2016–17 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season

The 2016–17 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season begins with practices in October 2016 and ends with the 2017 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament in March 2017 at the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada. The regular season begins on the first weekend of November 11, 2016 with Arizona-Michigan State, with the conference schedule starting in the last week of December 28, 2016 with UCLA-Oregon.

This is the sixth season under the Pac-12 Conference name and the 58th 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 102nd season of men's basketball.

Preseason

 * October 21, 2016 – Pac-12 men's basketball media day, Pac-12 Networks Studios, San Francisco, Calif.

 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.

Points scored
Through March 6, 2017

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 8–11, 2017 at the T-Mobile Arena, Paradise, NV. Oregon and Arizona were seeded one and two respectively. The top four teams had a bye on the first day, March 8, 2017. 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.

Player of the Week

 * Nov. 14 – Tres Tinkle, Oregon State
 * Nov. 21 – Charlie Moore, California
 * Nov. 28 – Lonzo Ball, UCLA
 * Dec. 5 – T. J. Leaf, UCLA
 * Dec. 12 – Derrick White, Colorado
 * Dec. 19 – T. J. Leaf, UCLA (2)


 * Dec. 25 – Jordan McLaughlin, USC
 * Jan. 2 – Dillon Brooks, Oregon
 * Jan. 9 – Ivan Rabb, California
 * Jan. 16 – Bryce Alford, UCLA
 * Jan. 23 – Lauri Markkanen, Arizona
 * Jan. 30 – Shaqquan Aaron, USC


 * Feb. 6 – Dillon Brooks, Oregon (2)
 * Feb. 13 – Lonzo Ball, UCLA (2)
 * Feb. 20 – Lauri Markkanen, Arizona (2)
 * Feb. 27 – Dillon Brooks, Oregon (3)
 * Mar. 6 – Jordan McLaughlin, USC (2)

All-Americans
AP

First team Second team Third team
 * Lonzo Ball (UCLA)
 * Dillon Brooks (Oregon)
 * Markelle Fultz (Washington)
 * Lauri Markkanen (Arizona)

USBWA

First team Second team
 * Lonzo Ball (UCLA)
 * Dillon Brooks (Oregon)

USBWA: Wayman Tisdale Freshman of the Year
 * Lonzo Ball (UCLA)

NABC

First team Second team
 * Lonzo Ball (UCLA)
 * Dillon Brooks (Oregon)
 * Markelle Fultz (Washington)
 * Lauri Markkanen (Arizona)
 * Ivan Rabb (California)
 * T. J. Leaf (UCLA)
 * Kyle Kuzma (Utah)
 * Reid Travis (Stanford)
 * Josh Hawkinson (Washington State)
 * Derrick White (Colorado)

Sporting News

First team Second team Third team
 * Lonzo Ball (UCLA)
 * Dillon Brooks (Oregon)
 * Lauri Markkanen (Arizona)
 * Markelle Fultz (Washington)

All-District
USBWA

District VIII: All-District Team
 * Kyle Kuzma (Utah)
 * Derrick White (Colorado)

District IX: Player of the Year District IX: All-District Team
 * Lonzo Ball (UCLA)
 * Lonzo Ball (UCLA)
 * Jordan Bell (Oregon)
 * Dillon Brooks (Oregon)
 * Markelle Fultz (Washington)
 * T. J. Leaf (UCLA)
 * Lauri Markkanen (Arizona)
 * Ivan Rabb (California)

Conference awards
Voting was by conference coaches.

All-Pac-12

 * First Team


 * Second Team