2015 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament explained

Year:	2015
Conference:	Pac-12 Conference
Division:	I
Gender:	Men's
Teams:	12
Arena:	MGM Grand Garden Arena
City:	Paradise, Nevada
Champions:	Arizona
Titlecount:	5th
Coach:	Sean Miller
Coachcount:	1st
Mvp:	Brandon Ashley
Mvpteam:	Arizona
Attendance:	70,563 (total) 12,916 (championship game)
Television:	Pac-12 Network, ESPN

The 2015 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Pac-12 during the 2014–15 season. It was played on March 11–14, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Paradise, Nevada. The champion received an automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA tournament.

Seeds

Seed	School	Conference	Overall	Tiebreaker
1	Arizona^†#	16–2	28–3
2	Oregon	13–5	23–8	1–0 vs. Utah
3	Utah	13–5	23–7	0–1 vs. Oregon
4	UCLA	11–7	19–12
5	Arizona State	9–9	17–14	1–1 vs. Stanford 1–1 vs. Arizona
6	Stanford	9–9	18–12	1–1 vs. ASU 0–2 vs. Arizona
7	Oregon State	8–10	17–13
8	California	7–11	17–14	2–1 vs. WSU & Colorado
9	Washington State	7–11	13–17	2–2 vs. Cal & Colorado 1–1 vs. Colorado 0–1 vs. Arizona 1–3 vs. Oregon & Utah
10	Colorado	7–11	14–16	1–2 vs. Cal & WSU 1–1 vs. WSU 0–2 vs. Arizona 0–3 vs. Oregon & Utah
11	Washington	5–13	16–14
12	USC	3–15	11–19
† – Pac-12 regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed. # – Received a first round bye in the conference tournament. Overall records include all games played in the Pac-12 Tournament.

Teams seeded by conference record, with ties broken by record between the tied teams followed by record against the regular-season champion, if necessary.

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Final score	Television	Attendance
First round – Wednesday, March 11
1	1	12:00 pm	8 California vs. #9 Washington State	84–59	Pac-12 Network	9,024^[1]
2	2:30 pm	5 Arizona State vs. #12 USC	64–67
2	3	6:00 pm	7 Oregon State vs. #10 Colorado	71–78		9,875^[2]
4	8:30 pm	6 Stanford vs. #11 Washington	71–69
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 12
3	5	12:00 pm	1 Arizona vs. #8 California	73–51	Pac-12 Network	12,916^[3]
6	2:30 pm	4 UCLA vs. #12 USC	96–70
4	7	6:00 pm	2 Oregon vs. #10 Colorado	93–85		12,916^[4]
8	8:30 pm	3 Utah vs. #6 Stanford	80–56	ESPN
Semifinals – Friday, March 13
5	9	6:00 pm	1 Arizona vs. #4 UCLA	70–64	Pac-12 Network	12,916^[5]
10	8:30 pm	2 Oregon vs. #3 Utah	67–64	ESPN
Championship – Saturday, March 14
6	11	8:00 pm	1 Arizona vs. #2 Oregon	80–52	ESPN	12,916^[6]
Game times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

Game statistics

Championship game

Tournament notes

• For the first time since the conference expanded to 12 teams, the #12 seed (USC) won a game.
• Arizona's 28-point win (80-52) was the largest margin of victory in the conference championship game.^[7]
• Arizona won its fifth Pac Tournament, the first university to do so. The Wildcats have the most conference tournament championships.
• Arizona was the sixth school in the past seven years to win this tournament.^[7]

All-tournament team

• Brandon Ashley, Arizona
• Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, Arizona
• Stanley Johnson, Arizona
• T. J. McConnell, Arizona
• Delon Wright, Utah
• Joe Young, Oregon

Most outstanding player

• Brandon Ashley, Arizona

Hall of Honor inductees

See main article: Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Hall of Honor.

• Fred Snowden (Arizona head coach)^[8]
• Ron Riley (Arizona State)
• Sean Lampley (California)
• Jim Davis (Colorado)
• Anthony Taylor (Oregon)
• Jim Jarvis (Oregon State)
• Casey Jacobsen (Stanford)
• Dave Meyers (UCLA)
• Alex Hannum (USC)
• Danny Vranes (Utah)
• Jon Brockman (Washington)
• Bennie Seltzer (Washington State)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Final stats. https://web.archive.org/web/20150314155020/http://pac-12.com/article/2015/03/11/pac-12-mens-basketball-tournament-postgame-notes-usc-arizona-state. dead. March 14, 2015. Pac-12.com. Pac-12 Conference. 11 March 2015.
2. Web site: Final stats. https://web.archive.org/web/20150314155022/http://pac-12.com/article/2015/03/11/pac-12-mens-basketball-tournament-postgame-notes-washington-stanford. dead. March 14, 2015. Pac-12.com. Pac-12 Conference. 11 March 2015.
3. Web site: Final stats. https://archive.today/20150313072159/http://pac-12.com/article/2015/03/12/pac-12-mens-basketball-tournament-postgame-notes-usc-ucla. dead. March 13, 2015. Pac-12.com. Pac-12 Conference. 12 March 2015.
4. Web site: Final stats. https://web.archive.org/web/20150314155044/http://pac-12.com/article/2015/03/12/pac-12-mens-basketball-tournament-postgame-notes-stanford-utah. dead. March 14, 2015. Pac-12.com. Pac-12 Conference. 12 March 2015.
5. Web site: Final stats. https://web.archive.org/web/20150316044052/http://pac-12.com/article/2015/03/13/pac-12-mens-basketball-tournament-postgame-notes-utah-oregon. dead. March 16, 2015. Pac-12.com. Pac-12 Conference. 13 March 2015.
6. Web site: Final stats. https://web.archive.org/web/20150316185354/http://pac-12.com/article/2015/03/14/pac-12-tournament-postgame-notes-oregon-arizona. dead. March 16, 2015. Pac-12.com. Pac-12 Conference. 14 March 2015.
7. Web site: Post Game Notes . pac-12.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20150626222056/http://static.pac-12.com/sports/basketball-m/pdf/2014-15/MBBT/G11%20Notes.pdf . June 26, 2015 . live .
8. https://web.archive.org/web/20150118043716/http://pac-12.com/2015-hall-honor Pac-12 Basketball Hall of Honor to Induct 2014-15 Class