2015–16 Pacific-12 Conference men's basketball season

2015–16 Pac-12 Men's Basketball Season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Number of teams	12
TV partner(s)	ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, Fox Sports 1, FOX, CBS Sports Network, CBS, Pac-12 Network
Regular Season
Tournament

2015–16 Pacific-12 Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Arizona	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Arizona State	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
California	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Colorado	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Oregon	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Oregon State	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Stanford	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
UCLA	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
USC	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Utah	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Washington	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Washington State	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
† 2016 Pac-12 Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015–16 Pacific-12 Conference men's basketball season begins with practices in October 2015 and ends with the 2016 Pacific-12 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament on March 2016 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Paradise, Nevada. The regular season begins on the first weekend of November 2015, with the conference schedule starting on December 2015.

This is the fifth season under the Pacific-12 Conference name and the 57th 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 101st season of men's basketball.

Pre-season

• October 2015 – Pac-12 Men's Basketball Media Day, Pac-12 Networks Studios, San Francisco, Calif.

Men’s Basketball Media Preseason Poll

Place	Team	Points	First place votes

() first place votes

Rankings

Legend

		Improvement in ranking
		Drop in ranking
RV		Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll

		Pre	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
	C
Arizona State	AP
	C
California	AP
	C
Colorado	AP
	C
Oregon	AP
	C
Oregon State	AP
	C
Stanford	AP
	C
UCLA	AP
	C
USC	AP
	C
Utah	AP
	C
Washington	AP
	C
Washington State	AP
	C

Pac-12 Regular Season

Conference Schedule

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	–	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Arizona State	0–0	–	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. California	0–0	0–0	–	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Colorado	0–0	0–0	0–0	–	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Oregon	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	–	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Oregon State	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	–	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Stanford	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	–	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. UCLA	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	–	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. USC	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	–	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Utah	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	–	0–0	0–0
vs. Washington	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	–	0–0
vs. Washington State	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	–
Total	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

Head coaches

Sean Miller, Arizona Bobby Hurley, Arizona State Cuonzo Martin, California Tad Boyle, Colorado Dana Altman, Oregon Wayne Tinkle, Oregon State

Johnny Dawkins, Stanford Steve Alford, UCLA Andy Enfield, USC Larry Krystkowiak, Utah Lorenzo Romar, Washington Ernie Kent, Washington State

Post season

Pac-12 Tournament

The conference tournament is scheduled for Wednesday–Saturday, March, 2016 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, Nevada. TBA were seeded one and two respectively. The top four teams had a bye on the first day, March 2016. 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

Seed	Region	School	Second Round	Third Round	Sweet 16	Elite Eight	Final Four	Championship
	0 Bids	W-L (%):	0–0 –	0–0 –	0–0 –	0–0 –	0–0 –	TOTAL: 0–0 –

National Invitation Tournament

Seed	Bracket	School	First Round	Second Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
	0 Bids	W-L (%):	0–0 –	0–0 –	0–0 –	0–0 –	TOTAL: 0–0 –

College Basketball Invitational

Seed	Bracket	School	First Round	Second Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
	0 Bid	W-L (%):	0–0 –	0–0 –	0–0 –	0–0 –	TOTAL: 0–0 –

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.

All Pac-12 teams

Voting was by conference coaches:

• Player of The Year:
• Freshman of The Year:
• Defensive Player of The Year:
• Most Improved Player of The Year:
• John R. Wooden Coach of The Year:

First Team

Name	School	Pos.	Yr.	Ht., Wt.	Hometown (Last School)

Pac-12 All-Freshman Team

Name	School	Pos.	Ht., Wt.

Pac-12 All-Defensive Team

Name	School	Pos.	Yr.	Ht., Wt.

All-Academic

First Team:

Player, School	Year	GPA	Major

Second Team:

USBWA

The United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) named the following from the Pac-12 to their All-District Teams:^[1]

District VIII

Player of the Year:

All-District Team

District IX

All-District Team

References

Pacific-12 Conference men's basketball Teams Arizona Wildcats Arizona State Sun Devils California Golden Bears Colorado Buffaloes Oregon Ducks Oregon State Beavers Stanford Cardinal UCLA Bruins USC Trojans Utah Utes Washington Huskies Washington State Cougars Championships & awards Pac-12 Tournament Player of the Year All-Pac-12 teams Freshman of the Year Hall of Honor Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series Seasons 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

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