2013–14 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season

2013–14 Pac-12 men's basketball season
2013–14 Pac-12 men's basketball season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Number of teams	12
TV partner(s)	ESPN, Fox Sports 1, CBS, Pac-12 Network
Regular Season
Season champions	Arizona Wildcats
Runners-up	UCLA Bruins
Season MVP	Nick Johnson
Top scorer	Nick Johnson, Arizona
Tournament
Champions	UCLA Bruins
Runners-up	Arizona
Finals MVP	Kyle Anderson, UCLA
Basketball seasons
	← 12–13 14–15 →

The 2013–14 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season begins with practices in October 2013 and ends with the 2014 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament on March 15, 2014 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Paradise, Nevada. The regular season began on the first weekend of November 2013, with the conference schedule started in December 2013.

2013–14 Pac-12 Conference
men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 4 Arizona	15	–	3	.833	33	–	5	.868
No. 20 UCLA †	12	–	6	.667	28	–	9	.757
Oregon	10	–	8	.556	24	–	10	.706
Colorado	10	–	8	.556	23	–	12	.657
Arizona State	10	–	8	.556	21	–	12	.636
Stanford	10	–	8	.556	23	–	13	.639
California	10	–	8	.556	21	–	14	.600
Utah	9	–	9	.500	21	–	12	.636
Washington	9	–	9	.500	17	–	15	.531
Oregon State	8	–	10	.444	16	–	16	.500
Washington State	3	–	15	.167	10	–	21	.323
USC	2	–	16	.111	11	–	21	.344


† Conference tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

This is the third season under the Pac-12 Conference name and the 55th 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 99th season of men's basketball.

Pre-season

October 17, 2013 – Pac-12 Men's Basketball Media Day, Pac-12 Networks Studios, San Francisco, Calif.

Men’s Basketball Media Poll

Place	Team	Points	First place votes
1	Arizona	273	21
2	UCLA	212	1
3	Colorado	211	1
4	Oregon	196
5	California	194
6	Stanford	166
7	Arizona State	159
8	Washington	121
9	Utah	68
10	Oregon State	67
11	USC	63
12	Washington State	39

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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	Post	Final
Arizona	AP	6	6	5	4	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	4	3	3	4	4	-
Arizona	C	5	5	4	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	4	3	3	4	5	5
Arizona St	AP	RV	RV	RV	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	-
Arizona St	C	RV	RV	RV	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
California	AP	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	RV	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	-
California	C	RV	RV	RV	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	RV	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
Colorado	AP	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	21	20	21	20	15	21	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	-
Colorado	C	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	24	24	24	17	22	RV	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
Oregon	AP	19	18	17	14	13	15	13	12	10	17	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	-
Oregon	C	18	18	17	15	13	11	11	10	9	13	RV	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	RV
Oregon St	AP	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	-
Oregon St	C	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
Stanford	AP	RV	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	-
Stanford	C	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	24
UCLA	AP	22	24	22	19	18	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	25	RV	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	20	-
UCLA	C	23	24	24	21	17	23	22	RV	RV	25	25	RV	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	23	15
USC	AP	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	-
USC	C	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
Utah	AP	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	-
Utah	C	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
Washington	AP	RV	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	-
Washington	C	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
Washington St	AP	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	-
Washington St	C	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV

Conference Schedule

Composite Matrix

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	–	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–1	0–1	0–2	0–1	0–1
vs. Arizona State	1–1	–	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	0–1
vs. California	1–1	2–0	–	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	0–2	0–2
vs. Colorado	2–0	1–1	1–0	–	0–1	0–1	0–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2
vs. Oregon	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	–	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–2	0–1	1–1	0–2
vs. Oregon State	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	–	0–1	1–1	0–2	1–0	2–0	0–2
vs. Stanford	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	–	1–1	0–2	0–1	0–1	0–2
vs. UCLA	1–0	0–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	–	0–2	1–1	0–1	1–0
vs. USC	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	–	2–0	1–0	0–1
vs. Utah	2–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–2	–	1–1	1–1
vs. Washington	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	–	1–1
vs. Washington State	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	–
Total	15–3	10–8	10–8	10–8	10–8	8–10	10–8	12–6	2–16	9–9	9–9	3–15

Conference tournament

The conference tournament is scheduled for Wednesday–Saturday, March 12–15, 2014 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, Nevada. Arizona and UCLA were seeded one and two respectively. The top four teams had a bye on the first day, March 12. 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.

First round March 12			Quarterfinals March 13			Semifinals March 14			Championship March 15

			1	#4 Arizona	71

			8	Utah	39
8	Utah	67

9	Washington	61
						1	#4 Arizona	63

						5	Colorado	43



			4	California	56

			5	Colorado	59
5	Colorado	59

12	USC	56
									1	#4 Arizona	71

									2	UCLA	75



			2	UCLA	82

			7	Oregon	63
7	Oregon	88

10	Oregon State	74
						2	UCLA	84

						6	Stanford	59



			3	Arizona State	58

			6	Stanford	79
6	Stanford	74

11	Washington State	63

Head coaches

Sean Miller, Arizona

Herb Sendek, Arizona State

Mike Montgomery, California

Tad Boyle, Colorado

Dana Altman, Oregon

Craig Robinson, Oregon State

Johnny Dawkins, Stanford

Steve Alford, UCLA

Andy Enfield, USC

Larry Krystkowiak, Utah

Lorenzo Romar, Washington

Ken Bone, Washington State

Post season

NCAA tournament

Seed	Region	School	Second round	Third round	Sweet 16	Elite Eight	Final Four	Championship
1	West	Arizona	#16 Weber State - March 21, San Diego - W, 68–59	#9 Gonzaga - March 23, San Diego - W, 84–61	#4 San Diego State - March 27, Anaheim - W, 70–64	#2 Wisconsin - March 29, Anaheim - L, 63–64 (OT)
4	South	UCLA	#13 Tulsa - March 21, San Diego - W, 76–59	#12 Stephen F. Austin -March 23, San Diego - W, 77–60	#1 Florida -March 27, Memphis - L 68–79
7	West	ORE	#10 BYU March 20, Milwaukee - W, 87–68	#2 Wisconsin March 22, Milwaukee - L, 77–85
7	Midwest	ASU	#10 Texas March 20, Milwaukee - L, 85–87
8	South	COLO	#9 Pittsburgh March 20, Orlando - L, 48–77
10	South	STAN	#7 New Mexico March 21, St. Louis - W, 58–53	#2 Kansas March 23, St. Louis - W, 60–57	#11 Dayton March 27, Memphis - L, 72–82
	6 Bids	W-L (%):	4–2 .667	3–1 .750	1–2 .333	0–1 .000	0–0 –	TOTAL: 8–6 .571

National Invitation tournament

Seed	Bracket	School	First round	Second round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
2	SMU	California	#7 Utah Valley - Mar. 19, Berkeley - W, 77–64	#3 Arkansas - Mar. 24, Berkeley - W, 75-64	#1 SMU - Mar. 26, Dallas- L, 65–67
5	Minnesota	Utah	#4 Saint Mary's - Mar. 18, Moraga - L, 58–70
	2 Bids	W-L (%):	1–1 .500	1–0 1.000	0–1 .000	0–0 –	TOTAL: 2–2 .500

College Basketball Invitational

Seed	Bracket	School	First round	Second round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Oregon State	Radford - Mar. 19, Corvallis - L, 92–96
	1 Bid	W-L (%):	0–1 .000	0–0 –	0–0 –	0–0 –	TOTAL: 0–1 .000

Highlights and notes

February 1, 2014 – Arizona's perfect season ended by California (58–60) at Haas Pavilion in Berkeley, CA.

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.

Scholar-Athlete of the Year

Dwight Powell, Sr., Stanford

Player-of-the-Week

Nov. 11 – Tyrone Wallace, So., California
Nov. 18 – Roberto Nelson, Sr., Oregon State
Nov. 25 – Jahii Carson, So., Arizona State
Dec. 2 – Nick Johnson, Jr., Arizona
Dec. 9 – Askia Booker, Jr., Colorado
Dec. 16 – Jordan Loveridge, So., Utah
Dec. 23 – Chasson Randle, Jr., Stanford
Dec. 30 – Roberto Nelson, Sr., Oregon State (2)
Jan. 6 – Askia Booker, Jr., Colorado (2)
Jan. 13 – Justin Cobbs, Sr., California
Jan. 20 – Delon Wright, Jr., Utah
Jan. 27 – Kyle Anderson, So. UCLA
Feb. 3 – Justin Cobbs, Sr., California (2)
Feb. 10 – Jordan Bachynski, Sr., Arizona State
Feb. 17 – Jermaine Marshall, Sr., Arizona State
Feb. 24 – Josh Huestis, Sr., Stanford
Mar. 3 – Mike Moser, Sr., Oregon
Mar. 10 – Mike Moser, Sr., Oregon (2)

All-Americans

Nick Johnson

Nick Johnson, Arizona, Consensus first team
Kyle Anderson, UCLA, Third team (Associated Press, Sporting News)
Aaron Gordon, Arizona, Third team (Sporting News)

All-Pac-12 teams

Anthony Brown

Voting was by conference coaches:

Player of The Year: Nick Johnson, Arizona
Freshman of The Year: Aaron Gordon, Arizona
Defensive Player of The Year: Jordan Bachynski, Arizona State
Most Improved Player of The Year: Anthony Brown, Stanford
John R. Wooden Coach of the Year: Sean Miller, Arizona

First Team

Name	School	Pos.	Yr.	Ht., Wt.	Hometown (Last School)
Jordan Adams	UCLA	G	So.	6-5, 220	Atlanta, Ga. (Oak Hill Academy)
Kyle Anderson	UCLA	G	So.	6-9, 230	Fairview, N.J. (St. Anthony HS)
Jahii Carson	ASU	G	So.	5-11, 180	Mesa, Ariz. (Mesa HS)
Justin Cobbs	CAL	G	Sr.	6-2, 195	Los Angeles, Calif. (Minnesota)
Aaron Gordon	ARIZ	F	Fr.	6-8, 210	San Jose, Calif. (Archbishop Mitty)
Nick Johnson	ARIZ	G	Jr.	6-3, 200	Gilbert, Ariz. (Findlay Prep)
Dwight Powell	STAN	F	Sr.	6-10, 235	Toronto, Ontario, Canada (IMG Academy)
Chasson Randle	STAN	G	Jr.	6-1, 180	Rock Island, Ill. (Rock Island HS)
Josh Scott	COLO	F	So.	6-10, 245	Monument, Colo. (Lewis-Palmer HS)
Delon Wright	UTAH	G	Jr.	6-5, 180	Lawndale, Calif. (City College of San Francisco)

Pac-12 All-Freshman Team

Name	School	Pos.	Ht., Wt.
Bryce Alford	UCLA	G	6-3, 180
Aaron Gordon	Arizona	F	6-8, 210
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson	Arizona	F	6-7, 205
Zach LaVine	UCLA	G	6-5, 180
Nigel Williams-Goss	Washington	G	6-3, 185

Pac-12 All-Defensive Team

Name	School	Pos.	Yr.	Ht., Wt.
Jordan Bachynski	Arizona State	C	Sr.	7-2, 250
Josh Huestis	Stanford	F	Sr.	6-7, 230
Nick Johnson	Arizona	G	Jr.	6-3, 200
T. J. McConnell	Arizona	G	Sr.	6-1, 190
Delon Wright	Utah	G	Jr.	6-5, 180

All-Academic

First Team:

Player, School	Year	GPA	Major

Second Team:

USBWA All-District team

District VIII

Name	School
Askia Booker	Colorado
Josh Scott	Colorado
Delon Wright	Utah

District IX

Player of The Year: Nick Johnson, Arizona^[2]
Coach of The Year: Sean Miller, Arizona

Name	School
Jordan Adams	UCLA
Kyle Anderson	UCLA
Jordan Bachynski	Arizona State
Jahii Carson	Arizona State
Aaron Gordon	Arizona
Nick Johnson	Arizona
C. J. Wilcox	Washington
Joseph Young	Oregon

NABC All District Team

District 20 First Team

Nick Johnson, Arizona
Kyle Anderson, UCLA
Justin Cobbs, CAL
Jordan Adams, UCLA
C. J. Wilcox, WASH

Second Team

Dwight Powell, Stanford
Jahii Carson, Arizona State
Delon Wright, Utah
Aaron Gordon, Arizona
Chasson Randle, Stanford

NBA draft

References

^ Media pick clear favorite in Pac-12 men's basketball race, Pac-12 Conference, October 17, 2013
^ USBWA Names 2013-14 Men's All-District Teams, USBWA, March 11, 2014

External links

2014–15 Pac-12 Men's Basketball Media Guide

[1] Media pick clear favorite in Pac-12 men's basketball race, Pac-12 Conference, October 17, 2013

[2] USBWA Names 2013-14 Men's All-District Teams, USBWA, March 11, 2014

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