2012–13 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season

The 2012–13 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2012 and ended with the 2013 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament from March 2013 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Paradise, Nevada. The regular season began on the first weekend of November 2012, with the conference schedule starting in December 2012. On March 9, 2013, the UCLA Bruins defeated the Washington Huskies 61–54 to clinch the regular season conference title. They were seeded as the No. 1 team in the Pac-12 Conference tournament in Las Vegas.

This was the second season under the Pac-12 Conference name. In July 2011, two schools joined the conference. Colorado came from the Big 12 and Utah arrived from the Mountain West.

Pre-season
The Pac-12 media poll released on November 1, 2012:


 * 1. Arizona (15 first-place votes), 403 points
 * 2. UCLA (16), 402
 * 3. California (3), 325
 * 4. Stanford, 296
 * 5. Washington (2), 278
 * 6. Colorado, 262
 * 7. Oregon, 217
 * 8. Oregon State, 166
 * 9. USC, 163
 * 10. Washington State, 111
 * 11. Arizona State, 107
 * 12. Utah, 78

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

Conference tournament

 * March 2013 – Pac-12 Conference Basketball Tournament, MGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, Nevada.

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
 * Ben Howland, UCLA
 * Bob Cantu (interim head coach replaced Kevin O'Neill), USC
 * Larry Krystkowiak, Utah
 * Lorenzo Romar, Washington
 * Ken Bone, Washington State

Highlights and notes

 * November 1, 2012 – Media Day was held in San Francisco
 * January 14, 2013 – USC head coach Kevin O'Neill was removed as head coach and associate head coach Bob Cantu took over as interim head coach, athletic director Pat Haden announced.
 * March 2, 2013 – UCLA set a new attendance record of 13,727 at Pauley Pavilion
 * March 6, 2013 - Washington State breaks a 19-game home losing against UCLA, defeating the Bruins 73–61.
 * March 9, 2013 – UCLA won for the first time at Washington since January 2004.
 * March 24, 2013 – UCLA relieved coach Ben Howland of his duties.
 * March 30, 2013 – Steve Alford was named the UCLA Bruins' 13th head men's basketball coach

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.

Player-of-the-Week

 * Nov. 12 – Ahmad Starks, Oregon State
 * Nov. 26 – Justin Cobbs, California
 * Dec. 10 – Brock Motum, Washington State
 * Dec. 24 – Eric Moreland, Oregon State
 * Jan. 7	 – Carrick Felix, Arizona State
 * Jan. 21 – Mark Lyons, Arizona
 * Feb. 4 – Josh Huestis, Stanford
 * Feb. 18 – Allen Crabbe, California
 * Mar. 5 – Kyle Anderson, UCLA
 * Nov. 19 – Askia Booker, Colorado
 * Dec. 3	 – Carrick Felix, Arizona State
 * Dec. 17 – André Roberson, Jr., Colorado
 * Dec. 31 – Shabazz Muhammad, UCLA
 * Jan. 14 – C. J. Wilcox, Washington
 * Jan. 28 – Carrick Felix, Arizona State
 * Feb. 11 – Allen Crabbe, California
 * Feb. 25 – Justin Cobbs, California
 * Mar. 11 – Brock Motum, Washington State

All-Pac-12 teams
Voting was by conference coaches: First Team:
 * Player of The Year: Allen Crabbe, Cal
 * Freshman of The Year: Shabazz Muhammad, UCLA; Jahii Carson, ASU
 * Defensive Player of The Year: André Roberson, Colorado
 * Most Improved Player of The Year: Dwight Powell, Stanford
 * John R. Wooden Coach of the Year: Dana Altman, Oregon

All-Academic
First Team:

Second Team:

USBWA All-District team
District VIII
 * Player of The Year: André Roberson, Colorado

District IX

NBA draft
Several players from the conference declared early for the NBA draft. The following all-conference selections were listed as seniors: Larry Drew II, Solomon Hill, Mark Lyons, E.J. Singler, Carrick Felix, and Brock Motum. Several players were among the 60 players invited to the 2013 NBA Draft Combine.