The 2012–13

Pac-12 Conference men's basketball Men's college basketball in the Pac-12 Conference began in 1915 with the formation of the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC). Principal members of the PCC founded the Athletic Association of Western Universities (AAWU) in 1959, and subsequently went by ...

season began with practices in October 2012 and ended with the 2013 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament from March 2013 at the

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. The regular season began on the first weekend of November 2012, with the conference schedule starting in December 2012. On March 9, 2013, the

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defeated the

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61–54 to clinch the regular season conference title. They were seeded as the No. 1 team in the Pac-12 Conference tournament in

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. This was the second season under the Pac-12 Conference name. In July 2011, two schools joined the conference.

Colorado Colorado is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States. It is one of the Mountain states, sharing the Four Corners region with Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. It is also bordered by Wyoming to the north, Nebraska to the northeast, Kansas ...

came from the

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and

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arrived from the Mountain West.

Pre-season

The Pac-12 media poll released on November 1, 2012: :1. Arizona (15 first-place votes), 403 points :2. UCLA (16), 402 :3. California (3), 325 :4. Stanford, 296 :5. Washington (2), 278 :6. Colorado, 262 :7. Oregon, 217 :8. Oregon State, 166 :9. USC, 163 :10. Washington State, 111 :11. Arizona State, 107 :12. Utah, 78

Rankings

Conference Schedule

Composite Matrix

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.

Conference tournament

* March 2013 – Pac-12 Conference Basketball Tournament,

Head coaches

Sean Miller Sean Edward Miller (born November 17, 1968) is an American college basketball coach who currently serves as head coach at the Texas Longhorns men's basketball, University of Texas at Austin. He previously served as head coach at the Arizona Wil ...

, Arizona :

Herb Sendek Herbert Joseph Sendek Jr. (born February 22, 1963) is an American college basketball coach who is the current men's basketball head coach at Santa Clara. Early life Herbert Joseph Sendek Jr. grew up in Pittsburgh and attended Penn Hills High S ...

, Arizona State : Mike Montgomery, California :

Tad Boyle Thomas Martin "Tad" Boyle (born January 6, 1963) is an American college basketball coach who is the men's head coach of the Colorado Buffaloes of the Big 12 Conference. He was named the 18th coach in Colorado men's basketball history on April 19, ...

, Colorado :

Dana Altman Dana Dean Altman (born June 16, 1958) is an American college basketball coach of the Oregon Ducks men's team. Previously he was head coach at Creighton, Kansas State and Marshall. He has been awarded a Coach of the Year Award for each team tha ...

, Oregon : Craig Robinson, Oregon State :

Johnny Dawkins Johnny Earl Dawkins Jr. (born September 28, 1963) is an American basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for the UCF men's basketball team. From 2008 to 2016, he was the head coach of Stanford. He was a two-time All-American an ...

, Stanford :

Ben Howland Benjamin Clark Howland (born May 28, 1957) is an American college basketball coach who most recently served as the men's head coach at Mississippi State University from to 2015 to 2022. He served as the head men's basketball coach at Northern Ar ...

, UCLA : Bob Cantu (interim head coach replaced Kevin O'Neill), USC : Larry Krystkowiak, Utah :

Lorenzo Romar Lorenzo Romar (born November 13, 1958) is an American basketball coach and former player. He currently serves as an assistant coach for the Loyola Marymount Lions men's basketball, Loyola Marymount Lions, a position he has held since 2024. He pre ...

, Washington : Ken Bone, Washington State

Post season

NCAA tournament

National Invitation tournament

Highlights and notes

* November 1, 2012 – Media Day was held in San Francisco * January 14, 2013 – USC head coach Kevin O'Neill was removed as head coach and associate head coach Bob Cantu took over as interim head coach, athletic director

Pat Haden Patrick Capper Haden (born January 23, 1953) is an American former professional football player and college administrator. He was the athletic director at the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles from August 2010 to June 2016. ...

announced. * March 2, 2013 – UCLA set a new attendance record of 13,727 at Pauley Pavilion * March 6, 2013 - Washington State breaks a 19-game home losing against UCLA, defeating the Bruins 73–61. * March 9, 2013 – UCLA won for the first time at Washington since January 2004. * March 24, 2013 – UCLA relieved coach Ben Howland of his duties. * March 30, 2013 –

Steve Alford Stephen Todd Alford (born November 23, 1964) is an American men's college basketball coach and former professional player who is the head coach for the Nevada Wolf Pack men's basketball, Nevada Wolf Pack of the Mountain West Conference (MWC). ...

was named the UCLA Bruins' 13th head men's basketball coach

Awards and honors

* The Pac-12 Coach of the Year Award in both men's and women's basketball is now known as the

John Wooden John Robert Wooden (October 14, 1910 – June 4, 2010) was an American basketball coach and player. Nicknamed "the Wizard of Westwood", he won ten National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, nati ...

Coach of the Year Award.

Scholar-Athlete of the Year

Player-of-the-Week

* Nov. 12 – Ahmad Starks, Oregon State *Nov. 26 – Justin Cobbs, California *Dec. 10 – Brock Motum, Washington State *Dec. 24 – Eric Moreland, Oregon State *Jan. 7 – Carrick Felix, Arizona State *Jan. 21 – Mark Lyons, Arizona *Feb. 4 – Josh Huestis, Stanford *Feb. 18 – Allen Crabbe, California * Mar. 5 – Kyle Anderson, UCLA * Nov. 19 –

Askia Booker Askia Toussaint Booker (born August 31, 1993) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Shenzhen Leopards of the Chinese Basketball Association. He played college basketball for the Colorado Buffaloes as a point guard. In ...

, Colorado *Dec. 3 – Carrick Felix, Arizona State *Dec. 17 –

André Roberson André Lee Roberson (born December 4, 1991) is an American professional basketball player for ASVEL Basket, LDLC ASVEL of the LNB Élite (LNB) and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball for the Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball, Colorado ...

, Jr., Colorado *Dec. 31 –

Shabazz Muhammad Shabazz Nagee Muhammad (born November 13, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for the Hangtuah Jakarta of the Indonesian Basketball League (IBL). He played one season of college basketball for the UCLA Bruins before being selecte ...

, UCLA *Jan. 14 – C. J. Wilcox, Washington *Jan. 28 – Carrick Felix, Arizona State *Feb. 11 – Allen Crabbe, California * Feb. 25 – Justin Cobbs, California * Mar. 11 – Brock Motum, Washington State

All-Americans

All-Pac-12 teams

Voting was by conference coaches: *

Player of The Year Several sports leagues honour their best player with an award called Player of the Year. In the United States, this type of award is usually called a Most Valuable Player award. Association football In association football, this award is held on b ...

: Allen Crabbe, Cal * Freshman of The Year: Shabazz Muhammad, UCLA;

Jahii Carson Jahii Carson (born August 31, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for SG ART Giants Düsseldorf of the ProA. He played college basketball for Arizona State University where he was co-Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Freshman of t ...

, ASU *

Defensive Player of The Year Defensive Player of the Year (DPOY or DPOTY) is the name of an award given in sports for outstanding defensive play by a single player over the course of a season. Many sports leagues award this type of award. League awards for Defensive Player o ...

, Colorado * Most Improved Player of The Year: Dwight Powell, Stanford * John R. Wooden Coach of the Year:

, Oregon First Team:

All-Academic

First Team: Second Team:

USBWA All-District team

District VIII * Player of The Year: André Roberson, Colorado District IX

NBA draft

Several players from the conference declared early for the NBA draft. The following all-conference selections were listed as seniors: Larry Drew II, Solomon Hill, Mark Lyons, E.J. Singler, Carrick Felix, and Brock Motum. Several players were among the 60 players invited to the 2013 NBA Draft Combine.

References

External links

2013–14 Pac-12 Men's Basketball Media Guide
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