# 2022 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament

The 2022 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament was a postseason men's basketball tournament for the Pac-12 Conference held March 9–12, 2022, at T-Mobile Arena on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. The tournament winner, the Arizona Wildcats, received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

## Seeds

The bracket was set on March 5, 2022 All 12 schools were scheduled to participate in the tournament. The seedings were determined upon completion of regular season play. The winning percentage of the teams in conference play determined tournament seedings. There are tiebreakers in place to seed teams with identical conference records. The top four teams receive a bye to the quarterfinals. Tie-breaking procedures for determining all tournament seeding is:
* 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 | Tiebreak 5 |
| 1 | No. 2 Arizona †# | 18–2 | 28–3 | | | | | |
| 2 | No. 13 UCLA # | 15–5 | 23–6 | | | | | |
| 3 | No. 21 USC # | 14–6 | 25–6 | | | | | |
| 4 | Colorado # | 12–8 | 20–10 | | | | | |
| 5 | Oregon | 11–9 | 18–13 | 1–1 vs Washington, 1–1 vs Washington State | 0-1 vs Arizona | 2–0 vs UCLA | | |
| 6 | Washington | 11–9 | 16–14 | 1–1 vs Oregon, 1–1 vs Washington State | 0-2 vs Arizona | 0–2 vs UCLA | 0–1 vs USC | 1–0 vs ASU |
| 7 | Washington State | 11–9 | 18–13 | 1–1 vs Oregon, 1–1 vs Washington | 0-2 vs Arizona | 0–1 vs UCLA | 0–2 vs USC | 1–1 vs ASU |
| 8 | Arizona State | 10–10 | 14–16 | | | | | |
| 9 | Stanford | 8–12 | 15–15 | | | | | |
| 10 | California | 5–15 | 12–19 | | | | | |
| 11 | Utah | 4–16 | 11–19 | | | | | |
| 12 | Oregon State | 1–19 | 3–27 | | | | | |
| † – Pac-12 Conference regular season champions # – Received a first round bye in the conference tournament. Rankings from AP poll |||||||||

## Schedule

| Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television | Attendance |
| First round – Wednesday, March 9 ||||||
| 1 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 8 Arizona State vs. No. 9 Stanford | 70−71 | Pac-12 Network | 7,565 |
| 2 | 2:30 p.m. | No. 5 Oregon vs. No. 12 Oregon State | 86−72 | Pac-12 Network | 7,565 |
| 3 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 7 Washington State vs. No. 10 California | 66–59 | Pac-12 Network | 8,579 |
| 4 | 8:30 p.m. | No. 6 Washington vs. No. 11 Utah | 82–70 | Pac-12 Network | 8,579 |
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10 ||||||
| 5 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 1 Arizona vs. No. 9 Stanford | 84–80 | Pac-12 Network | 11,081 |
| 6 | 2:30 p.m. | No. 4 Colorado vs. No. 5 Oregon | 80–69 | Pac-12 Network | 11,081 |
| 7 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 2 UCLA vs. No. 7 Washington State | 75–65 | Pac-12 Network | 10,417 |
| 8 | 8:30 p.m. | No. 3 USC vs. No. 6 Washington | 65–61 | FS1 | 10,417 |
| Semifinals – Friday, March 11 ||||||
| 9 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 1 Arizona vs. No. 4 Colorado | 82–72 | Pac-12 Network | 14,158 |
| 10 | 8:30 p.m. | No. 2 UCLA vs. No. 3 USC | 69–59 | FS1 | 14,158 |
| Championship – Saturday, March 12 ||||||
| 11 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 1 Arizona vs. No. 2 UCLA | 84–76 | FOX | 14,401 |
| Game times in PT. Rankings denote tournament seed. ||||||

## Bracket

| First round Wednesday, March 9 | First round Wednesday, March 9 | First round Wednesday, March 9 | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 10 | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 10 | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 10 | Semifinals Friday, March 11 | Semifinals Friday, March 11 | Semifinals Friday, March 11 | Championship Saturday, March 12 | Championship Saturday, March 12 | Championship Saturday, March 12 |
| | | | 1 | #2 Arizona | 84 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Arizona State | 70 | 9 | Stanford | 80 | | | | | | |
| 9 | Stanford | 71 | | | | 1 | #2 Arizona | 82 | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | Colorado | 72 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Colorado | 80 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Oregon | 86 | 5 | Oregon | 69 | | | | | | |
| 12 | Oregon State | 72 | | | | | | | 1 | #2 Arizona | 84 |
| | | | | | | | | | 2 | #13 UCLA | 76 |
| | | | 2 | #13 UCLA | 75 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Washington State | 66 | 7 | Washington State | 65 | | | | | | |
| 10 | California | 59 | | | | 2 | #13 UCLA | 69 | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | #21 USC | 59 | | | |
| | | | 3 | #21 USC | 65 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Washington | 82 | 6 | Washington | 61 | | | | | | |
| 11 | Utah | 70 | | | | | | | | | |
* denotes overtime period

## Game statistics
### First round

* Pac-12 Network
* March 9 12:00 p.m.
No. 8 Arizona State 70, No. 9 Stanford 71 :
| Scoring by half: 31−27, 39−44 |||
| Pts: Horne, 21 Rebs: Graham, 6 Asts: Jackson, 4 | Pts: Jones, 26 Rebs: 2 tied, 10 Asts: O'Connell, 7 |
* T-Mobile Arena Paradise, NV Attendance: 7,565 Referees: Greg Nixon, Deldre Carr, Deron White
* Pac-12 Network
* March 9 2:30 p.m.
No. 5 Oregon 86, No. 12 Oregon State 72 :
| Scoring by half: 43−36, 43−36 |||
| Pts: Young, 23 Rebs: Williams, 8 Asts: Young, 11 | Pts: Lucas, 22 Rebs: 2 tied, 5 Asts: Davis, 5 |
* T-Mobile Arena Paradise, NV Attendance: 7,565 Referees: Chris Rastatter, Mike Scyphers, Glen Mayberry
* Pac-12 Network
* March 9 6:00 p.m.
No. 7 Washington State 66, No. 10 California 59 :
| Scoring by half: 32−20, 34–39 |||
| Pts: Abogidi, 19 Rebs: Jakimovski, 10 Asts: 2 tied, 2 | Pts: Shepherd, 19 Rebs: Thiemann, 10 Asts: Foreman, 3 |
* T-Mobile Arena Paradise, NV Attendance: 8,579 Referees: Dave Hall, Eric Curry, DG Nelson
* Pac-12 Network
* March 9 8:30 p.m.
No. 6 Washington 82, No. 11 Utah 70 :
| Scoring by half: 40–37, 42–33 |||
| Pts: Brown, 22 Rebs: Roberts, 11 Asts: Brown, 5 | Pts: Anthony, 18 Rebs: Worster, 8 Asts: Worster, 6 |
* T-Mobile Arena Paradise, NV Attendance: 8,579 Referees: Michael Irving, Verne Harris, Frank Harvey III

### Quarterfinals

* Pac-12 Network
* March 10 12:00 p.m.
No. 1 Arizona 84, No. 9 Stanford 80 :
| Scoring by half: 40−37, 44−43 |||
| Pts: Koloko, 24 Rebs: Koloko, 9 Asts: 2 tied, 5 | Pts: Jones, 28 Rebs: Jones, 8 Asts: 2 tied, 4 |
* T-Mobile Arena Paradise, NV Attendance: 11,081 Referees: Randy McCall, Frank Harvey III, Larry Spaulding
* Pac-12 Network
* March 10 2:30 p.m.
No. 4 Colorado 80, No. 5 Oregon 69 :
| Scoring by half: 36−30, 44−39 |||
| Pts: Battey, 19 Rebs: Walker, 16 Asts: Simpson, 4 | Pts: Guerrier, 25 Rebs: Guerrier, 13 Asts: Young, 7 |
* T-Mobile Arena Paradise, NV Attendance: 11,081 Referees: Michael Greenstein, Michael Irving, Nate Harris
* Pac-12 Network
* March 10 6:00 p.m.
No. 2 UCLA 75, No. 7 Washington State 65 :
| Scoring by half: 40−28, 35–37 |||
| Pts: Jaquez, 23 Rebs: Jaquez, 11 Asts: 2 tied, 4 | Pts: Jakimovski, 15 Rebs: Abogidi, 8 Asts: 2 tied, 3 |
* T-Mobile Arena Paradise, NV Attendance: 10,417 Referees: Tony Padilla, Mike Reed, Glen Mayberry
* FS1
* March 10 8:30 p.m.
No. 3 USC 65, No. 6 Washington 61 :
| Scoring by half: 36−39, 29–22 |||
| Pts: Ellis, 17 Rebs: Mobley, 9 Asts: Mobley, 6 | Pts: Brown, 23 Rebs: 2 tied, 6 Asts: Brown, 5 |
* T-Mobile Arena Paradise, NV Attendance: 10,417 Referees: Chris Rastatter, Deron White, Scott Brown

### Semifinals

* Pac-12 Network
* March 11 6:00 p.m.
No. 1 Arizona 82, No. 4 Colorado 72 :
| Scoring by half: 47–38, 35–34 |||
| Pts: Tubelis, 20 Rebs: Tubelis, 11 Asts: 4 tied, 3 | Pts: Walker, 19 Rebs: Walker, 5 Asts: Simpson, 5 |
* T-Mobile Arena Paradise, NV Attendance: 14,158 Referees: Verne Harris, Tony Padilla, Mike Reed
* FS1
* March 11 8:30 p.m.
No. 2 UCLA 69, No. 3 USC 59 :
| Scoring by half: 36–28, 33–31 |||
| Pts: Jaquez, 19 Rebs: Bernard, 8 Asts: 4 tied, 2 | Pts: Ellis, 27 Rebs: 2 tied, 7 Asts: 6 tied, 1 |
* T-Mobile Arena Paradise, NV Attendance: 14,158 Referees: Randy McCall, Deldre Carr, Mike Greenstein

### Championship

* FOX
* March 12 6:00 p.m.
No. 1 Arizona 84, No. 2 UCLA 76 :
| Scoring by half: 35−40, 49–36 |||
| Pts: Mathurin, 27 Rebs: Koloko, 10 Asts: 2 tied, 7 | Pts: Bernard, 19 Rebs: Jaquez, 10 Asts: Campbell, 4 |
* T-Mobile Arena Paradise, NV Attendance: 14,401 Referees: Randy McCall, Verne Harris, Tony Padilla

## Awards and honors
### Hall of Honor

The 2022 class of the Pac-12 Hall of Honor will be honored on March 11 during a ceremony prior to the tournament semifinals. Following a hiatus in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2022 class will return to the original format of recognizing one member as a new inductee to the Hall of Honor from each Pac-12 university. The 2022 class includes:
* Tanya Hughes (Arizona Women's Track & Field)
* Curley Culp (Arizona State Football & Men's Wrestling)
* Layshia Clarendon (California Women's Basketball)
* Jenny Simpson (Colorado Women's Cross Country and Track & Field)
* English Gardner (Oregon Women's Track & Field)
* Steven Jackson (Oregon State Football)
* Tony Azevedo (Stanford Men's Water Polo)
* Jackie Joyner-Kersee (UCLA Women's Basketball and Track & Field)
* John Naber (USC Men's Swimming)
* Tom Chambers (Utah Men's Basketball)
* Tina Frimpong Ellertson (Washington Women's Soccer)
* Drew Bledsoe (Washington State Football).

### Team and tournament leaders

| Team | Points | Points | Rebounds | Rebounds | Assists | Assists | Steals | Steals | Blocks | Blocks | Minutes | Minutes |
| Arizona | Mathurin | 57 | Koloko | 23 | Mathurin | 15 | 2 tied | 5 | Ballo | 7 | Mathurin | 107 |
| Arizona State | Horne | 21 | Graham | 6 | Jackson | 4 | Jackson | 2 | Boakye | 3 | Heath | 32 |
| California | Shepherd | 19 | Thiemann | 10 | Foreman | 3 | Shepherd | 4 | Thiemann | 1 | Shepherd | 39 |
| Colorado | Walker | 37 | Walker | 21 | Simpson | 11 | Simpson | 5 | 2 tied | 3 | Walker | 63 |
| Oregon | Guerrier | 45 | Dante | 18 | Young | 18 | Young | 5 | 2 tied | 5 | Young | 76 |
| Oregon State | Lucas | 22 | 2 tied | 5 | Davis | 5 | 5 tied | 1 | Rand | 2 | Lucas | 39 |
| Stanford | Jones | 54 | Ingram | 16 | O'Connell | 11 | Silva | 3 | Keefe | 3 | Ingram | 67 |
| UCLA | Jaquez | 60 | Jaquez | 26 | Campbell | 10 | Jaquez | 5 | Johnson | 4 | Jaquez | 106 |
| USC | Ellis | 44 | Mobley | 16 | Mobley | 7 | Goodwin | 2 | Mobley | 2 | Mobley | 74 |
| Utah | Anthony | 18 | Worster | 8 | Worster | 6 | 3 tied | 1 | Carlson | 2 | Anthony | 37 |
| Washington | Brown | 45 | Roberts | 17 | Brown | 10 | Brown | 5 | 3 tied | 1 | Brown | 75 |
| Washington State | Roberts | 28 | Jakimovski | 14 | Flowers | 5 | 2 tied | 2 | Jackson | 6 | Flowers | 68 |

### All-Tournament Team

| Name | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Team |
| Bennedict Mathurin | SG | 6−6 | 210 | So. | Arizona |
| Christian Koloko | C | 7−1 | 230 | Jr. | Arizona |
| Jaime Jaquez Jr. | SF | 6−7 | 225 | Jr. | UCLA |
| Jules Bernard | SG | 6−7 | 210 | Sr. | UCLA |
| Boogie Ellis | PG | 6−3 | 185 | Jr. | USC |
| Spencer Jones | SF | 6−7 | 225 | Jr. | Stanford |

### Most Outstanding Player

| Name | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Team |
| Bennedict Mathurin | SG | 6'6" | 210 | So. | Arizona |

## Tournament notes

* At the start of the tournament, No. 2 Arizona, No. 13 UCLA, and No. 21 USC were ranked in the top 25.
* Three teams were extended invitations to the 2022 NCAA tournament: Arizona, UCLA & USC.
* Three teams were extended invitations to the 2022 National Invitation Tournament: Colorado, Oregon & Washington State.