2016–17 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season


The 2016–17 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season begins with practices in October 2016 and ends with the 2017 Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament in March 2017 at the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada. The regular season begins on the first weekend of November 11, 2016 with Arizona-Michigan State, with the conference schedule starting in the last week of December 28, 2016 with UCLA-Oregon.
This is the sixth season under the Pac-12 Conference name and the 58th since the conference was established under its current charter as the Athletic Association of Western Universities in 1959. Including the history of the Pacific Coast Conference, which operated from 1915 to 1959 and is considered by the Pac-12 as a part of its own history, this is the Pac-12's 102nd season of men's basketball.

Pre-season

PlaceTeamPointsFirst place votes
1.Oregon320
2.Arizona298
3.UCLA259---
4.California209---
5.Colorado199---
6.Washington167---
7.USC163---
8.Utah142---
9.Oregon State122---
10.Stanford119---
11.Arizona State78---
12.Washington State30---

first place votes

Recruiting classes


TeamESPNRivalsScout247SportsSignees
Arizona#7#3#7#53
Arizona State#16#21#23#264
California----1
Colorado----4
Oregon#37#12#17#203
Oregon State----2
Stanford----2
UCLA#5#5#4#63
USC#31---4
Utah---#292
Washington#32#26#18#223
Washington State----4

Rankings

The Pac-12 had 4 teams ranked and 3 others receiving votes in the preseason Coaches' Poll. It had four teams ranked in the preseason AP Poll and one other receiving votes.

Pac-12 Regular Season

Conference Schedule

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

Points scored

Through March 6th, 2017

Head Coaches

Note: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season. Overall and Pac-12 records are from time at current school.
TeamHead coachPrevious jobSeasons at schoolOverall recordPac-12 recordNCAA TournamentsNCAA Final FoursNCAA Championships
ArizonaSean MillerXavier8th215–65 107–37 1000
Arizona StateBobby HurleyBuffalo2nd30–35 12–24 100
CaliforniaCuonzo MartinTennessee3rd61–37 29–25 200
ColoradoTad BoyleNorthern Colorado7th149–94 64–61 400
OregonDana AltmanCreighton7th182–68 85–41 1200
Oregon StateWayne TinkleMontana3rd41–54 18–36 400
StanfordJerod HaaseUAB1st14–17 6–12 000
UCLASteve AlfordNew Mexico4th93–43 44–28 1000
USCAndy EnfieldFlorida Gulf Coast4th68–62 24–48 300
UtahLarry KrystkowiakNew Jersey Nets 6th115–84 54–55 400
WashingtonLorenzo RomarSaint Louis15th298–197 143–120 700
Washington StateErnie KentOregon3rd36–58 15–40 600

Post season

Pac-12 Tournament

The conference tournament is scheduled for Wednesday–Saturday March 8–11, 2017 at the T-Mobile Arena, Paradise, NV. Oregon and Arizona were seeded one and two respectively. The top four teams had a bye on the first day, March 8, 2017. Teams were seeded by conference record, with ties broken by record between the tied teams followed by record against the regular-season champion, if necessary.

NCAA Tournament

SeedRegionSchoolFirst FourFirst RoundSecond RoundSweet SixteenElite EightFinal FourChampionship
No. 2WestArizona
Bye
No. 15 North Dakota, 100–82No. 7 Saint Mary's, 69–60No. 11 Xavier, 71–73
No. 3MidwestOregon
Bye
No. 14 Iona, 93–77No. 11 Rhode Island, 75–72No. 7 Michigan, 69–68No. 1 Kansas, 74–60No. 1 North Carolina, 76–77
No. 3SouthUCLA
Bye
No. 14 Kent State, 97–80No. 6 Cincinnati, 79–67No. 2 Kentucky, 75–86
No. 11EastUSCNo. 11 Providence, 75–71No. 6 SMU, 66–65No. 3 Baylor, 78–82
4 BidsW-L :1–0 4–0 3–1 1–2 1–0 0–1 TOTAL: 10–4

National Invitation Tournament

SeedBracketSchoolFirst RoundSecond RoundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
1CaliforniaCaliforniavs. Cal State Bakersfield, 66–73
3Illinois St.Utahvs. Boise State, 68–73
5Illinois St.Coloradoat UCF, 74–79
3 BidsW-L :0–3 0–0 0–0 0–0 TOTAL: 0–3

Index to colors and formatting
Pac-12 member won
Pac-12 member lost

Awards and honors

Player of the Week

AP

First Team
Second Team
Third Team
USBWA

First Team
Second Team
USBWA: Wayman Tisdale Freshman of the Year
NABC

First Team
Second Team
Sporting News

First Team
Second Team
Third Team
USBWA
District VIII: All-District Team
District IX: Player of the Year
District IX: All-District Team
Voting was by conference coaches.

Individual awards

All-Pac-12

;First Team
NameSchoolPos.Yr.Ht., Wt.Hometown
Bryce AlfordUCLAGSr.6-3, 185Albuquerque, N.M.
Lonzo BallUCLAGFr.6-6, 190Chino Hills, Calif.
Dillon BrooksOregonFJr.6-7, 225Mississauga, Ontario
Markelle FultzWashingtonGFr.6-4, 195Upper Marlboro, Md.
Kyle KuzmaUtahFJr.6-9, 221Flint, Mich.
T. J. LeafUCLAFFr.6-10, 225 El Cajon, Calif.
Lauri MarkkanenArizonaFFr.7-0, 230Jyväskylä, Finland
Ivan RabbCaliforniaFSo.6-11, 220Oakland, Calif.
Reid TravisStanfordFRS So.6-8, 245Minneapolis, Minn.
Derrick WhiteColoradoGRS Sr.6-5, 200Parker, Colo.

;Second Team
NameSchoolPos.Yr.Ht., Wt.
Kadeem AllenArizonaGR-Sr.6-3, 205
Jordan BellOregonFJr.6-9, 225
Josh HawkinsonWashington StateFSr.6-10, 230
Chimezie MetuUSCFSo.6-11, 225
Allonzo TrierArizonaGSo.6-5, 205

All-Freshman Team

NameSchoolPos.Ht., Wt.
Rawle AlkinsArizonaG6-5, 220
Lonzo BallUCLAG6-6, 190
Markelle FultzWashingtonG6-4, 195
T. J. LeafUCLAF6-10, 225
Lauri MarkkanenArizonaF7-0, 230

All-Defensive Team

NameSchoolPos.Yr.Ht., Wt.
Kadeem AllenArizonaGR-Sr.6-3, 205
Marcus AllenStanfordGSr.6-3, 190
Jordan BellOregonFJr.6-9, 225
Chris BoucherOregonFSr.6-10, 200
Derrick WhiteColoradoGSr.6-5, 200

NBA Draft