2014–15 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season

The 2014–15 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2014 and ended with the 2015 Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament in March 2015 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Paradise, Nevada. The regular season began on the first weekend of November 2014, with the conference schedule starting in December 2014.

2014–15 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
Runners-up	Oregon Utah
Season MVP	Joseph Young
Top scorer	Joseph Young
Tournament
Champions	Arizona
Runners-up	Oregon
Finals MVP	Brandon Ashley

2014–15 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 5 Arizona †	16	–	2		.889			34	–	4		.895
No. 25 Oregon	13	–	5		.722			26	–	10		.722
No. 19 Utah	13	–	5		.722			26	–	9		.743
UCLA	11	–	7		.611			22	–	14		.611
Stanford	9	–	9		.500			24	–	13		.649
Arizona State	9	–	9		.500			18	–	16		.529
Oregon State	8	–	10		.444			17	–	14		.548
California	7	–	11		.389			18	–	15		.545
Colorado	7	–	11		.389			16	–	18		.471
Washington State	7	–	11		.389			13	–	18		.419
Washington	5	–	13		.278			16	–	15		.516
USC	3	–	15		.167			12	–	20		.375
† Pac-12 Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

This was the fourth season under the Pac-12 Conference name and the 56th 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 100th season of men's basketball.

Preseason

Freshman recruits Stanley Johnson (black jersey) of Arizona and Kevon Looney of UCLA at the 2014 McDonald's All-American Boys Game

• October 23, 2014 – Pac-12 Men's Basketball Media Day, Pac-12 Networks Studios, San Francisco, California.

Men’s Basketball Media Preseason Poll

Place	Team	Points	First place votes
1	Arizona	383	(31)
2	Utah	317
3	Colorado	316
4	UCLA	290	(1)
5	Stanford	264
6	Washington	189
7	California	188
8	Oregon	159
9	Arizona State	155
10	USC	106
11	Washington State	84
12	Oregon State	45

() 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	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	8	7	10	7	6	6	7	7	7	5	5	5	-
	C	2	2	4	3	3	3	3	7	6	9	7	6	6	7	7	7	6	6	4	4
Arizona State	AP	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	-
	C	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
California	AP	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	-
	C	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Colorado	AP	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	-
	C	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Oregon	AP	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	RV	-
	C	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	25	25
Oregon State	AP	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	-
	C	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Stanford	AP	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	NR	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	-
	C	RV	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	25	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
UCLA	AP	RV	RV	22	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	-
	C	RV	RV	23	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV
USC	AP	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	-
	C	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Utah	AP	25	25	RV	25	13	14	14	10	9	8	12	11	13	11	9	13	13	17	19	-
	C	RV	RV	RV	RV	14	14	14	12	11	8	11	10	11	10	9	12	13	17	18	15
Washington	AP	NR	NR	NR	RV	17	16	13	21	RV	NR	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	-
	C	NR	NR	RV	RV	17	16	13	19	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Washington State	AP	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	-
	C	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

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	–	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–1	0–1	0–2	0–1	0–1
vs. Arizona State	1–1	–	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	2–0	0–1	1–0
vs. California	2–0	2–0	–	0–1	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–2	1–1
vs. Colorado	2–0	1–1	1–0	–	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–0	0–1
vs. Oregon	2–0	0–2	0–1	0–1	–	0–2	0–1	1–1	0–2	0–1	1–1	1–1
vs. Oregon State	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–0	–	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–2
vs. Stanford	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–0	1–0	0–1	–	2–0	0–2	1–0	0–2	1–1
vs. UCLA	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	–	0–2	1–1	0–1	0–1
vs. USC	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	–	2–0	0–1	1–0
vs. Utah	2–0	0–2	0–1	0–2	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–2	–	1–1	0–2
vs. Washington	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	–	1–1
vs. Washington State	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–1	–
Total	16–2	9–9	7–11	7–11	13–5	8–10	9–9	11–7	3–15	13–5	5–13	7–11

Head coaches

Sean Miller, Arizona Herb Sendek, 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

Postseason

Pac-12 Tournament

The conference tournament is scheduled for Wednesday–Saturday, March 11–14, 2015 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, Nevada. Arizona, and Oregon were seeded one and two respectively. The top four teams had a bye on the first day, March 11. 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 Wednesday March 11					Quarterfinals Thursday March 12					Semifinals Friday March 13					Championship Saturday March 14
						1	#5 Arizona	73
						8	California	51
	8	California	84
	9	Washington State	59
											1	#5 Arizona	70
										4	UCLA	64
						4	UCLA	96
						12	USC	70
	5	Arizona State	64
	12	USC	67
																1	#5 Arizona	80
																2	Oregon	52
						2	Oregon	93
						10	Colorado	85
	7	Oregon State	71
	10	Colorado	78
											2	Oregon	67
										3	#17 Utah	64
						3	#17 Utah	80
						6	Stanford	56
	6	Stanford	71
	11	Washington	69

NCAA Tournament

Seed	Region	School	Second Round	Third Round	Sweet 16	Elite Eight	Final Four	Championship
2	West	Arizona	#15 Texas Southern, W 93–72	#10 Ohio State, W 73–58	# 6 Xavier, W 68–60	#1 Wisconsin, L 78–85	N/A	N/A
8	West	Oregon	#9 Oklahoma State, W 79–73	#1 Wisconsin, L 62–72	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
5	South	Utah	#12 Stephen F. Austin, W 57–50	#4 Georgetown, W 75–64	#1 Duke, L 57–61	N/A	N/A	N/A
11	South	UCLA	#6 SMU, W 60–59	#14 UAB, W 92–75	#2 Gonzaga, L 62–74	N/A	N/A	N/A
	4 Bids	W-L (%):	4–0 1.000	3–1 .750	1–2 .333	0–1 .000	0–0 –	TOTAL: 8–4 .667

National Invitation Tournament

Seed	Bracket	School	First Round	Second Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
2	Richmond	Stanford	vs UC Davis, W 77–64	vs Rhode Island, W 74–65	vs Vanderbilt, W 78–75	Old Dominion, W 67–60	Miami (FL), W 66–64 ^OT
5	Colorado State	Arizona State	at Connecticut, W 68–61	at Richmond, L 70–76 ^OT	N/A	N/A	N/A
	2 Bids	W-L (%):	2–0 1.000	1–1 .500	1–0 1.000	1–0 1.000	TOTAL: 6–1 .857

College Basketball Invitational

Seed	Bracket	School	First Round	Second Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Colorado	vs Gardner-Webb, W 87–78	at Seattle L 65–72	N/A	N/A	N/A
	1 Bid	W-L (%):	1–0 1.000	0–1 .000	0–0 –	0–0 –	TOTAL: 1–1 .500

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

• Chasson Randle, Sr., Stanford

Player-of-the-Week

• Nov. 17: Tyrone Wallace, Jr., California
• Nov. 24: Norman Powell, Sr., UCLA
• Dec. 1: Stanley Johnson, Fr., Arizona
• Dec. 8: Tyrone Wallace, Jr., California (2)
• Dec. 15: Delon Wright, Sr., Utah
• Dec. 22: Elijah Stewart, Fr., USC
• Dec. 29: Anthony Brown, Sr., Stanford
• Jan. 5: Chasson Randle, Sr., Stanford
• Jan. 12: Kevon Looney, Fr., UCLA
• Jan. 19: Stanley Johnson, Fr., Arizona (2)
• Jan. 26: Gary Payton II, Jr., Oregon State
• Feb. 2: Norman Powell, Sr., UCLA (2)
• Feb. 9: Joseph Young, Sr., Oregon
• Feb. 16: Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, So., Arizona
• Feb. 23: Andrew Andrews, RS Jr., Washington
• Mar. 2: Norman Powell, Sr., UCLA (3)
• Mar. 9: Shaquielle McKissic, Sr., Arizona State

All-Americans

• Delon Wright, Utah, First team (Sporting News), second team (United States Basketball Writers Association)
• Joseph Young, Third team (Sporting News)

All-Pac-12 teams

Player of the Year Joseph Young of Oregon

Voting was by conference coaches:

• Player of The Year: Joseph Young, Oregon
• Freshman of The Year: Stanley Johnson, Arizona
• Defensive Player of The Year: Gary Payton II, Oregon State
• Most Improved Player of The Year: Josh Hawkinson, Washington State
• John R. Wooden Coach of the Year: Dana Altman, Oregon

First Team

Name	School	Pos.	Yr.	Ht., Wt.	Hometown (Last School)
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson	Arizona	F	So.	6-7, 220	Chester, Pa. (Chester HS)
Stanley Johnson	Arizona	F	Fr.	6-7, 245	Fullerton, Calif. (Mater Dei HS)
DaVonté Lacy	Washington State	G	Sr.	6-4, 210	Tacoma, Wash. (Curtis HS)
T. J. McConnell	Arizona	G	Sr.	6-1, 195	Pittsburgh, Pa. (Duquesne)
Gary Payton II	Oregon State	G	Jr.	6-3, 175	Las Vegas, Nev. (Salt Lake CC)
Norman Powell	UCLA	G	Sr.	6-4, 215	San Diego, Calif. (Lincoln HS)
Chasson Randle	Stanford	G	Sr.	6-2, 185	Rock Island, Ill. (Rock Island HS)
Tyrone Wallace	California	G	Jr.	6-5, 200	Bakersfield, Calif. (Bakersfield HS)
Delon Wright	Utah	G	Sr.	6-5, 190	Lawndale, Calif. (City College of San Francisco)
Joseph Young	Oregon	G	Sr.	6-2, 180	Houston, Texas (Houston)

Pac-12 All-Freshman Team

Jakob Pöltl of Utah

Name	School	Pos.	Ht., Wt.
Jordan Bell	Oregon	F	6-9, 215
Dillon Brooks	Oregon	F	6-6, 225
Tra Holder	Arizona State	G	6-1, 180
Stanley Johnson	Arizona	F	6-7, 245
Kevon Looney	UCLA	F	6-9, 220
Jordan McLaughlin	USC	G	6-1, 170
Jakob Pöltl	Utah	F	7-0, 235

Pac-12 All-Defensive Team

Defensive Player of the Year Gary Payton II of Oregon

Name	School	Pos.	Yr.	Ht., Wt.
Jordan Bell	Oregon	F	Fr.	6-9, 215
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson	Arizona	F	So.	6-7, 220
T.J. McConnell	Arizona	G	Sr.	6-1, 195
Gary Payton II	Oregon State	G	Jr.	6-3, 175
Delon Wright	Utah	G	Sr.	6-5, 190

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: Delon Wright, Utah

All-District Team

• Askia Booker, Colorado
• Delon Wright, Utah

District IX

All-District Team

• Norman Powell (UCLA)
• Stanley Johnson (Arizona)
• T.J. McConnell (Arizona)
• Tyrone Wallace (California)
• Joseph Young (Oregon)
• Chasson Randle (Stanford)
• Gary Payton II (Oregon State)

NABC All-District 20 Team

National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) named the following to their All-District 20 team:[2]

First Team

• Joseph Young (Oregon)
• Delon Wright (Utah)
• Chasson Randle (Stanford)
• T. J. McConnell (Arizona)
• Stanley Johnson (Arizona)

Second Team

• Norman Powell (UCLA)
• Tyrone Wallace (California)
• Gary Payton II (Oregon State)
• Kevon Looney (UCLA)
• Askia Booker (Colorado)

References

1. "USBWA NAMES 2014-15 MEN'S ALL-DISTRICT TEAMS" (Press release). USBWA. March 10, 2015. Archived from the original on March 12, 2015.
2. "National Association of Basketball Coaches Announces 2014-15 Division I All-District Teams and UPS All-District Coaches" (PDF) (Press release). National Association of Basketball Coaches. March 27, 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 1, 2015.