2020 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament

The 2020 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament was a postseason men's basketball tournament for the Pac-12 Conference, scheduled to be played March 11–14, 2020, at T-Mobile Arena on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. It was canceled after the first round due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] The winner of the tournament was to have received the conference's automatic bid to the 2020 NCAA tournament.

2020 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season201920
Teams12
SiteT-Mobile Arena
Paradise, Nevada
TelevisionPac-12 Network
Fox Sports 1
2019–20 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 13 Oregon135 .722247  .774
UCLA126 .6671912  .613
USC117 .611229  .710
Arizona State117 .6112011  .645
Arizona108 .5562111  .656
Colorado108 .5562111  .656
Stanford99 .5002012  .625
Oregon State711 .3891813  .581
Utah711 .3891615  .516
California711 .3891418  .438
Washington State612 .3331616  .500
Washington513 .2781517  .469
Note: The 2020 Pac-12 Tournament was canceled prior to the quarterfinals due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rankings from AP poll

The NCAA announced on March 11, 2020 that no fans would be able to attend the Men's and Women's 2020 NCAA tournaments, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] A number of conference basketball tournaments followed suit by either canceling entirely, or playing as scheduled, but with no spectators in attendance.[3][4] However, tournaments that were held in Las Vegas, including the Pac-12, were conducted with spectators in attendance on Wednesday, March 11.[5] By the evening of March 11, the Pac-12 announced that the remaining games would be played only with "essential staff, television network partners, credentialed media and limited family and friends."[6]

On March 12, the Pac-12 canceled the tournament before any more games were to be played.[1] On the afternoon of March 12, 2020, the NCAA announced that all remaining winter and spring championships for both men's and women's sports were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.[7] Because of its late West Coast tip-off, the first round match-up between Colorado and Washington State would prove to be the last completed game of the 2019-20 men's basketball season.

Seeds

All 12 Pac-12 schools are eligible to participate in the tournament. Teams will be seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records. As a result, the top four teams receive a bye to the quarterfinals of the tournament.

Tie-breaking procedures for determining all tournament seeding was:

  • For two-team tie

1. Results of head-to-head competition during the regular season.

2. 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.

3. Won-lost percentage against all Division I opponents.

4. Coin toss conducted by the Commissioner or designee.

  • For multiple-team tie

1. Results (won-lost percentage) of collective head-to-head competition during the regular season among the tied teams.

2. 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.

3. Won-lost percentage against all Division I opponents.

4. Coin toss conducted by the Commissioner or designee.

Seed School Conference Overall Tiebreak 1 Tiebreak 2 Tiebreak 3 Tiebreak 4
1Oregon†#13–523–7
2UCLA#12–619–12
3Arizona State#11–720–111–1 vs. USC1–1 vs. Oregon
4USC#11–721–91–1 vs. Arizona State0–1 vs. Oregon
5Arizona10–820–111–0 vs. Colorado
6Colorado10–821–100–1 vs. Arizona
7Stanford9–920–11
8Oregon State7–1117–132–2 vs. California/Utah1–1 vs. Oregon
9Utah7–1116–142–2 vs. Oregon State/California0–2 vs. Oregon0–2 vs. UCLA1–2 vs. ASU/USC
10California7–1113–182–2 vs. Oregon State/Utah0–2 vs. Oregon0–1 vs. UCLA0–2 vs. ASU/USC
11Washington State6–1215–16
12Washington5–1315–16
† – Pac-12 Conference regular season champions
# – Received a first round bye in the conference tournament.

Schedule

Game Time Matchup Score Television Attendance
First round – Wednesday, March 11
1 12:00 pm No. 8 Oregon State vs. No. 9 Utah 71−69 Pac-12 Network 8,048
2 2:30 pm No. 5 Arizona vs. No. 12 Washington 77−70
3 6:00 pm No. 7 Stanford vs. No. 10 California 51–63 7,452
4 8:30 pm No. 6 Colorado vs. No. 11 Washington State 68–82
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 12
5 12:00 pm No. 1 Oregon vs. No. 8 Oregon State canceled Pac-12 Network N/A
6 2:30 pm No. 4 USC vs. No. 5 Arizona
7 6:00 pm No. 2 UCLA vs. No. 10 California N/A
8 8:30 pm No. 3 Arizona State vs. No. 11 Washington State FS1
Semifinals – Friday, March 13
9 6:00 pm Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner canceled Pac-12 Network N/A
10 8:30 pm Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner FS1
Championship – Saturday, March 14
11 7:30 pm Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 winner canceled FS1 N/A
Game times in PT. Rankings denote tournament seed.

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Bracket

First round
Wednesday, March 11
Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 12
Semifinals
Friday, March 13
Championship
Saturday, March 14
            
1 #13 Oregon
8 Oregon State
8 Oregon State 71
9 Utah 69
 
 
4 USC  
5 Arizona  
5 Arizona 77
12 Washington 70
 
 
2 UCLA  
10 California  
7 Stanford 51
10 California 63
 
 
3 Arizona State  
11 Washington State  
6 Colorado 68
11 Washington State 82

* denotes overtime period

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Game statistics

First round

March 11
12:00 pm PST
No. 8 Oregon State 71, No. 9 Utah 69
Scoring by half: 31−39, 40−30
Pts: Tinkle, 19
Rebs: Thompson, 5
Asts: 2 tied, 5
Pts: Plummer, 35
Rebs: Battin, 8
Asts: Gach, 6
T-Mobile Arena
Paradise, NV
Attendance: 8,048
Referees: Eric Curry, Tommy Nunez, Tony Padilla
Pac-12 Network
March 11
2:30 pm PST
No. 5 Arizona 77, No. 12 Washington 70
Scoring by half: 35−30, 42−40
Pts: Green, 19
Rebs: Nnaji, 19
Asts: Smith, 6
Pts: Stewart, 29
Rebs: Stewart, 12
Asts: 2 tied, 3
T-Mobile Arena
Paradise, NV
Attendance: 8,048
Referees: Dave Hall, Verne Harris, Mike Reed
Pac-12 Network
March 11
6:00 pm PST
No. 7 Stanford 51, No. 10 California 63
Scoring by half: 20−30, 31−33
Pts: Davis, 16
Rebs: da Silva, 7
Asts: Davis, 3
Pts: 2 tied, 18
Rebs: Anticevich, 8
Asts: Austin, 3
T-Mobile Arena
Paradise, NV
Attendance: 7,452
Referees: Randy McCall, Deldre Carr, Mike Scyphers
Pac-12 Network
March 11
8:30 pm PST
No. 6 Colorado 68, No. 11 Washington State 82
Scoring by half: 25−35, 43−47
Pts: Wright IV, 21
Rebs: Wright IV, 9
Asts: 2 tied, 1
Pts: Elleby, 30
Rebs: Elleby, 10
Asts: Elleby, 5
T-Mobile Arena
Paradise, NV
Attendance: 7,452
Referees: Chris Rastatter, Michael Irving, Greg Nixon

Quarterfinals

Pac-12 Network
March 12
12:00 pm PST
No. 1 Oregon vs. No. 8 Oregon State
T-Mobile Arena
Paradise, NV
Pac-12 Network
March 12
2:30 pm PST
No. 4 USC vs. No. 5 Arizona
T-Mobile Arena
Paradise, NV
Pac-12 Network
March 12
6:00 pm PST
No. 2 UCLA vs. No. 10 California
T-Mobile Arena
Paradise, NV
March 12
8:30 pm PST
No. 3 Arizona State vs. No. 11 Washington State
T-Mobile Arena
Paradise, NV

Semifinals

Pac-12 Network
March 13
6:00 pm PST
Game 5 Winner vs. Game 6 Winner
T-Mobile Arena
Paradise, NV
FS1
March 13
8:30 pm PST
Game 7 Winner vs. Game 8 Winner
T-Mobile Arena
Paradise, NV

Championship

FS1
March 14
7:30 pm PST
Game 9 Winner vs. Game 10 Winner
T-Mobile Arena
Paradise, NV

Awards and honors

Hall of Honor

The following former players were inducted into the Pac-12 Hall of Honor, though a planned ceremony on Friday, March 13 prior to the tourney's semifinals did not occur due to its cancelation. They are: Sean Rooks (Arizona men's basketball), Melissa Belote Ripley (Arizona State women's swimming), Don Bowden (California men's track & field), Bill Marolt (Colorado men's skiing), Dan Fouts (Oregon football), Joni Huntley (Oregon State women's track & field), Jennifer Azzi (Stanford women's basketball), Jonathan Ogden (UCLA football), Barbara Hedges (USC athletic director), Kathy Kreiner-Phillips (Utah women's skiing), Lincoln Kennedy (Washington football), and Jeanne Eggart Helfer (Washington State women's basketball). [10]

Team and tournament leaders

TeamPointsReboundsAssistsStealsBlocksMinutes
ArizonaGreen19Nnaji9Smith6Mannion4Koloko22 tied36
Arizona State
DNP
California2 tied18Anticevich8Austin3Brown22 tied1South32
ColoradoWright IV21Wright IV94 tied1Bey2Parquet2Bey32
Oregon
DNP
Oregon StateTinkle19Thompson52 tied5Reichle3Kelly2Thompson39
StanfordDavis16da Silva7Davis3Davis22 tied1Davis38
UCLA
DNP
USC
DNP
UtahPlummer35Battin8Gach6Gach2None02 tied38
WashingtonStewart29Stewart92 tied3Bey42 tied1Stewart32
Washington StateElleby32Elleby10Bonton6Elleby33 tied1Elleby37

Tournament notes

See also

References

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