The 2016 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Pac-12. It was played between March 9 through March 12 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Paradise, Nevada. The champion, the Oregon Ducks, received an automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA tournament.
Seeds Teams 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 Conference Overall Tiebreaker 1 Tiebreaker 2 Tiebreaker 3 Tiebreaker 4 Tiebreaker 51Oregon†#14–425–6 2Utah# 13–5 24–7 3 California# 12–6 22–9 1–1 vs. Ariz. 1–1 vs. Ore. 4Arizona# 12–6 24–7 1–1 vs. Cal 0–1 vs. Ore. 5Colorado 10–8 21–10 6Oregon State 9–9 18–11 2–1 vs. Wash. & USC 7USC 9–9 20–11 2–2 vs. Wash. & OSU 1–1 vs. Wash. 0–2 vs. Ore. 0–1 vs. Utah 1–2 vs. Cal & Ariz.8Washington 9–9 17–13 1–2 vs. OSU & USC 1–1 vs. USC 0–1 vs. Ore. 0–2 vs. Utah 0–3 vs. Cal & Ariz.9Stanford8–1015–14 10UCLA 6–12 15–16 11Arizona State 5–13 15–16 12Washington State 1–17 9–21 † – 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.
Schedule SessionGameTime*Matchup#Final scoreTelevisionAttendance First round – Wednesday, March 91112:00 pm#8 Washington vs. #9 Stanford91–68 Pac-12 Network12,91622:30 pm#5 Colorado vs. #12 Washington State80–56236:00 pm#7 USC vs. #10 UCLA95–7112,91648:30 pm#6 Oregon State vs. #11 Arizona State75–66 Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 103512:00 pm#1 Oregon vs. #8 Washington83–77 Pac-12 Network12,91662:30 pm#4 Arizona vs. #5 Colorado82–78476:00 pm#2 Utah vs. #7 USC80–7212,91688:30 pm#3 California vs. #6 Oregon State76–68FS1 Semifinals – Friday, March 11596:00 pm#1 Oregon vs. #4 Arizona 95–89OTPac-12 Network12,916108:30 pm#2 Utah vs. #3 California82–78OTFS1 Championship – Saturday, March 126117:00 pm#1 Oregon vs. #2 Utah88–57FS1 12,916 *Game times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed
Bracket
* denotes each overtime period played
All-tournament team Dillon Brooks, Oregon Chris Boucher, Oregon Elgin Cook, Oregon Tyler Dorsey, Oregon Ivan Rabb, California Jakob Poeltl, Utah
Most outstanding player Elgin Cook, Oregon
Hall of Honor inductees
Salim Stoudamire (Arizona)Pac-12 Basketball Hall of Honor to Induct 2015-16 Class, Pac-12 Conference, January 19, 2016 Art Becker (Arizona State) Brian Hendrick (California) Scott Wedman (Colorado) Luke Ridnour (Oregon) Jim Anderson (Oregon State) Kim Belton (Stanford) Keith Erickson (UCLA) Sam Clancy (USC) Vern Gardner (Utah) Isaiah Thomas (Washington) Keith Morrison (Washington State)
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