2023 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament

The 2023 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament was a postseason men's basketball tournament for the Pac-12 Conference held March 8–11, 2023, at T-Mobile Arena on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. The tournament winner of the conference tournament, Arizona, received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

Seeds

The bracket will be set in March 2023. All 12 schools are scheduled to participate in the tournament. The seedings will be determined upon completion of regular season play. 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: Results of head-to-head competition during the regular season. 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. Won-lost percentage against all Division I opponents. Coin toss conducted by the Commissioner or designee. For multiple-team tie: Results (won-lost percentage) of collective head-to-head competition during the regular season among the tied teams. 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. Won-lost percentage against all Division I opponents. Coin toss conducted by the Commissioner or designee.

Seed School Conference Overall Tiebreak 1 Tiebreak 2 Tiebreak 3 1 UCLA†# 18–2 27–4 – – – 2 Arizona# 14–6 25–6 2–0 vs. USC – – 3 USC# 14–6 22–9 0–2 vs. Arizona – – 4 Oregon# 12–8 18–13 – – – 5 Washington State 11–9 16–15 1–1 vs. Arizona State 0–2 vs. UCLA 2–2 vs. Arizona/USC 6 Arizona State 11–9 20–11 1–1 vs. Washington State 0–2 vs. UCLA 1–3 vs. Arizona/USC 7 Utah 10–10 17–14 – – – 8 Washington 8–12 16–15 2–0 vs. Colorado – – 9 Colorado 8–12 16–15 0–2 vs. Washington – – 10 Stanford 7–13 13–18 – – – 11 Oregon State 5–15 11–20 – – – 12 California 2–18 3–28 – – –† – 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 8112:00 p.m.No. 8 Washington vs. No. 9 Colorado 68−74Pac-12 Network 7,46922:30 p.m.No. 5 Washington State vs. No. 12 California69−5236:00 p.m.No. 7 Utah vs. No. 10 Stanford 62−73 8,81048:30 p.m.No. 6 Arizona State vs. No. 11 Oregon State63−57 Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 9512:00 p.m.No. 1 UCLA vs. No. 9 Colorado80−69Pac-12 Network 10,40662:30 p.m.No. 4 Oregon vs. No. 5 Washington State75−7076:00 p.m.No. 2 Arizona vs. No. 10 Stanford95−84 11,22688:30 p.m.No. 3 USC vs. No. 6 Arizona State72−77ESPN Semifinals – Friday, March 1096:00 p.m.No. 1 UCLA vs. No. 4 Oregon75−56Pac-12 Network 13,788108:30 p.m.No. 2 Arizona vs. No. 6 Arizona State78−59ESPN Championship – Saturday, March 11117:30 p.m.No. 1 UCLA vs. No. 2 Arizona59−61ESPN14,022 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 2023 class of the Pac-12 Hall of Honor will be honored on March 3 during the 2023 Women's Tournament during a ceremony prior to the tournament semifinals. The 2023 class will be the first ever all-female class inducted into the Hall of Honor in recognition of the 50th anniversary of the passage of Title IX. The class includes:

Susie Parra (Arizona Softball) Jackie Johnson-Powell (Arizona State Women's Track & Field) Dr. Luella Lilly (California Athletic Director) Ceal Barry (Colorado Women's Basketball Coach & Administrator) Janie Takeda Reed (Oregon Softball) Dr. Mary Budke (Oregon State Women's Golf) Jessica Mendoza (Stanford Softball) Natalie Williams (UCLA Women's Basketball & Volleyball) Barbara Hallquist DeGroot (USC Women's Tennis) Kim Gaucher (Utah Women's Basketball) Danielle Lawrie (Washington Softball) Sarah Silvernail (Washington State Women's Volleyball)

Team and tournament leaders Source: Team Points Rebounds Assists StealsBlocksMinutesArizona Ąžuolas Tubelis 56 Ąžuolas Tubelis 31 Pelle Larsson 13 Cedric Henderson Jr. 6 Oumar Ballo 5 Ąžuolas Tubelis 105Arizona State Desmond Cambridge Jr. 48 Warren Washington 23 Frankie Collins 14 Desmond Cambridge 9 Warren Washington 3 DJ Horne 99California Monty Bowser 19 Joel Brown 6 Joel Brown 4 Joel Brown 2 3 tied 1 2 tied 35Colorado 2 tied 35 Luke O'Brien 17 Julian Hammond III 8 Luke O'Brien 3 2 tied 1 Julian Hammond III 70Oregon Keeshawn Barthelemy 25 N’Faly Dante 21 Will Richardson 7 2 tied 2 Kel’el Ware 4 Will Richardson 67Oregon State Glenn Taylor 17 2 tied 7 Michael Rataj 5 2 tied 3 — ― 2 tied 37Stanford Brandon Angel 35 Brandon Angel 19 Michael O’Connell 8 2 tied 3 Max Murrell 5 Brandon Angel 67UCLA Tyger Campbell 62 Jaime Jaquez Jr. 29 Tyger Campbell 15 Tyger Campbell 4 Adem Bona 5 Jaime Jaquez Jr. 110USC 2 tied 16 Joshua Morgan 10 Boogie Ellis 4 3 tied 2 Joshua Morgan 1 Drew Peterson 38Utah Branden Carlson 27 Branden Carlson 10 Lazar Stefanovic 4 Rollie Worster 1 Keba Keita 1 2 tied 32Washington Cole Bajema 16 Jamal Bey 7 Keyon Menifield 6 Keion Brooks Jr. 3 2 tied 1 Keyon Menifield 37Washington State TJ Bamba 36 DJ Rodman 15 TJ Bamba 7 2 tied 2 Mouhamed Gueye 3 TJ Bamba 70

All-Tournament Team Name Pos. Height Weight Year TeamĄžuolas Tubelis Power forward 6–11245 JuniorArizona Oumar BalloCenter 7−0 260 RS-JuniorArizona Jaime Jaquez Jr. Small forward6−7225SeniorUCLA Tyger Campbell Point guard 5−11180SeniorUCLA Amari BaileyShooting guard 6−5 185FreshmanUCLA Desmond Cambridge Jr.Shooting guard 6−4 180Graduate SeniorArizona State

Most Outstanding Player Name Pos. Height Weight Year TeamĄžuolas Tubelis PF 6–11245 JuniorArizona

Tournament notes

The following teams at the start of the tournament, No. 2 UCLA & No. 8 Arizona were ranked in the top 25. The following were extended invitations to the 2023 NCAA tournament: Arizona, Arizona State, UCLA & USC. The following teams were extended invitations to the 2023 National Invitation Tournament: Colorado, Oregon & Washington State

See also

2023 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball tournament

References