2016–17 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season

The 2016–17 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season begins with practices in October 2016 and ends with the 2017 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament in March 2017 at the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada. The regular season begins on the first weekend of November 11, 2016 with Arizona-Michigan State, with the conference schedule starting in the last week of December 28, 2016 with UCLA-Oregon.

2016–17 Pac-12 men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams12
TV partner(s)ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, Fox Sports 1, FOX, Pac-12 Network, CBS
Regular Season
Season championsOregon
Arizona
  Runners-upUCLA
Season MVPDillon Brooks, Oregon
Top scorerMarkelle Fultz, Washington
Tournament
ChampionsArizona
  Runners-upOregon
Finals MVPAllonzo Trier, Arizona
2016–17 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 9 Oregon16–2 .88933–6  .846
No. 4 Arizona †16–2 .88932–5  .865
No. 8 UCLA15–3 .83331–5  .861
Utah11–7 .61120–12  .625
California10–8 .55621–13  .618
USC10–8 .55626–10  .722
Colorado8–10 .44419–15  .559
Arizona State7–11 .38915–18  .455
Stanford6–12 .33314–17  .452
Washington State6–12 .33313–18  .419
Washington2–16 .1119–22  .290
Oregon State1–17 .0565–27  .156
† Pac-12 Tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

This is the sixth season under the Pac-12 Conference name and the 58th 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 102nd season of men's basketball.

Preseason
Pac-12 recruits at the 2016 McDonald's All-American Boys Game
Lonzo Ball, UCLA
T. J. Leaf, UCLA
Markelle Fultz, Washington
Kobi Simmons, Arizona
  • October 21, 2016 – Pac-12 men's basketball media day, Pac-12 Networks Studios, San Francisco, Calif.
Men’s basketball media preseason poll
Place Team Points First place votes
1.Oregon320(23)
2.Arizona298(4)
3.UCLA259---
4.California209---
5.Colorado199---
6.Washington167---
7.USC163---
8.Utah142---
9.Oregon State122---
10.Stanford119---
11.Arizona State78---
12.Washington State30---

() first place votes

Recruiting classes
Rankings
Team ESPN Rivals Scout 247Sports Signees
Arizona#7#3#7#53
Arizona State#16#21#23#264
California----1
Colorado----4
Oregon#37#12#17#203
Oregon State----2
Stanford----2
UCLA#5#5#4#63
USC#31---4
Utah---#292
Washington#32#26#18#223
Washington State----4

Rankings
Main article: 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball 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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Arizona AP 10 10 8 16 20 19 18 18 17 16 14 7 5 9 5 4 7 7 4 NA
C 11 9 9 15 20 19 18 18 17 16 13 9 5 10 6 4 8 7 4 7
Arizona State AP NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NA
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California AP RV 25 RV RV RV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV RV NV NV NV NV NV NA
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Colorado AP RV RV RV RV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NA
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Oregon AP 5 4 13 23 24 22 20 21 15 13 11 10 13 5 7 6 6 5 9 NA
C 5 4 12 20 24 22 21 21 14 11 10 10 13 6 8 7 6 5 9 3
Oregon State AP NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NA
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Stanford AP NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NA
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UCLA AP 16 16 14 11 2 2 2 2 4 4 3 8 11 10 6 5 3 3 8 NA
C 20 16 13 9 2 2 2 2 5 4 3 7 8 9 5 5 2 3 6 9
USC AP NV NV NV RV RV 24 23 22 25 25 RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV NA
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Utah AP NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV RV RV NV NV NV NV NV NV NA
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Washington AP RV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NA
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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 –0–20–20–11–00–10–21–10–20–10–20–2
vs. Arizona State 2–0–2–00–11–00–10–22–01–11–00–22–0
vs. California 2–00–2–1–12–00–21–11–00–11–10–10–1
vs. Colorado 1–01–01–1–1–10–20–21–01–02–01–11–1
vs. Oregon 0–10–10–21–1–0–20–21–10–20–20–10–1
vs. Oregon State 1–01–02–02–02–0–2–02–02–01–11–01–0
vs. Stanford 2–02–01–12–02–00–2–1–01–01–10–10–1
vs. UCLA 1–10–20–10–11–10–20–1–1–10–10–20–2
vs. USC 2–01–11–00–12–00–20–11–1–1–00–20–2
vs. Utah 1–00–11–10–22–01–11–11–00–1–0–20–2
vs. Washington 2–02–01–01–11–00–11–02–02–02–0–2–0
vs. Washington State 2–00–21–01–11–00–11–02–02–02–00–2–
Total 16–27–1110–88–1016–21–176–1215–310–811–72–166–12

Points scored
Team For Against Difference
Arizona 2332 1992 340
Arizona State 2438 2527 -89
California 1964 1874 90
Colorado 2343 2221 122
Oregon 2456 2006 450
Oregon State 1959 2254 -295
Stanford 2074 2106 -32
UCLA 2831 2326 505
USC 2445 2266 179
Utah 2368 2029 339
Washington 2295 2435 -140
Washington State 2116 2303 -187

Through March 6, 2017

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 215–65 (.768) 107–37 (.743) 10 0 0
Arizona State Bobby Hurley Buffalo 2nd 30–35 (.462) 12–24 (.333) 1 0 0
California Cuonzo Martin Tennessee 3rd 61–37 (.622) 29–25 (.537) 2 0 0
Colorado Tad Boyle Northern Colorado 7th 149–94 (.613) 64–61 (.512) 4 0 0
Oregon Dana Altman Creighton 7th 182–68 (.728) 85–41 (.675) 12 0 0
Oregon State Wayne Tinkle Montana 3rd 41–54 (.432) 18–36 (.333) 4 0 0
Stanford Jerod Haase UAB 1st 14–17 (.452) 6–12 (.333) 0 0 0
UCLA Steve Alford New Mexico 4th 93–43 (.684) 44–28 (.611) 10 0 0
USC Andy Enfield Florida Gulf Coast 4th 68–62 (.523) 24–48 (.333) 3 0 0
Utah Larry Krystkowiak New Jersey Nets (assistant) 6th 115–84 (.578) 54–55 (.495) 4 0 0
Washington Lorenzo Romar Saint Louis 15th 298–197 (.602) 143–120 (.544) 7 0 0
Washington State Ernie Kent Oregon 3rd 36–58 (.383) 15–40 (.273) 6 0 0

Postseason

Pac-12 tournament

[1]

Main article: 2017 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament

The conference tournament is scheduled for Wednesday–Saturday March 8–11, 2017 at the T-Mobile Arena, Paradise, NV. Oregon and Arizona were seeded one and two respectively. The top four teams had a bye on the first day, March 8, 2017. 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 8 		Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 9 		Semifinals
Friday, March 10 		Championship
Saturday, March 11
            
1 #5 Oregon 80
8 Arizona State 57
8 Arizona State 98*
9 Stanford 88
1 #5 Oregon 73
5 California 65
4 Utah 75
5 California 78
5 California 67
12 Oregon State 62
1 #5 Oregon 80
2 #7 Arizona 83
2 #7 Arizona 92
7 Colorado 78
7 Colorado 73
10 Washington State 63
2 #7 Arizona 86
3 #3 UCLA 75
3 #3 UCLA 76
6 USC 74
6 USC 78
11 Washington 73

* denotes overtime period

NCAA tournament
Main article: 2017 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
Seed Region School First Four First round Second round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four Championship
No. 2 West Arizona
Bye
 No. 15 North Dakota, 100–82 No. 7 Saint Mary's, 69–60 No. 11 Xavier, 71–73
No. 3 Midwest Oregon
Bye
 No. 14 Iona, 93–77 No. 11 Rhode Island, 75–72 No. 7 Michigan, 69–68 No. 1 Kansas, 74–60 No. 1 North Carolina, 76–77
No. 3 South UCLA
Bye
 No. 14 Kent State, 97–80 No. 6 Cincinnati, 79–67 No. 2 Kentucky, 75–86
No. 11 East USC No. 11 Providence, 75–71 No. 6 SMU, 66–65 No. 3 Baylor, 78–82
4 Bids W-L (%): 1–0 1.000 4–0 1.000 3–1 .750 1–2 .333 1–0 1.000 0–1 .000 TOTAL: 10–4 .714

National Invitation Tournament
Main article: 2017 National Invitation Tournament
Seed Bracket School First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
1 California California vs. Cal State Bakersfield, 66–73
3 Illinois St. Utah vs. Boise State, 68–73
5 Illinois St. Colorado at UCF, 74–79
3 Bids W-L (%): 0–3 .000 0–0 – 0–0 – 0–0 – TOTAL: 0–3 .000
Index to colors and formatting
Pac-12 member won
Pac-12 member lost

Awards and honors

Player of the Week

[2]

All-Americans

[3]

Main article: 2017 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

All-District

USBWA[4]

District VIII: All-District Team

District IX: Player of the Year

  • Lonzo Ball (UCLA)

District IX: All-District Team

  • Lonzo Ball (UCLA)
  • Jordan Bell (Oregon)
  • Dillon Brooks (Oregon)
  • Markelle Fultz (Washington)
  • T. J. Leaf (UCLA)
  • Lauri Markkanen (Arizona)
  • Ivan Rabb (California)

Conference awards

Voting was by conference coaches.

Individual awards

[5]

Pac-12 individual awards
Award Recipient(s)
Player of The Year Dillon Brooks, junior, Oregon
Coach of the Year Sean Miller, Arizona
Defensive Player of The Year Jordan Bell, junior, Oregon
Freshman of The Year Lonzo Ball, freshman, UCLA
Scholar-Athlete of the Year Josh Hawkinson, senior, Washington State
Most Improved Player of The Year Chimezie Metu, sophomore, USC

All-Pac-12
Further information: All-Pac-12 men's basketball team
First Team

[5]

Name School Pos. Yr. Ht., wt. Hometown (last school)
Bryce AlfordUCLAGSr.6-3, 185Albuquerque, N.M. (La Cueva HS)
Lonzo BallUCLAGFr.6-6, 190Chino Hills, Calif. (Chino Hills HS)
Dillon BrooksOregonFJr.6-7, 225Mississauga, Ontario (Findlay Prep (Nev.))
Markelle FultzWashingtonGFr.6-4, 195Upper Marlboro, Md. (DeMatha Catholic HS)
Kyle KuzmaUtahFJr.6-9, 221Flint, Mich. (Bentley HS)
T. J. LeafUCLAFFr.6-10, 225El Cajon, Calif. (Foothills Christian HS)
Lauri MarkkanenArizonaFFr.7-0, 230Jyväskylä, Finland (Helsinki Academy)
Ivan RabbCaliforniaFSo.6-11, 220Oakland, Calif. (Bishop O'Dowd HS)
Reid TravisStanfordFRS So.6-8, 245Minneapolis, Minn. (DeLaSalle HS)
Derrick WhiteColoradoGRS Sr.6-5, 200Parker, Colo. (UCCS)
Second Team

[5]

Name School Pos. Yr. Ht., wt.
Kadeem AllenArizonaGR-Sr.6-3, 205
Jordan BellOregonFJr.6-9, 225
Josh HawkinsonWashington StateFSr.6-10, 230
Chimezie MetuUSCFSo.6-11, 225
Allonzo TrierArizonaGSo.6-5, 205

All-Freshman Team

[5]

Name School Pos. Ht., wt.
Rawle AlkinsArizonaG6-5, 220
Lonzo BallUCLAG6-6, 190
Markelle FultzWashingtonG6-4, 195
T. J. LeafUCLAF6-10, 225
Lauri MarkkanenArizonaF7-0, 230

All-Defensive Team

[5]

Name School Pos. Yr. Ht., wt.
Kadeem AllenArizonaGR-Sr.6-3, 205
Marcus AllenStanfordGSr.6-3, 190
Jordan BellOregonFJr.6-9, 225
Chris BoucherOregonFSr.6-10, 200
Derrick WhiteColoradoGSr.6-5, 200

NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality Team School/club team
1 1 Markelle Fultz PG  United States Philadelphia 76ers (from Brooklyn via Boston) Washington (Fr.)
1 2 Lonzo Ball PG  United States Los Angeles Lakers UCLA (Fr.)
1 7 Lauri Markkanen PF  Finland Minnesota Timberwolves (traded to Chicago) Arizona (Fr.)
1 18 T. J. Leaf PF  United States Indiana Pacers UCLA (Fr.)
1 27 Kyle Kuzma PF  United States Los Angeles Lakers (from Boston via Brooklyn) Utah (Jr.)
1 29 Derrick White PG  United States San Antonio Spurs Colorado (Sr.)
2 35 Ivan Rabb PF  United States Orlando Magic (traded to Memphis Grizzles) California (So.)
2 38 Jordan Bell PF  United States Chicago Bulls (from Sacramento via Cleveland) Oregon (Jr.)
2 41 Tyler Dorsey SG  United States Atlanta Hawks Oregon (Jr.)
2 45 Dillon Brooks SF  United States Houston Rockets (traded to Memphis Grizzles) Oregon (Jr.)
2 47 Ike Anigbogu C  United States Indiana Pacers UCLA (Fr.)
2 53 Kadeem Allen PG  United States Boston Celtics Arizona (Sr.)
2 56 Jabari Bird SG  United States Boston Celtics California (Sr.)

References
  1. "2017 PAC-12 Men's Basketball Tournament Bracket".
  2. "Men's Basketball Players of the Week".
  3. "Sporting News 2017 college basketball All-Americans".
  4. "USBWA NAMES 2016-17 MEN'S ALL-DISTRICT TEAMS".
  5. "2016-17 Pac-12 Men's Basketball All-Conference Honors".
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