2015–16 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season explained

2015–16 Pac-12 men's basketball season
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League:NCAA Division I
Sport:Basketball
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No Of Teams:12
Tv:ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, Fox Sports 1, FOX, Pac-12 Network, CBS
Season:Regular Season
Season Champs:Oregon
Second Place:Utah
Mvp:Jakob Pöltl, Utah
Mvp Link:Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Finals:Tournament
Finals Link:2016 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament
Finals Champ:Oregon
Finals Runner-Up:Utah
Finals Mvp:Elgin Cook, Oregon
Finals Mvp Link:Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament#Results
Seasonslistnames:Basketball
Prevseason Link:2014–15 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season
Prevseason Year:14–15
Nextseason Link:2016–17 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season
Nextseason Year:16–17

The 2015–16 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2015 and ended with the 2016 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament in March 2016 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Paradise, Nevada. The regular season began on the first weekend of November 2015, with the conference schedule starting in December 2015.

This was the fifth season under the Pac-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 was the Pac-12's 101st season of men's basketball.

Preseason

Men's Basketball Media Preseason Poll
PlaceTeamPointsFirst place votes
1. Arizona 406 (18)
2. California 378 (9)
3. Utah 360 (7)
4. Oregon 338 (1)
5. UCLA 304 (1)
6. Oregon State 235 ---
7. Colorado 188 ---
8. Arizona State 165 ---
9. Stanford 145 ---
10. USC 111 ---
11. Washington 96 ---
12. Washington State 65 ---
first place votes

Recruiting classes

Rankings! Team! ESPN[1] ! Rivals[2] ! Scout[3] ! 247 Sports[4] !Signees
Arizona
  1. 4
  1. 3
  1. 4
  1. 4
4
Arizona State - - - - 2
California
  1. 5
  1. 7
  1. 3
  1. 7
4
Colorado - - - - 2
Oregon
  1. 22
  1. 15
-
  1. 22
4
Oregon State
  1. 19
  1. 23
  1. 24
  1. 23
6
Stanford -
  1. 29
- - 3
UCLA
  1. 25
  1. 24
  1. 17
  1. 21
4
USC
  1. 30
  1. 30
  1. 22
  1. 28
2
Utah - - - - 2
Washington
  1. 12
  1. 10
  1. 6
  1. 16
8
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.

See main article: 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings.

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Pac-12 regular season

Conference Schedule

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

  Arizona Arizona StCaliforniaColoradoOregonOregon StStanfordUCLAUSCUtahWashingtonWashington St
ASU CAL COL ORE OSU STAN UCLA USC UTAH WASH WSU -->vs. Arizona– 0–21–11–01–00–10–21–11–11–00–20–2
vs. Arizona State2–0– 2–01–01–00–11–12–01–11–02–00–2
vs. California1–10–2– 1–11–11–11–10–10–00–10–00–1
vs. Colorado0–10–11–1– 1–11–10–21–00–00–00–00–2
vs. Oregon0–10–11–11–1– 1–11–10–20–20–20–10–1
vs. Oregon State1–01–01–11–11–1– 1–11–10–00–00–00–0
vs. Stanford2–01–11–12–01–11–1– 0–10–00–10–00–1
vs. UCLA1–10–21–00–12–01–11–0– 0–00–01–01–1
vs. USC1–11–11–00–12–01–11–00–2– 0–01–00–2
vs. Utah0–10–11–10–22–01–11–10–10–0– 0–00–2
vs. Washington2–00–21–01–11–01–00–10–20–10–0– 0–1
vs. Washington State2–02–01–02–01–01–01–01–11–00–00–0–
ASU CAL COL ORE OSU STAN UCLA USC UTAH WASH WSU -->
Total12–6 5–13 12–6 10–8 14–4 9–9 8–10 6–12 2–1 0–2 2–0 1–15

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 MillerXavier8th 188–61 91–35 900
Arizona StateBobby HurleyBuffalo2nd 15–17 5–13 100
CaliforniaCuonzo MartinTennessee3rd 41–25 19–17 200
ColoradoTad BoyleNorthern Colorado7th 130–79 56–50 400
OregonDana AltmanCreighton7th 154–64 69–39 1100
Oregon StateWayne TinkleMontana3rd36–27 17–19 400
StanfordJohnny DawkinsDuke (associate HC)8th156–115 66–78 000
UCLASteve AlfordNew Mexico4th 64–37 28–22 900
USCAndy EnfieldFlorida Gulf Coast4th 44–54 13–36 200
UtahLarry KrystkowiakNew Jersey Nets (assistant)6th 95–73 42–47 400
WashingtonLorenzo RomarSaint Louis15th 288–171 141–111 700
Washington StateErnie KentOregon3rd 22–30 8–28 600

Postseason

Pac-12 tournament

See main article: 2016 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament.

The conference tournament is scheduled for Wednesday–Saturday March, 9-12, 2016 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena located in Paradise, Nevada. The top four teams had a bye on the first day, March 9, 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.

* denotes each overtime period played

NCAA tournament

See main article: 2016 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.

SeedRegionSchoolFirst RoundSecond RoundSweet 16Elite EightFinal FourChampionship
1WestOregon
  1. 16 Holy Cross, W 91–52
  1. 8 Saint Joseph's, W 69–64
  1. 4 Duke, W 82–68
  1. 2 Oklahoma, L 68–80
3MidwestUtah
  1. 14 Fresno State, W 80–69
  1. 11 Gonzaga, L 59–82
4SouthCalifornia
  1. 13 Hawaii, L 66–77
6SouthArizona
  1. 11 Wichita State, L 55–65
7WestOregon State
  1. 10 VCU, L 67–75
8SouthColorado
  1. 9 Connecticut, L 67–74
8EastUSC
  1. 9 Providence, L 69–70
7 BidsW-L (%):2–5 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 TOTAL: 4–7

National Invitation tournament

See main article: 2016 National Invitation Tournament.

SeedBracketSchoolFirst RoundSecond RoundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
3South CarolinaWashingtonvs. Long Beach State, W 107–102at San Diego State, L 78–93
1 BidW-L (%):1–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 TOTAL: 1–1
Index to colors and formatting
Pac-12 member won
Pac-12 member lost

Awards and honors

All-Pac-12 Tournament Teams

First TeamSecond Team

Player of the Week

Source[5]

All-Americans

See main article: 2016 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans.

AP
First TeamSecond Team

USBWA
First TeamSecond Team

District VIII: Player of the Year

District VIII: Coach of the Year

District VIII: All-District Team

District VIII: Player of the Year

District VIII: Coach of the Year

District IX: All-District Team

NABC
First TeamSecond Team

Sporting News
First Team

Second Team

Third Team

Conference awards

Voting was by conference coaches.

Individual awards

Pac-12 individual awards
AwardRecipient(s)
Player of The YearJakob Pöltl, So., Utah
Coach of the YearDana Altman, Oregon
Defensive Player of The YearGary Payton II, Sr., Oregon State
Freshman of The YearJaylen Brown, Fr., California
Scholar-Athlete of the YearBrandon Taylor, Sr., Utah
Most Improved Player of The YearGeorge King, So., Colorado

All-Pac-12

First team
NameSchoolPos.Yr.Ht., Wt.Hometown (Last School)
Rosco AllenStanfordFSr.6-9, 220Duapest, Hungary (Bishop Gorman HS)
Ryan AndersonArizonaFSr.6-9, 235Long Beach, California (Boston College)
Andrew AndrewsWashingtonGSr.6-2, 200Portland, Ore. (Benson Tech HS)
Dillon BrooksOregonFSo.6-7, 225Mississauga, Ont. (Findlay Prep)
Jaylen BrownCaliforniaFFr.6-7, 225Atlanta, Ga. (Wheeler HS)
Elgin CookOregonFSr.6-6, 205Milwaukee, Wis. (Northwest Florida State)
Julian JacobsUSCGJr.6-4, 180Las Vegas, Nev. (Desert Pines HS)
Gary Payton IIOregon StateGSr.6-3, 190Seattle (Salt Lake CC)
UtahFSo.7-0, 248Vienna, Austria (Arkadia Traiskirchen)
Josh ScottColoradoFSr.6-10, 245Monument, Colorado (Lewis-Palmer HS)
Second team
Name SchoolPos. Yr.Ht., Wt.
Isaac HamiltonUCLAGJr.6-5, 185
Dejounte MurrayWashingtonGFr.6-4, 170
Ivan RabbCaliforniaFFr.6-11, 220
Kaleb TarczewskiArizonaCSr.7-0, 250
Gabe YorkArizonaGSr.6-3, 190

All-Freshman Team

Name SchoolPos.Ht., Wt.
Jaylen BrownCaliforniaF6-7, 225
Tyler DorseyOregonG6-4, 180
Dejounte MurrayWashingtonG6-4, 170
Ivan RabbCaliforniaF6-11, 220
Allonzo TrierArizonaG6-6, 210

All-Defensive Team

Name SchoolPos. Yr.Ht., Wt.
Chris BoucherOregonFSr.6-10, 190
Gary Payton IIOregon StateGSr.6-3, 190
Josh ScottColoradoFSr.6-10, 245
Brandon TaylorUtahGSr.5-10, 170
Kaleb TarczewskiArizonaCSr.7-0, 250

NBA draft

RoundPickPlayerPositionNationalityTeamSchool/club team
13SFBoston Celtics (from Brooklyn)California (Fr.)
18PFSacramento Kings (traded to Phoenix Suns)Washington (Fr.)
19CToronto Raptors (from Denver via New York)Utah (So.)
129PG/SGSan Antonio SpursWashington (Fr.)
260PGUtah Jazz (from Golden State)California (Sr.)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2015 Basketball Class Rankings. ESPN.Go.com. ESPN. 12 February 2016.
  2. Web site: Yahoo Sports: Rivals.com 2015 Team Recruiting Rankings . Sports.yahoo.com . 2011-04-20 . 2015-04-04.
  3. Web site: 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150313054824/http://recruiting.scout.com/a.z?s=73&p=9&c=14&yr=2015. 2015-03-13.
  4. Web site: 2015 Basketball Recruiting Team Rankings . 247sports.com . 2015-04-04.
  5. Web site: Player of the Week. https://web.archive.org/web/20140120153044/http://pac-12.com/news?award=4501. dead. January 20, 2014. Pac-12.com. Pac-12 Conference. 12 February 2016.

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