# 2011–12 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season

The 2011–12 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2011 and ended with the 2012 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament from March 7–10, 2012 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The regular season began on the weekend of November 5, with the conference schedule starting on December 29.
This was the first season under the Pac-12 Conference name. In July 2011, two schools joined the conference. Colorado arrived from the Big 12 and Utah entered from the Mountain West.

## Pre-season

* Pre-season media day was held on October 28, 2011 at L.A. Live's Nokia Theatre in downtown Los Angeles.
* 2011–12 Pac-12 Men's Basketball Media Poll:
    Rank, School (first-place votes), Points
    1. UCLA (14) 421
    2. California (13) 405
    3. Arizona (11) 404
    4. Washington 355
    5. Oregon 282
    6. Stanford 255
    7. USC 194
    8. Oregon State 188
    9. Arizona State 148
    10. Colorado 119
    11. Washington State 119
    12. Utah 74

## Rankings

* Three conference teams were ranked in the pre-season poll: Arizona No. 16; UCLA No. 20; and Cal No. 24.
Legend :
| | Improvement in ranking |
| | Drop in ranking |
| RV | Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll |
| | | Pre/ Wk 1 | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | Wk 13 | Wk 14 | Wk 15 | Wk 16 | Wk 17 | Wk 18 | Wk 19 | Final |
| Arizona | AP | 16 | 15 | 23 | RV | RV | RV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | |
| Arizona | C | 16 | 16 | 23 | RV | RV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV |
| Arizona St | AP | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | – |
| Arizona St | C | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV |
| California | AP | 24 | 23 | 20 | 24 | RV | RV | RV | NV | RV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | – |
| California | C | 24 | 22 | 18 | 23 | RV | RV | RV | NV | NV | NV | RV | NV | RV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV |
| Colorado | AP | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | – |
| Colorado | C | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV |
| Oregon | AP | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | – |
| Oregon | C | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV |
| Oregon St | AP | NV | NV | RV | NV | RV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | – |
| Oregon St | C | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV |
| Stanford | AP | NV | NV | NV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | – |
| Stanford | C | NV | NV | NV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV |
| UCLA | AP | 17 | RV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | – |
| UCLA | C | 20 | RV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV |
| USC | AP | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | – |
| USC | C | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV |
| Utah | AP | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | – |
| Utah | C | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV |
| Washington | AP | RV | RV | RV | RV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | – |
| Washington | C | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV |
| Washington St | AP | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | – |
| Washington St | C | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV |

## Conference games
### Composite Matrix

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.
| | Arizona | Arizona St | California | Colorado | Oregon | Oregon St | Stanford | UCLA | USC | Utah | Washington | Washington St |
| vs. Arizona | – | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 |
| vs. Arizona St | 1–1 | – | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| vs. California | 1–0 | 0–1 | – | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| vs. Colorado | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | – | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| vs. Oregon | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | – | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| vs. Oregon St | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | – | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| vs. Stanford | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | – | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| vs. UCLA | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | – | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| vs. USC | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | – | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| vs. Utah | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | – | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| vs. Washington | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | – | 0–2 |
| vs. Washington St | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | – |
| Total | 12–6 | 6–12 | 13–5 | 11–7 | 13–5 | 7–11 | 10–8 | 11–7 | 1–17 | 3–15 | 14–4 | 7–11 |

## Conference tournament

* March 7–10, 2012 – Pac-12 Conference Basketball Tournament, Staples Center, Los Angeles, California.
| First round March 7, 2012 | First round March 7, 2012 | First round March 7, 2012 | Quarterfinals March 8, 2012 | Quarterfinals March 8, 2012 | Quarterfinals March 8, 2012 | Semifinals March 9, 2012 | Semifinals March 9, 2012 | Semifinals March 9, 2012 | Championship Game March 10, 2012 | Championship Game March 10, 2012 | Championship Game March 10, 2012 |
| | | | 1 | Washington | 84 | | | | | | |
| | | | 9 | Oregon State | 86 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Washington State | 64 | 9 | Oregon State | 86 | | | | | | |
| 9 | Oregon State | 69 | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Oregon State | 69 | | | | 9 | Oregon State | 61 | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | Arizona | 72 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Arizona | 66 | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | UCLA | 58 | | | | | | |
| 5 | UCLA | 55 | 5 | UCLA | 58 | | | | | | |
| 12 | USC | 40 | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | USC | 40 | | | | | | | 4 | Arizona | 51 |
| | | | | | | | | | 6 | Colorado | 53 |
| | | | 2 | California | 77 | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | Stanford | 71 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Stanford | 85 | 7 | Stanford | 71 | | | | | | |
| 10 | Arizona State | 65 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Arizona State | 65 | | | | 2 | California | 59 | | | |
| | | | | | | 6 | Colorado | 70 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Oregon | 62 | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | Colorado | 63 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Colorado | 53 | 6 | Colorado | 63 | | | | | | |
| 11 | Utah | 41 | | | | | | | | | |

## Head coaches

    Sean Miller, Arizona
    Herb Sendek, Arizona State
    Mike Montgomery, California
    Tad Boyle, Colorado
    Dana Altman, Oregon
    Craig Robinson, Oregon State
    Johnny Dawkins, Stanford
    Ben Howland, UCLA
    Kevin O'Neill, USC
    Larry Krystkowiak, Utah
    Lorenzo Romar, Washington
    Ken Bone, Washington State

## Post season
### NCAA tournament

* March 14, 2012 – California defeated by South Florida 65–54
* March 15, 2012 - Colorado 68, UNLV 64
* March 17, 2012 - Baylor 80, Colorado 63

### NIT

* March 13, 2012 – Washington def. UT-Arlington 82–72
* March 14, 2012 – Arizona defeated by Bucknell 65–54
* March 13, 2012 – Oregon def. LSU 96–74
* March 13, 2012 – Stanford def. Cleveland State 76–65

### CBI

* March 13, 2012 – Washington State def. San Francisco 89–75
* March 14, 2012 – Oregon State def. Western Illinois 80-59
* March 19, 2012 – Oregon State def. TCU 101-81
* March 19, 2012 – Washington State def. Wyoming 61-41
* March 21, 2012 - Washington State def. Oregon State 72-55
* March 26, 2012 - Washington State def. Pittsburgh 67-66
* March 28, 2012 - Pittsburgh def. Washington State 57-53
* March 30, 2012 - Pittsburgh def. Washington State 71-65

## 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 Coach of the Year Award.

### Player-of-the-Week

* Nov. 14 – C. J. Wilcox, Washington
* Nov. 28 – Maurice Jones, USC
* Dec. 12 – Brock Motum, Washington State
* Dec. 26 – Solomon Hill, Arizona
* Jan. 9 – Carlon Brown, Colorado
* Jan. 23 – Faisal Aden, Washington State
* Feb. 6 – Kyle Fogg, Arizona
* Feb. 20 – Justin Cobbs, California
* March 5 – Lazeric Jones, UCLA
* Nov. 21 – Jared Cunningham, Oregon State
* Dec. 5 – Solomon Hill, Arizona
* Dec. 19 – Ahmad Starks, Oregon State
* Jan. 2 – Tony Wroten, Washington
* Jan. 16 – Terrence Ross, Washington
* Jan. 30 – Jared Cunningham, Oregon State
* Feb. 13 – E. J. Singler, Oregon
* Feb. 27 – Kyle Fogg, Arizona

### All-Pac-12 teams

Voting was by conference coaches:
* Player of The Year: Jorge Gutierrez, California
* Freshman of The Year: Tony Wroten, Washington
* Defensive Player of The Year: Jorge Gutierrez, California
* Most Improved Player of The Year: Brock Motum, Washington State
* John R. Wooden Coach of the Year: Lorenzo Romar, Washington
FIRST TEAM:
| Name | School | Pos. | Year | Ht., Wt. | Hometown (Prev. School) |
| Allen Crabbe | CAL | G | So. | 6-6, 205 | Los Angeles, Calif. (Price HS) |
| Jared Cunningham | OSU | G | Jr. | 6-4, 182 | Oakland, Calif. (San Leandro HS) |
| Kyle Fogg | ARIZ | G | Sr. | 6-3, 190 | Brea, Calif. (Brea Olinda HS) |
| Jorge Gutierrez | CAL | G | Sr. | 6-3, 195 | Chihuahua, Mexico (Findlay College Prep, Nev.) |
| Solomon Hill | ARIZ | F | Jr. | 6-6, 226 | Los Angeles, Calif. (Fairfax HS) |
| Devoe Joseph | ORE | G | Sr. | 6-4, 180 | Pickering, Ont., Canada (Minnesota) |
| Brock Motum | WSU | F | Jr. | 6-10, 230 | Brisbane, Aus. (Australia Institute of Sport) |
| André Roberson | COLO | F | So. | 6-7, 210 | San Antonio, Texas (Wagner HS) |
| Terrence Ross | WASH | G | So. | 6-6, 195 | Portland, Ore. (Jefferson HS) |
| Tony Wroten | WASH | G | Fr. | 6-4, 205 | Seattle, Wash. (Garfield HS) |

### All-Academic

First Team:
| Player, School | Year | GPA | Major |
Second Team:
| Player, School | Year | GPA | Major |