2022 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament

The 2022 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament was a postseason men's basketball tournament for the Pac-12 Conference held March 9–12, 2022, at T-Mobile Arena on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada.[1] The tournament winner, the Arizona Wildcats, received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.[2]

2022 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2021–22
Teams12
SiteT-Mobile Arena
Paradise, Nevada
ChampionsArizona Wildcats (8th title)
Winning coachTommy Lloyd (1st title)
MVPBennedict Mathurin (Arizona Wildcats)
Attendance118,001
Top scorerJaime Jaquez Jr. (UCLA)
(60 points)
TelevisionPac-12 Network
FS1, FOX
2021–22 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 2 Arizona †18–2 .90033–4  .892
No. 11 UCLA15–5 .75027–8  .771
No. 22 USC14–6 .70026–8  .765
Colorado12–8 .60021–12  .636
Oregon11–9 .55020–15  .571
Washington11–9 .55017–15  .531
Washington State11–9 .55022–15  .595
Arizona State10–10 .50014–17  .452
Stanford8–12 .40016–16  .500
California5–15 .25012–20  .375
Utah4–16 .20011–20  .355
Oregon State1–19 .0503–28  .097
† Conference tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

Seeds

The bracket was set on March 5, 2022[3] All 12 schools were scheduled to participate in the tournament. The seedings were determined upon completion of regular season play.[4] 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.[5] Tie-breaking procedures for determining all tournament seeding is:

  • 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 Tiebreak 5
1No. 2 Arizona †#18–228–3
2No. 13 UCLA #15–523–6
3No. 21 USC #14–625–6
4Colorado #12–820–10
5Oregon11–918–131–1 vs Washington, 1–1 vs Washington State0-1 vs Arizona2–0 vs UCLA
6Washington11–916–141–1 vs Oregon, 1–1 vs Washington State0-2 vs Arizona0–2 vs UCLA0–1 vs USC1–0 vs ASU
7Washington State11–918–131–1 vs Oregon, 1–1 vs Washington0-2 vs Arizona0–1 vs UCLA0–2 vs USC1–1 vs ASU
8Arizona State10–1014–16
9Stanford8–1215–15
10California5–1512–19
11Utah4–1611–19
12Oregon State1–193–27
† – Pac-12 Conference regular season champions
# – Received a first round bye in the conference tournament.
Rankings from AP poll

Schedule
Game Time Matchup Score Television Attendance
First round – Wednesday, March 9
1 12:00 p.m. No. 8 Arizona State vs. No. 9 Stanford 70−71 Pac-12 Network 7,565
2 2:30 p.m. No. 5 Oregon vs. No. 12 Oregon State 86−72
3 6:00 p.m. No. 7 Washington State vs. No. 10 California 66–59 8,579
4 8:30 p.m. No. 6 Washington vs. No. 11 Utah 82–70
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10
5 12:00 p.m. No. 1 Arizona vs. No. 9 Stanford 84–80 Pac-12 Network 11,081
6 2:30 p.m. No. 4 Colorado vs. No. 5 Oregon 80–69
7 6:00 p.m. No. 2 UCLA vs. No. 7 Washington State 75–65 10,417
8 8:30 p.m. No. 3 USC vs. No. 6 Washington 65–61 FS1
Semifinals – Friday, March 11
9 6:00 p.m. No. 1 Arizona vs. No. 4 Colorado 82–72 Pac-12 Network 14,158
10 8:30 p.m. No. 2 UCLA vs. No. 3 USC 69–59 FS1
Championship – Saturday, March 12
11 6:00 p.m. No. 1 Arizona vs. No. 2 UCLA 84–76 FOX 14,401
Game times in PT. Rankings denote tournament seed.

Bracket
First round
Wednesday, March 9 		Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 10 		Semifinals
Friday, March 11 		Championship
Saturday, March 12
1 #2 Arizona 84
8 Arizona State 70 9 Stanford 80
9 Stanford 71 1 #2 Arizona 82
4 Colorado 72
4 Colorado 80
5 Oregon 86 5 Oregon 69
12 Oregon State 72 1 #2 Arizona 84
2 #13 UCLA 76
2 #13 UCLA 75
7 Washington State 66 7 Washington State 65
10 California 59 2 #13 UCLA 69
3 #21 USC 59
3 #21 USC 65
6 Washington 82 6 Washington 61
11 Utah 70

* denotes overtime period

Game statistics

First round
March 9
12:00 p.m.
No. 8 Arizona State 70, No. 9 Stanford 71
Scoring by half: 31−27, 39−44
Pts: Horne, 21
Rebs: Graham, 6
Asts: Jackson, 4		 Pts: Jones, 26
Rebs: 2 tied, 10
Asts: O'Connell, 7
T-Mobile Arena
Paradise, NV
Attendance: 7,565
Referees: Greg Nixon, Deldre Carr, Deron White
Pac-12 Network
March 9
2:30 p.m.
No. 5 Oregon 86, No. 12 Oregon State 72
Scoring by half: 43−36, 43−36
Pts: Young, 23
Rebs: Williams, 8
Asts: Young, 11		 Pts: Lucas, 22
Rebs: 2 tied, 5
Asts: Davis, 5
T-Mobile Arena
Paradise, NV
Attendance: 7,565
Referees: Chris Rastatter, Mike Scyphers, Glen Mayberry
Pac-12 Network
March 9
6:00 p.m.
No. 7 Washington State 66, No. 10 California 59
Scoring by half: 32−20, 34–39
Pts: Abogidi, 19
Rebs: Jakimovski, 10
Asts: 2 tied, 2		 Pts: Shepherd, 19
Rebs: Thiemann, 10
Asts: Foreman, 3
T-Mobile Arena
Paradise, NV
Attendance: 8,579
Referees: Dave Hall, Eric Curry, DG Nelson
Pac-12 Network
March 9
8:30 p.m.
No. 6 Washington 82, No. 11 Utah 70
Scoring by half: 40–37, 42–33
Pts: Brown, 22
Rebs: Roberts, 11
Asts: Brown, 5		 Pts: Anthony, 18
Rebs: Worster, 8
Asts: Worster, 6
T-Mobile Arena
Paradise, NV
Attendance: 8,579
Referees: Michael Irving, Verne Harris, Frank Harvey III

Quarterfinals
Pac-12 Network
March 10
12:00 p.m.
No. 1 Arizona 84, No. 9 Stanford 80
Scoring by half: 40−37, 44−43
Pts: Koloko, 24
Rebs: Koloko, 9
Asts: 2 tied, 5		 Pts: Jones, 28
Rebs: Jones, 8
Asts: 2 tied, 4
T-Mobile Arena
Paradise, NV
Attendance: 11,081
Referees: Randy McCall, Frank Harvey III, Larry Spaulding
Pac-12 Network
March 10
2:30 p.m.
No. 4 Colorado 80, No. 5 Oregon 69
Scoring by half: 36−30, 44−39
Pts: Battey, 19
Rebs: Walker, 16
Asts: Simpson, 4		 Pts: Guerrier, 25
Rebs: Guerrier, 13
Asts: Young, 7
T-Mobile Arena
Paradise, NV
Attendance: 11,081
Referees: Michael Greenstein, Michael Irving, Nate Harris
Pac-12 Network
March 10
6:00 p.m.
No. 2 UCLA 75, No. 7 Washington State 65
Scoring by half: 40−28, 35–37
Pts: Jaquez, 23
Rebs: Jaquez, 11
Asts: 2 tied, 4		 Pts: Jakimovski, 15
Rebs: Abogidi, 8
Asts: 2 tied, 3
T-Mobile Arena
Paradise, NV
Attendance: 10,417
Referees: Tony Padilla, Mike Reed, Glen Mayberry
March 10
8:30 p.m.
No. 3 USC 65, No. 6 Washington 61
Scoring by half: 36−39, 29–22
Pts: Ellis, 17
Rebs: Mobley, 9
Asts: Mobley, 6		 Pts: Brown, 23
Rebs: 2 tied, 6
Asts: Brown, 5
T-Mobile Arena
Paradise, NV
Attendance: 10,417
Referees: Chris Rastatter, Deron White, Scott Brown

Semifinals
Pac-12 Network
March 11
6:00 p.m.
No. 1 Arizona 82, No. 4 Colorado 72
Scoring by half: 47–38, 35–34
Pts: Tubelis, 20
Rebs: Tubelis, 11
Asts: 4 tied, 3		 Pts: Walker, 19
Rebs: Walker, 5
Asts: Simpson, 5
T-Mobile Arena
Paradise, NV
Attendance: 14,158
Referees: Verne Harris, Tony Padilla, Mike Reed
FS1
March 11
8:30 p.m.
No. 2 UCLA 69, No. 3 USC 59
Scoring by half: 36–28, 33–31
Pts: Jaquez, 19
Rebs: Bernard, 8
Asts: 4 tied, 2		 Pts: Ellis, 27
Rebs: 2 tied, 7
Asts: 6 tied, 1
T-Mobile Arena
Paradise, NV
Attendance: 14,158
Referees: Randy McCall, Deldre Carr, Mike Greenstein

Championship
FOX
March 12
6:00 p.m.
No. 1 Arizona 84, No. 2 UCLA 76
Scoring by half: 35−40, 49–36
Pts: Mathurin, 27
Rebs: Koloko, 10
Asts: 2 tied, 7		 Pts: Bernard, 19
Rebs: Jaquez, 10
Asts: Campbell, 4
T-Mobile Arena
Paradise, NV
Attendance: 14,401
Referees: Randy McCall, Verne Harris, Tony Padilla

Awards and honors

Hall of Honor

The 2022 class of the Pac-12 Hall of Honor will be honored on March 11 during a ceremony prior to the tournament semifinals. Following a hiatus in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2022 class will return to the original format of recognizing one member as a new inductee to the Hall of Honor from each Pac-12 university. The 2022 class includes:[6]

Team and tournament leaders
TeamPointsReboundsAssistsStealsBlocksMinutes
ArizonaMathurin57Koloko23Mathurin152 tied5Ballo7Mathurin107
Arizona StateHorne21Graham6Jackson4Jackson2Boakye3Heath32
CaliforniaShepherd19Thiemann10Foreman3Shepherd4Thiemann1Shepherd39
ColoradoWalker37Walker21Simpson11Simpson52 tied3Walker63
OregonGuerrier45Dante18Young18Young52 tied5Young76
Oregon StateLucas222 tied5Davis5 5 tied1Rand2Lucas39
StanfordJones54Ingram16O'Connell11Silva3Keefe3Ingram67
UCLAJaquez60Jaquez26Campbell10Jaquez5Johnson4Jaquez106
USCEllis44Mobley16Mobley7Goodwin2Mobley2Mobley74
UtahAnthony18Worster8Worster63 tied1Carlson2Anthony37
WashingtonBrown45Roberts17Brown10Brown53 tied1Brown75
Washington StateRoberts28Jakimovski14Flowers52 tied2Jackson6Flowers68

All-Tournament Team
Name Pos. Height Weight Year Team
Bennedict Mathurin SG 6−6 210 So. Arizona
Christian Koloko C 7−1 230 Jr. Arizona
Jaime Jaquez Jr. SF 6−7 225 Jr. UCLA
Jules Bernard SG 6−7 210 Sr. UCLA
Boogie Ellis PG 6−3 185 Jr. USC
Spencer Jones SF 6−7 225 Jr. Stanford

Most Outstanding Player
Name Pos. Height Weight Year Team
Bennedict Mathurin SG 6'6" 210 So. Arizona

Tournament notes
  • At the start of the tournament, No. 2 Arizona, No. 13 UCLA, and No. 21 USC were ranked in the top 25.[7]
  • Three teams were extended invitations to the 2022 NCAA tournament: Arizona, UCLA & USC.
  • Three teams were extended invitations to the 2022 National Invitation Tournament: Colorado, Oregon & Washington State.

See also

References
  1. "Pac-12 Men's and Women's Basketball Tournaments to Continue in Las Vegas Through 2022 Events". pac-12.com.
  2. Cobb, David - UCLA vs. Arizona score: Wildcats win Pac-12 Tournament title in thrilling rubber match with Bruins. CBS Sports, March 13, 2022.
  3. Bracket set for 2022 Pac-12 Men's Basketball Tournament presented by New York Life, Pac-12, March 5, 2022
  4. Pac-12 announces adjustments to basketball administration policies for 2021-22 season Pac-12 Conference, December 22, 2021
  5. "Men's Basketball Standings | Pac-12". pac-12.com. Retrieved January 6, 2021.
  6. "2022 Pac-12 Hall of Honor class announced". Pac-12.com.
  7. Connon, Sam - Pac-12 Men's Basketball Tournament: Schedule, Bracket, Betting Odds, How to Watch. Sports Illustration, March 9, 2022
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