# 2021 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament

The 2021 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament was a postseason men's basketball tournament for the Pac-12 Conference, which was played March 10–13, 2021, at T-Mobile Arena on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. The winner was Oregon State, which was the first for the Beavers in the history of the tournament. They received the conference's automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. The 2020 Tournament had been cancelled after the first round due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2021 tournament was played, but with only family of student-athletes as spectators in attendance.

## Seeds

Eleven of the 12 Pac-12 teams competed in the tournament. The Arizona Wildcats did not compete in the tournament; the university self-imposed a postseason ban for the 2020-21 season due to ongoing NCAA investigations into corruption within the program. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with tiebreakers in place to seed teams with identical conference records. The top five teams received a bye to the quarterfinals.
| Seed | School | Conference | Overall | Tiebreak 1 | Tiebreak 2 |
| 1 | Oregon†# | 14–4 | 19–5 | | |
| 2 | USC# | 15–5 | 21–6 | | |
| 3 | Colorado# | 14–6 | 20–7 | | |
| 4 | UCLA# | 13–6 | 17–8 | | |
| 5 | Oregon State# | 10–10 | 14–12 | 1–1 vs. Stanford | 1–1 vs. Oregon |
| 6 | Stanford | 10–10 | 14–12 | 1–1 vs. Oregon State | 0–2 vs. Oregon |
| 7 | Utah | 8–11 | 11–12 | | |
| 8 | Arizona State | 7–10 | 10–13 | | |
| 9 | Washington State | 7–12 | 14–12 | | |
| 10 | Washington | 4–16 | 5–20 | | |
| 11 | California | 3–17 | 8–19 | | |
| † – Pac-12 Conference regular season champions # – Received a first round bye in the conference tournament. ||||||

## Schedule

| Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television | Attendance |
| First round – Wednesday, March 10 ||||||
| 1 | 1:00 pm | No. 8 Arizona State vs. No. 9 Washington State | 64–59 | Pac-12 Network | N/A^ |
| 2 | 4:00 pm | No. 7 Utah vs. No. 10 Washington | 98–95 | Pac-12 Network | N/A^ |
| 3 | 7:00 pm | No. 6 Stanford vs. No. 11 California | 58–76 | Pac-12 Network | N/A^ |
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 11 ||||||
| 4 | 11:30 am | No. 1 Oregon vs. No. 8 Arizona State | 91–73 | Pac-12 Network | N/A |
| 5 | 2:30 pm | No. 4 UCLA vs. No. 5 Oregon State | 79–83 $^{OT}$ | Pac-12 Network | N/A |
| 6 | 5:30 pm | No. 2 USC vs. No. 7 Utah | 91–85 $^{2OT}$ | Pac-12 Network | N/A |
| 7 | 8:30 pm | No. 3 Colorado vs. No. 11 California | 61–58 | ESPN | N/A |
| Semifinals – Friday, March 12 ||||||
| 8 | 5:30 pm | No. 1 Oregon vs. No. 5 Oregon State | 64–75 | Pac-12 Network | N/A |
| 9 | 8:30 pm | No. 2 USC vs. No. 3 Colorado | 70–72 | ESPN | N/A |
| Championship – Saturday, March 13 ||||||
| 10 | 7:30 pm | No. 3 Colorado vs. No. 5 Oregon State | 68–70 | ESPN | N/A |
| Game times in PT. Rankings denote tournament seed. ||||||
^According to the Pac-12, family members were allowed to attend, but the general public was not allowed. As a result, the Pac-12 has not released official attendance numbers.

## Bracket

| First round Wednesday, March 10 | First round Wednesday, March 10 | First round Wednesday, March 10 | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 11 | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 11 | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 11 | Semifinals Friday, March 12 | Semifinals Friday, March 12 | Semifinals Friday, March 12 | Championship Saturday, March 13 | Championship Saturday, March 13 | Championship Saturday, March 13 |
| | | | 1 | Oregon | 91 | | | | | | |
| | | | 8 | Arizona State | 73 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Arizona State | 64 | 8 | Arizona State | 73 | | | | | | |
| 9 | Washington State | 59 | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Washington State | 59 | | | | 1 | Oregon | 64 | | | |
| | | | | | | 5 | Oregon State | 75 | | | |
| | | | 4 | UCLA | 79 | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Oregon State | 83* | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 5 | Oregon State | 70 |
| | | | | | | | | | 3 | #23 Colorado | 68 |
| | | | 2 | #24 USC | 91** | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | Utah | 85 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Utah | 98 | 7 | Utah | 85 | | | | | | |
| 10 | Washington | 95 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Washington | 95 | | | | 2 | #24 USC | 70 | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | #23 Colorado | 72 | | | |
| | | | 3 | #23 Colorado | 61 | | | | | | |
| | | | 11 | California | 58 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Stanford | 58 | 11 | California | 58 | | | | | | |
| 11 | California | 76 | | | | | | | | | |
* denotes overtime period ** denotes double overtime period

## Game statistics
### First round

* Pac-12 Network
* March 10 1:00 pm PST
No. 8 Arizona State 64, No. 9 Washington State 59 :
| Scoring by half: 25-24, 39-35 |||
| Pts: Verge Jr., 26 Rebs: 3 tied, 6 Asts: House, 6 | Pts: Bonton, 19 Rebs: Kunc, 9 Asts: 2 tied, 4 |
* T-Mobile Arena Paradise, NV Referees: Chris Rastatter, Deldre Carr, Greg Nixon
* Pac-12 Network
* March 10 4:00 pm PST
No. 7 Utah 98, No. 10 Washington 95 :
| Scoring by half: 47-35, 51-60 |||
| Pts: Allen, 24 Rebs: Allen, 11 Asts: 2 tied, 4 | Pts: Green, 31 Rebs: 2 tied, 6 Asts: Green, 7 |
* T-Mobile Arena Paradise, NV Referees: Tony Padilla, Michael Irving, Michael Greenstein
* Pac-12 Network
* March 10 7:00 pm PST
No. 6 Stanford 58, No. 11 California 76 :
| Scoring by half: 29-35, 29-41 |||
| Pts: Delaire, 14 Rebs: Kisunas, 7 Asts: O'Connell, 3 | Pts: Bradley, 19 Rebs: Kelly, 9 Asts: Bradley, 6 |
* T-Mobile Arena Paradise, NV Referees: Randy McCall, Verne Harris, Mike Reed

### Quarterfinals

* Pac-12 Network
* March 11 11:30 am PST
No. 1 Oregon 91, No. 8 Arizona State 73 :
| Scoring by half: 35-27, 56-46 |||
| Pts: Verge Jr., 28 Rebs: Verge Jr., 8 Asts: Martin, 5 | Pts: Figueroa, 21 Rebs: Richardson, 7 Asts: Richardson, 9 |
* T-Mobile Arena Paradise, NV Referees: Mike Reed, Michael Irving, Kevin Brill
* Pac-12 Network
* March 11 2:30 pm PST
No. 4 UCLA 79, No. 5 Oregon State 83 (OT) :
| Scoring by half: 34-24, 36-46 Overtime: 9-13 |||
| Pts: Bernard, 19 Rebs: Bernard, 10 Asts: Campbell, 5 | Pts: Alatishe, 22 Rebs: 2 tied, 10 Asts: Hunt, 5 |
* T-Mobile Arena Paradise, NV Referees: Randy McCall, Michael Greenstein, Mike Scyphers
* Pac-12 Network
* March 11 5:30 pm PST
No. 2 USC 91, No. 7 Utah 85 (OT) :
| Scoring by half: 34-29, 37-42 Overtime: 20-14 |||
| Pts: E. Mobley, 26 Rebs: E. Mobley, 9 Asts: 2 tied, 3 | Pts: Allen, 20 Rebs: Allen, 13 Asts: Allen, 3 |
* T-Mobile Arena Paradise, NV Referees: Chris Rastatter, Verne Harris, Frank Harvey III
* ESPN
* March 11 8:30 pm PST
No. 3 Colorado 61, No. 11 California 58 :
| Scoring by half: 24-20, 37-38 |||
| Pts: Battey, 15 Rebs: Walker, 6 Asts: Wright IV, 3 | Pts: Anticevich, 11 Rebs: Anticevich, 6 Asts: Brown, 4 |
* T-Mobile Arena Paradise, NV Referees: Tony Padilla, Deldre Carr, Greg Nixon

### Semifinals

* Pac-12 Network
* March 12 5:30 pm PST
No. 1 Oregon 64, No. 5 Oregon State 75 :
| Scoring by half: 28-38, 36-37 |||
| Pts: Thompson, 16 Rebs: Alatishe, 12 Asts: 2 tied, 4 | Pts: 3 tied, 14 Rebs: Richardson, 7 Asts: Richardson, 6 |
* T-Mobile Arena Paradise, NV Referees: Verne Harris, Tony Padilla, Chris Rastatter
* ESPN
* March 12 8:30 pm PST
No. 2 USC 70, No. 3 Colorado 72 :
| Scoring by half: 30-39, 40-33 |||
| Pts: E. Mobley, 26 Rebs: E. Mobley, 9 Asts: Eaddy, 5 | Pts: Wright IV, 24 Rebs: Horne, 7 Asts: Wright IV, 4 |
* T-Mobile Arena Paradise, NV Referees: Mike Reed, Deldre Carr, Michael Greenstein

### Championship

* ESPN
* March 13 7:30 pm PST
No. 5 Oregon State 70, No. 3 Colorado 68 :
| Scoring by half: 33-28, 37-40 |||
| Pts: Calloo, 15 Rebs: Alatishe, 7 Asts: Thompson, 4 | Pts: Wright IV, 18 Rebs: Battey, 8 Asts: Wright IV, 7 |
* T-Mobile Arena Paradise, NV Referees: Verne Harris, Tony Padilla, Chris Rastatter

## Awards and honors
### Team and tournament leaders

| Team | Points | Points | Rebounds | Rebounds | Assists | Assists | Steals | Steals | Blocks | Blocks | Minutes | Minutes |
| Arizona | — | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― |
| Arizona State | Verge Jr. | 54 | Verge Jr. | 14 | 2 tied | 7 | House | 6 | 3 tied | 1 | Martin | 72 |
| California | Bradley | 29 | 2 tied | 11 | Brown | 7 | 2 tied | 2 | Kelly | 2 | Bradley | 67 |
| Colorado | Wright IV | 52 | Battey | 19 | Wright IV | 14 | 5 tied | 2 | Walton | 2 | Wright IV | 103 |
| Oregon | Figueroa | 35 | Richardson | 14 | Richardson | 15 | Omoruyi | 7 | 2 tied | 2 | Richardson | 75 |
| Oregon State | 2 tied | 42 | Alatishe | 29 | Thompson | 11 | Thompson | 4 | 2 tied | 2 | Lucas | 104 |
| Stanford | Delaire | 14 | Kisunas | 7 | O'Connell | 3 | Wills | 3 | 2 tied | 1 | Wills | 32 |
| UCLA | Bernard | 19 | Bernard | 10 | Campbell | 5 | Singleton | 2 | Riley | 3 | Campbell | 43 |
| USC | E. Mobley | 52 | E. Mobley | 18 | Eaddy | 8 | Eaddy | 3 | E. Mobley | 10 | 2 tied | 78 |
| Utah | Allen | 44 | Allen | 24 | Allen | 7 | Allen | 3 | 2 tied | 2 | Allen | 87 |
| Washington | Green | 31 | 2 tied | 6 | Green | 7 | Bajema | 3 | 2 tied | 1 | 2 tied | 37 |
| Washington State | Bonton | 19 | Kunc | 9 | 2 tied | 4 | Bonton | 2 | 3 tied | 1 | Bonton | 39 |

### All-Tournament Team

| Name | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Team |
| Warith Alatishe | F | 6'7" | 220 | Jr. | Oregon State |
| Evan Mobley | F | 7'0" | 210 | Fr. | USC |
| Evan Battey | F | 6'8" | 260 | Jr. | Colorado |
| McKinley Wright IV | G | 6'0" | 200 | Sr. | Colorado |
| Jared Lucas | G | 6'3" | 205 | So. | Oregon State |
| Ethan Thompson | G | 6'5" | 195 | Sr. | Oregon State |

## Tournament notes

* Five teams were extended invitations to the 2021 NCAA tournament: Colorado, Oregon, Oregon State, UCLA, and USC. The five bids marks the most for the Conference since securing a record seven in 2015-16. Oregon State was not expected to be invited to the tournament, and changed the number of predicted bids of the Pac-12 from four to five. The team first out originally predicted in the field was Louisville.
* No teams from the Pac-12 were invited to the 2021 National Invitation Tournament, which was reduced in size.
* In the NCAA tournament, UCLA won the 11 seed play-in game, and then all five teams advanced to the round of 32 on the opening weekend. Four teams advanced to round of sixteen. Three teams advanced to the round of eight: Oregon State, UCLA, and USC. USC and Oregon played each other for the final Elite 8 spot. UCLA reached the Final Four as a 11-seed First Four team.
* Each win in the NCAA tournament by a conference team gains a payout "unit" for the conference over six years. The Pac-12 team wins in the 2021 tournament gained a record 19 units, which will cause almost US$40 million to be paid to the conference by 2027.