2013 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament explained

Year:	2013
Conference:	Pac-12 Conference
Division:	I
Gender:	Men's
Arena:	MGM Grand Garden Arena
City:	Paradise, Nevada
Champions:	Oregon
Titlecount:	3rd
Coach:	Dana Altman
Coachcount:	1st
Attendance:	63,750 (total) 11,101 (championship game) ^[1]
Television:	Pac-12 Network, ESPN, ESPNU

The 2013 Pacific Life Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament was played March 13–16 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Paradise, Nevada.^[2] The UCLA Bruins, regular season champions, were named as the No. 1 seed team. Oregon won the tournament and received an automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA tournament. Oregon defeated UCLA for the tournament championship.

Seeds

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.

Seed	School	Conf (Overall)	Tiebreaker
1	21 UCLA	13-5 (23-8)
2		12-6 (20-10)	3-0 vs OREG, ARIZ
3		12-6 (23-8)	1-2 vs ARIZ, CAL
4	18 Arizona	12-6 (24-6)	0-2 vs OREG, CAL
5	Colorado	10-8 (20-10)
6	Washington	9-9 (17-14)	4-1 vs USC, STAN, ASU
7	USC	9-9 (14-17)	4-2 vs WASH, ASU, STAN
8	Stanford	9-9 (18-13)	1-3 vs ASU, USC, WASH
9	Arizona State	9-9 (20-11)	1-4 vs STAN, USC, WASH
10	Utah	5-13 (13-17)
11	Washington State	4-14 (13-18)	1-1 vs OSU, 1-1 vs UCLA
12	Oregon State	4-14 (14-17)	1-1 vs WSU, 0-1 vs UCLA

Schedule

The top four seeds received a first-round bye.

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Final Score	Television	Attendance
First Round – Wednesday, March 13
1		12:00 PM	8 Stanford vs. #9 Arizona State	88–89^OT	Pac-12 Network	7,451
	2:30 PM	5 Colorado vs. #12 Oregon State	74–68	Pac-12 Network
2		6:00 PM	7 USC vs. #10 Utah	66–69	Pac-12 Network	8,566
	8:30 PM	6 Washington vs. #11 Washington State	64–62	Pac-12 Network
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 14
3		12:00 PM	1 UCLA vs. #9 Arizona State	80–75	Pac-12 Network	12,915
	2:30 PM	4 Arizona vs. #5 Colorado	79–69	Pac-12 Network
4		6:00 PM	2 California vs. #10 Utah	69–79^OT	Pac-12 Network	10,566
	8:30 PM	3 Oregon vs. #6 Washington	80–77^OT	ESPNU
Semifinals – Friday, March 15
5		6:00 PM	1 UCLA vs. #4 Arizona	66–64	Pac-12 Network	13,151
	8:30 PM	10 Utah vs. #3 Oregon	45–64	ESPN
Championship Game – Saturday, March 16
		8:10 PM	1 UCLA vs. #3 Oregon	69–78	ESPN
Game Times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed^[3]

Bracket

Tournament notes

For the first time, the tournament was held in a city and state outside of the conference school locations. Previous title games were held in Arizona or California.
Stanford set a Pac-12 Tournament record for fewest free-throws attempted (1) and tied the record for fewest makes (1) in an 89-88 overtime loss to Arizona State.
Utah had only 15 pts. in the 1st half vs. Oregon (with 29), setting a tournament record for fewest points in a half.
Josh Huestis of Stanford had 6 blocked shots in a game vs. Arizona State. This set a tournament record which stands today.
Five teams were invited to the 2013 NCAA men's basketball tournament: Oregon, UCLA, Arizona, Colorado, and California.^[4]

All-Tournament Team

Jahii Carson (Arizona State)
Jordan Adams (UCLA)
Larry Drew II (UCLA)
Arsalan Kazemi (Oregon)
Damyean Dotson (Oregon)
Johnathan Loyd (Oregon)

Most Outstanding Player

Johnathan Loyd (Oregon)

Hall of Honor inductees

See main article: Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Hall of Honor. Induction for the Hall of Honor on March 16, 2013 were: Jason Gardner (Arizona), Dennis Hamilton (Arizona State), Shareef Abdur-Rahim (California), Cliff Meely (Colorado), Chuck Rask (Oregon), Charlie Sitton (Oregon State), Ron Tomsic (Stanford), Lucius Allen (UCLA), Forrest Twogood (USC), Keith Van Horn (Utah), Nate Robinson (Washington) and Jim Keen (Washington State).^[5]

Notes and References

http://www.wildcat.arizona.edu/article/2013/03/pac-12-tournament-happens-vegas-stays-031813 "Pac-12 Tournament happens-Vegas stays"
Web site: 2013 Pac-12 men's basketball tournament. Pac-12. 4 March 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130305041529/http://championships.pac-12.com/mens-basketball/. 5 March 2013. dead. dmy-all.
Web site: Pac-12 announces 2012-13 men's basketball TV schedule. https://archive.today/20130130230545/http://pac-12.com/Sports/BasketballM/Article/tabid/247/Article/200071/Title/Pac-12-announces-2012-13-men-s-basketball-TV-schedule.aspx. dead. January 30, 2013. xos digital. 21 September 2012.
2013-14 Pac-12 Men’s Basketball Media Guide
Web site: Pac-12 Basketball Hall of Honor to induct 2012-13 class . January 31, 2013 . pac-12.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20160127204539/http://pac-12.com/Sports/BasketballM/Article/tabid/247/Article/200683/Title/Pac-12-Basketball-Hall-of-Honor-to-induct-2012-13-class.aspx . January 27, 2016 . dead .