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.

Preseason

 * October 15, 2015 – Pac-12 Men's Basketball Media Day, Pac-12 Networks Studios, San Francisco

 first place votes

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.

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.

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

All-Pac-12 Tournament Teams
First Team Second Team

Player of the Week
Source • Nov. 16: Tyrone Wallace, Sr., California

• Nov. 23: Jakob Poeltl, So., Utah

• Nov. 30: Andrew Andrews, Sr., Washington

• Dec. 7: Thomas Welsh, So., UCLA

• Dec. 14: Allonzo Trier, Fr., Arizona

• Dec. 21: Jakob Poeltl, So., Utah (2)

• Dec. 28: Josh Hawkinson, Jr., Washington State

• Jan. 4: Andrew Andrews, Sr., Washington (2)

• Jan. 11: Bryce Alford, Jr., UCLA

• Jan. 18: Josh Scott, Sr., Colorado

• Jan. 25: Jakob Poeltl, So., Utah (3)

• Feb. 1: Dillon Brooks, So., Oregon

• Feb. 8: Ryan Anderson, RS Sr., Arizona

• Feb. 15: Jabari Bird, Jr., California

• Feb. 22: Jakob Poeltl, So., Utah (4)

• Feb. 29: Josh Scott, Sr., Colorado (2)

• Mar. 7: Gabe York, Sr., Arizona

All-Americans
AP

First Team Second Team
 * Jakob Pöltl (Utah)

USBWA

First Team Second Team
 * Jakob Pöltl (Utah)

District VIII: Player of the Year District VIII: Coach of the Year District VIII: All-District Team
 * Jakob Pöltl (Utah)
 * Larry Krystkowiak (Utah)
 * Jordan Loveridge (Utah)
 * Jakob Pöltl (Utah)
 * Josh Scott (Colorado)

District VIII: Player of the Year District VIII: Coach of the Year District IX: All-District Team
 * Dillon Brooks (Oregon)
 * Dana Altman (Oregon)
 * Ryan Anderson (Arizona)
 * Andrew Andrews (Washington)
 * Dillon Brooks (Oregon)
 * Jaylen Brown (California)
 * Gary Payton II (Oregon State)
 * Ivan Rabb (California)

NABC

First Team Second Team
 * Jakob Pöltl (Utah)

Sporting News

First Team
 * Jakob Pöltl (Utah)

Second Team

Third Team
 * Dillon Brooks (Oregon)

Conference awards
Voting was by conference coaches.

All-Pac-12

 * First team


 * Second team