship
1 West Oregon #16 Holy Cross, W 91–52 #8 Saint Joseph's, W 69–64 #4 Duke, W 82–68 #2 Oklahoma, L 68–80
3 Midwest Utah #14 Fresno State, W 80–69 #11 Gonzaga, L 59–82
4 South California #13 Hawaii, L 66–77
6 South Arizona #11 Wichita State, L 55–65
7 West Oregon State #10 VCU, L 67–75
8 South Colorado #9 Connecticut, L 67–74
8 East USC #9 Providence, L 69–70
7 Bids W-L (%): 2–5 .286 1–1 .500 1–0 1.000 0–1 .000 0–0 – TOTAL: 4–7 .364

National Invitation Tournament

Seed Bracket School First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
3 South Carolina Washington vs. Long Beach State, W 107–102 at San Diego State, L78–93
1 Bid W-L (%): 1–0 1.000 0–1 .000 0–0 – 0–0 – TOTAL: 1–1 .500
Index to colors and formatting
Pac-12 member won
Pac-12 member lost

Awards and honors

All-Pac-12 Tournament Teams

First Team Second Team

Player of the Week

Source[5]

  • Nov. 16: Tyrone Wallace, Sr., California
  • Nov. 23: Jakob Poeltl, So., Utah
  • Nov. 30: Andrew Andrews, Sr., Washington
  • Dec. 7: Thomas Welsh, So., UCLA
  • Dec. 14: Allonzo Trier, Fr., Arizona
  • Dec. 21: Jakob Poeltl, So., Utah (2)
  • Dec. 28: Josh Hawkinson, Jr., Washington State
  • Jan. 4: Andrew Andrews, Sr., Washington (2)
  • Jan. 11: Bryce Alford, Jr., UCLA
  • Jan. 18: Josh Scott, Sr., Coloroado
  • Jan. 25: Jakob Poeltl, So., Utah (3)
  • Feb. 1: Dillon Brooks, So., Oregon
  • Feb. 8: Ryan Anderson, RS Sr., Arizona
  • Feb. 15: Jabari Bird, Jr., California
  • Feb. 22: Jakob Poeltl, So., Utah (4)
  • Feb. 29: Josh Scott, Sr., Colorado (2)
  • Mar. 7: Gabe York, Sr., Arizona

All-Americans

AP

First Team Second Team

 USBWA

First Team Second Team

District VIII: Player of the Year District VIII: All-District Team District IX: All-District Team

 NABC

First Team Second Team

 Sporting News

First Team Second Team

Conference awards

Voting was by conference coaches.

Individual awards

2016 Pac-12 Men's Basketball Individual Awards
Award Recipient(s)
Player of The Year Jakob Pöltl, So., Utah
Coach of the Year Dana Altman, Oregon
Defensive Player of The Year Gary Payton II, Sr., Oregon State
Freshman of The Year Jaylen Brown, Fr., California
Scholar-Athlete of the Year Brandon Taylor, Sr., Utah
Most Improved Player of The Year George King, So., Colorado

First Team

Name School Pos. Yr. Ht., Wt. Hometown (Last School)
Rosco AllenStanfordFSr.6-9, 220Duapest, Hungary (Bishop Gorman HS)
Ryan AndersonArizonaFSr.6-9, 235Long Beach, Calif. (Boston College)
Andrew AndrewsWashingtonGSr.6-2, 200Portland, Ore. (Benson Tech HS)
Dillon BrooksOregonFSo.6-7, 225Mississauga, Ont. (Findlay Prep)
Jaylen BrownCaliforniaFFr.6-7, 225Atlanta, Ga. (Wheeler HS)
Elgin CookOregonFSr.6-6, 205Milwaukee, Wis. (Northwest Florida State)
Julian JacobsUSCGJr.6-4, 180Las Vegas, Nev. (Desert Pines HS)
Gary Payton IIOregon StateGSr.6-3, 190Seattle, Wash. (Salt Lake CC)
Jakob Poeltl UtahFSo.7-0, 248Vienna, Austria (Arkadia Traiskirchen)
Josh ScottColoradoFSr.6-10, 245Monument, Colo. (Lewis-Palmer HS)

Second Team

Name School Pos. Yr. Ht., Wt.
Isaac HamiltonUCLAGJr.6-5, 185
Dejounte MurrayWashingtonGFr.6-4, 170
Ivan RabbCaliforniaFFr.6-11, 220
Kaleb TarczewskiArizonaCSr.7-0, 250
Gabe YorkArizonaGSr.6-3, 190

Pac-12 All-Freshman Team

Name School Pos. Ht., Wt.
Jaylen BrownCaliforniaF6-7, 225
Tyler DorseyOregonG6-4, 180
Dejounte MurrayWashingtonG6-4, 170
Ivan RabbCaliforniaF6-11, 220
Allonzo TrierArizonaG6-6, 210

Pac-12 All-Defensive Team

Name School Pos. Yr. Ht., Wt.
Chris BoucherOregonFSr.6-10, 190
Gary Payton IIOregon StateGSr.6-3, 190
Josh ScottColoradoFSr.6-10, 245
Brandon TaylorUtahGSr.5-10, 170
Kaleb TarczewskiArizonaCSr.7-0, 250

References

  1. ↑ "2015 Basketball Class Rankings". ESPN.Go.com. ESPN. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  2. ↑ "Yahoo Sports: Rivals.com 2015 Team Recruiting Rankings". Sports.yahoo.com. 2011-04-20. Retrieved 2015-04-04.
  3. ↑ "2015". Archived from the original on 2015-03-13.
  4. ↑ "2015 Basketball Recruiting Team Rankings". 247sports.com. Retrieved 2015-04-04.
  5. ↑ "Player of the Week". Pac-12.com. Pac-12 Conference. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
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