The 2017 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the
Pac-12 Conference
The Pac-12 Conference is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference in the Western United States. It participates at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) NCAA Division I, Division I level for all sports, and its Co ...
and was played during March 8–11, 2017 at
T-Mobile Arena
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in
Paradise, Nevada
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. The champion, Arizona, received the Pac-12 conference automatic bid to the
2017 NCAA tournament with an 83–80 win over Oregon in the finals.
Seeds
Teams will be seeded by conference record, with ties broken in the following order:
* Record between the tied teams
* Record against the highest-seeded team not involved in the tie, going down through the seedings as necessary
* Higher
RPI
* Head-to-head
Schedule
Bracket
* denotes overtime period
Game statistics
First round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Championship
Awards and honors
Hall of Honor
The following former players were inducted into the
Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Hall of Honor
The Pac-12 Conference Hall of Honor recognizes former athletes and coaches who have made a significant impact to the tradition and heritage of the Pac-12 Conference. Established in 2002, one honoree is selected by each member institution in the co ...
on Friday, March 10, during a ceremony prior to the semifinals of the 2017 Pac-12 men's basketball tournament presented by New York Life.
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Bob Elliott (Arizona)
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Tarence Wheeler (Arizona State)
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Jerome Randle
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(California)
*
Chauncey Billups
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(Colorado)
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Stu Jackson (Oregon)
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Ray Blume (Oregon State)
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Mike Montgomery (Stanford)
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David Greenwood (UCLA)
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Ralph Vaughn
Ralph Lincoln Vaughn (February 12, 1918 – June 8, 1998) was an American basketball player for the USC Trojans men's basketball, Southern California Trojans. He led the Pacific Coast Conference in scoring his senior season of 1939–40 at 15.0& ...
(USC)
*
Andre Miller
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(Utah)
*
Quincy Pondexter
Quincy Coe Pondexter (born March 10, 1988) is an American basketball coach and former professional player who is an assistant coach for the Washington Huskies men’s basketball team. He played high school basketball in Fresno, California, at S ...
(Washington)
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Carlos Daniel (Washington State)
Team and tournament leaders
All-Tournament Team
Most Outstanding Player
Tournament notes
*Four teams were selected for the
2017 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
The 2017 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 68 teams playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the men's National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college basketball national champion for the 20 ...
: Arizona, UCLA, Oregon, and USC.
*For the fourth time in conference history, three of the teams had a 3 seed or higher in the NCAA tournament: Arizona earned #2 in the West, UCLA #3 in the South and Oregon #3 in the Midwest. These three teams all reached the Sweet Sixteen of the 2017 NCAA tournament. Oregon reached the Final Four, and was eliminated in the semifinals by eventual National Champion North Carolina.
*Three Pac-12 teams were selected to participate in the
2017 National Invitation Tournament
The 2017 National Invitation Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 32 NCAA Division I teams that were not selected to participate in the 2017 NCAA tournament. The annual tournament was played on campus sites in the first three round ...
: Utah, California, and Colorado.
References
See also
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2017 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball tournament
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Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament
2016–17 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season
Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament
The Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament, otherwise known as the Pac-12 tournament, was the annual concluding tournament for the NCAA college basketball in the Pac-12, taking place in Las Vegas at the T-Mobile Arena. The first tourna ...
21st century in Las Vegas
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College basketball tournaments in Nevada
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