2012–13 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season


The 2012–13 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2012 and ended with the 2013 Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament from March 2013 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Paradise, Nevada. The regular season began on the first weekend of November 2012, with the conference schedule starting in December 2012. On March 9, 2013, the UCLA Bruins defeated the Washington Huskies 61–54 to clinch the regular season conference title. They were seeded as the No. 1 team in the Pac-12 Conference tournament in Las Vegas.
This was the second season under the Pac-12 Conference name. In July 2011, two schools joined the conference. Colorado came from the Big 12 and Utah arrived from the Mountain West.

Pre-season

The Pac-12 media poll released on November 1, 2012:

Rankings

Conference Schedule

Composite Matrix

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

Conference tournament

Post season

NCAA Tournament

SeedRegionSchoolSecond RoundThird RoundSweet 16Elite EightFinal FourChampionship
6WestArizona#11 Belmont - Mar. 21, Salt Lake City - W, 81–64#14 Harvard - Mar. 23, Salt Lake City - W, 74–51#2 Ohio State - Mar. 28, Los Angeles - L, 70–73
6SouthUCLA#11 Minnesota - Mar. 22, Austin - L, 63–83
10EastColorado#7 Illinois - Mar. 22, Austin - L, 49–57
12EastCalifornia#5 UNLV - Mar. 21, San Jose - W, 64–61#4 Syracuse - Mar. 23, San Jose - L, 60–66
12MidwestOregon#5 Oklahoma State - Mar. 21, San Jose - W, 68–55#4 Saint Louis - Mar. 23, San Jose - W, 74–57#1 Louisville - Mar. 29, Indianapolis - L, 69–77
BidsW-L :3–2 2–1 0–2 0–0 0–0 TOTAL: 5–5

National Invitation Tournament

SeedBracketSchoolFirst RoundSecond RoundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
3KentuckyArizona State#6 Detroit - Mar. 20, Tempe - W, 83–68#2 Baylor - Mar. 22, Waco - L, 86–89
4AlabamaStanford#5 Stephen F. Austin - Mar. 19, Stanford - W, 58–57#1 Alabama - Mar. 23, Tuscaloosa - L, 54–66
6Southern MissWashington#7 BYU - Mar. 19, Provo - L, 79–90
3 BidsW-L :2–1 0–2 0–0 0–0 TOTAL: 2–3

Highlights and notes

Player-of-the-Week

All-Pac-12 teams

Voting was by conference coaches:
First Team:
NameSchoolPos.Year
Jahii CarsonASUGFr.
Allen CrabbeCalGJr.
Spencer DinwiddieColoradoGSo.
Larry Drew IIUCLAGSr.
Solomon HillArizonaFSr.
Mark LyonsArizonaGSr.
Shabazz MuhammadUCLAG/FFr.
Dwight PowellStanfordFJr.
André RobersonColoradoFJr.
E. J. SinglerOregonFSr.

All-Academic

First Team:
Second Team:

USBWA All-District team

District VIII
NameSchoolPos.Year
Spencer DinwiddieColoradoGSo.
André RobersonColoradoFJr.

District IX
NameSchoolPos.Year
Jahii CarsonArizona StateGFr.
Allen CrabbeCaliforniaGJr.
Carrick FelixArizona StateG/FSr.
Solomon HillArizonaFSr.
Mark LyonsArizonaGSr.
Brock MotumWashington StateFSr.
Shabazz MuhammadUCLAGFr.

NBA Draft

Several players from the conference declared early for the NBA draft. The following all-conference selections were listed as seniors: Larry Drew II, Solomon Hill, Mark Lyons, E.J. Singler, Carrick Felix, and Brock Motum. Several players were among the 60 players invited to the 2013 NBA Draft Combine.