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


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.

Pre-season

PlaceTeamPointsFirst place votes
1.Arizona406
2.California378
3.Utah360
4.Oregon338
5.UCLA304
6.Oregon State235---
7.Colorado188---
8.Arizona State165---
9.Stanford145---
10.USC111---
11.Washington96---
12.Washington State65---

first place votes

Recruiting classes

TeamESPNRivalsScout247 SportsSignees
Arizona#4#3#4#44
Arizona State----2
California#5#7#3#74
Colorado----2
Oregon#22#15-#224
Oregon State#19#23#24#236
Stanford-#29--3
UCLA#25#24#17#214
USC#30#30#22#282
Utah----2
Washington#12#10#6#168
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.

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 MillerXavier8th188–61 91–35 900
Arizona StateBobby HurleyBuffalo2nd15–17 5–13 100
CaliforniaCuonzo MartinTennessee3rd41–25 19–17 200
ColoradoTad BoyleNorthern Colorado7th130–79 56–50 400
OregonDana AltmanCreighton7th154–64 69–39 1100
Oregon StateWayne TinkleMontana3rd36–27 17–19 400
StanfordJohnny DawkinsDuke 8th156–115 66–78 000
UCLASteve AlfordNew Mexico4th64–37 28–22 900
USCAndy EnfieldFlorida Gulf Coast4th44–54 13–36 200
UtahLarry KrystkowiakNew Jersey Nets 6th95–73 42–47 400
WashingtonLorenzo RomarSaint Louis15th288–171 141–111 700
Washington StateErnie KentOregon3rd22–30 8–28 600

Post season

Pac-12 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

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

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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

Pac-12 Tournament MVP

All-Pac-12 Tournament Teams

First Team
Second Team

Player of the Week

Source

All-Americans

AP

First Team
Second Team
USBWA

First Team
Second 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 Team
Second Team
Sporting News

First Team
Second Team
Third Team
Voting was by conference coaches.

Individual awards

All-Pac-12

;First team
NameSchoolPos.Yr.Ht., Wt.Hometown
Rosco AllenStanfordFSr.6-9, 220Duapest, Hungary
Ryan AndersonArizonaFSr.6-9, 235Long Beach, California
Andrew AndrewsWashingtonGSr.6-2, 200Portland, Ore.
Dillon BrooksOregonFSo.6-7, 225Mississauga, Ont.
Jaylen BrownCaliforniaFFr.6-7, 225Atlanta, Ga.
Elgin CookOregonFSr.6-6, 205Milwaukee, Wis.
Julian JacobsUSCGJr.6-4, 180Las Vegas, Nev.
Gary Payton IIOregon StateGSr.6-3, 190Seattle
Jakob PoeltlUtahFSo.7-0, 248Vienna, Austria
Josh ScottColoradoFSr.6-10, 245Monument, Colorado

;Second team
NameSchoolPos.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

All-Defensive Team

NBA Draft