2020 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament

2020 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2019–20
Teams12
SiteT-Mobile Arena
Paradise, Nevada
TelevisionPac-12 Network
Fox Sports 1
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2019–20 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 13 Oregon 13 – 5   .722 24 – 7   .774
UCLA 12 – 6   .667 19 – 12   .613
USC 11 – 7   .611 22 – 9   .710
Arizona State 11 – 7   .611 20 – 11   .645
Arizona 10 – 8   .556 21 – 11   .656
Colorado 10 – 8   .556 21 – 11   .656
Stanford 9 – 9   .500 20 – 12   .625
Oregon State 7 – 11   .389 18 – 13   .581
Utah 7 – 11   .389 16 – 15   .516
California 7 – 11   .389 14 – 18   .438
Washington State 6 – 12   .333 16 – 16   .500
Washington 5 – 13   .278 15 – 17   .469
Note: The 2020 Pac-12 Tournament was canceled prior to the quarterfinals due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rankings from AP poll

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.

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

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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
1 Oregon†# 13–5 23–7
2 UCLA# 12–6 19–12
3 Arizona State# 11–7 20–11 1–1 vs. USC 1–1 vs. Oregon
4 USC# 11–7 21–9 1–1 vs. Arizona State 0–1 vs. Oregon
5 Arizona 10–8 20–11 1–0 vs. Colorado
6 Colorado 10–8 21–10 0–1 vs. Arizona
7 Stanford 9–9 20–11
8 Oregon State 7–11 17–13 2–2 vs. California/Utah 1–1 vs. Oregon
9 Utah 7–11 16–14 2–2 vs. Oregon State/California 0–2 vs. Oregon 0–2 vs. UCLA 1–2 vs. ASU/USC
10 California 7–11 13–18 2–2 vs. Oregon State/Utah 0–2 vs. Oregon 0–1 vs. UCLA 0–2 vs. ASU/USC
11 Washington State 6–12 15–16
12 Washington 5–13 15–16
† – Pac-12 Conference regular season champions
# – Received a first round bye in the conference tournament.

Schedule

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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

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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

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First round

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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

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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

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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

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

Awards and honors

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Hall of Honor

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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

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Team Points Rebounds Assists Steals Blocks Minutes
Arizona Green 19 Nnaji 9 Smith 6 Mannion 4 Koloko 2 2 tied 36
Arizona State
DNP
California 2 tied 18 Anticevich 8 Austin 3 Brown 2 2 tied 1 South 32
Colorado Wright IV 21 Wright IV 9 4 tied 1 Bey 2 Parquet 2 Bey 32
Oregon
DNP
Oregon State Tinkle 19 Thompson 5 2 tied 5 Reichle 3 Kelly 2 Thompson 39
Stanford Davis 16 da Silva 7 Davis 3 Davis 2 2 tied 1 Davis 38
UCLA
DNP
USC
DNP
Utah Plummer 35 Battin 8 Gach 6 Gach 2 None 0 2 tied 38
Washington Stewart 29 Stewart 9 2 tied 3 Bey 4 2 tied 1 Stewart 32
Washington State Elleby 32 Elleby 10 Bonton 6 Elleby 3 3 tied 1 Elleby 37

Tournament notes

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Pac-12 statement on men's basketball tournament, Pac-12 sport competitions and Pac-12 championship events". Pac-12 Conference. March 11, 2020. Archived from the original on March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 13, 2020.
  2. ^ Tom Schad (March 11, 2020). "NCAA men's and women's basketball tournaments will not include fans due to coronavirus concerns". USA Today. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
  3. ^ Blinder, Alan and Witz, Billy - Citing Coronavirus, Ivy League Cancels Basketball Tournaments. New York Times, March 10, 2020
  4. ^ Big Ten reverses course, bans fans from hoops tournament, as well as all spring sporting events. Detroit News, March 11, 2020
  5. ^ Witz, Billy - Where the Coronavirus Is Not Stopping Sports: Las Vegas. New York Times, March 11, 2020
  6. ^ Bolch, Ben - Pac-12 men’s basketball tournament will proceed without fans starting Thursday. Los Angeles Times, March 11, 2020
  7. ^ "NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships" (Press release). NCAA. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
  8. ^ "2020 Pac-12 Men's Basketball Tournament bracket". Archived from the original on March 8, 2020.
  9. ^ "2020 PAC-12 Men's Basketball Tournament Bracket". Archived from the original on July 10, 2015.
  10. ^ "2020 Pac-12 Hall of Honor class announced".
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